I’ve already reblogged a link to this entire article by @crimethinc, but I wanted to highlight the excellent ‘resources’ section on its own as we approach the election. For an anarchist take on the current climate, a list of upcoming actions, and a dope-ass poster to print and distribute, please do check out the full article as well
Trump’s term is ending as it began, with a likelihood of street conflict. The following guides offer a great deal of information about how to participate in effective protests while protecting yourself and your community.
Getting Connected
- How to Form an Affinity Group
- Find a Local Mutual Aid Network
- Where to Find Your Local Medic Collective—This is not comprehensive, but offers a good starting point.
Security Culture
- What Is Security Culture?
- Bounty Hunters and Child Predators: Inside the FBI Entrapment Strategy
- When the Police Knock on Your Door—Your rights and options: a legal guide
- If the FBI Approaches You to Become an Informant—An FAQ
You can find a lot of important information about general security in protest situations here.
Digital Communications and Security
- Your Phone Is a Cop—An OpSec/InfoSec primer for the dystopian present.
- Communications Equipment for Rebels
- Burner Phone Best Practices—A user’s guide
- Doxcare—Prevention and aftercare for those targeted by doxxing and political harassment
This thread spells out how to protect your privacy via proper phone safety at demonstrations—before, during, and after the protest.
Dressing for Success and Security
- Fashion Tips for the Brave
- The Femme’s Guide to Riot Fashion—This season’s hottest looks for the discerning femme.
- Staying Safe in the Streets
- Blocs, Black and Otherwise
Safety Gear
- A Demonstrator’s Guide to Helmets
- A Demonstrator’s Guide to Gas Masks and Goggles—Everything you need to know to protect your eyes and lungs from gas and projectiles.
You can read some more tips about protest gear from protesters in Hong Kong here.
Strategy, Planning, and Tactics
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Direct Action—What It Is, What It’s Good for, How It Works
- Tools and Tactics in the Portland Protests—This text offers an overview of a wide range of options from leaf blowers and umbrellas to shields and lasers.
- Creative Direct Action Visuals—Making banners and more.
- Blockade Tactics—courtesy of the Ruckus Society
- Tips about Blockading—from Beautiful Trouble
- Lock Boxes—How to blockade with
Jail Support
- Jail Support
- Jail Support form from Rosehip Collective—Fill this out in advance of any event at which you might be arrested and leave it with your attorney or a support contact.
- NLG National Support Hotlines and Other Resources
When Things Go Badly
- Making the Best of Mass Arrests
- How to Survive a Felony Trial—Keeping your head up through the worst of it
- I Was a J20 Street Medic and Defendant—How we survived the first J20 trial and what we learned along the way.
Basic First Aid in the Streets
- First Aid for Protestors
- Eye safety at protests—You can read more on how to do an eye flush here
- How to Protect Yourself from Audio Attacks—LRAD, sirens, etc.
- COVID-19 Safety at Protests
You can obtain more graphics on this subject here.
For Experienced Medics
- Protocols for Common Injuries from Police Weapons—For street medics and medical professionals treating demonstrators.
- A Demonstrator’s Guide to Responding to Gunshot Wounds—It can also be useful to read these accounts from people who have experienced gunfire at demonstrations.
These four zines from the Rosehip Medic Collective include a range of useful information.
This collection of resources that appeared shortly before Trump took office includes more topical material, addressing non-violence, solidarity, white supremacy, colonialism, patriarchy, capitalism, and more.