VIRTUAL ZINE
LIBRARY
PROTEST, ORGANIZING & ACTIVISM
***PLEASE NOTE - Here you will find zines on planning, executing
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9 Theses on Insurgency(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Violence, Rioting
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10 Preliminary Theses on Resistance(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Resistance, Tactics
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10 Points on the Black Bloc(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Violence, Rioting, Anarchism, Direct Action, Tactics
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10 Steps to Setting Up a Blockade(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Tactics, Blockades
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​​​500 Years of Indigenous Resistance(.PDF) - Colonization, Political History, Native History, Native Peoples, America, Kwakiuti, First Peoples, Genocide, Christopher Colombus, Land, European Settlements, United States, Manifest Destiny, Indian Wars, Canada, Civil War, Slavery
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1798 Rebellion in Ireland, The(.pdf) - Andrew Flood - 1998 - Religion, Ireland, England, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, The Troubles, History, Catholicism, Protestantism, Protest, Uprising, Peace, Britain, Europe, Nationalism, Dissent, Catholic Church, United Irishmen
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ABC's Mini Guide to Protesting(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Resistance, Tactics
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Activism As Fetishism(.pdf) (Ann Deslandes, Dec. 2009) - Activist Guides, Fetish, Christianity, Political Theory, History, Australia, Capitalism, Commodities, Psychoanalysis, Sebastian Salgado, Photography, Protest, Brazil, Solidarity, Activism
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Activist Approach to Domestic Violence, An(.pdf) Activism, Assault, Relationships, Abuse, Sexual Violence
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Activist Catering Guide(.PDF) - Activism, Food Service, Food Zine
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Activist Trauma & Recovery(.PDF)- Activism, Mental Health
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Activists and Difficult People(.PDF) - Activism, People Skills
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An Activist's Guide to Basic First Aid (.PDF) - Activism, First Aid, DIY Guide
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An Activist's Guide to Information Security(.PDF) - Activism, Privacy, Security Culture
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Affinity Groups - Essential Building Blocks of Anarchist Organizing(.PDF) - Anarchism, Activism
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Against Assemblies: Organization, Democracy, & the Left(.PDF) - Activism, Democracy
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Age of Conspiracy, The(.PDF) Law Enforcement, Arrests, Protests, Activists, History, Conspiracy Charges
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Anarchism and AIDS Activism(.PDF) - Anarchism, Health, AIDS, HIV, Political Theory, Disease
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Anthropozine #1(.PDF) Sustainability, Ecology, Climate Crisis, Student Activism, Notre Dame, College, Environmentalism, Parks, Nature
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Anti-Mass(.PDF) - Collectivism, Activism, Organizing
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ANTIFA Super Soldier Training Manual #1 - Strength Training(.pdf) Exercise, Lifting, Weights, Bodybuilding, Barbells, Dumbbells, Athletic Training, Powerlifting, Body Positivity, Activism Guide, DIY Gym, Nutrition, Muscles
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Autonomous Resistence to Slavery and Colonization(.PDF) - Activism, Slavery, Colonialism, Imperialism, Racism
Baby Bloc #4(.PDF) - Radical Parenting, DIY Guide, Parenthood, Childbearing, Kids, Children, Schooling, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Families, Queer, LGBTQA, Teenagers, Pregnancy, Activism, Disability
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Back Up(.PDF) - Resistance, Activism, Criminals, Women, Anticapitalism, Oppression, Rebellion, Self-Care, mental Health, Feminism, Girls, Disease, Health, Slovenia
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Banner Drops, Stencils, Wheatpaste, and Distributing Information...(.PDF) - Activism, Free Speech, Art, DIY Guide
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Basic Blockading(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Tactics, DIY Guide
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A Basic Introduction to Co-Operatives(.PDF) - Co-ops, DIY Guide, Organizing, Activism, Collectives
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Basic Recon Skills(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Tactics, DIY Guide
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Begin by Doing Small Things(.pdf) (Amanda Huckins) - Activism, DIY Guide, Activism Guide, Grassroots, Organizing, Activists, Biographies
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Beyond Property Destruction(.PDF) - Violence, Riot, Direct Action, Activism, Protest, Tactics
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Black Autonomous Movements(.PDF) - Anarchism, Black History, Activism
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Black Coffee Bloc for a Mutual Aid Manifesto - (Cafe Anarquista) Anarchism, Coffee, Mutual Aid, Activism, Minizine
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Black Liberation Army and the Paradox of Political Engagement(.PDF) - Black Culture, Black History, Activism, Protest
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Black Roses for Mike Brown(.PDF) - Black Culture, Police Brutality, Ferguson, Policing
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Blockades(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics
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Bodyhammer - Tactics and Self-Defense for the Modern Protester Vol. 1(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics
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​​Brooklyn Homesteaders Union Manifesto(.PDF) - Minizine, Squats, Squatting, NYC, New York City, Activism, Housing, Property
