A celebration of nonviolent protest and an investigation into the tactics, effectiveness and challenges facing activists in the UK and around the world. Shami Chakrabarti (Director of Liberty) says in the film “Without dissent, without protest..democracy will stultify, democracy will die.” Caroline Lucas (Green MP) says, “We have to be prepared for peaceful direct...
Brian Martin is a scholar of science and society who writes with a clear and frank voice. His writing about war, peace, and social change often looks at the inside, underside and backside of nonviolent action for practical, proven insights to increase the odds that your campaign will be successful. Brian’s latest publication,...
By Adrian Hon How many people does it take to topple VISA’s website – a company that can process 10,000 transactions per second? A million? Surely hundreds of thousands, at least? Just 2,000. That’s how many were needed to overwhelm VISA.com. The actual damage was relatively minimal since credit card transactions take place on...
The practical methodology employed in Direct Action protests. A true professional, Mathew Herbert runs workshops preparing groups of people on how to deal with the police, and fight for their rights, whether it is to guard a community area, create a soup kitchen or protest Nuclear weapons. I caught him, in the middle of...
Who, What, Why: How do you un-glue a protester? The tactic is designed to cause maximum disruption Climate campaigners superglued themselves to a cark park gate during a demonstration on Monday. How are they released? It is the latest tactic used by direct action activists to make sure they stick in the public consciousness...
All methods described in this guide have been thoroughly tested in practice. Please pay close attention to training section. WHY DESTROY CCTV CAMERAS ? 1.1) Why destroy CCTV cameras ? Trust your instincts, but if you need intellectual justification then: “The gaze of the cameras does not fall equally on all...
Public Ad Campaign teaches you how to break into a NYC phonebooth, (to replace the advertising material with something more useful).. Public Ad Campaign
Disarm Dsei, who have published an open letter to the police explaing why they will not negotiate with them over next week’s protests have also produced a map of the City of London detailing the whereabouts of companies, banks, law firms and institutional investors involved in the arms trade. This is a great tool for anyone attending DSEi...
