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VIRTUAL ZINE

LIBRARY

PROTEST, ORGANIZING & ACTIVISM

***PLEASE NOTE - Here you will find zines on planning, executing

and dealing with protests, direct action, activist issues, committees, consensus, and activism guides.​

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9 Theses on Insurgency(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Violence, Rioting

10 Preliminary Theses on Resistance(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Resistance, Tactics

10 Points on the Black Bloc(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Violence, Rioting, Anarchism, Direct Action, Tactics

10 Steps to Setting Up a Blockade(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Tactics, Blockades

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

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

ABC's Mini Guide to Protesting(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Resistance, Tactics

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

Activist Approach to Domestic Violence, An(.pdf) Activism, Assault, Relationships, Abuse, Sexual Violence

Activist Catering Guide(.PDF) - Activism, Food Service, Food Zine

Activist Trauma & Recovery(.PDF)- Activism, Mental Health

Activists and Difficult People(.PDF) - Activism, People Skills

An Activist's Guide to Basic First Aid (.PDF) - Activism, First Aid, DIY Guide

An Activist's Guide to Information Security(.PDF) - Activism, Privacy, Security Culture

Affinity Groups - Essential Building Blocks of Anarchist Organizing(.PDF) - Anarchism, Activism

Against Assemblies: Organization, Democracy, & the Left(.PDF) - Activism, Democracy

Age of Conspiracy, The(.PDF) Law Enforcement, Arrests, Protests, Activists, History, Conspiracy Charges

Anarchism and AIDS Activism(.PDF) - Anarchism, Health, AIDS, HIV, Political Theory, Disease

Anthropozine #1(.PDF) Sustainability, Ecology, Climate Crisis, Student Activism, Notre Dame, College, Environmentalism, Parks, Nature

Anti-Mass(.PDF) - Collectivism, Activism, Organizing

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

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

Back Up(.PDF) -  Resistance, Activism, Criminals, Women, Anticapitalism, Oppression, Rebellion, Self-Care, mental Health, Feminism, Girls, Disease, Health, Slovenia

Banner Drops, Stencils, Wheatpaste, and Distributing Information...(.PDF) - Activism, Free Speech, Art, DIY Guide

Basic Blockading(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Tactics, DIY Guide

A Basic Introduction to Co-Operatives(.PDF) -  Co-ops, DIY Guide, Organizing, Activism, Collectives

Basic Recon Skills(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Tactics, DIY Guide

Begin by Doing Small Things(.pdf) (Amanda Huckins) - Activism, DIY Guide, Activism Guide, Grassroots, Organizing, Activists, Biographies

Beyond Property Destruction(.PDF) - Violence, Riot, Direct Action, Activism, Protest, Tactics

Black Autonomous Movements(.PDF) - Anarchism, Black History, Activism

Black Coffee Bloc for a Mutual Aid Manifesto - (Cafe Anarquista) Anarchism, Coffee, Mutual Aid, Activism, Minizine

Black Liberation Army and the Paradox of Political Engagement(.PDF) - Black Culture, Black History, Activism, Protest

Black Roses for Mike Brown(.PDF) - Black Culture, Police Brutality, Ferguson, Policing

Blockades(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics

Bodyhammer - Tactics and Self-Defense for the Modern Protester Vol. 1(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics

​​Brooklyn Homesteaders Union Manifesto(.PDF) - Minizine, Squats, Squatting, NYC, New York City, Activism, Housing, Property

Build Your Own Solidarity Network(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest

A Civilian's Guide to Direct Action Tactics(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics, Direct Action

Burn Down the American Plantation(.PDF) - Abolition, Resistance, Black History, DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics

But What About Beer?(.pdf) Drugs, Activism, Alcohol, Social Spaces, Protest, Straight Edge

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

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

A Civilian's Guide to Direct Action Tactics(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics, Direct Action

​Claim No Easy Victories: A History and Analysis of Anti-Racist Action(.PDF) - Racism, Resistance, History, Activism, Protest

The Colour Brown (.PDF) - Anarchism, Black Culture, Resistance, Whiteness, DIY Guide, Activism, Protest

Coming of Age - A New Afrikan Revolutionary(.PDF) - Abolition, Resistance, Black History, Black Culture, Activism, Protest

Copwatch 101(.PDF) - Policing, Law Enforcement, Cops, DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics

Counter-Planning On the Shop Floor(.PDF) - (Bill Watson, 1971) Unions, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Organizing, Workplace, Strike

