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We
have come a long way.
There has been a lot of talk regarding whether it is better to
confront the destroyer of the world or to fulfill our desires here and
now. To
fight for the Revolution or to escape.
To destroy the hydra or just one of its heads.
To bring down Leviathan or to create our own world within the belly
of the beast. To
live for today or fight for tomorrow.
To riot or to play.
To
transform our world, we must transform ourselves.
To transform ourselves we must transform our world.
Dichotomized thinking is civilized and destructive, therefore we
must understand balance. Do we fight against hierarchy and establish them
ourselves? Do
we speak out against racism but perpetuate it in our actions?
Do we love the Earth but spit in its face?
To rewild – to break free from our enslavement – is to resist the forces of domination at its most crucial point of control: our very being. Can the master enslave those who wont be slaves? To resist is to fight back against the forces of domination by reclaiming the wildness inside and by defending ourselves and the lives we are connected to. To resist is to rewild, and to rewild is to resist. It’s a process of fighting civilization while pursuing our wildest dreams.
Anarchists in general, and green anarchists in particular, favor direct action over mediated
or symbolic forms of resistance. Various methods and approaches, including cultural
subversion, sabotage, insurrection, and political violence (although not limited to these) have
been and remain part of the anarchist arsenal of attack. No one tactic can be effective in
significantly altering the current order or its trajectory, but these methods, combined with
transparent and ongoing social critique, are important. Subversion of the system can
occur from the subtle to the dramatic, and can also be an important element of physical
resistance. Sabotage has always been a vital part of anarchist activities, whether in the form
of spontaneous vandalism (public or nocturnal) or through more highly illegal underground
coordination in cell formation. Recently, groups like the Earth Liberation Front, a radical
environmental group made up of autonomous cells targeting those who profit off of the
destruction of the earth, have caused millions of dollars of damage to corporate outlets and
offices, banks, timber mills, genetic research facilities, sport utility vehicles, and luxury
homes. These actions, often taking the form of arson, along with articulate communiqués
frequently indicting civilization, have inspired others to take action, and are effective means
of not only bringing attention to environmental degradation, but also as deterrents to specific
earth destroyers. Insurrectionary activity, or the proliferation of insurrectionary moments
which can cause a rupture in the social peace in which people’s spontaneous rage can be
unleashed and possibly spread into revolutionary conditions, are also on the rise. The riots in
Seattle in 1999, Prague in 2000, and Genoa in 2001, were all (in different ways) sparks
of insurrectionary activity, which, although limited in scope, can be seen as attempts to move
in insurrectionary directions and make qualitative breaks with reformism and
the entire system of enslavement. Political violence, including the targeting
of individuals responsible for specific activities or the decisions which lead to oppression, has also been a
focus for anarchists historically. Finally, considering the immense reality and
all pervasive reach of the system (socially, politically, technologically), attacks on
the techno-grid and infrastructure of the mega-machine are of interest to anticivilization
anarchists. Regardless of approaches and intensity, militant action coupled with insightful
analysis of civilization is increasing.
As anarchists, we are fundamentally opposed to government, and likewise, any sort of collaboration or mediation with the state (or any institution of hierarchy and control). This position determines a certain continuity or direction of strategy, historically referred to as revolution. This term, while warped, diluted, and co-opted by various ideologies and agendas, can still have meaning to the anarchist and anti-ideological praxis. By revolution, we mean the ongoing struggle to alter the social and political landscape in a fundamental way; for anarchists, this means its complete dismantling. The word “revolution” is dependent on the position from which it is directed, as well as what would be termed “revolutionary” activity. Again, for anarchists, this is activity which is aimed at the complete dissolving of power. Reform, on the other hand, entails any activity or strategy aimed at adjusting, altering, or selectively maintaining elements of the current system, typically utilizing the methods or apparatus of that system. The goals and methods of revolution cannot be dictated by, nor performed within, the context of the system. For anarchists, revolution and reform invoke incompatible
Liberation
vs. Organization
(top)
We are beings striving for a deep and total break with the civilized order, anarchists
desiring unrestrained freedom. We fight for liberation, for a de-centralized and unmediated
relationship with our surroundings and those we love and share affinity with. Organizational
models only provide us with more of the same bureaucracy, control, and alienation that we
receive from the current set-up. While there might be an occasional good intention,
the organizational model
comes from an inherently paternalistic and distrusting mindset which seems
contradictory to anarchy. True relationships of affinity come from a deep understanding
of one another through intimate need-based relationships of day-to-day life, not relationships based
on organizations, ideologies, or abstract ideas. Typically, the organizational model
suppresses individual needs and desires for “the good of the collective” as it attempts
to standardize both resistance and vision. From parties, to platforms, to federations, it seems that as the scale of
projects increase, the meaning and relevance they have for one’s own life decrease.
