This is a step-by-step guide published by CrimethInc. detailing how to stay safe in the streets when engaging in direct action. Information on how to dress appropriately, prepare oneself, organize, and engage with law enforcement is included in the document.
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Recipes for Disaster: An Anarchist Cookbook – CrimethInc. (2004)
1990-2010, Date, UncategorizedThis is a full pdf of CrimethInc.’s book, Recipes for Disaster: An Anarchist Cookbook. This novel serves as a tactical handbook for direct action and includes images, step-by-step instructions, firsthand accounts, among other important resources.
How to Form an Affinity Group – CrimethInc. (2017)
2011-Present, Date, UncategorizedThis is a guide published by CrimethInc. on how to form an affinity group. Information on tactics, decision-making, organization, security, and more is included in the document.
How to Submit an Anonymous Communiqué and Get Away With It (2024)
2011-Present, Authority, Date, Defining the EnemyA 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.
How to Wheatpaste
Sabotage/Ecotage, Tactics of DisruptionWheatpasting is a low-effort and low-risk direct action technique used in social struggle to spread new ideas across large spaces. This is a step-by-step guide that includes ingredients and directions on how to create wheatpaste.
Street Demonstration Tips – Montreal Counter-Information (2012)
2011-Present, Authority, Blockade/Barricade, Date, Defining the Enemy, Occupation, Tactics of DisruptionThis is a detailed guide published by Montreal Counter-Information, an anarchist and anti-authoritarian news source, on how to conduct a street demonstration.
Blockade, Occupy, Strike Back (2012)
2011-Present, Authority, Blockade/Barricade, Date, Defining the Enemy, Occupation, Sabotage/Ecotage, Strike, Students, Subjectives of Refusal, Tactics of DisruptionThis is a guide that was distributed by anarchists during the 2012 student strikes and social conflicts in Montreal. The document provides step-by-step instructions on how to form crews, how to create paint bombs, how to occupy a space, how to conduct a street demonstration, as well as other important tactics.
Breaking the Illusion of Scarcity: A Squatter’s Primer (2003)
1990-2010, Date, Defining the Enemy, Disruptive Spaces, Occupation, Privatization, Tactics of Disruption, The Home, Uncategorized, We're Not Paying ThatThis piece is a detailed guide on how to squat an unoccupied property. Information on how to find a place, claim squatters’ rights, gain adverse possession, and fix utilities within the space are described and illustrated in the document. Additional squatting resources are provided at the end of the piece as well.
“If we are to avoid urban sprawl, we must see through the illusion of scarcity and utilize what already exists. So dig a pry bar under the boards covering the window, crack it open and squat it.”
Locking Down with Lockboxes – CrimethInc. (2012)
2011-Present, Blockade/Barricade, Date, Occupation, Tactics of DisruptionThis is a step-by-step guide published by CrimethInc. on how to utilize lockboxes when conducting a blockade. Information on equipment, design instructions, planning stages, handling legal consequences, as well as other material is described and illustrated in the document.
A Civilian’s Guide to Direct Action – CrimethInc. (2017)
2011-Present, Date, Disruptive Spaces, UncategorizedThis piece is a step-by-step guide published by CrimethInc. on organizing direct action. Common objectives of direct action, how to navigate the initial planning stages, what to do during and after the action, as well as other information is described and illustrated in the document.
EF! Climbers Guild Vol. 1 Climb Training Orientation -Earth First! (2014)
2011-Present, Date, Disruptive Spaces, Occupation, Tactics of Disruption, The 'Natural World'This is an in-depth guide provided by Earth First! on safe methods to climb and rig rope structures needed in direct action situations. Knots to learn, equipment checklists, the psychological aspects of climbing, safe climbing steps, and more are described and illustrated in detail throughout the packet.