#protest prep

[firstoccupier]

How to Build Riot Shields from 55-Gallon Drums

🛠️  Occupy25.com: compliments of Occupy Oakland 2011/2012 When the state brings shields and body armor to a protest, what are they expecting? Compliance. Intimidation. Retreat. But sometimes, resistance looks like courage made out of scrap metal. Here’s how to build your own riot shields — not for war, but for defense, dignity, and survival — using a standard 55-gallon steel drum. 🧯 Safety…

How to Build Riot Shields from 55-Gallon Drums

[dickensign]

TIL: pipecutter, there's such a thing as a pipe cutter, and it works perilously well on cutting PVC pipes! that's a 72 inch by 24 inch banner that i designed myself :)

we spent all day running around prepping for this thing tomorrow but our results are nothing but goddamn glorious

[dickensign]

RE: the Cat Stroller full of Protest Supplies

mm, so this was a rolling success - (other than getting it over curbs and such while it was in 2 pieces) it made carrying water, drinks & snacks much easier as that all ended up being quite heavy for the size of our group

PLUS I was able to stand one of the PVC legs of my banner up in the frame and lean the middle of the banner up against a lightpost so after about the first hour i was able to just leave the banner standing there and go sit down in the shade because standing for 2 hours is just not something I can really do

[tiktokvault]