direct action tactics
DESCRIPTION
This zine offers a broad overview of direct action tactics and basic ideas for how to successfully implement them. In addition, it discusses the importance of affinity groups for undertaking these ideas. It offers a range of ideas that move well beyond the simple idea that “protest” is just about holding signs and courting lawmakers. Within its pages you will find a basic primer on a broad range of tactics: squatting, affinity groups, pie-ing, culture jamming, reclaim the streets, guerrilla gardening, jail solidarity, blockades, etc.TRANSCRIPT
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Ther
e have
bee
n m
any t
imes
when
we
have
wis
hed
that
we
had a
zin
e like
this
. E
spec
ially w
hen
w
e find o
urs
elves
talk
ing
to f
olks
that
are
“new
” t
o anarc
his
m a
nd t
he
whol
e not
ion o
f figh
ting
back
, it's
som
etim
es d
ifficu
lt t
o st
art
a c
onver
sation
on t
act
ics.
This
zin
e of
fers
a b
road o
ver
vie
w
of d
irec
t act
ion t
act
ics
and b
asi
c id
eas
for
how
to
succ
essf
ully im
ple
men
t th
em. In
additio
n, it d
is-
cuss
es t
he
impor
tance
of
aff
inity g
roups
for
under
takin
g th
ese
idea
s. It
offe
rs a
range
of
idea
s th
at
mov
e w
ell bey
ond t
he
sim
ple
idea
that
“pro
test
” is
just
abou
t hol
din
g si
gns
and c
ourt
ing
law
mak-
ers.
The
zin
e is
made
of o
f se
lect
ions
from
a b
ook t
itle
d W
e A
re E
ver
yw
her
e: T
he
Irre
sist
ible
Ris
e of
G
loba
l A
nti-c
apitalism
that
was
edited
by N
otes
fro
m N
owher
e. T
he
orig
inal bo
ok c
hro
nic
les
the
anti-c
apitalist
/anti-g
loba
liza
tion
mov
emen
t of
the
late
-199
0s a
nd e
arl
y-2
000s
. Con
sequ
entl
y, a lot
of
the
tact
ics
dis
cuss
ed h
ere
com
e ou
t of
that
conte
xt.
As
bes
t w
e ca
n r
emem
ber
, th
is z
ine
was
pic
ked
up a
t th
e 2003 a
nti-F
.T.A
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ree
Tra
de
Are
a o
f th
e A
mer
icas)
con
ver
gence
in M
iam
i, F
lori
da. It
was
orig
inally p
ublish
ed b
y t
he
Ora
nge
Cou
nty
R
evol
ution
ary
Anarc
his
t Col
lect
ive.
Thanks
to t
hem
for
the
idea
. See
you
in t
he
stre
ets,
Spro
ut
Anarc
his
t Col
lect
ive
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