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Masking up for Mother Earth

After seeing all you energetic youngsters trashing corporate buildings without masks on J18, and after the police picked off individuals not masked up at the mass decontamination last Sunday, I thought I would make a reappearance to give some advice on masking up.

At any big potential public order situation or even at small local demo's the police like to film all present. This is done with the intention of intimidating protesters, putting faces to places, just to see what your most interested in and to catch people doing things that they can't effectively police on the day.

So the message should be clear if you want to avoid some free hospitality at her majesties pleasure, Mask Up. The point of masking up is to create an identical look between all present. This doesn't mean the police won't be able to recognise you, but does mean that in a flurry of action all individuals blend into each other, so you won't be picked out of the crowd. Masking up is not just for people doing something illegal, all people going to these events should wear a mask. This will provide cover for people who need it and prevent them from being picked out as the only people to be wearing black and a mask.

To mask up effectively, you need to cover any identifying features, and dress in non-identifiable clothes. Plain black, usually works. Then you need to cover your hair, for this I recommend a plain black hooded top. Then you need to cover your face. A combination of sunglasses for your eyes and a bandanna, Zapitista style, for your nose down. A quick, easy and effective mask can be made by ripping the sleeve off a T-shirt and placing over head. However, a quick warning to fellow spec wearers, your glasses will steam up and impair your vision. to prevent this I recommend buying some self supporting stockings, high dernier, and cutting of the top, these can then be worn in the same fashion without visual impairment.

So remember kids, better to be safe than sorry.

ALWAYS MASK UP

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