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FROM VEGINA HERE
a few notes on combatting repression
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From Veginas speech........................................."The second thing we can all do is to be prepared for the worst-case scenario. Make sure someone who does not go to demos knows when you are at demos so that if you don’t come back they know you might be in jail. Give them a house key so you know that your plants, children and companion animals will be cared for. Let them know how much you are willing to spend on bail, if there is anyone (maybe a family member or friend) that might pay your bail, how many days you can take out of work, and what you boss’s phone number is.
If you have medication, carry it with you so that you will have access to it if arrested. If you are prepared for the worst situation, even if it is extremely unlikely, you don’t have to be nervous.
Next, and this is the part we all need to work on, we need a community that supports each other. We need to develop an unwavering safety net so that activists with legal trouble can quickly raise funds for legal fees, and if we have money, we need to donate to those causes.
We need to have an ethic at protests that if an activist is being detained we stand and support them, we pitch in to bail people out, we give people food or a place to sleep when times get tough, and we show up to court cases when we can."..........more at the link above.
a few notes on combatting repression
November 29, 2011
tags: Activism, AETA 4, Free Speech 8, repression, SHAC 7
The following is adapted from a brief talk I gave before a benefit for the Free Speech 8. (If you have any extra cash these activists are currently having a fund drive to raise $1,000 by Dec. 1st to receive a matching donation. You can donate here, even after the fund drive ends.)
The following is adapted from a brief talk I gave before a benefit for the Free Speech 8. (If you have any extra cash these activists are currently having a fund drive to raise $1,000 by Dec. 1st to receive a matching donation. You can donate here, even after the fund drive ends.) The benefit was a screening of Jill’s Film. A documentary and tribute to Jill Phipps, an effective, brave and committed animal activist. On February 1st, 1995 she was killed as she used her body as a shield to protect other animals.
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From Veginas speech......................................
If you have medication, carry it with you so that you will have access to it if arrested. If you are prepared for the worst situation, even if it is extremely unlikely, you don’t have to be nervous.
Next, and this is the part we all need to work on, we need a community that supports each other. We need to develop an unwavering safety net so that activists with legal trouble can quickly raise funds for legal fees, and if we have money, we need to donate to those causes.
We need to have an ethic at protests that if an activist is being detained we stand and support them, we pitch in to bail people out, we give people food or a place to sleep when times get tough, and we show up to court cases when we can."..........more at the link above.
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