🌿 GEAR UP: PROTEST WEAR UNDER FASCISM 🌿
An Ecopunk Guide to Staying Safe, Smart & Untraceable
We are living in a time when surveillance is constant, eco-collapse is accelerating, and governments are increasingly cracking down on dissent. When fascism tightens its grip, resistance becomes not just necessary — it becomes sacred.
If you're taking to the streets, defending the forest, or showing up where you’re not “supposed” to be:
You need to be protected. You need to be unidentifiable. You need to blend in and strike smart.
★ Not just a COVID mask. Full face concealment.
★ Layer a disposable surgical mask under a bandana or balaclava to disrupt facial recognition.
★ Avoid bright colors, logos, or anything unique.
★ Stick to earth tones, plain black, or blend into your surroundings.
★ Wraparound sunglasses help, but avoid reflective lenses that attract cameras.
★ Fingerprints = evidence.
★ Wear lightweight, grip-friendly gloves (mechanic’s style are great).
★ Do not take them off — not for phones, not to fix your mask, not for anything.
🌿BLEND IN WITH YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
★ Urban action? Go normcore — hoodie, jeans, plain sneakers.
★ Forest defense? Camo, greens, browns — dress like the terrain.
★ Avoid any outfit you’ve worn in photos. Burn it if necessary.
★ No logos. No slogans. No flair. You are not a brand. You are resistance.
🌿GO SCENT-FREE, STAY CLEAN
★ Wash clothes in scentless detergent.
★ No perfume, cologne, essential oils, or deodorant.
★ Dogs and thermal tech can track your scent and heat signature.
★ Think animal. Think ghost.
🌿LEAVE YOUR PHONE BEHIND.
★ Seriously. Do not bring your smartphone.
★ If you must have one, use a burner bought with cash — no accounts, no contacts, no selfies.
★ Better yet: Faraday bag it, keep it off, and never unlock it at the scene.
🌿BE THE FOG, NOT THE FIREWORKS.
★ No unique patches. No one-of-a-kind bandanas. No flashy signs.
★ Uniformity = safety in numbers. Ego gets people doxxed.
★ You are not there to stand out — you are there to stand together.
🌿ECOPUNK ARMOR, DIY-STYLE.
★ Layer cardboard and hemp under your hoodie for padding.
★ Upcycle rubber, denim, or leather into forearm guards or shin shields.
★ Reinforce clothes with natural fibers, not synthetics that melt.
★ Protection should be defensive, not aggressive. Know your limits. Know your risks.
🌿KNOW YOUR RIGHTS — AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.
★ Memorize legal aid numbers. Write them on your body.
★ Don’t talk to cops. Period.
★ Don’t bring ID unless your local laws absolutely require it — and hide it deep.
★ Study the difference between stopped, detained, and arrested.
Knowledge is armor. Don’t wait until you need it.
🌿 FINAL WORD: YOU ARE NOT POWERLESS.
Fascism wants fear. It wants faces. It wants silence.
We are rooted in the dirt.
We are wind through cities.
We are the mycelium under empire.
They can’t stop what they can’t see. They can’t kill what keeps growing back.
And to those who can’t attend, be loud, silence is the enemy of progress.
✊ STAY SHARP. STAY HIDDEN. STAY WILD.
