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Care in context of Activism
“What Sustains Us? What Stops Us?”
An exploration and conversation starter on how we meld our activist lives, our political selves with our personal lives, our mental health work and the way we are in community – and how we can make it sustainable, healthy and constructive. “What Sustains Us? What Stops Us?” Thoughts on activism and mental health
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Self as other - Reconsidering Self-Care (CrimethInc)
- FOR ALL WE CARE, Reconsidering Self-Care, CrimethInc
- SELF AS OTHER - Reconsidering self-care CrimethInc
The Lifelong Activist
- The Lifelong Activist How to change the world without losing your way, a self-help guide for activists and progressives, by Hillary Rettig
Sustainable activism and avoiding burnout, and more (Activist Trauma Support)
Holistic Security for Rights Advocates
- Holistic Security Tactical Tech
“Human rights defenders, journalists, and activists continue to operate in a terrain fraught by ever-evolving risks to their physical and psychological integrity, along with those of their family, friends and associates.
The great proliferation of digital devices and information and communication technologies such as the internet, email, social networking tools, mobile and smartphone devices, has had a profound impact on the dimensions of these threats, both in broadening the kinds of surveillance and harassment to which HRDs can be subjected, and providing new and innovative ways for them to communicate, organise, take action and stay safe, both psychologically and physically.”
Gender/ Diversity Wise
Self-care and Self-defense manual for feminist activists
- Self-care and Self-defense manual for feminist activists Marina Bernal
ZEN and the art of making tech work for you
“The manual grew out of the 2014 Gender and Technology Institute, organised by Tactical Technology Collective and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). The Institute brought together almost 80 participants and facilitators—mostly from the Global South—to focus on issues faced daily by women and trans* persons online and offline, to share strategies and tools for better protecting our digital privacy and security, as well as show we can spread this knowledge and skills with our communities and organisations. Since then, our network has expanded, so this manual has benefited from the input and review of a wide range of people. It is informed by the stories and creative practices of grass-roots activists, digital and holistic security facilitators, privacy advocates, and people making technology around the world.”
Street Wise
Activist's Guide to Basic First Aid (BCC)
- Activist's Guide To Basic First Aid Black Cross Collective
“Black Cross Health Collective is an affinity group of health care workers who live in Portland, Oregon. We formed after the WTO protests because we saw a need for medical care that is specific to the radical community. We think our needs as radicals are different, and that groups like the Red Cross don’t give us the skills we need to keep ourselves and each other safe in the streets. So we called upon our own medical experience (as nurse practioners, nurses, EMT’s, clinical herbalists, and more), as well as our experience in demos and direct actions, and formed Black Cross. Since then, we’ve done first aid trainings in Portland and around the country, provided medical support at local and national demos, and are conducting trials looking for a way to neutralize pepper spray”
Staying safe in the streets
- Staying safe in the streets CrimethInc
Fashion tips for the brave
- Fashion Tips for the brave CrimethInc
Stay healthy so you can stay in the streets (BALM Squad)
Boston Area Liberation Medics have a collection of health and medical documents produced by street medics for the benefit of the activist community, for reading online or printing as handouts. See the website BALM
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Kit d'Auto-défense Juridique et Médicale (PL)
- Kit d'Auto-Defense Juridique et Médicale Paris Luttes
Guide soins aux migrants en situation précaire
- Guide soins aux migrants en situation précaire Comede 2013