Give the Gift of Action!
Give the Gift of Action this holiday season! Donate to Ruckus for our 15th Anniversary, and help bring hands-on action skills and strategy trainings to the 99%!

Standing up for Migrant Rights
Stop Hate! End 287g and SB1070! Ruckus has been supporting the fight against racist anti-immigration laws in Arizona with community trainings and hard-hitting actions like this banner-hang from a downtown Phoenix construction crane July 28th. Photo by Anita Sarkeesian.

Occupy the Banks! Foreclose on the 1%
Ruckus folks are on the ground supporting Occupy camps in various cities across the U.S. and Canada, including the original Occupy Wall Street, and here in Ruckus's hometown, Oakland - where we helped pull off various 'Occupy the Banks' actions on Oakland's historic General Strike Nov. 2nd, 2011. Photo by Anita Sarkeesian.

Hands-On Direct Action Tactics Trainings
Gain hands-on direct action tactical skills and strategy at our training camps, skillshares, or bring our trainers to your group! Shown here: participants at the May 2008 Tactics Summit camp practice setting up a tripod and blockade for the direct action role play. Photo credit: copyright 2008 Justin Warren / jsight.com

Indigenous Peoples' Power Project (IP3)
Our IP3 project has been training indigenous activists in direct action skills since 2004, and supporting communities in their human rights struggles to protect sacred land from resource extraction and other self-determination issues. Shown here: Klamath River tribes members in their winning campaign against Warren Buffet's dams.

Action Toolbox: How-To Guides
Check out Ruckus's Action Toolbox for manuals and other resources on direct action planning and tactics. Our Balloon Banner Action Manual will guide you step-by-step through how to deploy a banner such as this one! Shown here: Ruckus's "Dam Home Depot" action for International Rivers at Home Depot's Shareholders meeting in Atlanta, May 2009.

Cutting Edge Actions
We know that the most effective actions are strategic and creative. We support communities in taking actions appropriate to their situations, at various levels - from high tech framing actions such as this iconic banner drop at the Seattle WTO shutdown in 1999, to street theatre, blockades, and visionary community takeovers. Photo credit: Dang Ngo
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Direct Action Community

11/06/11
Tar Sands Action hosted thousands at the White House to tell Obama to keep good on his campaign promise to 'end the tyranny of oil'
08/21/11
Over 100 activists arrested in first days of action at White House to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
05/23/11
RAN & Amazon Watch hung a 50-ft banner off the Richmond Bridge demanding Chevron clean up their mess in Ecuador


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Ruckus Updates

12/19/11
Donate today to help Ruckus continue building the skills & strategy of our movements in 2012!
12/10/11
Letter from GLAHR outlining the impact Ruckus training has had on their movement in Georgia
12/08/11
Check out some of our accomplishments from 2011 - our 15th Anniversary!


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