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5 Things You Can Say to Someone if You Ask Them to Have Sex & They Say No - (Pleasure Pie) Consent, Minizine, DIY Guide, Partners, Sexual Activity, Relationships
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
Advice for Translators - Added 7.7.25 - (Monica Louzon) Publishing, Translation, Translating, Publishing Advice, Collaboration, Writing, Translators, Writers, Collaborating, Publishing Rights
An Anarchist Guide to Dumpster Diving(.pdf) DIY Guide, Food, Waste, Capitalism, Mutual Aid, How-To, FAQ, Anarchism
Anxiety Sucks. Come Relax a Little with Me! - Added 1.9.26 - Minizine, Anxiety, Self-Care, Self Help, Advice, Calmness
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
Bedside Companion, The - The Zine For When You Can't Get Out of Bed - Added 1.9.26 - Depression, Self Care, Self Help, Advice, Questions, Minizine
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
Bodyhammer - Tactics and Self-Defense for the Modern Protester Vol. 1(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics
Breathings - Daily Tips to Improve Your Well Being- Added 7.7.25 - (Lele Saa) - Mental Health, Self-Help, Self Care, Advice, Cute, Illustrations
Break the Mold - A DIY Guide to Counter Hegemony - Added 1.9.26 - Antonio Gramsci, Community Spaces, Makerspaces, Activist Tools, Cultural Hegemony, Resistance, Ideological Conditioning, Free Skools, Education, Skill-Sharing, Gramsci's Theory, Radical Spaces
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
Clothing Repair- (University of Kentucky - College of Agriculture) Mending, Sewing, Clothes, DIY Guide, Repairs, Stitching
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
DeEscalation and Grounding Skills for Activists, Revolutionaries, and Everyone! - (KC Van Der Zee and Kangs Trevens) Activism, DIY Guide, Trauma, Grounding, Non-Violent Communication, Self Regulation, De-Escalation
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
Don't Just Do Nothing to Counter Fascism - Added 1.9.26 - (Nov. 2024) - Fascism, Antifascism, Advice, Resistance, Liberation, Community Organizing, Mutual Aid, Food Not Bombs, Grief, Christofascism, Jewish, Kassi, Harm Reduction, Support Networks, Art, Prison Solidarity
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
Elephant in the Room - (Eliezer - Winter 2024) Protest, DIY Guide, Advice, Labor, White Collar Activism
Emotions! How to Deal with Negative Emotions - A Guide - Added 1.9.26 - (Mia - Nov. 2025) - Minizine, Mental Health, Emotions, Negativity, Advice, Self Care, Self Help, Stress Management
Flax Into Linen - Step-By-Remarkable-Step(.pdf) (Chuck Trapkus, 1989) - Fashion, DIY Guide, How-To Guide, Cloth, Thread, Sewing, Spinning
Fuck Goals - Getting Things Done When You Hate Planning - Added 1.9.26 - Minizine, Advice, Projects, Project Management, Progress, Planning, Accomplishments, Process, Ideas, Envisioning, Visualization
Girls and Comics(.PDF) - Comics, Teaching Resources, Education
How to Access Healthcare (When You're Poor As Fuck)- Added 7.7.25 - (Kim Adamski) - Healthcare, Doctors, Medicine, Insurance, American Healthcare System, US Capitalism, Advice, Low Income, Mental Health, Dental, Optical, Reproductive Care
How to Appreciate Bugs- Added 7.7.25 - (@mossyvida) - Bugs, Insects, Minizine, Ecosystem, Bug Hotel, Pollinators, Nature
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 Improve Ur Politick for Practical Application, and Quick! AKA How to Stop Being the Weakest Link - A Guide for White Queer Leftists- Added 6.30.25 - Politics, Allyship, Minizine, Resistance, Leftists, Community, Privilege, Law, Morality
How to Make a Flat Reverse Hinge Book Structure - Added 7.7.25 - (Sha Towers) - DIY Guide, Bookbinding, Books, Bookmaking, Minizine
How to Make a Homemade Canvas Board - Added 1.9.26 - (Juan Hernandez) - Homemade, Canvas Board, Art Supplies, Prisons, Resources
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 Question Your Gender Without Going Insane- Added 7.7.25 - (Isaac James, 2025) - Genderqueer, Identity, Mental Health, Gender, Non-Binary, Genderfluid, Self Care, LGBTQA+
How to Protect Against Crowd Control- Added 7.7.25 - (@bleu1nk) - Police Tactics, Protest, Rubber Bullets, Less Lethal Weapons, Tear Gas, LRADs, DIY Guide, Minizine
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 Sew on Patches - A Step-By-Step Guide - Added 7.7.25 - (@mossyvida) - DIY Guide, Sewing, Mending, Patches, Minizine, Hemming
