An Activists Guide to Police Tactics « stalker. “The people whose jobs were destroyed were in no way responsible for the excesses of the financial sector and the crisis that followed…I’m surprised the real anger hasn’t been greater than it has.” The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King March 1st 2011 “Students, activists, agitators, stoners, scratters, scrotes. You will be hit with sticks and sent home to mummy. The rule of law will prevail, order will be restored, Winston will not be shamed, my ancestors will not have died to have allowed you to bring shame on England. You will get up early, get out of your bed, seek work and contribute to the greater good.” Post on Inspector Gadget Police blog December 2010 “Following the student protests in London on 10 November 2010, where greater numbers gathered than had been anticipated by police, and the incursion of the Conservative Party headquarters in Millbank, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson stated that ‘the game has changed’3.
‘NATO’ Helmet Batons CS Agents. Cell Phone Guide for Occupy Wall Street Protesters (and Everyone Else) Occupy Wall Street has called for a global day of action on October 15, and protesters are mobilizing all over the world. In the United States, the Occupy Wall Street movement has already spawned sizeable protests in New York, Washington DC, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, Austin, and other cities. Several of these movements have faced opposition from their local police departments, including mass arrests.
Protesters of all political persuasions are increasingly documenting their protests -- and encounters with the police -- using electronic devices like cameras and cell phones. The following tips apply to protesters in the United States who are concerned about protecting their electronic devices when questioned, detained, or arrested by police. These are general guidelines; individuals with specific concerns should talk to an attorney. 1. Protect your phone before you protest Think carefully about what’s on your phone before bringing it to a protest. 2. 3. 4. Civil Resistance Tactics Used in Egypt’s Revolution #Jan25. It’s easy to overlook the importance of civil resistance savviness when talking about the protests that forced the hand of power in Egypt.
The media placed Facebook, Twitter and YouTube on center stage as if actors in their own right. What struck me most, however, was how well-trained and disciplined the movement was. I believe this had a pivotal impact on the outcome of the protests. Identifying the specific tactics and strategies used in Egypt is important to balance the focus on technology. It is equally important to explain how the popular resistance acquired those skills so others might do the same.
Above is the first page of a 26-page how-to guide circulated in both hard- and electronic-copy during the first wave of protests in Egypt. Ahmed Salah, one of the co-founders of the April 6th movement, later recounted how they mobilized protesters: Starting in the alleys was not a random decision. The guide also stressed the need to remain peaceful and not engage in sabotage.
Like this: Comment ficher les fauteurs de troubles. En marge du sommet du G8 de Deauville, militants et manifestants courent le risque d'être apparentés à des terroristes. Décodage de fichiers de police de plus en plus flous. Cécile Lecomte, militante française installée en Allemagne, fait partie d’une troupe de militants escaladeurs, Robin Wood, qui bloquent des convois militaires ou des trains de déchets nucléaires. Surnommée l’Écureuil, elle ne compte plus les gardes à vues. Et nous assure qu’elle figure dans une dizaine de fichiers policiers – notamment ceux de l’agence Europol – dont certains destinés à la prévention du terrorisme. Au moment où plusieurs mouvements entendent protester contre le G8 de Deauville, l’Union Européenne entretient toujours le trouble sur les caractéristiques exactes des fichiers permettant de suivre les « fauteurs de troubles » qui perturbent les grandes réunions internationales. La définition même de « fauteur de troubles » (troublemakers) soulève des problèmes.
Ficher les manifestants comme les tifosis ? Egyptian Activists' Action Plan: Translated - Alexis Madrigal - International. Egyptian activists have been circulating a kind of primer to Friday's planned protest. We were sent the plan by two separate sources and have decided to publish excerpts here, with translations into English. Over Twitter, we connected with a translator, who translated the document with exceptional speed. What follows are side-by-side translations of nine pages from the 26-page pamphlet.
They were translated over the last hour and pasted up in Photoshop to give you an idea of what's in the protest plan. As you'll read, the creators of the pamphlet explicitly asked that the pamphlet not be distributed on Twitter or Facebook, only through email or other contacts. The pages included are 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 12, 13, 22, and 26. Update 8:21pm: People have asked why these particular pages were chosen. Egypt’s Top ‘Facebook Revolutionary’ Now Advising Occupy Wall Street | Danger Room. One of the key activists behind Egypt's "Facebook Revolution" is now giving advice to a new group of protesters: the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The protesters in New York's Zuccotti Park – and their offshoots around the country – often cite the mass demonstrations earlier this year in Cairo's Tahrir Square as their inspiration. So maybe it shouldn't be much of a surprise that Ahmed Maher, one of the leading figures in those Egyptian protests, has been corresponding for weeks with the Occupy Wall Streeters, whom he calls "our brothers. " Maher is one of the founders of the April 6 Youth, which used Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to galvanize Egyptians against President Hosni Mubarak.
