| Culverin | 10-03-2014 05:18 AM |
A comment I found on reddit regarding provocateurs. Quote:
Guy from Ukraine checking in. We had our violent dictator overthrown this winter.
Forget about peaceful protest, you are not going to achieve anything with it. It just doesn't work with authoritarian governments, you'll be forced either to disperse or to go violent. If you have the resolve for the latter, better be prepared.
Get yourselves a stock of food, water and medical supplies. You'll need them when they block the roads around you. Talk to your friends and relatives. Those who are not in the center of the protests should participate by supplying. After people have invested even a tiny bit of effort or money into the protests they are likely to support them more.
Authorities will be sending provocators. They'll try to do as much damage to the public property as they can, so that authorities will have a moral right to attack you as hooligans. Be on the lookout, if you see a provocator - punish him.
Don't let the police to take the protesters out of the croud. They are able to do it only because they don't fear retaliation from the crowd. Start with blocking policemen and their vehicles, if things turn violent - try to use prevailing quantities.
Start wearing helmets and masks - it will moderately protect you and will help you to not be identified by the cameras. Get yourselves some shields and sticks like the police has. They are very easy in production, you can crowd-fund that. If police starts to use flashbangs - protect your legs from grenade shards with motorcycle gear or thick pieces of foam sleeping pads.
Also: Don't let the ambulance take your injured to official hospitals: they could get arrested there. Better crowdfund and create an independent medical service to assist with first aid on the spot.
Ask your questions, if any.
| warningkchshch comments on Police fire tear gas as Occupy Central spreads and ranks of protesters swell
Short of waiting things out, I think provocateurs are the CCP's most logical solution.
Unless I'm mistaken, HK people generally have the societal norm of being non-interfering bystanders.
They are not the type to interfere with Bus Uncle or that dude who's GF bitchslapped him.
First aid, social media and supply stations seems to say they are very good at self-organizing,
But are the up to the task of shutting down provocateurs and self policing?
I really don't know the HK culture that well, does anybody have thoughts on this? | 