Note: I think this section is currently where we are most lacking in expertise. Our advice for usage needs to be practical, realistic and informed. We can’t slip into ‘performative’ or ‘dramatics’. We need some help here i think.

and on that, I think the practical applications of these blocs will be very different in different contexts. Loing term we want this Knowledge base to be very genreally applicabale, to be used whenver needed for future protests. How can we ahcedive that? Can we translate it, for one? Should we format this page as a list of opinions, and state where those opinions came from? “Tactical Advice from ____”

• cover from nose to knees
• carry with one hand
• chain up with comrades
• [optional] wear bump caps (stootpet)
• [optional] bring smoke bombs for extra vibes

BRIEFING

round of names, name one book you’re looking forward to read and name one reason why you’re here

semiotic briefing

• critical, revolutionary texts “blown up” to tactical defense purposes — intellectual and physical resistance
• i do not claim having read them all, nor that it is an authoritative or coherent selection by any measure.
• defense of knowledge against oppressive forces: in this case, defending anti-zionist students from the cops
• books as shields against ignorance and oppression, both in Palestine and the academia
• books as reason to revolt and resolve to resist
• “Books are our tools–we teach with them, we learn with them, we play with them, we create with them, we make love with them, and sometimes, we must fight with them.”
• Bertolt Brecht said, “Hungry one, reach for the book—it is a weapon.”