Taking Action
How to ensure your action runs smoothly, achieves the planned outcomes and cope with the unexpected. Also guidance for those participating in Actions
Dealing with police and security
The police liaison role helps keep police calm, remind them of our nonviolence, and helps keep them occupied rather than information gathering on all the activists or organisers present.
Civil-disobedience does not include:
- Being aggressive to police – verbally or physically
- Physically trying to prevent arrest by locking arms with another person etc.
- Running away from arrest – or running to get to a wall to paint etc.
- Getting into physical contact with police either by trying to jump over barriers or pushing past them.
- Shouting at the public or police: singing is better!
All these behaviours encourage police aggression and can create a tense atmosphere.
Action Support
Turning a plan into reality
The various Action Support roles are there to help turn your action plans into reality.
The Action Support crew will either be drawn from your local group (for small scale actions), or the Central Action Support teams can help you to draw on UK wide pools of volunteers for these roles
Outreach at an Action
Sharing news as it happens
Livestreaming
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Live content channel to upload photos
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