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Build Your Own Solidarity Network(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest
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A Civilian's Guide to Direct Action Tactics(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics, Direct Action
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Burn Down the American Plantation(.PDF) - Abolition, Resistance, Black History, DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics
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But What About Beer?(.pdf) Drugs, Activism, Alcohol, Social Spaces, Protest, Straight Edge​
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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
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Chiapas Revealed #1(.pdf) (Feb 2001) - Zapatistas, Mexico, Anarchism, Indigenous, Revolution, Anti-Capitalism, EZLN, History, Latin America, CCRI, Elections, Direct Democracy, Community, Organizing, Globalization, Class Struggle, Military, Coffee
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A Civilian's Guide to Direct Action Tactics(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics, Direct Action
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​Claim No Easy Victories: A History and Analysis of Anti-Racist Action(.PDF) - Racism, Resistance, History, Activism, Protest
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The Colour Brown (.PDF) - Anarchism, Black Culture, Resistance, Whiteness, DIY Guide, Activism, Protest
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Coming of Age - A New Afrikan Revolutionary(.PDF) - Abolition, Resistance, Black History, Black Culture, Activism, Protest
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Copwatch 101(.PDF) - Policing, Law Enforcement, Cops, DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics​
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Counter-Planning On the Shop Floor(.PDF) - (Bill Watson, 1971) Unions, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Organizing, Workplace, Strike
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Court Solidarity Introduction(.PDF) - Legal system, Law Enforcement, DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics, Jail Solidarity
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Defense Against Tear Gas(.pdf) Activism Guide, Tear Gas, Police Violence, Non-Lethal Weapons, Protest, Activism
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Destroy Your Lawn!(.pdf) Grass, Lawns, Landscaping, Property, Ecology, Nature, Ecosystem, America, Suburbs, Mowing, Activism Guide, How-To Guide
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Direct Action(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Resistance, Tactics, Direct Action
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A Direct Action Handbook(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Protests, Activism, Resistance
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Direct Action Survival Guide(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Resistance, Tactics, Direct Action
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Direct Action Tactics(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Resistance, Tactics, Direct Action​
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Direct Unionism(.PDF) - Unions, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Organizing, Resistance, Activism
Fire to the Prisons #4: 4 Years Later(.pdf) (Tom Nomad) Middle East, Mid-East, Arab Spring, Anarchism, Activism, Iraq, ISIS, Iran, War, Fighting, Ukraine, Syria, Riojava
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The First Amendment and You(.pdf) Constitution, Bill of Rights, United States, USA, Minizine, Rights, Free Speech, Activism Guide, Cops, Police, Law Enforcement
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Five Things White Activists Should Never Say(.PDF) - Ally, Protest, Resistance, Racism, Hate, Whiteness, Activism, DIY Guide
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Health and Safety at Militant Actions(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Violence, Rioting, Health, Medical, Safety, DIY Guide
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How to Be Actively Anti-Racist(.PDF) (Harriet X) - Minizine, Activism Guide, BLM, Black Lives Matter, Racism
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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
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How Nonviolence Protects the State(.pdf) (Peter Gelderloos) - Pacificism, Nonviolence, Violence, The State, Capitalism, Government, Political Theory, Racism, Statism, Patriarchy, Sexism, Direct Action, Activism, Protest
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How to Organize a Protest March(.PDF) - Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide
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I am Not Standing By(.PDF)(by Milwaukee Literature Supply) - ICE, Detainment, Homeland Security, Activism, Resistance, William Van Spronsen, Prisones, Tacoma, Washington, Immigration, Borders
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I Hate a Parade!(.PDF) - Minizine, Activism, Protest Tactics, Black Bloc, Direct Action, Alternative Protests, Baking Brigade
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I Will Not Crawl(.PDF) - Protest, Resistance, Activism, Black History
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The Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy(.PDF) - Protest, Resistance, Activism, Political Theory, Riot, Peace
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IWW Organizing Manual(.PDF) - Unions, Trades, Industrial, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Labor History, Wobblies
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IWW Songs to Fan the Fires of Discontent(.PDF) - Unions, Trades, Industrial, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Songs, Music, Wobblies, Solidarity
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Know the Scoop on Police Brutality(.PDF) - Cops, Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism
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Learning From Ferguson(.PDF) - Riots, Mike Brown, Cops, Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism
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Little Red Songbook, The(.PDF) - Unions, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Labor History, Wobblies, Songs, Music, Solidarity, Joe Hill
