Infrastructure/Data

Choke Points: Mapping an Anticapitalist Counter-Logistics – Degenerate Communism (2014)

2011-Present, Date, Defining the Enemy, Disruptive Spaces, History/Theory, Infrastructure/Data, Privatization, Sabotage/Ecotage, Tactics of Disruption, The Bourgeoisie, Theory

Essay arguing for the material and theoretical logic behind the disruption of the circulation of capital. A mapping of the logistical infrastructure of California with assessment of its major choke points

“It should be obvious by now that logistics is capital’s own project of cognitive mapping. […] We might imagine, then, a logistics against logistics, a counter-logistics which employs the conceptual and technical equipment of the industry in order to identify and exploit bottlenecks, to give our blockaders a sense of where they stand within the flows of capital.”
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The Coming Insurrection – The Invisible Committee (2009)

1990-2010, Alternative Spaces, Authority, Blockade/Barricade, Date, Defining the Enemy, Disruptive Spaces, History/Theory, Imperialism, Infrastructure/Data, Institutions, Occupation, Privatization, Sabotage/Ecotage, Self Institution, Subjectives of Refusal, Subjects Redefined, Tactics of Disruption, The Bourgeoisie, The Workplace, Theory, Time Interrupted, Workers

Now classic text by French collective – The Invisible Committee describing the present impasse through seven circles of hell and the way out through the insurrectionary commune.

The goal of any insurrection is to become irreversible.
It becomes irreversible when you’ve defeated
both authority and the need for authority, property
and the taste for appropriation, hegemony and the
desire for hegemony. That is why the insurrectionary
process carries within itself the form of its victory, or
that of its defeat. Destruction has never been enough
to make things irreversible. What matters is how it’s
done. There are ways of destroying that unfailingly
provoke the return of what has been crushed.
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How To (Safely) Stop A Train – Bure Polit-Art Collective (2019)

2011-Present, Blockade/Barricade, Date, Disruptive Spaces, Infrastructure/Data, Sabotage/Ecotage, Tactics of Disruption, The 'Natural World'

Step-by-step manual on safety, sabotage, and blockades of rail infrastructure from France.

“The interruption of electricity, goods or data streams with the aim of disturbing the functioning of capitalist logic or the infrastructure of the ruling order has always been a form of resistance.” We hope this reading can be helpful as a “spark of inspiration” for your very personal blockade and sabotage experiences.”
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Scouting Manual For Activists – The Ruckus Society (2016)

2011-Present, Blockade/Barricade, Date, Disruptive Spaces, Evasion, Infrastructure/Data, Institutions, Occupation, Sabotage/Ecotage, Tactics of Disruption, The 'Natural World', The Workplace, Urban Spaces

A basic overview of scouting techniques including cover stories, useful equipment, and what to look out for when planning everything from a blockade to a banner drop.

A scout should provide information that will allow her to
evaluate site access, security, the kind of image
the action will provide (especially relevant if visual messaging
is important), safety concerns, and probability of success.
Thinking about weather, lighting, finding useful symbols or
signage, and understanding traffic and security patterns are
all concerns that are critical for action planning.
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How to Destroy a Cell Phone Tower – Warrior Up (2020)

2011-Present, Date, Disruptive Spaces, Infrastructure/Data, Sabotage/Ecotage, Tactics of Disruption

Ingredients:

  • 2-3 comrades
  • Entry tools (Boltcroppers, Wiresnips, etc)
  • Gloves, Mask, Clean Clothes, Hat, Cap or Hood (for DNA traces)
  • Fuel (500ml, White Spirit or Kerosene)
  • Fuel (100ml of Benzine/Petrol)
  • Firelighters, Several Lighters, Long Pole or Stick (up to 15ft)
  • Small Tire

Full Guide Below:

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Occupy Oakland: The Port Shutdown – Jack Gerson (2012)

2011-Present, Alternative Spaces, Authority, Blockade/Barricade, Date, Defining the Enemy, Disruptive Spaces, Infrastructure/Data, Occupation, Privatization, Self Institution, Tactics of Disruption, The Bourgeoisie, The Workplace, Urban Spaces

Gerson discusses the transition of Occupy Movement from occupation of Public Squares to Port Blockades and the disruption of global commodity circulation.

On December 12th 2011, the Occupy movement shut down the major west coast ports of Oakland, Portland, Longview (Washington), and Seattle. There were partial shutdowns or support actions at the ports of San Diego, Vancouver, and Long Beach, as well as in Hawaii and Japan. Wal-Mart distribution centers were blockaded in Denver, Salt Lake City, and Albuquerque.

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