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DIzzIE
25th October 2007, 04:05
(The forum search keeps timing out on me, so my bad if this was posted already :blush:).

The original file (http://conspiracycentral.net:6969/stats.html?info_hash=325872d5e5515c7180e93377f5952 d1d2d3def1f) (mirror (http://la.indymedia.org/uploads/2007/03/recipes_for_disaster.pdf)) was about 156 Mb. After a little massaging (background/halo removal, deskewing, and partial OCR), I got the size down to ~14 Mb (the quality isn't great, but legible), grab it here (http://www.rorta.net/textfiles/crimethinc.recipes.for.disaster.an.anarchist.cookb ook.pdf) (please make mirrors). Enjoy.



For ten long years, our operatives have honed their skills, testing their wits and mettle against the global capitalist empire, the most formidable adversary in the history of life on earth. We have learned how to redecorate the walls of cities occupied by armies of riot police, to transform random groups of damaged, isolated individuals into loving communities capable of supporting one another through the most severe bouts of repression and depression, to shut down corporate summits and franchises armed with little more than plastic piping or eyedroppers of glue. Now, the notorious CrimethInc. ex-Workers’ Collective has compiled many of the techniques that made these feats possible into a 624-page manual entitled Recipes for Disaster.

Three years in the making, Recipes for Disaster is the long-awaited follow-up to the CrimethInc. collective’s notorious first book, Days of War, Nights of Love. This 624-page manual complements the romance and idealism of that earlier work with practical information and instruction. Over thirty collectives collaborated in testing, composing, and editing the book’s 62 sections, which range from Affinity Groups, Coalition Building, and Mental Health to Sabotage, Squatting, and Wheatpasting. These are illustrated with extensive technical diagrams and first-hand accounts, and prefaced with a thorough discussion of the diverse roles direct action can play in social transformation. If you’re looking for a tactical handbook for revolutionary action, look no further.

More info here (http://www.crimethinc.com/a/cookbook/).

Marsella
25th October 2007, 04:21
Wow, this seems far more advanced and detailed than the text version I had!

Cheers! But unfortunately I think this thread may be deleted :ph34r:

Organic Revolution
25th October 2007, 07:24
Originally posted by [email protected] 24, 2007 09:21 pm
Wow, this seems far more advanced and detailed than the text version I had!

Cheers! But unfortunately I think this thread may be deleted :ph34r:
Dont know why this would be deleted, there is no info on how to build explosives etc. and there is relatively good info in here.

guerilla E
25th October 2007, 09:44
Good, keep this thread, I can't download anything on my laptop so I'll need to do it when I'm in melbourne and if this thread goes missing I'll go mental.

Marsella
25th October 2007, 12:24
Dont know why this would be deleted, there is no info on how to build explosives etc. and there is relatively good info in here.

Yeah your're right, apart from 'smoke bomb' it seems pretty tame to the version I once had. It shouldn't be deleted. But why is this called an Anarchists Cookbook?!

DIzzIE
27th October 2007, 07:57
Originally posted by [email protected] 25, 2007 03:21 am
Wow, this seems far more advanced and detailed than the text version I had!

Cheers! But unfortunately I think this thread may be deleted :ph34r:
This is not the Jolly-Roger 'Anarchist Cookbook' or any of its variations, which you seem to be referring to. It is an anarchist cookbook, unrelated-save for the name-to the likes of Jolly Roger or William Powell.

Speaking of that textfile version you mention, you might as well delete it; it's full of shit that's either outdated or never worked in the first place. Worthless.

Ariev
12th November 2007, 21:48
Do you still have the original file? The torrent doesn't exist anymore.

Organic Revolution
12th November 2007, 21:57
Originally posted by [email protected] 12, 2007 03:48 pm
Do you still have the original file? The torrent doesn't exist anymore.
This (http://www.rorta.net/textfiles/crimethinc.recipes.for.disaster.an.anarchist.cookb ook.pdf) one still works.

RedStaredRevolution
12th November 2007, 22:16
I actually have a hard copy of this book. It's pretty interesting and not nearly as dangerous as the Jolly Roger cookbook.

DIzzIE
13th November 2007, 11:45
Originally posted by [email protected] 12, 2007 09:48 pm
Do you still have the original file? The torrent doesn't exist anymore.
I think you can get a copy of the original 156 Mb scan here (http://la.indymedia.org/uploads/2007/03/recipes_for_disaster.pdf) as well (I didn't actually download it, but it looks to be pretty big...).