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?
Please avoid posting up on private businesses or properties as this can easily end up being dubbed as vandalism. 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