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Los Angeles Queer Resistance #1(.pdf) LA, Los Angeles, California, Queer, LGBTQA+, Resistance, Anarchism, Culture, Heteronormativity, Art, Poetry, Prose, Writing, Collage
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Machine of the World, The(.PDF) Modernity, Decolonization, Freedom, Modernism, Poetry, Indigenous, Land, Struggles, Imperialism, Colonialism
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Malcolm X - The Man and His Ideas(.PDF) - Black History, Liberation, Biography, Resistance
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Merely One Micrometer Closer to Fair(.pdf) (Amanda Huckins) - Activism, Self-Help, Communication, DIY Guide, Activism Guide, Grassroots, Organizing
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Methods of Anarcho-Syndicalism(.pdf) (Rudolf Rocker) - Political Theory, Anarchism, Syndicalism, Workers, Labor Movement, Working Class, Class Politics, Class War, Tactics, Strike, Activism Guides, Work, Labor, Unions
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Militant Flamboyance(.pdf) Resistance, Timeline, Stonewall, Riots, LGBTQA+, Queer, History, Pride
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​​Native Resistance to Canada(.pdf) - Canada, Imperialism, Colonization, Indigenous, Dene Suline of Cold Lake, NATO, War, Secwepemc, Nuxalk Nation, Bella Coola Aggregate Project, Sutikalh, Native History
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Oh Sit Down(.pdf) - Sitdown Strikes, Workplace Occupations, Unions, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, United Kingdom, UK, England, Labor History
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On the Black Liberation Army(.PDF) - Black History, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Black Culture
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On the Legitimacy of Property Destruction(.PDF) - Property, Capitalism, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Direct Action
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​On White Radicalism(.PDF) - Whiteness, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Racism, Privilege, Identity
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An Open Letter to Those who Condemn Looting(.pdf) - Capitalism, Political Theory, Class Struggle, Property Destruction, Materialism, Riots, Protest, Labor, Politics, Resistance
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Passive Voice is For Cowards(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Protests, Activism, Mini-Zine, Journalism, Language
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Pepperspray, CS, and Other Less Lethal Weapons(.PDF) - Policing, Police Brutality, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide
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A Plea For Captain John Brown(.PDF) - History, Slavery, Violence, Abolition, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide
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Police Killing In the Fields(.PDF) - California, Policing, Police Brutality, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Cops
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A Practical Guide to Prisoner Support(.PDF) - Jail Solidarity, Prisons, DIY Guide, Legal System, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism
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A Primer to Police Crowd Control Tactics and Frameworks(.PDF) - Policing, Police Brutality, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide, Cops, Riots
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Prison and Prison Abolition(.PDF) - Prisons, Solidarity, Abolition, DIY Guide, Legal System, Resistance, Activism​
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Privilege and Solidarity(.PDF) - Protest, Resistance, Activism, Racism, Privilege, Identity
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Promoting Your Union(.PDF) - Unions, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Promotion, Organizing​​
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Proposal for an Anarchist People of Color Network(.PDF) - Anarchism, BIPOC, Political Theory, Race, Culture, Movement, Activism, Networking, Community
Protect Yourself(.PDF) - Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Legal System, DIY Guide, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism​
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Protesting 101(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism​​
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Radical Defense(.PDF) - Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Self-Defense, DIY Guide, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism
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Raider Nation #1(.PDF) - Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Legal System, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Oakland, History
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Raising Anarchy in TeKKKsas(.pdf) - Comrade Z - Mongoose Distro - Texas, The South, Lone Star, Anarchism, Mexican-American, Police, Jail, Prisons, Senator John Whitmeyer, Brazoria County, Prison Violence
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A Rebel Worker's Organizing Handbook(.PDF) - Unions, Sabotage, Strike, Walkouts, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Organizing
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Religion & Liberation(.PDF) - Latin American, Catholic, Women of Color, Family, Culture
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Responsibility and Solidarity in the Labor Movement(.PDF) - (Max Nettlau 1899) Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Capitalism, Industrial Revolution, Labor History
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Rules for Picketing(.PDF) - Strike, Walkout, Lockout, Picket Line, Unions, Work Stoppage, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Organizing
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Security and Counter Surveillance(.PDF) - Security Culture, Information, Privacy, Data, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism
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Security Culture: A Handbook for Activists(.PDF) - Security Culture, Information, Privacy, Data, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism
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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
