Security Culture: A Handbook for Activists

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Being a peaceful, non-violent non-cooperator will not save you from police repression. (Of course you probably know this.)

At the same time, even if drawing police repression is the goal, it may be a bad idea to organize everything completely in the open.

At this time the movements are most vulnerable. They have not experienced a high degree of repression. They consider talk of security as mere paranoia. As they are not breaking laws they believe that it is safe to organize completely openly. The intelligence agency is therefore able to exploit these conditions and develop detailed dossiers on a wide range of people. The information will be extremely valuable to them later on.

Important historical revolutionary activities and groups began as small, serious-minded projects that grew in spite of surveillance and repression. It is therefore important to practice security at all points in the movement's development. State agents gather more than just "hard evidence;" they are interested in knowing about radicals' beliefs as well.

Much more in Security Culture: A Handbook for Activists.

[Pat K]

Well then it's a good thing they don't know
the code to tell what we are really communicating here.

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Well then it's a good thing they don't know
the code to tell what we are really communicating here.

You mean the 381 different words you use for "beer"?

[Pat K]

 

[Lloyd Danforth]

Well then it's a good thing they don't know
the code to tell what we are really communicating here.

You mean the 381 different words you use for "beer"?

321!    You missed a meeting

[PowerPenguin]

GJ someone's learning finally! (JK) Seriously though, that and some other useful material can be found at http://tinyurl.com/3cokqj. Such knowledge is not only useful for the activist, but also for those involved in the peaceful, productive alternative economy, ie the BLACK MARKET!!! (OMG) to those who like to be hypocrites.

[Russell Kanning]

Important historical revolutionary activities and groups began as small, serious-minded projects that grew in spite of surveillance and repression. It is therefore important to practice security at all points in the movement's development. State agents gather more than just "hard evidence;" they are interested in knowing about radicals' beliefs as well.

If they grew in spite of surveillance ... why is it therefore important to pratice security?

I want the government to know my beliefs ... that is one of the main goals.

If other people want to do things secretly, go for it. But I will not be hiding all my ideas and activities, so don't hang out with me if you want your privacy really badly.

[J’raxis 270145]

Important historical revolutionary activities and groups began as small, serious-minded projects that grew in spite of surveillance and repression. It is therefore important to practice security at all points in the movement's development. State agents gather more than just "hard evidence;" they are interested in knowing about radicals' beliefs as well.

If they grew in spite of surveillance ... why is it therefore important to pratice security?

I want the government to know my beliefs ... that is one of the main goals.

If other people want to do things secretly, go for it. But I will not be hiding all my ideas and activities, so don't hang out with me if you want your privacy really badly.

I think what's saying there is that they grew, despite surveillance and repression, because they practiced security.

But I agree with what you say, part of the way. I don't care if the bastards know what I think of them. But I do think it's a good idea to practice security such that they don't know exactly what I'm doing or what I'm going to do, when I'm doing it, and how I'm going to do it. This is the OPSEC/COMSEC stuff that came up in the Ed Brown thread.

[Russell Kanning]

since I am wanting to change hearts and minds ... I have to let people know what I am thinking and doing .... I don't think you can do that well with 10 letter acronyms but ymmv