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Flyposting

Flyposting

Check out XR’s Guide to Flyposting: https://xrb.link/G6pp3Vn

Or this amazing website: Everything You Need to Know to Blanket the World in Posters

What materials do I need for fly-posting?

  • Buckets
  • Bags
  • Posters
  • Poster paste - wallpaper paste is most durable but not environmentally friendly. To make flour paste: Check out this video
  • Brushes
  • Rollers / & pins

How do I organise a fly-posting group?

Get together in an affinity group of 3-5 people and split into these roles:
  • Coordinators and Police liaison
  • Flyposters: 1 to roll on the paste, 1 to put up the posters, 1 to roll on more paste on top
  • Social media Rebel to take photos and put on #paintthestreets chats

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How can I get posters?

There are several routes of printing flyers, posters, stickers for outreach and actions. NB: Please note that the logo is strictly not to be used for any commercial purposes
  1. Go to XR Arts website to download electronic copies of Extinction Rebellion flyers, stickers, posters etc. You can then modify these to suit your local needs, provided your messaging is in keeping with strategy and aims.

  2. You can print the materials yourself, either with your friendly local print shop or online at solopress.com or DigitalPrinting. We recommend bond type paper (unfinished or natural look).
  3. Make contact with other Local groups to see if they have any materials you could share.
  4. The OpenCollective website sometimes supports environmental protest organisations with the cost of printing. Check in to see if they're running.

What are Action Tactics for flyposting?

Key points to consider when undertaking an action:
  • Pick your best locations to paint.
  • Pick some backup locations if you have to change plans.
  • Travel as light as possible.
  • Pick a meeting point, time and communicate these via Signal or other encrypted chats the night before, along with the arrestable end-point if this applies.
  • Use emergent strategy to move: avoid planning a travel route which could be snitched on (information leaked) or messed up by delays - instead, make the route up as you go along. Change location every 20-30min depending on how discreet your action is.
  • Always have a plan B.

What is a suitable target?

  • Billboards/ temporary walls
  • Universities, colleges, schools
  • Places with high pollution levels
  • Public transport - trains, back of buses, bus stops and stations
  • Busy central areas in cities: town squares, statues, pedestrian areas
  • Locations with iconic backdrops for dramatic/symbolic effect, e.g. Eiffel Tower in background Government buildings
  • HQ’s of companies agreed as ittargets in keeping with our group strategy
  • Companies linked to fossil fuel industry and fracking e.g. HSBC, Barclays
  • On the floor in a place where lots of people get an aerial viewpoint e.g. a square surrounded by skyscrapers
  • Places people are queueing
  • Replacing ferry flags
Remember, you don’t only have to flypost. You can give posters away and put them up on school/university noticeboards, in windows of cafes and on flyer tables. People often like being given posters as gifts - use any available opportunity for outreach.