The history of Civil Disobedience is a long and international one. ACT UP practices a form that comes from a variety of progressive movements. Below are several pages describing some of the history, theory, and practice of civil disobedience.

First Edition (revised and expanded) Complied and Edited by Shawn Ewald

First Aid for Radicals and Activists: Fight the power, do no harm. Downloadable handbooks on street medic preparation, good info on chemical weapons.

This site contains links to grassroots organizing resources and handbooks

On this page are great downloadable handbooks for legal and jail preps, legal observer handbooks, & activist handbooks.

Learn the basics of media work

This site has training manuals for action planning, media, climbing, scouting, video taping, and hanging from a billboard. The orientation is Greenpeace-style small actions.

Tools for Change is a multi-cultural organization that promotes healing, leadership development, and sustainable democracy. Our programs, based in collective reflection, open the imagination, inspire dialogue, deepen relationships and empower people's work.

A list of link to many activists resources

This training organization, led by George Lakey, has descriptions of exercises to be used during trainings

Papers on Nonviolent Action and Cooperative Decision-Making: This website has a wealth of information, including very detailed agendas. Most of the material was developed in the 1980’s, and needs updating in response to current situations.

Learn about making giant puppets and more

Information on shields and other forms of barrier protections