Publisher A Wave Blue World has launched Civil Disobedience: Stories of Resistance, a collective comic featuring 16 stories about protests. It includes practical guides for protesting safely and a peculiar character: Henry the Antifascist Badger. The book aims to empower citizens by offering tools to participate in political resistance with information and safety.
Technology at the service of informed civil disobedience 📱
From a technical perspective, the comic integrates digital resources such as QR codes linking to tutorials on using VPNs, communication encryption, and mesh networks to avoid surveillance. It also details protocols for documenting abuses with smartphones and sharing data securely. These tools allow activists to coordinate actions while minimizing digital risks, something essential in a context where state surveillance is increasingly sophisticated.
Henry the Badger: the hero you didn't know you needed 🦡
Because of course, when you think of political resistance, the first thing that comes to mind is a badger with sunglasses and a raised fist. Henry the Antifascist Badger not only gives the cover its name, but is probably more effective at organizing protests than certain two-bit politicians. At least he doesn't promise things he can't deliver, he just bites the ankles of neo-Nazis.