Coming Out of Jail Stronger
by Starhawk In the many times I’ve been to jail, here are some of the overwhelming responses I’ve noticed in myself and which you might be experiencing: Rage: Jail is…
Sample Affinity Group Meeting Agenda
Pick a Facilitator Intros –Name and why you think participating in this action is important Introduction to the action – Who, what, when, where, how. Any Questions? Reportback from Spokescouncil…
Street Tactics Exercise
We've been running these exercises as a kind of extended, stop-and-start role play, letting the group practice each tactic, periodically changing the police and the people in front. You can…
Sample Mobile Street Tactics Training
"You will need to deal with fast-moving, ambiguous, and unstructured situations that will test your resourcefulness to the utmost." CIA Recruitment Manual I. Preparation and Support: Hi, welcome to Washington…
Wall Charts for Mass Action Trainings
from Prague 2001 trainings WHAT CAN DIRECT ACTION DO: spotlight delegitimise build a movement educate / inform reform (as a by-product) by: interfering embodying alternatives NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION non-hierarchical structure…
Jail Support & Solidarity
by Midnight Special and Katya Komisaruk Jail/court solidarity is the name for a variety of tactics we use to take care of each other while we’re in the legal system. Jail/court…
Strategy Resources
From Dictatorship to Democracy, PDF Version: http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations/org/FDTD.pdf Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action & Strategies, Manual from the folks who help create Otpur, the people power movement that overthrew Slobadan Milosevic, the…
What a Direct Action Campaign Can Do
[tabs slidertype="top tabs"] [tabcontainer] [tabtext]What a DA Campaign can do[/tabtext] [tabtext]2 main ways DA works[/tabtext] [tabtext]Key Concepts[/tabtext] [/tabcontainer] [tabcontent][tab] Point a Spotlight Raise public awareness about an institution, program or…
Strategy & Campaigns
Strategy is your plan to win. Strategy is choosing the ground on which to engage the enemy Strategy means: Looking at the big picture Knowing who has the power to…
Action
The Art & Science of Actions: Shutting Things Down to Open Things Up Change is about transformation – personal and political – at an individual, group, community, institutional, national, or…