if you are planning on attending the palestine action protest on Saturday, be warned the government is prepared for mass arrests
London demonstration organised by Defend Our Juries to protest proscription of group under terrorism laws
The police are fully mobilised and will take attendance as support for a "proscribed terrorist organisation"
I am not saying one way or another whether you should go but I need to know everyone understands the threat level here. Do not assume clever phrasing of your placard or cautious positioning in the crowd will make for a solid argument to the police not to arrest you
Louder for those at the back: any comrades attending should know attendance will be taken as support for P.A, which is, under this authoritarian state, a crime
A reminder that we march against tommy robinson and the far right on saturday. show up if you can, share if you can't. They planned this deliberately so it coincides with the palestinian solidarity march on the same day, and have been granted way by the met police to base themselves across whitehall, the strand, and trafalgar square, which divides counter-demonstrators. stay safe out there punks.
Hey so, I haven't seen much about this on here, but a GREAT resource for protesters, ESPECIALLY protesters who might be targeted by signal jamming cell phones.
Meshtastic is a totally open source project that basically enables radio wave texting. Think walkie-talkies but better and with texting. It's been catching on especially in Europe, but has been growing in popularity all over.
The devices use line-of-sight connections, but the fun part is that your messages can also piggy back other devices in the area to get a bigger reach (while your message stays encrypted). So the more devices in an area, the bigger signal you can use.
These are perfect for protests, concerts, hiking, or other situations where your cell signal might end up useless.
Most meshtastic devices connect via bluetooth to your phone, so you can text on your phone with the app, making it super easy to send & receive messages in a way you're already used to. There are also ones with their own keyboards so it's a fully contained texting device.
The system is totally open source, which means if you're techy, you can put together your own device for like $30-40 at cheapest. If you're not about soldering wires or 3D printing your own stuff, you can often grab these at $60-70 at cheapest. Some examples here. Just make sure you're getting one that is setup for the legal radio frequencies you can use in your country.
Right now a lot of the documentation is written for people who previously used ham radios, or are just techy sorts, so it get confusing fast, but it's quickly becoming more beginner user friendly and really is a great resource for people wishing to buck the system or have a backup system in case of emergencies.
Right now you can check out and see if there's anyone around you who have shared the location of their meshtastic nodes on these maps.
If you want more info, of course check out the meshtastic website, but there's also plenty of youtube tutorials that can help you out as well as the meshtastic discord where you can find a lot more help.
