Showing up is brave — showing up prepared is unstoppable. The Protest Safety category shares the gear, tactics, legal knowledge, and community coordination that keep us safe when the streets get loud and the police get unpredictable.
From de-escalation to buddy systems, from mask use to knowing your rights, we make sure fear never outweighs our power. Because protests aren’t chaos — they’re community in motion — and protecting each other is part of the mission.
We go together. We leave together.
Explore Resistance Directory’s collection of organizing groups, mutual aid networks, independent media, research tools, healthcare, and community resources. Search by topic or use the category filters to find practical support and choose your next step.
EFF: Attending a Protest The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Surveillance Self-Defense guide on attending protests offers digital-security considerations for people taking part in public demonstrations. It Read more...
When the cops are lobbing tear gas and the state’s defunding care, Frontline Medics show up with gauze, guts, and grit. These badass street medics Read more...
Want to shut it down and hold the line? This guide walks you through blockades and occupations like a pro—whether you’re barricading a freeway or Read more...
This isn’t your grandma’s protest pamphlet (unless she was a badass). Amnesty’s toolkit breaks down how to plan, protect, and power up civil disobedience actions Read more...
Because knowing your rights is the first step to defending them. The ACLU’s Protesters’ Rights Guide gives you everything you need to legally protect yourself Read more...
Because breaking systems doesn’t always mean breaking windows. This handbook is a tactical guide to building disciplined, strategic nonviolent movements that can take down oppressive Read more...
When someone’s a little too eager to smash windows…Dealing with Agent Provocateurs Guide,from the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, outlines how to identify, manage, and Read more...
Your digital resistance playbook—straight from the freedom fighters at EFF.Surveillance Self-Defense is a comprehensive guide teaches activists, journalists, and everyday folks how to defend themselves Read more...
Encrypted. Anonymous. Trusted by whistleblowers and rebels alike.Signal is the go-to messaging app for secure, end-to-end encrypted communication—no ads, no tracking, no creepy data mining. Read more...
