Organizational skills: trust and sisterhood
In the 90s, actions were not Organized beforehand. It wasn't necessary. 
We weren't many, so that makes it easier, but organization was not necessary for a different reason, I believe: the basis for every action was respect to people, including their fears, so the starting point was trust and solidarity; common/individual welbeing was good and desirable and not at odds with the community -- as I have the feeling it so often is among collectivist anarchists. Anyway, no rules had to be establi
shed for that. A plan could come up and be mentioned around the fire, and then we would just go and do it. If you joined an action and, for instance, you freaked out once inside the premises, people wouldn't make you feel as if you had "fucked up the action". You could quit the action. Someone would walk you back to camp, if necessary. This meant people always felt confident, secure. And this is good for courage, because it makes it grow. Also, this style was very good for creativity. 
No actions were discarded as "nonsense". Wimmin tried hard not to say "we did that once and it didn't work". They could say "we did that once" but that didn't mean that in the present moment the processes or results would necessarily be the same as in the past.
What we did work on was the court cases. We would learn about the laws and try to imagine actions done in a way which would make it difficult for us being repressed. That was why gloop replaced paint, for instance. If you threw paint at a vehicle you could be arrested for "criminal damage", but if you colored the vehicle by throwing something that could be washed off with soapy water, then you could not be accused of criminal damage.
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