I think it is important to at least have some idea about what your legal standing is when you begin to protest. There are so many grey areas. Presently, there are many workshops being run by facilitators who have done a University Degree in Activism. A wonderful thing to stream into if you can. If you cannot , then get yourself to a workshop.
At Byron Bay there will be some upcoming workshops to do with all facets of activism so watch out for dates and costs.
Activist Legal Support is available at the Legal Service below and this information is from that service. It is basic common sense for most parts.
Fitzroy Legal Service
At Byron Bay there will be some upcoming workshops to do with all facets of activism so watch out for dates and costs.
Activist Legal Support is available at the Legal Service below and this information is from that service. It is basic common sense for most parts.
Fitzroy Legal Service
Click this link for masses of information that is absolutely necessary to know if you are going to protest in Australia
There are three core aspects of Activist Legal Support: information, support and solidarity.
Legal information is best provided by lawyers or legal practitioners. Support is best provided by a well-organised legal support team. Other activists can only really provide solidarity. All three of these are crucial in good activist legal support.
- It is vital that activists have access to accurate legal information about their rights and the consequences of their actions and activities. Providing clear and accurate legal information is best done by progressive lawyers but can be distributed by organisers or legal support teams.
- This website hopes to support activists and also to provide resources for campaigners and legal support teams to help develop effective activist legal support.
- Solidarity is looking after each other when facing the police or legal system. Legal solidarity describes a set of activist tactics to support and protect people when they are being held in police custody, in jail or facing court. Legal solidarity tactics have been used effectively for decades in the civil rights, peace, environmental and global justice movements in Australia.
It is important to work with activists and any lawyers involved to make sure your information is relevent, authentic and accurate. The strength of activist legal trainings is that we can tailor a training for a group's specific needs without having to create an entirely new workshop.
It is important that trainings be more than just quick listings of possible charges and likely fines. These can sometimes deter activists rather than empower them.
When it comes to disseminating skills which allow activists to be safe, more effective, and make informed decisions, role-plays are a highly effective training method.
Good activist legal training includes a series of brief role-plays, where trainers take the role of police officers and participants play the role of the activist.
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