I want to try to compile resources about different community mobilization tactics for when ICE is conducting raids, specifically for all of the tenants/neighbors in the vicinity. I have heard of the whistle thing which I think is a smart piece of a puzzle but I want to try to help people build more cohesive acute support networks
Learn tactics from cities that are already dealing with this, and work to employ them face to face with trusted members and groups in your community.
Build healthy digital security habits. Do not organize online, do not strategize online. Imo in this post you are asking people to document what could be considered crimes.
You mentioned you know of a local group. Start there and stay there.
Yeah, after I made this post I had the thought that maybe it was silly to make it in the first place. Though I’m not necessarily asking for illegal advice.
And yes, I see that other communities have been doing these things rather successfully but how do I learn from them? Just try to read as much news and watch as many instagram reels as I can, I guess?
I get that feeling on every single post. Power on through.
lmao thank you for your encouragement
love you’re grand. Asking is the first step. Good luck
I’m not accusing you of wrongdoing or malice, but I think we don’t know right now what will be considered illegal if someone should be apprehended, and this kind of discussion is to be had in person with your community.
Your local org certainly is going to be a good resource for how to learn. My biggest advice is, redouble your efforts to get connected face to face and keep it all there. Even if it’s annoying and people are flaky, which does suck, I was sorry to read that.
Forgive me if I seem overly paranoid, I just want everyone to be safe.
No I totally get where you’re coming from and you are correct. Just feeling very desperate right now and I don’t think this kind of thing is something that our community has really come up against before so I think anyone in organizing circles really knows how to cohesively address everything. I might ask to have the post purged, thanks for being thoughtful about it
Step 1, dont despair. It’s what they want. They aren’t all powerful and they know it. They themself dont have unlimited funding, their IA tools are full of glitches, all they have are big guns. I mean how much do they even pay these goons?
Your community will have unique circumstances to address in its own way, but rest assured that this struggle has been going on for a very, very long time, and there are broad strokes things you can learn together quickly.
I really hope you’re able to get in touch with the trainings and organizers near you! You mentioned having gone to a couple of events already so bug those people I guess? Or anyone else you might know from that circle?
I have folks that I’m in touch with, but I think everyone is so dispersed because there are like 50 different things going on so there aren’t many people who are focusing their energy on working together to create a cohesive plan and I’m new to the scene so it kind of feels very disorganized.
https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/zines/make-ready-safeguarding-our-movements-against-repression/make-ready-safeguarding-our-movements-against-repression_screen_single_page_view.pdf