Bring Ruckus to You!
Want to bring Ruckus trainings to your town, school, or group? Fill out a brief training request online, and we'll hook you up with some of our skilled action trainers across the country to craft a curriculum that fits your needs!

Standing up for Migrant Rights
Stop Hate! End 287g and SB1070! Ruckus has been supporting the fight against racist anti-immigration laws across the U.S. with community trainings, a national Action Camp, and hard-hitting actions like this banner-hang from a downtown Phoenix construction crane July 28th, 2010. 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

01/25/13
Ruckus joins dozens of other groups in this statement of solidarity
11/06/12
Ruckus joins our allies working for a Just Transition out of the climate crisis, to stand in solidarity with communities hit by Sandy
10/05/12
Ruckus joins 30 groups in letter to support activists blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas


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Ruckus Updates

10/06/13
Join us Oct. 6th for a radical garden party benefit event for Ruckus! 3-7pm, Oakland, CA
04/09/13
Turn this grumpy tax season into an opportunity to support the movements you love! Donate your tax refund (or resistance) to Ruckus!
03/09/13
Join us March 16th in Oakland for the first in our new series of local Bay Area trainings!


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Upcoming Events

Advanced Training Camp for Anti-Fracking Activists
May 11-12, 2013 ~ Upstate New York
Our Power Camp
June 14-17, 2013 ~ Black Mesa, AZ
Global Power Shift
June 24-30, 2013 ~ Istanbul, Turkey
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