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weekend training in Nonviolent Direct Action, Legal skills, and Action Support.

Training for Action | 09.05.2005 16:18 | G8 2005 | Social Struggles | London | South Coast

This in-depth training is a chance to come together with
other likeminded people and prepare yourself for taking direct action or supporting others to take action at the G8 Summit and beyond.

weekend training in Nonviolent Direct Action, Legal skills, and Action Support
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Friday May 27th to Sunday May 29th
South East of England

The weekend will cover:-

Training for individuals wanting to take action:
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*Explore and practise techniques for taking effective action and staying safe
*Find out your legal rights, including Scottish law
*Meet others and form affinity groups with whom to act at the G8


Training for individuals wanting to support direct action (including legal observers and legal support)
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* Get trained as a legal observer
*Share learning with other support activists and develop tactics for making support work well at the action
* Input on Scottish law

Format
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This will be a participative workshop based around learning through experience. There will be an emphasis on bringing together the support and action roles :-
*developing awareness of the needs of both roles
*making communication and support between them clear and powerful

The workshops will be facilitated by experienced trainers from the Seeds for Change, Turning The Tide, Aldermaston Womens Peace Camp, and the G8 Action Training networks
for more information email  DATW@seedsforchange.org.uk or call 0845 458 4776

Training for Action
- Homepage: http://skillsharing.org.uk

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Skills

10.05.2005 10:44

The workshops will cover a number of key skills you will need at the G8 demo including:



How to stay focused when stuck within a metal barrier compound miles from the real event and being laughed at by Police on overtime.

Creating paper mache heads of Bush, Blair etc as these are proven devices for bringing down dictators.

Arm exercises to build up strength for the holding of a SWP poster on a stick handed to you by someone you don't know but who now seems to be in charge.

How to create cheap ear plugs to block out the sound of yet another bloody samba band or twat with a whistle.

Tips on where to purchase a South American knitted hat with floppy ear pieces as without one there is a danger of you looking normal

A map detailing a local McDonalds or Burger King when you get sick of all the home produced vegan food.

A songsheet comprising all the classics - "We will overcome", "Give peace a chance" "I am a women" etc. Don't worry if you lose the sheet most police know the songs by heart having been hearing them for years.

Some pink die to allow you to change the colour of a T shirt - Nobody knows why we do this but it's a tradition now so we don't like to question the whole thing.

Finaly and most important of all

A bustsheet - listing the name and number of Daddy's lawyer in London






people


i know i shouldn't. but...

10.05.2005 17:58

Shut up.

I think that about sums it up really. Unless you have something constructive to offer, stop trolling.

fredrico
mail e-mail: musteatvegan@yahoo.co.uk


smell of bacon?

10.05.2005 18:18

So what kind of person posts this kind of negative comment about a very positive-sounding event?

Perhaps the following line gives us a clue: "Don't worry if you lose the sheet most police know the songs by heart having been hearing them for years."

robin hood


Funny

10.05.2005 19:02

I suppose what makes it really funny is that "people" is right. That is what these workshops and meetings are like.

Another person


Chill

10.05.2005 21:26

So Robin Hood piss taking on IM is the work of the police is it ?

It may be hard for you to accept but the Police / MI5 / Mossad do not read Indymedia. Like most trolling here it was just someone having a laugh at our expense. In fact what he wrote was a bit funny - chill out.

Not the police


how do you know?

12.05.2005 17:14

"the Police / MI5 / Mossad do not read Indymedia"

Don't want to be rude, but how do you know?

Please share the source of your Knowledge with us, o Wise and Chilled One.

yet another person


lol

14.05.2005 16:23

In the SHAC injunction cases, and SNGP injunction cases the police provided evidence from indymedia.

Why did the FBI/MI5 take part in removing the indymedia server then? To have it as a nice ornament?

fredrico
mail e-mail: musteatvegan@yahoo.co.uk