Court Solidarity Introduction(.PDF) - Legal system, Law Enforcement, DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Tactics, Jail Solidarity

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

Direct Action(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Resistance, Tactics, Direct Action

A Direct Action Handbook(.PDF) -  DIY Guide, Protests, Activism, Resistance

Direct Action Survival Guide(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Resistance, Tactics, Direct Action

Direct Action Tactics(.PDF) - DIY Guide, Activism, Protest, Resistance, Tactics, Direct Action

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

The First Amendment and You(.pdf) Constitution, Bill of Rights, United States, USA, Minizine, Rights, Free Speech, Activism Guide, Cops, Police, Law Enforcement

Five Things White Activists Should Never Say(.PDF) - Ally, Protest, Resistance, Racism, Hate, Whiteness, Activism, DIY Guide

Health and Safety at Militant Actions(.PDF) - Activism, Protest, Violence, Rioting, Health, Medical, Safety, DIY Guide

How to Be Actively Anti-Racist(.PDF)  (Harriet X) - Minizine, Activism Guide, BLM, Black Lives Matter, Racism

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 Nonviolence Protects the State(.pdf) (Peter Gelderloos) - Pacificism, Nonviolence, Violence, The State, Capitalism, Government, Political Theory, Racism, Statism, Patriarchy, Sexism, Direct Action, Activism, Protest

How to Organize a Protest March(.PDF) - Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide

I am Not Standing By(.PDF)(by Milwaukee Literature Supply) - ICE, Detainment, Homeland Security, Activism, Resistance, William Van Spronsen, Prisones, Tacoma, Washington, Immigration, Borders

I Hate a Parade!(.PDF) - Minizine, Activism, Protest Tactics, Black Bloc, Direct Action, Alternative Protests, Baking Brigade

I Will Not Crawl(.PDF) - Protest, Resistance, Activism, Black History

The Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy(.PDF) - Protest, Resistance, Activism, Political Theory, Riot, Peace

IWW Organizing Manual(.PDF) - Unions, Trades, Industrial, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Labor History, Wobblies

IWW Songs to Fan the Fires of Discontent(.PDF) - Unions, Trades, Industrial, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Songs, Music, Wobblies, Solidarity

Know the Scoop on Police Brutality(.PDF) - Cops, Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism

Learning From Ferguson(.PDF) - Riots, Mike Brown, Cops, Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism

Little Red Songbook, The(.PDF) - Unions, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Labor History, Wobblies, Songs, Music, Solidarity, Joe Hill

Los Angeles Queer Resistance #1(.pdf) LA, Los Angeles, California, Queer, LGBTQA+, Resistance, Anarchism, Culture, Heteronormativity, Art, Poetry, Prose, Writing, Collage

Machine of the World, The(.PDF)  Modernity, Decolonization, Freedom, Modernism, Poetry, Indigenous, Land, Struggles, Imperialism, Colonialism

Malcolm X - The Man and His Ideas(.PDF) - Black History, Liberation, Biography, Resistance

Merely One Micrometer Closer to Fair(.pdf) (Amanda Huckins) - Activism, Self-Help, Communication, DIY Guide, Activism Guide, Grassroots, Organizing

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

Militant Flamboyance(.pdf) Resistance, Timeline, Stonewall, Riots, LGBTQA+, Queer, History, Pride

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

Oh Sit Down(.pdf) - Sitdown Strikes, Workplace Occupations, Unions, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, United Kingdom, UK, England, Labor History

On the Black Liberation Army(.PDF) - Black History, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Black Culture

On the Legitimacy of Property Destruction(.PDF) - Property, Capitalism, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Direct Action

​On White Radicalism(.PDF) - Whiteness, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Racism, Privilege, Identity

An Open Letter to Those who Condemn Looting(.pdf) - Capitalism, Political Theory, Class Struggle, Property Destruction, Materialism, Riots, Protest, Labor, Politics, Resistance

Passive Voice is For Cowards(.PDF) -  DIY Guide, Protests, Activism, Mini-Zine, Journalism, Language

Pepperspray, CS, and Other Less Lethal Weapons(.PDF) - Policing, Police Brutality, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide

A Plea For Captain John Brown(.PDF) - History, Slavery, Violence, Abolition, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide

Police Killing In the Fields(.PDF) - California, Policing, Police Brutality, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Cops

A Practical Guide to Prisoner Support(.PDF) - Jail Solidarity, Prisons, DIY Guide, Legal System, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism

A Primer to Police Crowd Control Tactics and Frameworks(.PDF) - Policing, Police Brutality, Law Enforcement, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide, Cops, Riots

