a call to arms, perhaps? all hands on deck?
"The Ulster Defence Association emerged from a series of meetings during the summer of 1971 of loyalist “vigilante” groups called “defence associations”.
https://belfastchildis.com/tag/red-hand-of-ulster/
she was swerving Donna Brazil to see if she could get the bitch to say, on TV, that she hoped Ronna would die, before she went to hell….