
An informational zine about barricades
south salish sea anti-civ, nihilist, queer anarchy
“Crowd control refers to the organized use of force to stop,.limit and/or disperse large, hostile groups. As a warrior, it may be necessary to carry out crowd control against mobs of settlers, vigilantes, drunk hooligans, etc.
Riots occur when large, hostile groups gather & carry out property destruction & looting, frequently fighting with police who are deployed to carry out crowd control. As a member of the resistance, it may be necessary for you to engage in riots.
This manual is divided into 2 main sections: Crowd Control & Riot Training. Although similar, some important differences exist between the two. While crowd controls teaches you how to control an unorganized crowd, riot training focuses on countering. police crowd control tactics & techniques. By knowing the methods of both, you will be better prepared to carry one out, & to counter the other. Crowd Control & Riots can occur in urban, suburban or rural settings.”
A zine with information about pepperspray and the other weapons used by police which get labeled “less-lethal”.
“Queer people are under attack. Homophobia and transphobia never really went away completely, but we are living through a historic resurgence. Across the United States, Republican politicians have been working to pass hundreds of bills attacking LGBTQ+ people. Meanwhile in the streets, violence against us is steadily increasing, and Proud Boys, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups attack, harass, and distrupt LGBTQ+ events. Times are tough, but we’ve been here before. And we know what it takes to survive.”
“The federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, went on permanent lock down in 1983. This created the first “control unit”. Now, in addition to the federal government, some forty states have built these “maxi-maxi” prisons — representations of the angry and cruel repression that grips our country today. Human beings are put alone in a small cell with double steel doors and no window for 23 hours a day. No program, no work, no education, meals alone, and maybe one hour by oneself in a bare dog-run outside. A religious task force calls such conditions psychological pain and agony tantamount to torture. It is torture. Here, now, in the following pages, people who are captives in these cells write about what goes on and how you can survive…”
“If we want to improve our lives as women, we need to look at our realities,
learn survival skills and support each other. With this, we can fight back
against intimidation and being pushed around, and take back control over
our lives.”
Zine PDF
“While the rapid expansion of home surveillance systems like doorbell cameras has been extensively noted and attacked by anarchists,³ there has been less focus on the equally rapid expansion of vehicle-based surveillance systems.”
“In order for us to keep each other safe we must be ready,
willing, and able to defend our communities and bring the
fight to them where ever they may be.”