In an effort to provide remote uprising support through documented and free journalism, we have created a network of remote support channels dedicated to serving communities when invaded by violent police or militias.

Nationwide @RUSTNational
Asheville @AshevilleRUST
DC @DouglassRUST
Fayetteville @FayettevilleRUST
Kenosha @KenoshaRUST
Minneapolis @MinneapolisRUST
Philadelphia @Otgdispatch
Pittsburgh @PittsburghRUST
Raleigh @RaleighRUST

The most important thing folks should know about RUST is we are decentralized. You can form your own RUST channel to support locations not already supported. We can teach you how to build a training room for your own rust and provide you curriculum and infrastructure support. RUST gives the people an equal playing field in creating decentralized spies as volunteer revolutionary journalists. If you ever need to drop intel to RUST nationwide, please send to @BLMProtestsbot. We share our civilians platforms and focus on intelligence that can protect civilians and actions. We know how many police there are. We know how many police get put in locations. We can know where police are not. We can pressure our police forces with accountability and public knowledge of vulnerability. We are not responsible for what folks do with the information they obtain from us. We simply just report on the intelligence like every other journalist who gets good tips.

// SAFETY & SECURITY GUIDELINES //

1. Treat this as a public space where anything you say could be monitored at any time.

2. Don't use your real name as your display name or username. Don't use real photos of yourself as your profile photo.

3. In Telegram's privacy settings, set your Phone Number, Last Seen, & Forwarding visibility to "Nobody.”

4. Don't share information that could be used to identify you. Don't post photos of yourself at protests or engaged in illegal activity. Don't talk about actions you've committed or plan to commit if there could be any legal consequences to doing so.

Hi all! As room 1 is primarily a welcome room we’ve created a national chat room. A place to discuss what our overall approach should be etc. Here’s the link: https://t.me/joinchat/M15y8kSh_o0ac96CNDr6Cw

A comrade sent us this!

"We've been using telegram for years for political activists, and I'd be happy to share the experience with you guys. So here are my thoughts if you find it helpful, share them with your community"

How to secure your telegram communications?
https://telegra.ph/Telegram-101-How-to-communicate-Securely-in-Telegram-06-06

A little more tips for admins of groups and channels
https://telegra.ph/A-guide-for-admins-and-organizers-of-Telegram-communities-06-06

Must read:


https://medium.com/@noahmickens/how-the-white-overalls-beat-the-cops-with-tactics-of-radical-defense-b8cc6d85b657

We definitely need more of these.

Know Your Rights brochure #Police

Daily Reminder to BUY RADIOS

You can get a Baofeng UV-5R and program it to use FRS channels and talk with regular cheap walkies, while also having a ton of flexibility in general. More posts to come on this subject!

https://iaf-fai.org/2020/08/31/skills-for-revolutionary-survival-1-trauma-medical-gear/

nice little page they put together about building an IFAK