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?

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

Action Tactics for flyposting:

Pick a few 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's a suitable target?

Avoid posting on private businesses or properties as it can easily end up being criticised as vandalism. Go for public walls where possible, unless the action plan specifically involves a target. Spaces to consider:

Billboards or temporary walls
Public transport - trains, back of buses, bus stops and stations
Busy central areas in cities: town squares, statues, pedestrian areas
Universities, colleges, schools
Places with high pollution levels
Locations with iconic backdrops for dramatic/symbolic effect, e.g. Eiffel Tower in background Government buildings
HQ’s of companies agreed as targets by XR 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 queue or areas of high footfall
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.

Flyposting

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

Action Tactics for flyposting:

Pick a few 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's a suitable target?

Billboards or temporary walls

Public transport - trains, back of buses, bus stops and stations

Busy central areas in cities: town squares, statues, pedestrian areas

Universities, colleges, schools

Places with high pollution levels

Locations with iconic backdrops for dramatic/symbolic effect, e.g. Eiffel Tower in background Government buildings

HQ’s of companies agreed as targets by XR 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 queue or areas of high footfall

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.