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Direct Action

Explore 14 projects in the Direct Action category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

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https://bridgefy.me/Active

Bridgefy

Offline mesh messaging apps

Chat and messaging, Cybersecurity, Direct action, Organize campaigns
apps
https://sites.google.com/view/crowdcountingconsortium/homeActive

Crowd Counting Consortium

A public interest project to document crowds and contention in the United States.

USA
Data visualization, Direct action, Organize campaigns
https://labo.zone/index.php/what/experimentsActive

Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination

At the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination we call what we do 'experiments', because it allows us to truly test things out, and fall flat on our faces sometimes.

London
Advocacy tech, Artistic interventions, Civic imagination, Direct action, Workshops
https://github.com/jackjackbits/bitchatActiveOpen-source

bitchat

bitchat is a decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) mesh networks.

California
2025
Chat and messaging, Circumvention tech, Connectivity, Cybersecurity, Decentralization, Direct action, Organize campaigns
http://www.occupywallst.org/Active

Occupy Wall Street

NYC Protest for World Revolution

99 Wall Street NY
Direct action, Distributed campaigns, Mutual aid, Organize campaigns, Predecessors & Pioneers, Specific campaigns