Riots
MadMan | 07.04.2007 18:32
First off, have a shield. Anything metallic is best. If the material is curved this will help spread the impact of a baton and help reduce damage.
Anything that protects the head is ideal.
Medics should ideally be on standby behind the front line. Anyone injured should be pulled back and given first aid. The front line must be tight and fluid, always pushing forward.
Vans and other vehicles may be used to prevent the police from pushing through barricades with their vehicles, always followed by hoardes of police men.
Goggles, scarves and gas masks for everyone as CS gas is very inhibiting. Lemon juice helps absorb CS, so have a bottle ready to splash on your scarf if the shells start flying. Furthermore, there should be no fleeing from the gas, people should ideally move forward to the barricades and throw the tear gas back at the police lines. If the police beak through then the demonstrators are at complete mercy to the batons, often isolated and shocked. If the protest moves towards the police then both sides are affected by the gas.
Any implement that acts in the same way as a baton could be used to defend yourself against police brutality.
Paint can be used to cover the shields and visors of riot police, restricting their field of vision.
Smoke can be used to shield our actions and lure the police into ambushes. The thin leaves of ever greens produce huge amounts of smoke with a somewhat green tinge when placed on a fire. These are used as smoke signals in survival exercises regarding the military.
If anyone out there feels like they could drive a vehicle through a police line and ensure that the gates of Babylon are opened to the public on a crucial day then I applaud you!
Solidarity is essential.
The police are not intelligent. They know only violence. They resemble the hench men of some brutal dictatorship. Fascism is evident in their actions of zero tolerance and smashing to bits anything that they perceive to be a threat. There can never be any negotiation between us and the police because they simply will not listen. The only way to avoid them is taking control of government. Devolution will work wonders as they would then only exist to protect the interests of the local community rather than the State.
Wishing you all a mind blowing Easter holiday.
Anything that protects the head is ideal.
Medics should ideally be on standby behind the front line. Anyone injured should be pulled back and given first aid. The front line must be tight and fluid, always pushing forward.
Vans and other vehicles may be used to prevent the police from pushing through barricades with their vehicles, always followed by hoardes of police men.
Goggles, scarves and gas masks for everyone as CS gas is very inhibiting. Lemon juice helps absorb CS, so have a bottle ready to splash on your scarf if the shells start flying. Furthermore, there should be no fleeing from the gas, people should ideally move forward to the barricades and throw the tear gas back at the police lines. If the police beak through then the demonstrators are at complete mercy to the batons, often isolated and shocked. If the protest moves towards the police then both sides are affected by the gas.
Any implement that acts in the same way as a baton could be used to defend yourself against police brutality.
Paint can be used to cover the shields and visors of riot police, restricting their field of vision.
Smoke can be used to shield our actions and lure the police into ambushes. The thin leaves of ever greens produce huge amounts of smoke with a somewhat green tinge when placed on a fire. These are used as smoke signals in survival exercises regarding the military.
If anyone out there feels like they could drive a vehicle through a police line and ensure that the gates of Babylon are opened to the public on a crucial day then I applaud you!
Solidarity is essential.
The police are not intelligent. They know only violence. They resemble the hench men of some brutal dictatorship. Fascism is evident in their actions of zero tolerance and smashing to bits anything that they perceive to be a threat. There can never be any negotiation between us and the police because they simply will not listen. The only way to avoid them is taking control of government. Devolution will work wonders as they would then only exist to protect the interests of the local community rather than the State.
Wishing you all a mind blowing Easter holiday.
MadMan
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Noise
07.04.2007 19:44
GREG
aggro
07.04.2007 20:45
Padding on the inside will save your bones from being fractured.
"Furthermore, there should be no fleeing from the gas, people should ideally move forward to the barricades and throw the tear gas back at the police lines."
No, carry buckets of water and drop them in there. The police gas masks are effective so there is no point in throwing their shit back. Make sure you have at least a couple of people with high quality gasmasks for this task.
"If anyone out there feels like they could drive a vehicle through a police line and ensure that the gates of Babylon are opened to the public on a crucial day then I applaud you!"
Yeah, you'll cheer but you won't take their 'attempted murder' prison time for them. You don't need to go to such extremes to break a police line. Most of them expect to be chasing you - it is all they train for. If a group of you start running at them it can make them panic in surprise.
Listen, I am just in a bitchy mood so feel free to have a go at me. I think targetted violence can be used to reduce the overall level of violence in the world. And it is important to encourage physical disobedience, I concede that. But the minute you are fighting cops, you are hitting the wrong people. Fight the rich bastards who employ the cops, preferably when the cops are somewhere else. Learn how to send the cops somewhere else.
Don't get mad, man, get even.
orca
@ lemonjuice
08.04.2007 00:46
this is a really old insight, going back to the late 70s and early 80s, so somebody here doesn't have their shit together. you're just having a public wank about your fucking militancy fetish if you ask me. if you were really serious about rioting you would have talked about:
a. throwing shit - classical riot weaponry, need i say more?
b. black widow slingshots - minimum effort, maximum effect, go out and train ye boys girls and all in between
c. the original molotov cocktail!
have a nice easter doing fuck all, as you and i both know you will
me
Rocks
08.04.2007 01:11
What stings like the impact of a pipe on the side of your kneecap, neck and top of shoulder?
What protects the people from the outside like a solid shield?
What confuses like the explosion of a travelling vehicle behind the lines of an aggressive force? They're so padded that they submit hardly any other way. What fights back against offense with music and the what changes like the direct actions of a group driven by passion and dreams of liberation, dissolved in the wisdom of a great future for many hundreds of generations of our species all now at one with our Mother Earth.
mortars4everyone
The Shield
08.04.2007 01:23
Smaller pieces of metal could be used personally to shield against incoming attack, protect the people behind you, and could be raised up together with a paper placard. A pole could be attached to this personal shield that can be removed and help block any attack by police batons, as well as using it to raise the sign above your head. Straps to lock the arm in place could be glued/screwed onto the metal and help protect fingers and elbow from harm. Padding is a great idea as well.
Umm.
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08.04.2007 16:12
M
uh oh
08.04.2007 19:16
>Good luck you fucking idiots.
Welcome to the future "M"
deflector