Issue instructions before deed which could be construed as civil disobedience, perhaps (6,6)
I believe the answer is:
direct action
'civil disobedience perhaps' is the definition.
(civil disobedience is a kind of direct action)
'issue instructions before deed' is the wordplay.
'issue instructions before' becomes 'direct' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'deed' becomes 'action' (I've seen this before).
'direct'+'action'='DIRECT ACTION'
'which could be construed as' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for direct action that I've seen before include "striking, say - with 4a" , "protests" , "strikes, say" , "Protest" , "sabotage?" .)