r .. di ast yj , • , V fhBi you think ofd i 3.!i fllo, per-baps:some ecret part ofy ou Lhrills at th id a VY of sot-nethin happe, ing, somct,hlng interrupting th bedious routines th t comprise existence for so lllilR)' of us. You might no be ready to own up to ac:lu ally d siring one, but a disaSter would at least offer :ii cha ce o sc pe }'Our cag~ uv and exp1or the mknown for a Utti wbil~. What anguish, to in longmg fo a repriev from your own Tife, never knowing wl en or · it might com ! Or perhap yo 1 crlnse at th word, Lhinking: of all th smtsdi:ss tra ed and LOS! of l:ifi that r al disasters mtail. ln that ca ~, it rn y have air ady occurred o you th t w are in th!!' rn_idst of the m.ost t mole slow-tnotion disaster in history, as the natural emironm nt i utterly laid. tow st and th diversity ofhuman •X· p.erienc~ i · steamroll d into he monocu ture of capitah ·m. In such a disaster, you can't cook out of the books your ancestors dev loped for mo pe cefi.1' tim , Wh th r disaster is something you privately pine for or despe tcl.y hope lo cap::; on thing i::. or cert in-th old r dp s won't suffic anymore.. We net"d recipes fo disas er. Here l:h y are. Ojfk:iai Wi11t~r 1oa5 s·t:1~ctwn of lhe Departmr:nt of Homtlarrd 5~mty D1mggroui Books Club~ ~ ... describes in lurid detail how 51!!risible, Adduio11-td rnpii:i; of~ Im trea~ise: ca11-b~ o'1to.iiwd for $"12 pasr-paia from law-abiding citi;;:;en$ ~an Crrrnethlnc. Far East/ P.O. :Box r963 / Olympia, WA 98507, be t:ran!:formed Into A w.ist array of"lt.UeJ rntiieria1 is ai,m avQilablt jl-om that ad4n.ss, mo.si ofi t for ma.rhern-making mobs.~ th'€ ofp osJage awnt'.. Fr»-furtlu:-r information, rn11:mlt crlmnld c~co . -TQm Ridgrt, D¥'Ql"tm~l'lt CQjt af Hom~lcmd SIIWtity N©! ~004 The p1.1blishers, the notorious C itneth[nc. ex-Workers' CoHec.tive, humbly put this booJ: and all its contents at the disposal of those who, in good faith, might read, circulate, pfagµrize, revise, and otherwise make u.-;@ of them in th.e course of making the world a better place. Possession, reprnduction, tra.nsmission, excerpting, introduction as evidence in court, and all other appli~tkms by any oocpouHion, government body, :;;ecurity organization, or similar party of evil intent M@ strictly prohibited. and punishabl under natural law. The: Crimuhlnc. c.:f-Wvrkets' Col!e:cHve is a mf.mht:rk~ undergrouHd pl~gt:d ~ the total tran~tfon of We.su:.m civi!i:wtfott and life itself. Pri~!t:d on recycled paper 1rit-h So:,}' Ink in Canada by the umrkers at Higndl Book Prir1ting. Audwrities tau n.ote: mf"ITI.ber of e Cnmethlnc. ex~Worker ' CoUectiv endors. • or e lQag in any of U1e dumb and dimg rous activities descr'bed erein. A middl -cbss benefi iarie. of , pitiliit iniquity, w , hav no incentive lo contest the structur s that guara_ntee our special privi.l :ges, or do we cer do so--j'u task our coll gues. The "we" utilized. in the pag s u; tlie · n.m:hist we: it refer to all tho e w.hose - tions proceed from th socia.l continuum of antiautboritana.n resistance, nd does not n cessa.rily d not any oftb edjtors, o( co 1tributors to. or hangers-on associa d with thi work. We're so bu y cashing io an oth~ ·' in urg ·ncy that we wou]dn' have tim to participate even i ;we anted to-hon t. officer. Your potential · con\/'eni uce, Im Crimef.JJlru;. d:io" Fm;tio~ Di claim for "Plans arc worthless, but pianning is ~erything-----keep yourself st.eeped i~, Our Friends the. chamct.cr oft he problem you are ~alled on to solw;." -President Dv..right D. Eisenhower, 19 57 The&e are indeed reciNS for disaster. Anyone with the slightest experience in the field knows that nothing ever goes as planned, especially not the first time. Inevit.tbly, at that tense, trembling