Organizations are means for stabilizing creativity,
controlling dissent, and reducing “counter-revolutionary tangents” (as chiefly
determined by the elite cadres or leadership). They typically dwell in the quantitative, rather
than the qualitative, and offer little space for
independent thought or action. Informal, affinity-based associations tend to minimize
alienation from decisions and processes, and reduce mediation between our desires and our
actions. Relationships between groups of affinity are best left organic and temporal,
rather than fixed and rigid.
For more info see Liberation NOT Organization by A. Morpheus
It’s amazing that so many insurrectional
anarchists allow themselves to be drawn into energy-draining, rhetorical
debates with liberals who attempt to turn strategic issues into moralistic
ones, i.e. their attempts to define property destruction and economic
sabotage as “violent”, and thus, control the rage of those who have
clearly identified their oppressors and who are rising up against their
rule. Reverence for property is loyalty to capitalism and to the values of
the system that some of us are serious about destroying, not reforming. We
know that our enemy worships property, and that the source of their power
- in the world that they’ve created - is their stolen property and
wealth and we have no reverence whatsoever for anything the system uses to
oppress us. If we’re attempting a genuine jailbreak out of the prison of
this society, if we’re ready to make a move on our oppressors while
there is still time, then we have to strike blows against them that hurt,
and this is not going to be accomplished through voting or peace vigils.
Our enemy - the industrial mega-machine - has to be weakened before it can
be completely destroyed, and this can be very effectively accomplished by
striking ruthless, crippling blows at the System’s key, strategic
pressure points, with the intent of impairing the industrial cancers’
ability to spread and replicate itself. Movements like the Earth
Liberation Front have demonstrated that economic sabotage can be effective
in forcing specific industries out of business; our task now is to put
this system in it’s totality out of business.
While most of us strive for a peaceful and harmonious existence among ourselves and the rest of life, it is important to recognize the context we currently live within. Most of the world’s people are living under deplorable conditions, not because they have not become “civilized” or “modernized”, but instead are forced to be the workforce and dumping ground for, or dependent on, the so-called “first world” powers. Those of us living in the “first world” are also suffering from this rotten set-up. With extreme alienation, physical deterioration, psychological distortions, and spiritual emptiness, there is no question we are all quickly headed down a one-way path of ultimate doom. Needless to say, it is also undeniable that we are on the verge of ecological collapse. With this being said, it is important for us to take responsibility for this situation and to take action now. . . as we understand that time is running out!
Inherent
in being a revolutionary anarchist is the notion of insurrection, or the
promotion and insurgence of uprising for the purpose of liberation. This
can take many forms, but reform of the systems of domination cannot be
viewed as revolutionary. While most actions anarchists take would be
considered non-violent, there can be no limitation set on our resistance.
As anarchists, we should flatly refuse any ideological and philosophical
confines to how we choose to resist. Physical interaction with authority
needs to move beyond the passive and symbolic. In fact, many anarchists
embrace revolutionary violence as a necessary and natural reaction to
oppression. If we look anywhere in the natural world, we see that self-
defense is instinctual. This cannot be overridden by hypothetical ideals.
It is important to question ideological limitations stemming from a place
of extreme privilege. Most people on earth do not have the comfort to
decide what the most "righteous" response to domination should
be, and often the stakes are life and death. It is not a matter of
individual reflection or ideological refinement; it's do or die. This is
not to say that everyone needs to engage in violent resistance, but
rather, to say that it exists, it is justifiable (in many situations), and
should not be condemned. Revolutionary violence, in a variety of forms, is
a necessary response to the system’s institutionalized violence, and
necessary for the continuation of all of life. Yes, we need to heal the
wounds caused by this death-trip we call civilization, but the healing
process can only go so far until we are able to stop the infliction of
these wounds by our oppressors. As Franz Fanon suggested, there is also a
kind of catharsis and deepening in connection between one another in the
act of revolt and in the physical removal of one’s oppressor. Although
some cannot or refuse to see that we are all looking down the barrel of a
gun, it is there and we must respond to it in an act of self- defense and
of liberation.
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(Some of these sources are from right-wing, authoritarian web sites. You can separate the propaganda from the useful information. All of this is for information and educational purposes only of course.)
General:
Ozymandia's
Sabotage Handbook
Explosives:
Improvised Munitions Handbook
Explosives and Demolitions
Incendiaries
Explosives Library from Fort Liberty
Weapons:
Ballistics
Guns
Silencers
The Home Gunsmith
Lockpicking:
Lockpicking
Books and Articles Online