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So You Support Survivors But You Don't Hold Their Abusers Accountable(.pdf) - (Alexa Kari) Sexual Assault, Abuse, Accountability, Consensus, Support, Communities
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So You Wanna Be a Commie Scum(.PDF) (by C. Fish) - Minizine, Communism, Anarchism, Leftism, Socialism, Political Theory, Introduction, Humor, DIY Guide
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So You Want to Be an Ally!(.pdf) Anti-Oppression, Activism Guide, Allyship, Privilege, Tokenization, Systemic Oppression, Prejudice
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Song of the United Front(.PDF)(by C. Fish) - Minizine, Spanish Civil War, WWII, Song, Lyrics, Bertolt Brecht, Anti-Fascism, Antifa, Leftism, Workers' Movement, Music
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Spanish Civil War - Anarchism in Action(.pdf) (Eddie Conlon - June 2001) Spain, History, Anarchism, CNT-FAI, Antifascism, Resistance, Europe, Workers, Class Struggle, Strikes
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A Stockade Stood Burning - Rebellion and the Convict Lease in Tennessee's Coalfields 181-1895(.PDF) - Coal miners, Prison Labor, Labor History, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Sabotage, Organizing, Resistance, Tennessee
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"Straight Ally" is an Oxymoron(.pdf) Allyship, LGBTQA, Gender, Activism, Sexuality, Queer, Binaries, Heteronormativity, Relationships, Monogamy
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Street Medic Handbook(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Health, Activism, Resistance, Protest, Safety, Book
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Strike - A Guide to Walking Out(.pdf) Workers, Working Class, Class Struggle, Strikes, Sabotage, Unions, Organizing, Capitalism, Economics, Resistance, Activism Guide, Labor, Work
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Sustainable Activism and Avoiding Burnout(.PDF) - Self-Care, Mental Health, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism
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To Be Queer is to Fight!(.pdf) (July 2021) - Queer, Gender, Sexuality, Resistance, Revolution, Relationships, Protest, Poetry
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​To Gaza and Back(.PDF) Palestine, Israel, War, West Bank, The State, Zionism, Journal, Jerusalem, Gaza, Statism, Government, War, Violence, Punks, Islam, Mid East, Middle East, Travel, Culture, Metal, Music, ANTIFA, Antifascism, Resistance, Protest, Cops, Hitchhiking, Istanbul, Graffiti, Police, Romania, Bulgaria, Poverty, Love, Romance, Hostels
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Towards a Student Unionism(.PDF) - Unions, Students, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, College, University, Schooling, Schools, Organizing, Activism Guide
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Trans Folks Fight Back!(.PDF) (Skip Teauxmelou, Alyx Trouble) -Queer, LGBTQA+, Resistance, Stonewall, Activism, Queer History, Cooper's Donuts, Dewey's, Comptom's Cafeteria, Vanguard, Rioting, Riots, S.T.A.R., Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, Marsha P. Johnson, Storme Delaverie, Houston, Texas
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A Tribute to John Brown(.PDF) - Biography, History, Slavery, Violence, Abolition, Protest, Resistance, Activism
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Troublemakers #1(PDF) - (SHAG, Feb. 2024) Anarchism, Activism, Direct Action, Cops, Policing, Sheffield, Liberation, Abolition, Schooling, June 11th, Security, Affinity Groups, University of Sheffield, Arms, Weapons, Protests, Disruption​​​
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​​Unions Against Revolution(.PDF) - Unions, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Organizing, Resistance, Anarchism, Labor History, Capitalism, Revolt, Work, Jobs
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Untitled or What to Do If Everyone Gets Arrested(.PDF) - Jail Solidarity, Bail, Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide, Legal System
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Upping the Anti(.PDF) - Jail Solidarity, Policing, Law Enforcement, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide, Legal System
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Voting vs. Direct Action(.pdf) - 2001 - Folklore, Democracy, Voting, Elections, Activism, Mutual Aid, Direct Action, Direct Democracy, Tactics​​​​​
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What is ARA?(.PDF) - Anti-Racist Action, Antifa, Racism, Activism, Resistance, Protest
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What is Prisoner Support?(.PDF) - Jail Solidarity, Policing, Law Enforcement, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide, Legal System, Prisons
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Why Do We the People Riot?(.PDF) - Activism Guide, Resistance, Organizing, Protests, Violence, Property Destruction, Rioting, Authority, Cops, Injustice, Police, Law
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Why Riot?(.PDF) - Riots, Direct Action, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism
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With Allies Like These: Reflections on Privilege Reductionism(.PDF) - Allies, Activism, Whiteness, Racism, Privilege, Identity
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Words and Phrases Used by the Radical Left and What They Mean in Normal Terms(.PDF) - Dictionary, Glossary, Lingo, Leftism, Activism Guide
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WTF is Mutual Aid?(.PDF) - Anarchism, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Political Theory
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You Can't Shoot Us All!(.PDF) - Oscar Grant, California, Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Legal System, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism, History, Racism
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Your Goose is Cooked, Sucka(.PDF) - Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Legal System, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism, New Orleans, NOLA, History, Riots, Racism
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Zines as a Liberatory Object(.PDF) - (Alexa Kari) Zines, Queer, Zinemaking, Activism, Education, Syllabus, Learning, Education​​​​