Prison and Prison Abolition(.PDF) - Prisons, Solidarity, Abolition, DIY Guide, Legal System, Resistance, Activism

Privilege and Solidarity(.PDF) -  Protest, Resistance, Activism, Racism, Privilege, Identity

Promoting Your Union(.PDF) - Unions, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Promotion, Organizing

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

Protesting 101(.PDF) -  DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism

Radical Defense(.PDF) - Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Self-Defense, DIY Guide, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism

Raider Nation #1(.PDF) - Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Legal System, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Oakland, History

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

A Rebel Worker's Organizing Handbook(.PDF) - Unions, Sabotage, Strike, Walkouts, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Organizing

Religion & Liberation(.PDF) - Latin American, Catholic, Women of Color, Family, Culture

Responsibility and Solidarity in the Labor Movement(.PDF) - (Max Nettlau 1899) Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Capitalism, Industrial Revolution, Labor History

Rules for Picketing(.PDF) - Strike, Walkout, Lockout, Picket Line, Unions, Work Stoppage, Activism Guide, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Workplace, Organizing

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

So You Support Survivors But You Don't Hold Their Abusers Accountable(.pdf) - (Alexa Kari) Sexual Assault, Abuse, Accountability, Consensus, Support, Communities

So You Wanna Be a Commie Scum(.PDF) (by C. Fish) - Minizine, Communism, Anarchism, Leftism, Socialism, Political Theory, Introduction, Humor, DIY Guide

So You Want to Be an Ally!(.pdf) Anti-Oppression, Activism Guide, Allyship, Privilege, Tokenization, Systemic Oppression, Prejudice

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

Spanish Civil War - Anarchism in Action(.pdf) (Eddie Conlon - June 2001) Spain, History, Anarchism, CNT-FAI, Antifascism, Resistance, Europe, Workers, Class Struggle, Strikes

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

"Straight Ally" is an Oxymoron(.pdf) Allyship, LGBTQA, Gender, Activism, Sexuality, Queer, Binaries, Heteronormativity, Relationships, Monogamy

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

Sustainable Activism and Avoiding Burnout(.PDF) - Self-Care, Mental Health, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism

To Be Queer is to Fight!(.pdf) (July 2021) - Queer, Gender, Sexuality, Resistance, Revolution, Relationships, Protest, Poetry

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

Towards a Student Unionism(.PDF) - Unions, Students, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, College, University, Schooling, Schools, Organizing, Activism Guide

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

A Tribute to John Brown(.PDF) - Biography, History, Slavery, Violence, Abolition, Protest, Resistance, Activism

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

Unions Against Revolution(.PDF) - Unions, Labor Movement, Workers, Class Struggle, Organizing, Resistance, Anarchism, Labor History, Capitalism, Revolt, Work, Jobs

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

Upping the Anti(.PDF) - Jail Solidarity, Policing, Law Enforcement, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide, Legal System

Voting vs. Direct Action(.pdf) - 2001 - Folklore, Democracy, Voting, Elections, Activism, Mutual Aid, Direct Action, Direct Democracy, Tactics

What is ARA?(.PDF) - Anti-Racist Action, Antifa, Racism, Activism, Resistance, Protest

What is Prisoner Support?(.PDF) - Jail Solidarity, Policing, Law Enforcement, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism, DIY Guide, Legal System, Prisons

Why Do We the People Riot?(.PDF) -  Activism Guide, Resistance, Organizing, Protests, Violence, Property Destruction, Rioting, Authority, Cops, Injustice, Police, Law

Why Riot?(.PDF) - Riots, Direct Action, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism

With Allies Like These: Reflections on Privilege Reductionism(.PDF) -  Allies, Activism, Whiteness, Racism, Privilege, Identity

Words and Phrases Used by the Radical Left and What They Mean in Normal Terms(.PDF) - Dictionary, Glossary, Lingo, Leftism, Activism Guide

WTF is Mutual Aid?(.PDF) - Anarchism, DIY Guide, Protest, Resistance, Activism, Political Theory

You Can't Shoot Us All!(.PDF) - Oscar Grant, California, Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Legal System, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism, History, Racism

Your Goose is Cooked, Sucka(.PDF) - Police Brutality, Policing, Law Enforcement, Legal System, Cops, Protest, Resistance, Activism, New Orleans, NOLA, History, Riots, Racism

Zines as a Liberatory Object(.PDF) - (Alexa Kari) Zines, Queer, Zinemaking, Activism, Education, Syllabus, Learning, Education

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