Organizing Manuals

Playbook for Progressives: 16 Qualities of the Successful Organizer by Eric Mann

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CONTENTS
Introduction ix
PART I. THE JOB DESCRIPTION I
r 2 Roles of the Successful Organizer
I. The Foot Soldier 5
2. The Evangelist I I
3· The Recruiter IS
4. The Group Builder 27
s. The Strategist 3I  read more »

The Radical Cheerbook is a collection of cheers intended to be used by radical cheerleaders at anti-capitalist protests. Radical Cheerleading is a tactic aimed at bringing energy and excitement to what might otherwise be stale and boring protests. An old radical cheerleaders website describes it as "...Protest+Performance. It's activism with pom poms and middle fingers extended.  read more »

This zine features interviews with and articles on different community groups in Montreal and Toronto that are doing grassroots, intersectional queer-positive organizing. This will be the first of many to come. Stay tuned!
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Here's an update to the wildly popular Don't Back Down zine that has been on here in the past. This is a more complete version of the zine. Hope it's useful to those in the Occupy movement (and beyond that into the future!)

This pamphlet was made (very quickly) for a COMMUNISATION FESTIVAL

Full Unemployment Cinema and the Copenhagen Commune invites you to:
Venues: Folkets Hus, Kafa-X and Saxil Cykler, Copenhagen

Thursday & Friday April 18 & 19 from 10.30am until late.  read more »

A new occupation guide, as a continuation and re-adjustment of the previous DIY occupation guide that emerged during the student movement in the fall of 2009. This guide takes into account the strategy and tactics of the previous student movement in relation to Occupy Oakland and the J28 Move-In Assembly.  read more »

Sommaire:

La formation de bandes : Une tactique dans le but d’accroître nos forces et notre autonomie
Occupation: un guide Do-It-Yourself
Les universités comme espaces de subversion
Culture de la sécurité
Conseils pour les manifestations
Pourquoi porter un masque?
Les bombes de peinture
Lectures supplémentaires

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Contents:

The Formation of Crews: A Tactic in Expanding Our Strength and Autonomy
Occupation: a do-it-yourself guide
Universities as Spaces of Subversion
Security Awareness
Street Demonstration Tips
Why Wear a Mask?
Paint Bombs
Further Reading

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This is the classic "Blocs, Black and Otherwise" written by Crimethinc. It's a very good overview of how to organize and participate in a black bloc.

We couldn't find a PDF of it online, so we put this together. As a bonus, we added another piece titled "Fashion Tips for the Brave" that contains more suggestions on preserving anonymity within a black bloc.

With love,  read more »

This zine contains a wealth of helpful suggestions for anarchists living in small towns who want to create anarchy. Topics covered include finding other anarchists, deciding on what projects to work on, figuring out how to relate to liberals, and doing a distro--this zine is full of good ideas and advice.  read more »

"A war is run.
We run, both in offense and defense.
When you can't run, it's time to die."
-Seven Samurai

Winter is waning and spring will be a scorcher. And it's not just global
warming. People all around the globe are fired-up and looking to create a
better future. Are you and your affinity group ready for the warm, sunny days
ahead?  read more »

The zine is made of of selections from a book titled We Are Everywhere: The Irresistible Rise of Global Anti-capitalism that was edited by Notes from Nowhere. The original book chronicles the anti-capitalist/anti-globalization movement of the late-1990s and early-2000s. Consequently, a lot of the tactics discussed here come out of that context.  read more »

Collection of principles and guidelines as enumerated by military affairs analyst John Robb. Some of the world's top guerrilla groups have formally adopted Robb's work on warfare as their own. According to Robb, torrential improvements in technology and globalization have combined to make it possible for small groups of violent individuals to go to war against nation-states and win.

Fieldcraft is made up of the individual skills and techniques
used by soldiers in the field, which include movement, use of ground and camouflage in conditions of reduced visibility. These skills and techniques enable soldiers to maintain their own security while gaining advantage over the enemy.

Soldiers must master fieldcraft in order to ensure their own  read more »