Recently, however, his attention has turned toward America, where he's been chatting online with Occupy activists. Those conversations center around practical advice from a successful Egyptian revolutionary. Usually, they occur through Facebook. On Tuesday, for the first time, they happened face to face.
From Tahrir Square to Wall Street - By Joshua E. Keating. After three weeks of camping out in Lower Manhattan, and with protests now breaking out in other cities throughout the United States, the "Occupy Wall Street" movement has proved it has staying power. It also has an image problem. The movement has been widely portrayed in the U.S. media as a disorganized group of dreadlocked, privileged college studentswithout coherent goals.
But as we've seen throughout the Middle East this year, a movement of fed-up, tech-savvy young people can quickly snowball into something more significant. So I spoke with a veteran of the Tahrir Square uprising that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to get his thoughts on what lessons Occupy Wall Street can take from the Arab Spring. 1. You don't need a leader, but you do need a platform. Like Occupy Wall Street, there was no one leader of the anti-Mubarak movement. "There was strong agreement because there was a common target, which was toppling Hosni Mubarak," Elshamy says. 2. 3. 4. 5. Gene Sharp - Trois livrets pratiques. Par Federico Mayor Zaragoza Sur les stratégies de résistance civile Résister, c’est le début de la victoire, a déclaré Adolf Pérez Esquivel. C’est effectivement le début d’une grande transition à l’aube du XXI° ; siècle, de sujets soumis à citoyens, de spectateurs impassibles à acteurs.
La résistance civile pour vaincre l’oppression, l’imposition, la violence de l’indiscutable… De la peur et la résignation à l’action résolue. Nous avons les diagnostics, le temps d’agir à temps est arrivé. Temps de surmonter l’inertie, de ne plus s’obstiner à vouloir résoudre les défis présents avec des formules valables hier. Jamais plus le silence ! De la force à la parole ! D’une économie de guerre (3 millions de $ par jour) à une économie de développement global, avec des grands investissements en énergies durables ; en production d’aliments ; en production et distribution d’eau ; en environnement propre ; en logement… « Maîtresse, aidez-moi à regarder !
Auteur de la fiche : Notes : Help. How to Escape From Plastic Handcuffs. How To Occupy. Kettling. For other meanings see kettle. The tactic has proved controversial, not least because it has resulted in the detention of ordinary bystanders as well as protestors.[2] In March 2012 kettling was ruled lawful by the European Court of Human Rights following a legal challenge.[3] Tactics[edit] Kettling has been criticized for being an indiscriminate tactic which leads to the detention of law-abiding citizens and innocent bystanders.[7] In some cases protesters are reported to have been denied access to food, water and toilet facilities for long periods.[2] Further criticism has been made that in some instances the tactic has been used to foment disorder with the aim of changing the focus of public debate.[8] In some countries the tactic has led to legal challenges on the grounds of human rights violations.
Canada[edit] On March 15, 2011, 250–300 protesters in Montreal were kettled on St-Denis just north of Mont Royal during the Annual March Against Police Brutality. Denmark[edit] Finland[edit] Leaderless resistance. Leaderless resistance, or phantom cell structure, is a social resistance strategy in which small, independent groups (covert cells), including individuals (solo cells), challenge an established institution such as a law, economic system, social order, government, et cetera. Leaderless resistance can encompass anything from non-violent protest and civil disobedience to vandalism, terrorism and other violent activity.
Leaderless cells lack bidirectional, vertical command links and operate without hierarchal command.[1] While it lacks a central command, the concept does not necessarily imply lack of cooperation. General characteristics[edit] A typical covert cell operates as anything from a lone individual to a small group. The basic characteristic of the structure is that there is no explicit communication between cells which are otherwise acting toward the same goals. Members of one cell usually have little or no specific information on who else is agitating on behalf of their cause. RnnDw.jpg (628×462) Sukey - A tool for non-violent demonstrations.