Oh, hello.
We’re just talking about you kids
I’m Denise Heberle. And I’m Bill Goodman.
Together we’ve been fighting Fascism for over fifty years. And so much has changed over those fifty years, such as the ingredients to a successful fire bomb. And the glass that bank windows are made of.
But there’s one thing that hasn’t changed over fifty years, something that is so important to tell you kids who are new to this movement.
Shut the fuck up.
You’re sitting in the sitting in police transport van after a protest?
Shut the fuck up.
In a holding cell with your comrades?
Shut the fuck up.
Cop knocks on your door?
Shut the fuck up.
Texting on an unsecured device?
Shut the fuck up.
Pulled over by the cops after a protest?
Shut the fuck up.
Cop just asking about your day?
Shut the fuck up.
Feds call your mom? Tell your mother to shut the fuck up.
Now, repeat after me, when the cops come calling, what do you do?
Shut the fuck up.
Shut the fuck up.
National Lawyers Guild – Know Your Rights: A guide for protesters [pdf]
“Do Not Obey in Advance.” (2024)
Posterboard. Permanent marker. 22 x 28.
Previously:
The resistance (December 18, 2016)
Sanewashing on the road to normalcy (November 8, 2024)
Practical Dissent: Protest Signs (November 17, 2024)
Practical Dissent: Just Do It (November 19, 2024)
Practical Dissent: it’s the weather, and a lot more (November 21, 2024)
Practical Dissent: planting seeds (November 26, 2024)
Practical Dissent: One (November 27, 2024)
Practical Dissent: testing, testing… (November 28, 2024)
“…Do not be taken in by small signs of normality…” (December 1, 2024)
Practical Resistance: at the flagpole (December 4, 2024)