Táctica

Bloqueo

People protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline block the entrance to the office building location of the Army Corps of Engineers, while a police officer stands nearby. Photo: Pax Ahimsa Gethen

En breve

Una cadena humana o una barrera física que desactiva algo malo (una mina de carbón o una reunión de comercio), que protege algo bueno (un bosque o una casa), o que hace una declaración simbólica (rodear un edificio del gobierno).

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Principio clave

Put your target in a decision dilemma

When employing a blockade with a concrete goal, your ability to hold the space will depend on your decision dilemma. If you are able to prevent your target from going out the back door (metaphorically or literally), you have successfully created a dynamic where you cannot be ignored.

Ejemplos del mundo real

Activists Blockade Mass Deportation Flight

Protesters said the goal was to stop a Home Office “mass deportation charter flight” from the Essex airport to Nigeria and Ghana.

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