By dinosaurs, they mean capitalism, the state, hierarchy, and the countless other guises worn by Authority. What shall come after the dinosaurs? Anarchy of course. In fact, anarchy is already all around us. Anarchy, at least in the pages of books, some feel is suffering from far too many heavy-handed historians and self-righteous theorists. To break this mold, this book focuses on living examples of anarchy. They wrote this book because what's going on today is more important than what happened several decades ago or some far off utopian scheme for the future. Unlike some anarchists, we haven't given up hope...all around us are anarchists brimming over with hope for change. The beauty of it is that anarchists are doing it themselves, changing the world. The least we could do was to document it, and attempt to give some words to these ordinary people that are doing extraordinary things. We also have no holds barred for the enemies of anarchy: Everything from long and boring meetings to tokenism disguised as outreach. Striving for honesty, we recognize that many of the bad habit of obedience, continuing leader-worship, efficiency, and delusions of control. These are all habits of the dinosaurs, leftovers from the capitalism and the state. (published by Wisconsin Crimethinc Cell)

Crimethinc For Beginners. Their first graphic novel. Less of a novel and more of an exploded manifesto, this might be just what you need. It is the type of book you'd thumb through in the store and actually want to buy (or steal). Topics range from anarchy to hierarchy, work to sex, alienation to liberation and technology, but every page burns with a passion for a freer life. The books vehement insistence that living is more important than art carries the argument beyond the typical debate. When you make it to the end, the personal testimonials about not working and the closing art pieces become an aria of voices urging you to close the book and live. Glorious, even for the most cynical reader. What more can we ask from a book?

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This third printing combines the previously separate DIY Guide #2 with The Walls are Alive into one sturdy 72-page zine.

DIY Guide #2: This rugged little urban pirate handbook includes practical information and tips on tons of different projects, tasks and adventures: dismantling capitalism, action direct, forearm guards, shoplifting tips, software piracy, diy spelling and grammar, travelling on trains, backpacking, evasion communiqué #2.25, herbal gynecology, how to abort, sewing, diy oil change, quarter pipe, records, cd's and zines, book publishing contacts, postal jubilation, food not bombs, cook it yourself, wheat flour egg noodles, intro to plaster, black and white photography, safety pin tattoos.

The Walls Are Alive: A concise and masterfully conceived introduction to doing your own graffiti. It consists of practical and thorough advice on every step of getting your graffiti skills primed: preparation, how to make a stencil, mapping it out, strategy, escape, post-action regrouping, and also a whole section about wheat-pasting. Valuable also for its forty photographs of great real-world graffiti to ignite ideas and provide examples.

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Evasion is a non-fiction hobo travelogue in which the author manages to evade the authorities for trespassing, squatting, and dumpster diving. Evasion is a metaphorical tale depicting the rejection of the 40-hour workweek and hopeless boredom of modern living. The journey documents the authors' reclamation of his life through rejection of the "American Dream." the spaces surrounding them a life worth living and a world worth fighting for. The author of Evasion is a hitchhiker, train hopper, and urban scavenger. The roots of the novel stem from ten photocopies of the original manuscript scammed from Kinko's. Rapidly, the zine was mass duplicated and proliferated by thousands of its' fans. Innumerable copies have been sold to date without a single advertisement. I found a few things demeaning to people who live in a world of poverty without a choice but I think this offers a whole new horizen to bored middle class teenagers and twenty somethings.

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A new CrimethInc-y book all about the deeper meaning of travel. Various writers discuss the evil of "tourism" and the beauty, spiritualiy, and history of travel. Anyone who loves restless world travel, the idea of a nomad existance, or simply just walking alone at night through strange dark towns will probably enjoy this book. Features many of the same authors from Days of War, Nights of Love.

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The latest from the Crimethinc 'stable' - this critically acclaimed short is inspired by the book Days Of War Nights Of Love chapter, 'L is for Love'. The film narrates the chapter (courtesy Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls) and tells the story of two couples: one that followed the path most likely to please society, and the other too passionate about life to care what anyone thinks. Music by Radiohead and Speedy Voodoo.

A punk rock vision quest told in the tradition of the anarchist travel story, Off the Map is narrated by two young women as they discard their maps, fears, and anything resembling a plan, and set off on the winds of the world. Without the smug cynicism that seems to permeate most modern radical tales, this story is told with genuine hope, and a voice that never loses its connection with the mysteries of life, even in the midst of everyday tragedies. Wandering across Europe, the dozens of vignettes are the details of the whole-a squatted castle surrounded by tourists on the Spanish coast, a philosophizing businessman on the highways of France, a plaÁa full of los crustos in Barcelona, a diseased foot in a Belgian train squat, a glow bug on the dew-covered grass of anywhere-a magical, novel-like folktale for the end of the world. 146 pages long with a cover featuring original artwork by Nikki McClure.