How to Submit Your Short Fiction to Magazines & Anthologies - Added 1.9.26 - (A.P. Howell - 2025 - Scope Creep Press) - Fiction, Short Stories, Publishing, Anthology, Magazines, Submissions, Periodicals, Advice, Writers
How to Support Your Non-Binary Family Member(.pdf) Queer, LGBTQA+, Non-Binary, Gender, Allies, Family, Pronouns, DIY Guide
Itz All Up to Us! - Added 1.9.26 - Protest, Community, Organizing, Resistance, Free Speech, Protest Art
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
Moon and Stars, The - A Witchy Zine - Added 7.7.25 - (Ivy League. James) - Witchcraft, Minizine, Astrology, Stars, Moon, Lunar, Deity Work, Tarot Symbology
Not So Fine(.PDF) (A.E. Mitchell) - Libraries, Fees, Fines, Money, Wealth, Poverty, Librarian Science
Peer Review, The - #1: Anarchist's Guide to Critical Thinking- Added 7.7.25 - (2025) - Critical Thinking, Anarchism, Debate, Discussion, Philosophy, Evidence Bias, Heuristics, Fallacies, Framing, Confirmation Bias, DIY Guide, Straw Man, Generalizations, Thought Process
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
Publishing Translations - Advice for Editors & Publishers- Added 7.7.25 - (Monica Louzon), Translating, Advice, Collaboration, Writing, Translators, Writers, Language, Collaborating, Rights
Quilting - A Journal - Added 1.9.26 - (Kate Burch - 2010) - Quilt Patterns, Hobbies, Crafts, Quilt Patterns, Quilting Prompts, Sewing, Fabric Arts, Inspiration
Radical Defense(.PDF) - Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Self-Defense, DIY Guide, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism
Radical Mycology- (Spore Liberation Front) DIY Guide, Mushrooms, Fungi, Spores, Gardening, Foraging, Identification, Medicinals, Shrooms, Cooking, Mycorestation, Ethnomycology
Ragged - A Guide on DIY Punk Fashion (PDF) - (Lennon McCrea) - Fashion, Punks, Handstitching, Pants, Patches, DIY
A Rebel Worker's Organizing Handbook(.PDF) - Unions, Sabotage, Strike, Walkouts, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Organizing
REPAIR World Vol. 2025, Issue Gemini - Added 1.9.26 - Repair, Art Conservation, Fictional Characters, Car Repair, Mechanics, Watch Repair, Textile Conservation, Jewelry Repair
Safer Sex 101- Added 7.7.25 - (Kim Adamski) - Consent, Sexual Health, STDs, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, Condoms, Dental Dams, STD Testing, DIY Guide, Internal Condoms, PREP, PEP
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
Sticking to It - A Beginner's Guide to Identifying, Removing and Countering Fascist Sticker and Poster Materials- (2023) Fascism, Symbolism, Propaganda, ANTIFA, Anti-Fascist, Stickers, Stickering, Poster Making, Media, Graffiti, DIY Guide, Nazis, White Supremacy, Racism, Slogans, Dogwhistles, Fascist Groups, Sticker Making
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
Tarot 101- Added 7.7.25 - Tarot, Cards, Readings, Magic, Major Arcana, Minizine, DIY Guide
Transfer DIY HRT- Added 7.7.25 - Transgender, Transitioning, HRT, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Medicine, Estradiol, Testosterone, Estrogen, Antiandrogens, Side Effects, Prescriptions, Dosing, Dosage, Injections, Testing
The Travel Issue V.2 - (Nov. 2012) Traveling, Travel Tips, Trip Planning, DIY Guide, Human Behavior, Flights, Airports, Airlines, Hotels, Passengers, Yelp, Transportation, Lodging
Treehouse DIY(.pdf) - Treehouses, Construction, Secret Spaces, Building, DIY Guide, Forts, Nature, Trees
Tying Shit Together - (Sofia Mavia - 2010) DIY Guide, Knots, Ropes, Binding
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
We Need You to Make Zines- Added 7.7.25 - (Isaac James) - Zine Making, Zinesters, Writing, DIY Guide
Why We Mask - It's Not "Just a Cold"- Added 7.7.25 - (Laurel Lynn Leake) - Physical Health, Disability, Masking, Disease, COVID-19, Pandemic, Healthcare, Mental Health, Wellness, Chronic Illness, Queer, LGBTQA+, Self-Care, Disability Justice, Infection, Immune System, Long COVID, Comic Illustration, Vaccines
Working with a Translator - Advice for Authors & Writers - Added 1.9.26 - (Monica Louzon) - Translators, Translation, Writing, Language, Publishing, Credits, Rights
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
Zines 101 - Zines, Zinemaking, Zinesters, Zine Theory, DIY Guide, Zines
Zoology Zines #2 - Plants for the Home - Added 1.9.26 - (Paige B.) - Plants, Flora, Houseplants, Parlor Palm, Calathea Rattlesnake, Plant Care, Chinese Money Plant, Minizine