moment you call h.1 the bomb tfu;eat, the receptionist will hang up on you before your recording device plays it-and you'll realize you only brought one clean quarter. This book can serve .as a &ource ofinf01matio11, but it is meant a.t leas.1 as much a:s a source ofi nspira.tion-i tis an attempt to broaden the public toolbox, to encourage others to try out wild ideas of their own. It is indeed impo11ant that begin11ers around the world be armed with specific skills that are ubiquitous in some con exts but .have never been ap plied in others, but the process of disc:otery and experimentation is always more valuable than the products thereof. Don't abide by any formula in. here-improvise, improvise, Many of the recipes we composed for this volume were test-driven in small to""'Il.s. We selected such locations for om rigorous proc@ss of experimentation and analysis on the grounds that they were' utterly unremarkable. Pe.Ihaps the importance of San Fran an ''Wfth work reduced to .a few hours cisco and Ban:elona in the struggl@ foT freedom and adventure for has been overesti a week and other redundant rittJals mated; not everyone can or sboutd live in such places, and besides, many revolutionary dlscarde,d, he substance oflrfi: sh.all strategies which are now impossible in the.se cities are still tremendously dangerous be gi'o'erl o'o'er tot i: planning of g.ila ce1ebratiom;; and the anticipation of everywhere else. Why risk arrest in the financial district to put up graffiti that will 011iy perfect meals.'' Temain for a few hours, when there are a thousand unguarded stop signs in the suburbs - F.T Mar,ane,tti, Futuml Cookb9ok waiting to sing your song? Quite a few of these recipes an~ de.signed especially for the Middles-of•Nowhere of our world, the nondescript mngins of histor)' where othing Ever Happens. As they say, the quickest way to the top is to turn the world upside down. Revolution is, among other things, a reversal: the fust becomes the 1ast, the margi.n be comes the mainsheam, the nameless convict becomes Nestor Mak.hno, commander of the anarc:::h:ist armies of the Ukraine. The anonymous, inexperienced teenagers who get their hands on this book in Missoula, Montana could be the ooe.s to make hip New York and this book itself, totally obsolete. If you're one ofthem--,,vherever you live, however old you are-for everyone's sake, don't underestimate yom· own strength.. One more subject bears comment--the countless recipes left out of this book, espe cially the ones you think we should have induded. Those, my friend, are the first recipes in your book, ~Web you had bettE~:r start writing as soon as possib1e., Yo1,1.:rs for total destruction and recreation, and wishing you many a sweet repast, Crimethlnc. fnternational Federal.ion of Food Se,vice Industry Escapees 12 Preface: Direct Action- 219 Dumpster Diving whai iJ: is, and what it's good for 219 Effigies Zl4 Evasion l.8 Affinity Groups 241 Festivals 35 Antifascist Action 248 .Food Not Bombs 66 Asph.alt Mosaics 258 Graffiti 75 Banner Drops and Banner Hoists 269 Guerrilla P,erfonnances 8.S Behavioral Cut-ups 275 Health Care 92 Bicycle Collectives 287 Hijacking Events 100 Bic.ycle, Parades 296 Hitchhiking 107 Painting by Bicycle l06 • lnfiltration 111 How to Make a Bk-yd~ into a Record Player 312 ln:Batahles 114 · Billboard Improvement 3 2 9 Legal Support 12 7 Blocs, Black and Otherwise 3 J6 Marches and Parade-s lGl Blockades and Lockdowns 346 Independent Media 178 Cl.assroom Takeover J58 Mainstream Media 1 R3 · Coalition Building J66 Mental Health r9 1 Collectives 383 · Musical Instruments 205 Corporate Downsizing 392 · Newspaper Wraps 21 O Distribution, Tabling, and Infoshops 397 Nonmon.ogamou.s Relationships