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Three excellent documentary films: pickAxe, The Miami Model, and Breaking The Spell.

PickaXe: An arsonist burns 9000 acres of protected old-growth public forest in Oregon that can not be logged unless it burns. To stop the proposed "salvage" logging of this incredible ancient forest, citizens are moved to blockade a road and keep the government out. After facing down a bulldozer and the State Police, the fort now known as the gateway to the Cascadia Free State becomes the focus for a developing community dedicated to protecting ancient forests throughout the mountains of Oregon. The film shows confrontations with disgruntled loggers, mass arrests and a 75 day hunger strike.

Breaking the Spell: Breaking the Spell is an hour-long look at the WTO and anarchists, especially those from Eugene, who went up, created a stir, and faced national media presence in the wake of the action that took place there. Featuring outstanding local musicians from folk to punk to hip-hop. Rather than attempting to cover every situation at the WTO, Breaking the Spell has several moving montage sequences combined with a few scenes that cover one or two situations in depth.

The Miami Model: Against the prescribed template of paramilitary oppression, information warfare, and profit above all values, activists converge in Miami to demonstrate grassroots resistance, creative action, and international solidarity—a clash between competing visions of globalization, soon to be known as the Miami Model. Indymedia activists shot hundreds of hours documenting the 2003 FTAA protests in Miami and shaped it into a documentary that cuts through the mass media blackout to reveal the brutal repression and assault on civil liberties that took place, as well as the inspiring alternatives to capitalist globalization that were also in full effect in Miami. [91 min.]

Five Additional Short Films:

Safetybike [3 min.]

How to Turn a Bicycle into a Record Player (includes original version and new 21st century version) [13 min.]

Auto Re-Vision (includes new commentary track by participants Mark, Etta & James) [26 min.]

Join the Resistance, Fall in Love [17 min.]

Why I Love Shoplifting From Big Corporations [5 min.]

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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.

As much as I rolled my eyes at the recurring themes and images here, I was still continually sucked into it and kept picking it up. I don’t need to hear how the fictional office worker got liberated to encourage me. Yet, I read most articles here from beginning to end and keep reading more. Many of the contents are taken from other sources. The first issue of this “anarchist journal of dangerous living” includes articles on consent in sexual relationships and alternative conceptions of education, how to survive a police raid, fictional stories about doing grafitti, culinary advice, and testimonials from maniacs who squatted their own workplaces and set themselves on fire while fighting police… and more! Crimethinc is relevant to me as a social experiment in the punk community as well as offering new life options & doors to teenage suburban kids. I think these are their strong points. While there are scores of problematic areas in their literature, this is not a problem unique to Crimethinc. It’s not a bible. Don’t take everything away from it verbatim, just bits and pieces. Pick some ideas from it to apply to your own life.

A biannual journal focusing on passionate living and creative resistance in all the forms they take. It is an attempt to offer a wild-eyed, fire-breathing, militant periodical that can cover the adventures of a dissident high school student skipping class as easily as a street riot that sets an embassy aflame: neither reduces the organic impulses of revolt to inert theory nor prioritizes conventional activism over the subversive elements present in every other walk of life but instead focuses on sharing the stories of those who step out of line (that is, of all of us, in our finest moments) and sharing the skills developed in the process so that many more may do so and do so more boldly and so that liberty and community and all those other beautiful things may triumph.

An anarchist journal of dangerous living! International reports from last Mayday’s pro-immigrant rallies! Analysis of the Bush regime’s strategy to promote terrorism worldwide! Discussion of the latest wave of federal repression! Testimony from a convicted anti-war arsonist! Anarchist perspectives on and reports from the struggle against domestic violence! A tell-all interview with notorious graffiti artist(s) BORF! A shocking exposé on German pro-Zionist lunatics! A how-to guide to funneling resources out of universities! A spy’s-eye-view of immigrant labor in factory farming! A narrow escape from the flaming Pentagon on September 11, 2001! A history of direct action and rioting in queer liberation struggles! A cartoon recounting the riots at the canceled World Bank conference in Barcelona! A mad-lib for radicals with poor social skills! A satirical guide to writing reviews! Visionary storytelling, technical advice on computer security, eulogies and poster designs and more, more, more!