Throughout the years there’s been many useful information shared on staying safe during protests as well as many infographics made. What are some safety tips you’ve learned and some infographics you’ve saved?
here’s an article i have saved about tear gas and a video of tips and tactics used by the hong kong protestors and an infographic
https://web.archive.org/web/20240426052300/https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/tear-gas-guide/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0iytr0qM90
Don’t ever take a phone to a protest. They WILL use location data against you if your phone is on, Even if it’s off and you happen to lose it, they’ll use the fact that it was found at the scene against you.
If You’re going to protest, then protest. If I see you standing around taking pictures and videos with your phone I’m going to assume you’re just in it for your Instagram posts.Edit:
And if you’re not careful when taking videos or pictures at a protest you could expose other protesters and your footage could be used to prosecute people that were there trying to help.
If you absolutely INSIST on documenting the protests, procure a used GoPro off of eBay or Facebook marketplace that isn’t registered to you and use that.In my area we always designate a few people to stay between protesters and police and carry a phone for filming police. Sometimes, evidence of police behaviour is important. But a cam corder could work too.
If I see you standing around taking pictures and videos with your phone I’m going to assume you’re just in it for your Instagram posts.
This is good advice, but seeing historical footage of protests is kinda cool though, tbh
Assuming it’s a reasonably sized protest, there will be people documenting it. Everyone has a phone now. There will be pictures, which is also why protecting your identity is important.
They WILL use locational data against you if your phone is on, Even if it’s off
Based on what I know, this can be achieved in two ways:
- SIM card: it records your location all the time, so they can get that from your phone company
- request it from Google or Apple ( that’s why you should degoogle your phone )
If you remove the SIM card and don’t connect to any hotspot ( obviously ), then your phone is just a camera, but the issue is that you’ll want to broadcast live, so you’ll need an Internet connection… So
Android deliberately scans for open WiFi and Bluetooth endpoints even when these functions are disabled by the user. Google knows exactly where you and what you’re doing, and LE can just buy your data from them a week later and prosecute you.
Your SIM card just grants you access to any particular network, your phone can still be tracked off of its serial number or IMEI as other towers in the area, regardless of whether or not they are your carrier, will log the devices that pinged the tower.
This MIGHT be ok with a burner phone if you paid with cash, but they could still pull data from in store security systems of the purchase by tracking the phone to the point of sale with its IME, if they were sufficiently motivated.
It might work, But it’s a gamble I’m not willing to take.
Generally, https://paris-luttes.info has really good tutorials and resources to keep track of what’s happening in France, most of my links will be in french, translate at your convenience, not many pictures either, sorry :
- Self defense kit from the street to the tribunal - https://infokiosques.net/IMG/pdf/petit-manuel-de-defense-collective-pageparpage.pdf
- DIY Gaz masks - https://paris-luttes.info/masques-diy-plus-efficaces-contre-18167
- Survival kit when in custody - https://infokiosques.net/spip.php?article1582
- Protest survival kit - https://charliehebdo.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/guide-de-survie-manif-1194x1536.png
- Survival kit for journalists - https://taranis.news/2023/03/classic-manuel-de-survie-du-journaliste-reporter/
- Street Medic Wiki - https://medicaction.org/wiki/
- Protest behaviour guide - https://rebellyon.info/IMG/pdf/brochure_1_les_gestes_a_adopter_en_manif-2.pdf
- (french) Police weaponry - https://desarmons.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Brochure_Partie_Armes_2021.pdf
- What to wear against them - https://desarmons.net/2023/03/21/se-proteger-des-armes-de-police-quelques-bases-de-survie/
- Antifa toolkit and resources - https://lahorde.info/Schemas-cartes-et-autres-outils
Find out if there’s a legal aid hotline for your area, a charity one if you can. Write the phone number on your arm so you don’t have to take your phone. If you get arrested, use your call on it (if you get one).
If you are going to take your phone to a protest. Think about your digital safety.
Whats the @ of the person from the screenshots?
Edit: nvm found it and followed. I hope RR helps DSA take disability politics seriously and starts masking and spreading info on CR boxes and the fact that covid is the biggest workers rights issues of our generation. Florida ha Mask Blocs they should look into and miami has a clean air org that will soon build CR boxes for people/orgs/events
We have some comrades who take it very seriously, and all our national events require masking. Our local meetings do too but i can’t speak for everywhere. Do you think DSA doesnt take disability politics/masking seriously? What has been your experience?
Thats good I haven’t seen any mention of masking/covid but to be fair i dont follow DSA much. I dont have direct experiences with DSA but they’re never brought up by the disability justice activists i follow or anyone in the “covid conscious” space. I’ve only seen anarchists mentioning covid and setting up mask blocs and clean air orgs that set up lending libraries for air purifiers/CR boxes and the far uvc lights by Naomi Wu
I’ll have to look into those lending libraries locally. Tbh, mutual aid isn’t really what I’m involved in, though DSA does have a national mutual aid working group, I wonder if they have any similar programs? I appreciate your insight! Even for activists who do care about inclusion and disability rights, things slip through the cracks which is why a diversity of perspectives and democratic import is so crucial if we are ever gonna change this broken system. Well, broken for us at least.
TheHatedOne (Youtube) has two videos.
The first is a burner phone tutorial. Cops are known to set up EMSI catchers and all the ways to combat this is discussed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMJH-UJyENs
His follow-up video is about concealing your physical appearance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_5y1jIWPjc
He makes awesome videos in general
I think the first stage of a protest is to thoroughly research and gather lots of information as to whether or not it is worth going through the efforts of protesting.
It’d be a waste of time, effort and consequence going out there to protest against something you only have a morsel level of understanding.
There are a few awesome videos that provide valuable information on this:
Bring milk to neutralize pepper spray.
Summary: time is the only known treatment, at least according to that study.
I would guess that any liquid would make things feel cooler and potentially provide a placebo effect though?
Don’t protest. Instead drive two people under the age of 30 to the polls in November.
Alright, this is odd. Normally I’m telling the people saying not to vote that they should vote in addition to taking other actions. I didn’t ever expect to have to counter someone saying not to protest and to only vote. Why would you make this comment? Why not protest and vote? Why are you making it seem like you can only do one?
Protest can be more impactful, especially in the short term, than voting. They’re both useful. The problem with protesting is it takes more effort and time than voting, which is simple and easy. Everyone should vote because it’s trivial, but it shouldn’t be in exclusion to protest or other actions.
Voluntarily give up your constitutional right to assemble so that you are used to it when the rest of your rights are taken away.
Go ahead and vote, but get organized and resist the other 364 days in the year
Vote for who? The current president residing over the current situation thats being protested or the person who also wants to do the same stuff being protested?
The other guy doesn’t want to do the same thing. The other guy wants to end it, by means of Israel finishing their job. Biden at least is against it, though he could do more to stop it. Trump is in favor of it. Both sides aren’t the same. Get over it.
Biden is against it? Thats why he keeps sending israel more bombs? Even bypassing congress to send bombs? I didnt say theyre the same i said they both support what israel is doing. I dont understand how you see people protesting something happening now and say they should stop protesting and vote for the current president so the problem under his presidency can stop?
Different person than the one you think you’re replying to. I’m in favor of them protesting and left a comment saying so to this same top level comment.
Biden has spoken against it though. We have also decreased aid slightly (at least at one time but then we passed an aid package…). Trump has only said that they should finish the job. It’s a pretty large difference. It sucks, but we do have a choice to make and one choice is significantly better even on this single issue than the other. Then if you look at trans-rights issues and all the other stuff, it’s pretty clear.
Yes.
