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- -Variations have included blood on statues, billboards artistically
doctored to get out a relevant message, rafts floated in front of
dolphin-killing vessels, hot-tub "soak-ins" at the homes of
corporados, reggae in the aisles and theatre in the rotunda.
STRATEGY is planned by an "affinity group", which is a small group agreeing
on intent and tactics at a particular time. Your circle may want to go into a
particular building and occupy it, while others form an affinity group around
entertaining the crowd outside and handing out flyers. All affinity group
decisions are made my concensus. Failure to agree necessitates working with
another circle with similar ideas and limits.
NONVIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE requires a code of integrity:
-At no time should anyone physically or verbally assault anyone,
resist arrest, or act in a way that contributes to violence by the
other side.
-Once committed not to move even if it means your arrest, to
break and run defeats the purpose of the action.
-Anything that could possible be construed as illegal (weapons,
pipes, drugs or booze) should be kept away from possible actions.
-Identify potential arrestees ahead of time, and assign each of them
a support person who can keep their keys and identification,
monitor their arrest and stay in the area however long it takes to
insure their release on bail or their "own recognizance."
Plan the actions well ahead of time, preparing the skits, chants, costumes,
signs and handouts. Make up a press release for all every radio, TV and
newspaper in the effected area (keep it simple, or they will quote your least
relevant lines and leave out the most important stuff. Stick to a few
sentences describing the destruction you plan to stop or the wolves you want
to reintroduce, making clear the desired result of your impassioned actions).
Follow up with phone calls to the various stations and papers the day of the
action, never assuming they read or recall your release.
Hint at the more radical (photo opt) aspects of your action, but don't tip them
off to anything the cops shouldn't have details of ahead of time, or promise a
more radical action than you can really come up with (or the press will quit
coming). Meet a half hour before the action to circle up and focus on the
emotional and spiritual motivations for our urgent work. Grcle up after to
make sure no one is unaccounted for, discuss what did and didn't work, and
plan a time to meet and do it again!
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