BlackBook Activists n. 1 an open-source resource centre equipping artists, rebels and activists with tools for quiet protest. adj. 2 A response to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA) 2005; British legislation that prohibits spontaneous protest within a 1km radius around the Houses of Parliament (HoP) in Westminster, London. We are an underground movement, exploring new technologies and art-inspired tools of rebellion. And we assure you that there's a reason for all this:

In October 2005, Maya Evans was arrested and charged under SOCPA for standing by the Cenotaph in Whitehall and reading out the names of the 97 British war dead in Iraq. Another woman was threatened with arrest for eating a cake that had the word 'peace' iced onto it. Wearing red poppy badges or red noses within the exclusion area is also prohibited. In effect, this absurdity is a ban on our right to freedom of speech; it's time we stood up and challenged these crazy new "democratic" laws.

Most of all, however, we're just fed up of that typical image of activists; the one, of shabby-looking kids and elderly hippies screaming out slogans and holding protest boards that look like they've been puked up by a dog. Obviously, their hearts are in the right place, but the way they do things is just not on. As a result, we're here to re-think 'protest,' - what it is, and what it can become. And most of all, we're here to do it right.

In a new-age Britain where Parliamentary laws are used to deny the people of their democratic rights (how ironic is that?), and large multi-national corporations dominate the airwaves, we decided it was time for some honest creatives to stand up and create an open channel in which you can have your say. We've abolished the idea that only large companies can make amazing, innovative tools, or that money is needed to make a difference. We are here to equip you with the resources and know-how for anti-SOCPA action via 'the creative.'

The BlackBook Activist network is dedicated to equipping you with the resources required to take power back. Our tools are a way of sharing political ideology; a way of reclaiming freedom of expression from SOCPA. They are new tools of protest, unexpected, unfamiliar but fulfilling the same function as a protest board. They help you to exercise your voice where and when you want to and can be anything you want them to be - a concept, a movement, a way of sharing thought, a way of connecting, a form of creative expression, a revolution, an act of rebellion, a way to say no!