Flyposting
Check out XR’s Guide to Flyposting or this amazing website: Everything You Need to Know to Blanket the World in Posters
What materials do I need for fly-posting?
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Buckets
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Bags
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Posters
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Poster paste - wallpaper paste is most durable but not environmentally friendly. To make flour paste: Check out this video
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Brushes
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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:
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Coordinators and Police liaison
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Flyposters: 1 to roll on the paste, 1 to put up the posters, 1 to roll on more paste on top
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Social media Rebel to take photos and put on #paintthestreets chats
Action Tactics for flyposting?
Key points to consider:
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Pick a few best locations to paint.
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Pick some backup locations if you have to change plans.
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Travel as light as possible.
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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.
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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.
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Always have a plan B.
What's a suitable target?
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Billboards or temporary walls
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Universities, colleges, schools
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Places with high pollution levels
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Public transport - trains, back of buses, bus stops and stations
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Busy central areas in cities: town squares, statues, pedestrian areas
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Locations with iconic backdrops for dramatic/symbolic effect, e.g. Eiffel Tower in background Government buildings
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HQ’s of companies agreed as ittargets in keeping with our group strategy
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Companies linked to fossil fuel industry and fracking e.g. HSBC, Barclays
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On the floor in a place where lots of people get an aerial viewpoint e.g. a square surrounded by skyscrapers
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Places people are queueing
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Replacing ferry flags