* For your safety, organize teams to ensure nonviolent behavior and minimize potential harm to people during the demonstrations on 12M (FOR THIS WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED THIS HANDBOOK WITH ANSWERS AND NON-VIOLENT ACTIONS AND TACTICS TO AVOID ATTACKS)
· * Paint the symbol of nonviolence in your hands and show them as we sing “LOOK AT these// THEY’RE our weapons''
* Another suggestion: SEAT PEACEFULY, RAISING PALMS PAINTED WHITE
* IMPORTANT RULES TOWARDS POLICE FORCES:
We always act in solidarity and nonviolence.
No reaction to police provocation, absolutely, please DON’T throw away any object.
In any violent situation everybody seats, lift our arms in surrender attitude. Never run away. Join to your neighbors arms with arms, make a circle, place the elderly, women and our cameras at the center. If there was an undercover cop or a violent person (they don’t represent us), as we seat the film will be able to spot clearly the violent entity. That is the best proof, police should go after them and should not attack us.
HOW TO ACT IN CASE OF "POLICE RIOT": We stand united in rows holding arms intertwined with one another, the group should never split (the police will be looking to break the groups). Never hit a policeman (if not the TV will say that we have wounded a policeman and they’ll have an excuse to charge more brutally next time). Always raise our arms as you “surrender”.
We simply avoid the beating from the police with arms raised together, swinging from right or left or stopping the policeman's baton with your arms as a sign of blockage, use your wrists to stop the baton.
If the police attacks, we all seat on the floor, lift your arms, don‘t run away. So that it takes at least two policemen to drag us away. If they drag us, we remain still with our hands in a gesture of no action. If the charge against us is too heavy we look for another area to keep concentrated, but we do not separate from each other.
If you are thrown smoke or tear gas: we all move away in block, do not run (just like in fire drills) to another area and we seat together on another area (you never leave the group) people in charge of ensuring the safety will collect the smoke canister and throw it away. Watch out as the bomb is hot (only for people with protecting glasses and mask), the canister should be picked up with gloves, a towel or shirt or given a kick to dump it in a sewer, before it fully disperses the smoke.
Tear gas irritates the eyes, causes temporary blindness and temporarily difficult breathing, it is not lethal.
Defense against gas canisters>>> http://bit.ly/tergasFormula If you are exposed, blow your nose, rinse your mouth, cough and spit, try not to swallow;
Take with you a solution of liquid anti-acid (like Maalox) and water in equal parts, ideally in a spray bottle. Clean your eyes starting from the inner corner of eye outwards gently, the head laying back and slightly to the side for flushing.
If possible, when the victims agrees open their eyes, most will not be able to open them on their own, besides opening their eyes will increase the pain temporarily.
against water pressure, we lay on the floor (in the fetal position ) is more difficult to move by pressure or lie on the floor like a dead body, place your head down and arms around the eyes, the elbow as a shield.
RECORD everything that happens. Record and photograph identifying the police to denounce police brutality, and everyone has to witness.
If the riot police concealed their identification, we yell, "HE DOES NOT HAVE IDENTIFICATION" may not be a cop.
International laws: the Geneva Convention and the Hague Court of justice, protect us. They can not beat a person who raises their hands as an act of surrender and if they hit someone with their hands up, that becomes police brutality. In such a case we collectively press charges and demand/claim for the resignation of those responsible (police authorities and politician).
Article N. 21 of the Spanish Constitution.
“1. Granted the right to assemble peacefully and unarmed. The exercise of this right shall not require prior authorization.
2. In the case of meetings in public spaces and demonstrations, prior notification to the authority shall be given, they would only be forbidden when there are reasonable grounds to assume disturbance of public order, involving danger to persons or goods”
REMINDER: everyone that any police infiltrated or violent citizen shall be expelled from the event, because they don’t represent us.
Real democracy now, 15M, Occupy, 99% currently are and will remain being peaceful demonstrators.
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