Mastodawn

I personally prefer deflating tires in middle of night with small teams of 2-3 people - when it comes to targeting domestic state terrorists, from out of province, who stay at local Vancouver Island hotels. It's more effective to delay their domestic terrorism actions than noise protests. Well organized, large sit-in protests, phonebanking, reviews bombing, email flooding & flyers distribution on all car windows in parking lots works well to pressure businesses who choose to enable state domestic terrorists/mercenaries.

A good awl is a good friend.

Ms. Que Banh Feb 5

I've also set off hotel fire alarms in years past to get domestic state terrorists & everyone else evacuated from hotels. That's a more difficult tactic nowadays because there are security cams inside almost every hotel these days.

Ms. Que Banh Feb 5

In the past - I've posed as a super religious fanatic, near hotel entrances - handing out flyers about a fake Christ Saves You event. Did something similar with an Asians For Conservatives fake event, with flyers distribution at hotels where domestic state terrorists were hosted. People actually showed up for both fake events 🤡💩⚪️🗑
Bigots are easily duped.

Matilda Love Feb 5

@PhoenixSerenity thank you for your service in eroding trust in religious flyers ✊

Ms. Que Banh Feb 5

@matildalove I'm very committed to spreading the word of first antifascist, Jesus Christ. I'm not religious but consider Jesus as an OG antifascist ✌️

Ms. Que Banh Feb 5

@matildalove RCMP CIRG stole my custom made shirt that had Jesus on it & the text said Jesus Is AntiFascist. They probably burned it or threw it in the trash bin. Petty muthafuckers.

@PhoenixSerenity @matildalove

As Woody Guthrie reminds us it was cops and landlords who nailed him to the cross...

@PhoenixSerenity Furiously noting this strat down, I've grifted distributors of right-wing flyers into giving them to me (which then go straight into recycling) but I'm suddenly inspired to ✨diversify my tactics ✨

Ms. Que Banh Feb 5

@ingrid Diversity of tactics is how grassroots win, in the long run 👊💗✌️

@PhoenixSerenity TRUE!! Big fan of tactical variety

(Side note: When right-wing agitators were on a college campus once, claiming to be a theology student helped me in getting them to hand their flyers over to me "to distribute in my class." If I try this again, I'll try claiming to be business major tbh)

Ms. Que Banh Feb 5

@ingrid You can infiltrate so many different ways by learning more about the fashy enemies, changing up dressing styles depending on environment & doing excellent recon for resistance team.

@PhoenixSerenity You can also repurpose their materials for better uses! Spray paint away a fascist slogan on a yoink'd yard sign and you can put a much cooler slogan like "ACAB" or "ICE can melt in hell"

(Environmentally friendly alternative too - why buy something new when you don't have to?)

Neville Park Feb 5

@ingrid @PhoenixSerenity heh, now thinking of the liberation theology, feminist ecotheology, etc. folks I know of

you didn't ask which type of theologian

@nev @PhoenixSerenity *using a right-winger's presumption to your advantage is the move, and it comes with the benefit of being really fucking funny*

Nerviest Initial Feb 5

@PhoenixSerenity
Historically, awl (and knitting needle) punctures have been found to be easier to fix. If you really wanted to deflate a tire permanently, in history, you would probably have wanted a flat blade with some width to it, inserted into the sidewall. A hunting knife, historically, would have been very effective, but they have been found to be harder to conceal or explain, so saboteurs frequently had to make do with pocket knives.

Strictly historically of course. I'm in no way advocating this dangerous and illegal activity. Please don't slash fascists' tires using a brisk sawing motion to increase the width of the cut (historically, a serrated blade would help with this). All I can tell you is that resistance movements in the past have had success with these sort of highly destructive tactics. No one should employ them today.

Ms. Que Banh Feb 5

@intransitivelie Yeah, we've used heavy slash blades to immobilize fashy industry vehicles & state mercenaries before too. We use awls for faster delay action when we know there's more than 10 state domestic terrorists vehicles in one parking lot.

I've been brought into more than one police station & released with zero charges. They can't prove shit. Statute of limitations has passed for me so fuck em.

Nerviest Initial Feb 5

@PhoenixSerenity
I bow to your experience. Good hunting ✊

My camera shoots fascists Feb 5

@PhoenixSerenity

You know, sometimes houseless people walk down the streets wearing so many layers of clothes that you can barely see the person underneath. Sometimes they carry large bags, talking to themselves, maybe pushing shopping carts full of who knows what. They sometimes do this at night and everyone just ignores them. It's almost like they're… invisible. Like reverse ninjas, hiding in plain sight.

Ms. Que Banh Feb 5

@Mikal I've done the homeless person being innocent in a parking lot before - quite effective ✌️

My camera shoots fascists Feb 5

@PhoenixSerenity

Sometimes their shopping bags have a stencil built into the bottom, some flat sticks stapled to the inside to keep the bag upright and a can of upside down survey marking paint. Like I said, who knows what kind of things they carry around. 🤷‍♂️

My camera shoots fascists Feb 5

@PhoenixSerenity

Sometimes very normie looking, well dressed people, carrying shopping bags from expensive department stores, go out on the town for the night but don't really have things from expensive stores in those bags.
(This is all bringing back some pretty fun memories. 😆)

Ms. Que Banh Feb 5

@Mikal I used to be able to sneak into multiple fashy filled conventions/events but am too easily recognized now to be to pull it off again. I was never questioned because I dressed like the fashy business people. I was secretly recording audio & sneaking photos as often as possible.

@Mikal @PhoenixSerenity

Before the American revolution (and during it too for all I know) activists would wheel wooden crates on dollies with one side missing and a kid inside and stop by walls from time to time so the kid could write slogans.

@PhoenixSerenity I’ve heard that with a pair of vice grips one can easily pull out valve stems. I’ve heard.