VIRTUAL ZINE
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HOW-TO/DIY GUIDES
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7 Solar Water Heating System Designs(.pdf) - (Michael Hackleman) Alternative Energy, Solar Power, Sun, Heating, Water, Hydro, DIY
ABC's Mini Guide to Protesting(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Resistance, Tactics
Activist Catering Guide(.PDF) - Activism, Food Service, Food Zine
An Activist's Guide to Information Security(.PDF) - Activism, Privacy, Security Culture
Adventurer's Guide to Actions in Combat!, The(.PDF) (Pom Machine) - DIY Guide, Gaming, D&D, Dungeons & Dragons 5e
An Anarchist Guide to Dumpster Diving(.pdf) DIY Guide, Food, Waste, Capitalism, Mutual Aid, How-To, FAQ, Anarchism
The Art and Science of Billboard Improvement(.PDF) - Advertising, Defacement, Wheat Pasting, Graffiti, Billboards
Auto Defensa Para Mujeres(.PDF) - Spanish Language, Self-Defense, Women
Avant Gardening Spring 2015(.PDF) - Seedlings, Vegetables, Gardens, Resistance, Growing Food, Lawns, Water, Recipes, Poetry, Composting, Chickweed, Dandelions, Nature
Banner Drops, Stencils, Wheatpaste, and Distributing Information...(.PDF) - Activism, Free Speech, Art, DIY Guide
Basic Blockading(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Tactics, DIY Guide
Basic Recon Skills(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Tactics, DIY Guide
Becoming Riflemyn (.PDF) - DIY Guide, Rifles, Guns, Ammunition, Armed Leftists, Weapons
Beginner's Guide to Putting on Shows (.PDF) - DIY Guide, Shows, Basements, Music, Concert, Underground, DIY Culture, Bands, Booking
The Bike House(.PDF) - Community, Bicycles, Bikes, Washington D.C., DIY Guide, Bike Repair, Bike Maintenance, Flat Tires, Chains, Spokes, Diagrams
Black People's Prison Survival Guide (.PDF) - Black Culture, Prisoners, Prisons, Law Enforcement, Incarceration, DIY Guide
Blockades(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics
Bodyhammer - Tactics and Self-Defense for the Modern Protester Vol. 1(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics
Build Your Own Solidarity Network(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest
Calm Down - A Callout for More Effective Approaches in Radical/Leftist/Anarchist Movements(.pdf) - Activism Guide, How-To, DIY, Adversity, De-Escalation, Consensus, Community Organizing, Intervention
A Civilian's Guide to Direct Action Tactics(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics, Direct Action
Court Solidarity Introduction(.PDF) - Legal system, Law Enforcement, DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics, Jail Solidarity
D.I.Y. Doula Self-Care for Before, During, & After Your Abortion(.pdf) - Abortion, Self-Care, Reproductive Rights, Medical Procedure, Physical Health, Mental Health, Sexual Health, DIY Guide, Pregnancy, Grief, Symptoms
D.I.Y. Hand Bookbinding Handbook(.pdf) (M.M. Rooney) - DIY Guide, How-To Guide, Bookbinding, Binding, Bookmaking
Death Rituals and DIY Burials(.pdf) Death, Grief, Loss, Environmentalism, Sustainability, Burials, Funerals, Embalming, DIY Guide, Composting, Ecology, Corpse, Irish Wake, Hindu Rites of Death, Native Rituals
Defense Against Tear Gas(.pdf) Activism Guide, Tear Gas, Police Violence, Non-Lethal Weapons, Protest, Activism
Destroy Your Lawn!(.pdf) Grass, Lawns, Landscaping, Property, Ecology, Nature, Ecosystem, America, Suburbs, Mowing, Activism Guide, How-To Guide
Earth Alchemy - The Art & Science of Compost(.pdf) - Biodegradation, Composting, Gardening, Soil, Dirt, Science, Fertility, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Thermophilic, DIY Guide, Nature
Easy Food Gardening(.pdf) - Gardening, Food, Vegetables, Fruits, DIY Guide, Composting, Planting, Seeds, Nature
Flax Into Linen - Step-By-Remarkable-Step(.pdf) (Chuck Trapkus, 1989) - Fashion, DIY Guide, How-To Guide, Cloth, Thread, Sewing, Spinning
Girls and Comics(.PDF) - Comics, Teaching Resources, Education
How to Build an Art Collective(.PDF) (Little Neo) DIY Guide, Artists, Community
How to Cope With Being Attacked by the Police and Other Assailants(.PDF) - Policing, Cops, Law Enforcement, Protest, Police Brutality, DIY Guide, Mental Health, Legal System
How to Distress Paper(.PDF) (Pom Machine) - DIY Guide, Minizine, Paper, Cosplay, LARPers, Game Masters, Aging, Maps, Scrolls
How to Fire Your Boss(.PDF) - Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Bosses, Employers, Activist Guide, Anarchism, Syndicalism, Strike, Walkout, Resistance, Capitalism
How to Fold a Sheet-O-Paper into a 8-Page Zine(.pdf) DIY, Zines, Minizine
How to Get the Most Out of Art School(.PDF) (Chloe Henderson) Artists, Students, College, DIY Guide
How to Hide Anything(.pdf BOOK) (by Michael Connor) - Hiding, Secret Places, DIY Guide, Smuggling
How to ID a Neo-Nazi Bonehead(.PDF) - Racism, Nazis, Fascists, Whiteness, DIY Guide
