Security Culture - Basics for Protests

Album: https://t.me/RevToolboxRedux/2155

Source: @covid19mutualaid on Instagram [I think, might be Twitter.]

A quick and dirty guide to protecting ourselves, our loved ones, and our movements from targeted State repression in mass protest situations.

GOOD SECURITY CULTURE:
1. Helps to protect from repression, violence, and retaliation at the hand of the State.
2. Keeps you and your social networks resistant to undercovers/informants, doxxers, and keeps our channels of communication as secure as possible.
3. Prevents information and plans from being intercepted, so nobody's party gets crashed.
4. Creates room for a diversity of tactics to be utilized and helps to support BIPOC, undocumented people, queer people, and others who are historically and systematically targeted by State violence.

#security #communications #tactics #infographic #document #mutualaid #essential

Activist Support and Recovery - Post-traumatic stress is a normal response to abnormal circumstances

"One of the most amazing things about activists is that we often deliberately expose ourselves to brutality when we believe it is necessary. What is sometimes equally surprising is how little we know about the psychological effects of this violence. We need to prepare ourselves and learn how to support each other through the physical and emotional consequences of trauma.

People's reactions to traumatic events vary enormously; some may become withdrawn, others may be tearful or angry. The time it takes to recover from trauma also varies from hours or days to weeks, months and sometimes years - though most people recover within a month [...]"

Source: https://www.activist-trauma.net/en/downloads.html

#selfcare #medical #mutualaid #document #link