As the election looms along with the potential of street conflict, here's a thread listing an array of informative guides. Let's review everything we've learned over the past several years.

http://cwc.im/EverybodyOut 

Organize with those you know and trust: http://cwc.im/AffinityGroup 

Basic security in protest situations: https://maskon.zone/ 

Introduction to security culture: https://cwc.im//texts/security 

If the FBI question you or ask you to become an informant: https://cwc.im/ifthefbi 

Beware of agents provocateurs and entrapment: https://cwc.im/entrapment 

This thread spells out how to protect your privacy via proper phone safety at demonstrations—before, during, and after: https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/1267555867840393222

Communications equipment for rebels, courtesy of @IAF__FAI: http://iaf-fai.org/2020/10/11/skills-for-revolutionary-survival-5-communications-equipment-for-rebels/

To guard against doxxing: https://cwc.im/doxcare 

Dressing to preserve your privacy and safety:

Fashion tips for the brave: https://cwc.im/fashiontips 

The femme's guide to riot fashion: https://cwc.im/riotfemme 

Staying safe in the streets: http://cwc.im/staysafe 

Black blocs: https://cwc.im/texts/blocs 

Gear:

A demonstrator’s guide to helmets: https://cwc.im/helmets 

Gas masks and goggles: https://cwc.im/gasmasks 

Tools and tactics in the Portland protests—from leaf blowers to lasers: https://cwc.im/PortlandTactics 

Shields: https://crimethinc.com/2020/08/03/tools-and-tactics-in-the-portland-protests-from-leaf-blowers-and-umbrellas-to-lasers-bubbles-and-balloons#shields

Umbrellas: https://crimethinc.com/2020/08/03/tools-and-tactics-in-the-portland-protests-from-leaf-blowers-and-umbrellas-to-lasers-bubbles-and-balloons#umbrellas

You can't always predict how things will go in advance, but it helps to show up with a solid goal and a plan. It's better to set an objective and achieve it than to hope someone else has done the planning.

A step-by-step guide to planning direct action: https://cwc.im/DirectActionGuide

Basic first aid for protesters: …https://friendlyneighborhoodstreetmedic.tumblr.com/ 

The following two articles are for experienced medics—

Protocols for common injuries from police weapons:
https://cwc.im/treatingpoliceviolence

Responding to gunshot wounds at demonstrations: https://cwc.im/gunshotwounds 

When things go badly:

Jail support and solidarity: https://upagainstthelaw.org/jail-support-and-solidarity/

Making the best of mass arrests: https://cwc.im/kettle 

Surviving a felony trial: https://cwc.im/felonytrial 

I was a J20 street medic and defendant: https://cwc.im/j20medic 

For extra credit, it can help to study the history of recent protests and police repression in your context to strategize.

Here's an example of one such analysis: https://cwc.im/j20analysis 

We made this protest simulator to help think through scenarios: https://cwc.im/J20Simulator 

We hope none of this will be necessary—we hope Trump will concede the election, Biden and all the other politicians will resign, and we'll suddenly find ourselves in a world without capitalism, white supremacy, or the state.

But failing that, we've still got a long fight ahead.