North Africa Protests - How You Can Help

"The Mad Dog of the Middle East" according to Reagan.

  

Although the following suggestions are aimed at the ongoing genocide in Libya, they can of course be used for all causes:

1. The UN

 Contact the UN and remind them of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP). Paragraph 139 in 2005 World Summit Outcome Document states that:

The international community, through the United Nations, also has the responsibility to use appropriate diplomatic, humanitarian and other peaceful means, in accordance with Chapters VI and VIII of the Charter, to help protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

Since the Libyan government has undoubtly failed to protect it's own citizens, the responsibility falls to the international community to step in. Remind the UN of this and demand them to intervene: http://www.un.org/en/contactus/

2. Your own government

Contact your Department of Foreign Affairs and ask them to put more pressure on international organs to intervene and to demand the removal of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi:

• Swedish Utrikesdepartementet
• U.S. Department of State
• British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Arab Republic of Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Republic of Tunisia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

3. The White House

Pressure one of the most powerful governments in the world to ask Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to step down and help the people of Libya towards fair elections and democracy. Contact the While House here. 

4. Libyan State TV

Express your opinions of their one-sided news and demand from them to show the truth and stop supporting the Colonel. You can contact the Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation (LJBC) here:

• In Arabic: info@ljbc.net
• In English: info@en.ljbc.net 
• In French: info@fr.ljbc.net 
•  Telephone: +218 21 3402107 or +218 21 3403468

5. International Humanitarian Organizations

Demand from Non Governmental Organizations (NGO's) around the world to monitor the situation in Libya and assist the people with medical equipment and staff, food and other essential items. I've listed contact information for a few of the most influential organizations below:

• International Committee of the Red Cross
• Human Rights Watch
• International Criminal Court 
• Amnesty International
• Oxfam International 

EDIT: Also sign Amnesty International's petition for Obama/Rice and the UN to take action in Libya here. Together we can stop this!

North Africa Protests - Twitter

All those who are courageously fighting evil regimes, follow me on Twitter and I'll retweet your important messages in English and Swedish: @bloodyredsaga. 

Stay strong and please remember that the people throughout the world is with you and that we're doing our very best to change the passivity and cowardice of our governments as well as international organs with the power to intervene.

Egypt Protests - Staying Safe, How to Outmaneuver the Police and Other Useful Advices

Outmaneuvering the police:

[...]The best defense is chaos. If situations change constantly the police cannot keep up. Keep moving. Change your appearance. Open new directions  and  possibilities. Be unpredictable.

Watch out for provocateurs including but not limited to “peace police”. These self appointed enforcers of “peace” infiltrate demonstrations and try to prevent people from walking in the street or engaging in many forms of protest. They sometimes wear armbands (usually white) and will report people to the police or attempt to apprehend  them personally. Also watch out for individuals trying to  instigate violence against obvious non-targets. These people are often police or employed by them to discredit us.

This advice, among many others can be found on Daily Kos: Guide to Safety and Victory in Street Confrontations UPDATE, and have been "compiled and edited by Anonymous-affiliated veterans of prior revolutions and other occasions on which civilians have successfully fought security forces." I recommend it to anyone directly or indirectly involved in the uprisings spreading throughout the world.