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Protesting is a FELONY in Tennessee now…Facism at it’s finest (x)
Is anyone going to talk about the fact Trump said he would donate to charities for soldiers/veterans and still hasn't? But tell people who are protesting for just human rights that they should be fired. So I want to make a lovely challenge called Help the people.
Help the people challenge is when you just donate to a charity or share on social media so that people who can spare a couple bucks to donate. Rules are just do something to help people in this world who need help. It can be like donating online or if you see someone who needs help in the outside world. It can be something as simple open the door for someone else.
I just want to see some love in the world.
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.
This animation was done in collaboration with @jesilerae (on insta) who provided the audio. Jesi also gave me some creative direction for the first part and was super patient and supportive throughout the whole process! It was a healing project to work on and I'm very touched that I was contacted for this collaboration. 🦋🦋🦋 Thank you Jesi. 🙏
Some more information about the four wings of social change as taken from an article in Yes! Magazine:
//“Drawing from Grassroots Economic Organizing’s butterfly model of transformative social justice, Leah Penniman (Soul Fire Farm co-founder and farmer) described the four wings: Resisters: the people in the blockades, the protests, the work stoppages; Reformers: the folks trying to make change from within systems, including schoolteachers and elected officials, like those getting into the prosecutor’s office and working to get sentences lowered; Builders: those who create alternative institutions such as freedom schools, farms, and health clinics; and Healers: the conflict mediators, the therapists, the preachers, the singers, the dancers, the artists—“all the folks that are gonna make us well,” she said.//
To follow that, I just wanna re-iterate that YOUR contribution matters! We ALL have strengths that lift up different wings. And we all have the ability to broaden our scope and see where else we can help and see which wings may need more lifting. Your activism may look different from someone else's. That's both okay and necessary, so long as we stay connected and united. 🦋🦋🦋🍉🍉🍉✊✊✊ ~Pothos 🪴
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You know what is insulting
Im on snapchat watching all the stories on gun violence. I tap right after I read most powerful signs at the protests. When I click I get an add that says “To my generation” I click to skip it, but then I think no, how are they going to change advertising to generation Z
“To my generation, try amazon teen,” they then go into how you can use your parents prime fine whatever. Its what they say next, they don’t tell me what I can get, they don’t tell how it is better for me to use like they do in every other commercial. They tell us “I use it and it’s lit”. IT’S LIT. What no one uses that any more anyways. There is nothing more insulting to be able to organize protest and yet they still advertise with “lit”. Advertisers if you need to advertise to teens now fine I get it, but heres some advise look at us again and look what we are doing. Then when you see it change how you do it.
Alright my people I’ve got a fun question/story for you
My little brother constantly tries to get me to argue with him about feminism and other social issues. As in why I’m a feminist and why he thinks feminism is stupid.
My favorite singer is Emilie Autumn, you might know her song Fight Like a Girl from her album by the same name.
Now back to my brother:
He thinks it’s ironic that I say men and women should be equal, but I also listen to music that says women and men fight differently. This bothers me but I can’t exactly explain to him why it does. Maybe it’s the fact that it’s about empowerment, not separation. If you listen to the song she says “Even if you’re only a boy you can fight like a girl.” Now if I told him this he would get caught up on the “only a boy” part and he would see it as degrading to men. I am quite certain it is not meant to be interpreted like that, I just don’t know how to explain it to him.
He also says I’m stupid for liking characters that are gay. I mentioned that in Overwatch the one you expect to be the typical Straight White Male (Soldier: 76) had actually experienced same sex attraction. I personally take pride in being a lesbian and although others don’t agree with being proud of one characteristic, I’m going to be proud of the journey I’m taking. Anyways, I also cannot ship things like Widowtracer or McHanzo because “the only reason I like them is because they’re gay, you only like gay things.”
He says homophobia and transphobia is okay if you’re religious. Seeing as I know more about Christianity than other religions and I don’t want to say something insensitive I’m going to talk about the Bible. It talks about slavery quite a bit, is that okay? No of course not because it also says to love and respect everyone.
He says being trans is sexist. (I am definitely not an expert in being transgender so feel free to tell me more correct information if I get something wrong, I’m always open to learning about my trans siblings) He says that if you think you’re in the wrong body that’s saying one gender is worse or “wrong.” Now I believe it’s actually more like the gender you were assigned at birth doesn’t fit you or isn’t right for you?
He says rapists aren’t horrible people. He says rape doesn’t have much of an impact on the victims life. He thinks it’s more important to make sure the life of the rapist is not ruined because of a mistake.
He just said the police and military have every right to shoot and tear gas protesters. They should use whatever means necessary to stop protests. He says protesting gets people nowhere, it’s useless.
Y’all, what the hell do I do???
Like I said, please tell me if I get anything wrong, I sincerely do not want to offend anyone and I want to learn.
This post has taken weeks to complete so some of these things are recent while some are from a while ago
ive been to a lot of protests in my life and a thing that a lot of people dont understand is that a protest is a threat. its a large group of people saying “we are being nice now, but you must understand that if we stop being nice we have the power to cause you Problems”.
so everyone saying that protests have to be more polite or follow accepted rules is missing the entire point. the point of a protest is not to say “we disagree with you”, they already know that. the point of a protest is to make it clear that if they continue to do things you disagree with, you will burn down their house.
now this wont stop them because theyre stupid and arrogant and believe themselves to be beyond consequence. so here’s the really important thing and that’s that after they do it anyway, you have to burn down their house