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This video isn't a "how-to" demonstration, but it is posted here to show how easy it is for unarmed civilians to attack their Basiji attackers. The video was posted

Smoke has an important psychological effect as part of political expression and protest, as well as defense against attack by regime forces. The regime uses smoke grenades to frighten

The Basijis are trained to use several motorcycles at a time to intimidate, harass, round up, and beat pro-democracy protesters. You can beat them if you are organized in

Shields are easy to make, but different situations call for different types of shields, as well as different ways to use them. For example, certain types of shields

Another way to ambush a Basij motorcycle and disable both the machine and the driver is to stretch "flip wires" in the motorcycle's path. This method works best if

So far, the street barricades we've seen in Iran have been small and ineffective against the regime forces. Most have been nothing more than overturned dumpsters and

Getting a canister of tear gas lobbed at you can be frightening, but it's really no big deal. Canisters are easy to throw back at your tormenter. So the

Don't be intimidated by Basiji motorcycle attacks. If you can slow down the motorcycles with obstacles, caltrops or people and overwhelm them one by one, you

A friendly Iranian-American police officer gives some handy advice on how Iranian democracy activists can defend themselves against Basij tactics. Many of these defenses are simple and easy.