Lock-ons, tree-sits, tripods and other forms of "Red LEvel" Direct Action

Three activists on tripods are blocking a road. Several activists in orange jumpsuits are sitting underneath the tripods in the road. Police can be seen in the background.

A large crowd is seen supporting several women that are in tripods. They are holding hot pink signs with anti-oil messages on them.

An activist is on a tripod which has lines connected to three heavy-duty machines and trucks which are used for mining and land clearing.

Police officers are pepper spraying peaceful activists that are sitting on the ground.

A black and white photo where two activists can be seen placed high in trees. They have their arms wrapped around the tree trunks.

An image of a PVC pipe used as a lock-on for direct action. It shows a cut out of the material to show what mechanism is used inside.

A group of activists using tripods to blockade the road entrance to the World Freight Terminal preventing airfreighted goods from being taken in or out. They have unfurled a banner reading: “More air freight = more climate change. Stop all airport expansion now.”

An activist is blocking a pathway on a tripod.

A woman and a man are suspended up in a tree with a platform, sleeping bags and other items tied to the tree.

An image of two arm tube lock-on’s laying on a table beside one another.

An image of an angle. This is when two arm tubes have been welded together to form an angle. It is pictured setting up on cement blocks.

A female activist is pictured smiling while sitting on a wooden platform which is suspended up in a tree. There are buckets and bags around her.

Two women are pictured in a forest area with D-lock devices around their necks.

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Thumbcuffs secured around two thumbs.

Several African women walking through om a dirt path. All are wearing camouflage.

A man and a woman wearing camouflage and holding guns with a rhinoceros in the background. They are protecting the rhinoceros.

A group of 6 activists created a human circle around a stationary plane using arm tube lock-ons.

An elderly lady is locked-on to a piece of machinery with an angle arm tube.

Picture of a wooden tree-sit platform, a blue tarp and some white buckets.

Several activists are laying on the road and locked-on to each other with arm tubes. The police are kneeled down near them.

An activist is standing up on a wooden platform which is suspended high up in a tree.

An image of two activists in tree-sits in the distance. Both have long blue banners draped from wooden platforms.

Numerous animal rights activists are wearing red shirts and PPE while standing near cages.

A female activist is locked-on to heavy-duty machinery and pictured behind a fence. A female police officer is standing beside her.

A man is chained to a fence and holds a yellow sign that says, Lock the gate to coal & gas companies.

A sketch of a tripod and where a person sits in it.

Numerous activists form a human circle and are connected to one another via arm tube lock-ons.

A man is chained to a door and holds a sign that says, forest destruction is not sexy.

Several activists are sitting around a pillar inside a building and are locked-on to one another via arm tubes.

An activist blocks a road with a tripod like structure with red banners hanging that say, break the chain.

A crowd of activists is sitting on a fallen fence in a forest. Police are lined up behind them.

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A woman is locked-on to the front of a truck via a d-lock around her neck. She is wearing orange high vis and a white hard hat.

Activists are standing and are chained to a fence. A man is holding a news camera and filming them.

Activists are standing and are chained to a fence. A man is holding a camera and is taking pictures of them.

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Three activists are sitting on the pavement in front of a fenced gate with their arms locked into a large black pipe with the words, no consent, no pipeline, painted in white.

Two women have their arms locked-on inside of a barrel that has been painted black and has words painted in white and yellow letters that say, We won’t stop until you do.

A group of four activists are locked-on to one another through arm tubes and have formed a circle and are sitting in a circle on the dirt. There is a crowd around them.

Two activists are locked-on to each other and around a tree using arm tubes.

Older women and men have their arms down inside a barrel.

Two activists are locked-on to a piece of machinery via metal arm tubes.

A crowd of supporters of DAM member Sarah at her Tree-sit on Bibra Drive in Western Australia. 

Two activists are on a platform suspended over the side of a building with a banner above them that reads, S O S Manus.

DAM member Nicole and Founder Jess supporting DAM member Sarah at her Tree-sit on Bibra Drive in WA.

Passionate and brave activists, including DAM founder, under arrest during the WA direct action protests against Roe 8. Pictured in the Western Australian bush, there are three female activists and one male activists kneeling an under arrest with a female police officer standing to the right of them.

A graphic that has images of the items to carry in your activist tool-kit including gloves, first-aid, snacks, water, prescription meds and sun protection.

An image which lists items to carry in an advanced activist tool-kit including flashlight, wire cutters, burner phone, biohazard gear, balaclava, black gloves, first-aid and walkie-talkies.

A female activist is locked-on to a gate via a d-lock around her neck.

A black and white image of disabled activists rallying together outside.