masked-up:

I’ve returned to Tumblr for the time being. There is more to information to distribute and I want to continue to aid my fellow activists and teach newer people the ropes. 

The first thing I’d like to bring up is the anti-Trump protest on the 26th of February. This is going to be a protest of massive proportions, fascist groups such as the ‘We are British movement’, Britain First, and other smaller more extreme fascist cells like Pie and Mash and Anti-Antifa groups will be descending on London. They will be marching in support of Trump, while we expect 10s of thousands to march against him. 

Although police will use their usual kettling and separation tactics on both sides, the risks will still be very high to anyone attending as fascists have a history of beating activists before, during, and after protests. Many fascists have declared they are coming purely to fight or stop antifascists, groups such as Pie and Mash have made very clear threats of their violent intent towards leftists, which is not unusual. This is a very clear warning to leftist activists who will participate. 

Train up! Exercise and learn the basics of self defense or a martial arts as quickly as possible, if you can do this before the end of February you put yourself at a Massive advantage. Lots of smaller fascist groups like PnM and the AAF lot are from football firms, hooliganism, which can be a violent culture. 

Kit up! Prepare your equipment beforehand, make a list of what you need, go back through it again, make sure its all packed before you head off. Try to travel light as you will need to be quick on your toes, also if you are not planning to engage in direct action or physical confrontation what you need will differ from radicals. Radicals keep light, you don’t need a megaphone or a placard, or anything big and obnoxious to carry that’ll slow you down. Non radicals will have slightly less worry as fash will target antifa more, banners, placards, flags, megaphones are not as much of a liability for you in this circumstance. 

Bloc up! If you’re planning engagement or action for the love of fuck bloc up well. Bring an all black mask, bring a different back up mask, wear all black with the least amount of identification possible. Logos are tracking beacons, the bigger logos are the easier you are to locate and track, the ideal is to blend into the bloc. Both fascists and police like to target people don’t allow yourself to be that person. It is Not difficult to track someones movements when you know what they look like. 

Look up! Specifically look up all the details you can prior to this march. The area its in, the possible escape routes, the planned routes for both protests, the times, police announcements. You need to know what you’re walking into or you might just walk yourself into a cell. If there are multiple events pick the best place for you to gather, or maybe meet your comrades a short distance from larger meeting points, to avoid police kettling. Also look up as in keep an eye on your surroundings, police will be swarming and they never swarm without reason

Keep up! This will no doubt be a fucking mess, police kettling, restricted movement, groups trying to get at one another through fed lines, arresting of “instigators”, you need to keep an eye out on all sides, listen to others, and be quick on your feet. If you see police moving in a line, run and run like hell don’t let them trap you, but if you end up separated from the majority of people fall back and find a way to follow the crowd or remerge. Stay ahead of the police. 

Train up, kit up, bloc up, look up, keep up. This is going to be big and messy and potentially very violent and it is not like your typical UAF hugfest. We are fully expecting all parts of the far-right scum network to crawl out their wholes from across the UK on this one. You need your fight, your flight, your bloc advantage, your plans, and your wits this time, nothing less. 

Be safe everyone, watch this space I will be relaying more bloc advice and advice specific to UK activism or London protest. 

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    Be safe. Kick ass. Don’t start fights, but be damn sure well to end them.

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