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must be completed in its entirety with each victim so treated?^leftover mineral oil can trap any remaining chemicals on the skin.
If you have had any contact with chemical weapons, however superficial, assume that you are contaminated and carry traces of the chemicals with you wherever you go. Do not go into a safe zone or public place where you could contaminate anyone else. Shower in the coldest water possible to close your pores, and wash your clothes in the harshest nastiest detergent soap you can find. Sleep and drink water as much as possible. Good foods to eat after a contamination include miso, whole grains, brown rice, and citrus fruits, all organic of course. If you can find somebody with herbal knowledge, take dandock, burdock, and netdes to purge your liver and system.
Plastic handcuffs can cause long-term nerve damage. If you feel any pain, numbness, or In Case of Arrest tingling, demand immediately, and keep demanding, that they be loosened. Don't move around too much; that can cause plastic cuffs to tighten. When being cuffed, flex your muscles as much as possible to take up extra space inside the cuffs until they're on.
If you have medical problems or are in jail with anyone who has an injury or needs medication, tell the police immediately, and keep reminding them. Use group pressure, and really keep at them. Days in jail with an untreated injury or without medication can be fatal.
If you are dependent on medication and are risking arrest, it is important that you have a note from a doctor explaining how important it is that you receive it. The note should state your name, your diagnosis, what would happen if the medication were interrupted, whether any substitutions at all can be accepted, and that you have to keep the medication on your person. Give copies of the note to the medical team, if you're at an event at which there is one, and to your legal representation, and keep one on you Health Care with your identification. Bring a few days' worth of medication and keep it in the origi- 285
You can rub lavender oil into your
temples to relieve tension and
pounding headaches.
You can boil water with whole
rosemary in it and soak cuts or
sores to prevent infection.
In a pinch, you can use urine to
help prevent or cure foot rot;
going shoeless helps, too.
nal container. If you absolutely do not want to give away your identity to the police, but still need medication if you are arrested, you could request a note from your doctor with your photo on it instead of your name, and cut your name off the label of the container in which your medication was issued.
It may be possible to smuggle medication into jail. Place them in bags in your underwear or in obscure pockets, or in bodily orifices if need be.
When you get out of jail, talk about your experience before going to sleep. This significantly lessens the chance of post-traumatic stress. Eat easy-to-digest organic foods, such as whole grains and rice and cooked vegetables.
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Hijacking Events
A PUBLIC EVENT A SECRET PLAN
Ingredients
The whole entertainment industry, including the underground punk and hip hop Instructions
scenes, is basically a distraction, or at best a pressure valve: whether we're staving off cravings for pleasure and togetherness until Thursday night at the bar, or channeling rage and ingenuity into folk songs instead of frontal attacks on the police state, these little opportunities for amusement and outlets for creativity keep us satisfied enough that we don't do anything crazy?like demand such excitement and self-determination in every moment of our lives.
At least that's one version of the story. The other runs like this: coming together to create and celebrate, we develop a sense of what we're capable of, which we can draw upon in broader struggles to take back more of our lives. Either way, it's clearly not enough for subversive ideas and dance moves to remain in the clubs and basements forever. Could there be a way to liberate them from those confines, to hijack the brief moments of authentic living we're permitted and turn them upon the status quo that circumscribes them?
Quite a lot of energy and expectation is invested in these moments; people who find their daily lives boring and meaningless look forward to concerts and parties for 2S7