How to Make a One-Page Zine(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Zinemaking, Zines, Mini-Zine
How to Make a Queer Zine(.PDF) - DIY, Zine Making, Zines, LBGTQA+, Queer, Minizine, Zinesters
How to Make a Zine (Without the Rush) Part II(.pdf) - Non-English - Filipino Language, Zinemaking, Comics, Humor, Zine Fest, Minizine
How to Organize a Protest March(.PDF) - Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide
How to Recognize White Supremacist Symbology(.PDF) - Policing, Cops, Law Enforcement
How to Scan Zines and Make PDF Files(.pdf) DIY Guide, Zines, Zinemaking, Scanning, Digitizing, Computers, Technology, Archives, PDFs
How to Support Your Non-Binary Family Member(.pdf) Queer, LGBTQA+, Non-Binary, Gender, Allies, Family, Pronouns, DIY Guide
Keeping Fit - A Prisoner's Guide to Syringe Care(.pdf) - Prisoners w/HIV/AIDS Support Action Network - Health, Drugs, Drug Use, Syringes, Needles, Needle Care, Prisons, Jail, DIY Guide, Safety, Sanitation
Learn Arabic(.PDF) - DIY, Language, Arabic, Education, Letters, Alphabet, Minizine, Mid-East
Let's Make a Zine!(.pdf) DIY Guide, Zines, Zinemaking, Publishing, Printing, Binding
Lockdown Lessons(.PDF) - DIY, Teaching, Education, Children, Homeschooling, Kids, Learning, Art
Lost Art of Writing a Love Letter(.pdf) - Minizine, Love, Relationships, Postal, Mail, Writing, Stamps
Make Your Own Stickers!(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Mini-Zine, Stickering
Maximum Preservation #2(.pdf) (DC Public Library 2015) - Technology, Computers, File Systems, Archiving, Archives, Cataloging, Digital, Digitizing, Data, How-To Guide, Media, Artifacts, Photos, Videos, Collections
Merely One Micrometer Closer to Fair(.pdf) (Amanda Huckins) - Activism, Self-Help, Communication, DIY Guide, Activism Guide, Grassroots, Organizing
Not So Fine(.PDF) (A.E. Mitchell) - Libraries, Fees, Fines, Money, Wealth, Poverty, Librarian Science
A Practical Guide to Prisoner Support(.PDF) - Jail Solidarity, Prisons, DIY Guide, Legal System, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism
A Practical Guide to Protecting Your Identity(.PDF) - Information, Privacy, Data, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Cellphones, Internet
Promoting Your Union(.PDF) - Unions, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Promotion, Organizing
Protect Yourself(.PDF) - Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Legal System, DIY Guide, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism
Protesting 101(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism
Radical Defense(.PDF) - Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Self-Defense, DIY Guide, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism
A Rebel Worker's Organizing Handbook(.PDF) - Unions, Sabotage, Strike, Walkouts, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Organizing
Ragged - A Guide on DIY Punk Fashion (PDF) - (Lennon McCrea) - Fashion, Punks, Handstitching, Pants, Patches, DIY
Sauna Zine #1(.PDF) - Mini-Zine, Sauna, Spa, DIY Guide, Illustration, Humor
Sauna Zine #2(.PDF) - Mini-Zine, Sauna, Spa, Perzine, Illustration, Humor
Security and Counter Surveillance(.PDF) - Security Culture, Information, Privacy, Data, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism
Security Culture: A Handbook for Activists(.PDF) - Security Culture, Information, Privacy, Data, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism
Self-Publishing & Employment(.pdf) Activism, How-To Guide, DIY Guide, Zines, Zinemaking, Workshops, Blogs, Blogging, Community Publishing, Print-On-Demand, Editing, Public Speaking, Content Generation
Social Media for Unions(.PDF) - Unions, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Promotion, Organizing, Social Media, Technology, Internet
Street Medic Handbook(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Health, Activism, Resistance, Protest, Safety, Book
Strike - A Guide to Walking Out(.pdf) Workers, Working Class, Class Struggle, Strikes, Sabotage, Unions, Organizing, Capitalism, Economics, Resistance, Activism Guide, Labor, Work
Super Low Tech Screen Printing - A DIY Guide(.pdf) - Screenprinting, Art Guide, DIY, Printing, Printmaking
Treehouse DIY(.pdf) - Treehouses, Construction, Secret Spaces, Building, DIY Guide, Forts, Nature, Trees
Using Essential Oils & Aromatherapy(.pdf) - Carol Wiley - DIY Guide, Nature, Health, Healing, Carrier Oil, Diffusers, Sensitivities, Therapeudics, Skin Care, Recipes, Acne, Hair Care, Alopecia, Nail Care, Baths, Massage, Cleaning, Spirituality, Aphrodisiacs
Using InDesign(.pdf) - DIY Guide, How-To Guide, Graphic Design, Technology, Applications, Software, Adobe InDesign
You Can Make a Zine(.PDF) - DIY Guide, zines, zinemaking
Zines! Feminist Do-It-Yourself Publishing(.pdf) - Feminism, DIY Guide, Writing, Publishing, Zinesters, Zinemaking, References