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Communique Following Attack on Colomiers (FR) Data-Processing Centre – Comité Liquidant Ou Détournant Les Ordinateurs (C.L.O.D.O.) (1983)

1946-1989, Date, Disruptive Spaces, Infrastructure/Data, Sabotage/Ecotage, Tactics of Disruption

This communique was written by the Comité Liquidant Ou Détournant Les Ordinateurs (C.L.O.D.O.) on February 7, 1983, just ten days after the group’s bombing of the data-processing centre of Colomiers. C.L.O.D.O. is a group that emerged within the realm of French cyberpunk and technological counterculture and was primarily active during the 1980s and the 1990s. Their communique, published in 01 Hebdo, articulated their opposition to centralized computer systems, which they viewed as tools of state control and social inequality. C.L.O.D.O. denounced the increasing reliance on technology, arguing it exacerbated social problems like unemployment and reinforced existing power structures. The group asserted their destructive actions were a necessary response to an oppressive technological society and a form of solidarity with the world’s oppressed.

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Communique From an Absent Future – Research and Destroy (2009)

1990-2010, Authority, Blockade/Barricade, Consciousness Raising, Date, Defining the Enemy, Disruptive Spaces, Institutions, Occupation, Strike, Students, Subjectives of Refusal, Tactics of Disruption, The Bourgeoisie, Workers

This pamphlet critiques the modern university system, claiming that it has become a tool of capitalism designed to produce obedient workers rather than encourage independent thought or true education. The authors reject gradual reforms and instead advocate for direct action and rebellion to dismantle the capitalist structure and build a liberated society. They draw inspiration from historical student protests in France and Greece, stressing the necessity of unity between students and workers to achieve their goals. Ultimately, the pamphlet calls for a complete societal overhaul, moving beyond the confines of capitalism.

“We must begin by preventing the university from functioning. We must interrupt the normal flow of bodies and things and bring work and class to a halt. We will blockade, occupy, and take what’s ours.”

“We’ll see you at the barricades.”

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How to Submit an Anonymous Communiqué and Get Away With It (2024)

2011-Present, Authority, Date, Defining the Enemy

A communiqué is a report on direct actions that is typically shared either online or in print publications. This is a guide on how to submit an anonymous communiqué online. Key terms, step-by-step instructions, relevant websites, and other important information is included in the document.

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