Feminist Global Resistance continues our Activist Action Series, offering techniques and safety tips for activists.
Our article, “CONTROL THE NETWORK”, is republished by permission from “ANONYMOUS: OG’s / ORIGINAL GUIDES” and was originally written by Johnny Fusion =11811=.
As Johnny states in his opening line, “The Arab Spring was organized on Twitter. The next revolution cannot be organized on Oligarch-owned networks, but on networks we control.”
Be inspired and organize! But to do so, one needs to access the world on safe media outlets and not on those controlled by the rich and powerful who would use your information as a means of attacking, infiltrating, discrediting, or otherwise disrupting the movement.
To all activists, “dancing the streets” requires a knowledge of what one may encounter during any action. Be prepared for any event and stay vigilant.
Remember, we are in this together, so together we help each other.
Activism can be fun, but it is serious business – take care of yourself and each other.
As always: Be prepared for confrontation and keep it safe out there!
CONTROL THE NETWORK
“The Arab Spring was organized on Twitter. The next revolution cannot be organized on Oligarch-owned networks, but on networks we control.”
Find your community.
Get on Encrypted comms.
Be wary of informers, infiltrators, and agitators.
What are you waiting for?”
What would a “network we control” look like.
The main thing to keep in mind is if you don’t own the platform, you don’t HAVE a platform.
Move off big centralized apps and services and run something yourself.
Something distributed would be preferable over something with a single point of failure.
“Mistrust Authority — Promote Decentralization” is a core tenet of the Hacker Ethic & it will serve you well in resistance.
Something distributed and decentralized will be censorship resistant.
End to End Encryption will be a necessary component to avoid surveillance.
VEILID is promising but not yet widely available.
SIGNAL is the de facto standard for private chat.
If your community is geographically local you can create community networks that don’t rely on the internet.
Mesh networks can be decentralized but something like WiMAX blanketing a neighborhood can work too.
All this being said there is no one size fits all solution it will be determined by your community’s needs, resources, and technical acumen.
Imagine old school, analog solutions such as dead drops and pen and paper cyphers and one time pads or pirate radio can be used.
Your own networks will be shaped by the environment your community finds itself in.
Maybe even redundant and overlapping techniques and technologies.
We don’t know what your community network will look like. All we know is the time to build it is NOW.
Credit Johnny Fusion =11811=, “CONTROL THE NETWORK”
