Thursday, August 2, 2007

A Review by Esperanza Godot on: The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell

A warning for anarchy beginner, self starter and those with inadequate knowledge of Haz Mat manufacturing, storing and using. Read this carefullyand then reconsider your source information for its authenticity. Check check and recheck.
There are those who will do anything (I mean anything) to wipe us out of vicinity.
ANARCHY RULES!!!

Taken from: "New Libertarian", Volume V, Number III, April 1988.Write - 1515 West MacArthur Blvd., #19, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Transcribed by The Dak - Holiday Inn, Cambodia BBS - 209/456-8584

This book (The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell) has been called a "Manual of terror" by Max Geltman, writing in National Review (July 22, 1971). I find this phrase aptly descriptive, but not in the same sense that Mr. Geltman would have us believe.
This "cookbook" consists of three basic parts: an introduction by Professor Bergman entitled "Anarchism today," and two much longer sections by William Powell on drug and explosive manufacturing.
If ever there were an example of Orwellian doublespeak, this is it!"Anarchism Today" is basically an interpretation of the philosophic roots of anarchism, awkwardly coupled with sketchy references to current events. Almost all of the intellectuals discussed are from the nineteenth century; and there is virtually no mention of the writings from 1930 to present. This may be expected from someone who appears to have briefly studied the topic while at college during the 1920's, and thereafter relied only on superficial newspaper accounts. Bergman should have been aware of Albert Jay Nock, for example, and anarchists today are certainly aware of Murray Rothbard, Karl Hess, etc.
Bergman considers Nihilism to be a form of Anarchism, and Anarchisma form of radical revolutionism. He interprets Marxism in an anarchistic light, and correctly suggests that Communist governments today are feudal/ reactionary. However, his emphasis on the Marxist element in anarchist intellectual tradition is clearly one-sided. A more through and fair analysis can be found in "Native American Anarchism" (1932) by Eunice Minette Schuster.
Bergman's emphasis on the Nihilistic and destructive aspects of Anarchism I find disturbing. This emphasis seems to arise from the axiom that the State is all, so to oppose the State is to oppose everything. Anarchists do not have to propose a concrete alternative because that would be authoritarian.
The rest of this book consists mainly of drug and explosive recipes relayed to us by William Powell. His motivation for doing so is supposedly to allow the "silent majority" access to information which he claims only the radical groups now possess. The idea of a "silent majority" comes from classical Greek literature and in that context referred to the dead who are the real majority. If you follow the steps outlined in these recipes, you may soon join them!
The "Library Journal" (March 15, 1971) puts it this way:
"Much of it is so sketchy as to be harmless, but there are a number of booby traps still for the nitwit who wishes to try them. There are drug making recipes...that may make one very ill...there are also a number of stunts which could backfire on the idiot who tries them."
Lets get down to specifics.
Ed Rosenthal told me that he had spent a lot of time trying to trackdown the rumors of pot growing in New York sewers. Well, I just may have stumbled on the origin of the "New York White" rumors. Despite what Powell may think, plants are not as adaptable as alligators and need light to grow. Another choice quote: "...strangely enough, insects ignore marijuana and do no harm." Strange indeed.
The DEA has a Precursor Control Program watch list. This means thatif you buy large quantities of the common precursors to illegal chemicals, the Federal Government may take an interest in your activities. Several of the chemicals on this lists are used in Mr.Powell's LSD recipe, such as Acetonitrile, Trifluoroacetic Anhydride,Dimethylformamide, and Diethylamine. Benzene is also on the list, and may also arouse the interest of the EPA because it is a known cancer-causing agent.
Much the same can be said of many of his other recipes, and in some cases the precursors are as hard to get as he final product. For instance, his recipe for DMT starts out with indole, which is quite hard to get. Much better methods using L-Tryptophan (available in mosthealth-food stores) are covered in "Synthesis" (1973 - present).
Powell suggests ground up nutmeg for a psychedelic experience. Nutmeg has a poor dose/toxicity ratio! However, the oil extract of Nutmeg, containing myristicin, can be used in the synthesis of MMDA - abetter and mellower high than MDA. See "Journal of Psychedelic Drugs"(Vol. 8, #4, October-December 1976).
On page 58 of Powell's cookbook, Nalline is described as "...a freak- a drug someone forgot to make illegal." Perhaps they forgot because Nalorphine is a powerful narcotic antagonist, which tents to produce violent convulsive reactions in morphine addicts. (See the MerckIndex.)
For more information on drugs, see "The clandestine Drug Laboratory Situation in the U.S.", "Journal of Forensic Sciences" (January 1983, p.18- 31.) This article, obligingly written by the DEA chief, reports that none of the 17 labs busted the previous year were successful in producing what was intended to be produced. The busted chemists were relying on recipes from popular "underground" drug manufacturing books. It was noted that such books contain errors which prevent the manufacture of the desired chemicals, while at the same time drawing the attention of government authorities because of the precursors recommended.
Let's now examine his recommendations for manufacturing explosives:
His methods for producing Mercury Fulminate is incomplete and dangerous. Between steps 2 and 3, the solution should be cooled. Do not breathe the fumes. See "A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry" by SirEdward Thorpe.
Powell's recipe entitled "How to Make TNT" is also quite dangerous and incomplete. In step 1, mixing sulfuric acid and nitric acid will likely result in fulmination and red toxic fumes. Also the crude method he describes does not cover the removal of the Ortho-Dinitro groups. If this were not done, the TNT would be extremely unstable. However, they can be removed with great ease by heating the crude material with aqueous sodium sulfite. See "Chemistry of Explosives" by George Wright,University of Toronto, in "Organic Chemistry" (p. 974).
The description of picric acid does not sufficiently emphasize its unstable nature. For example, storing it in a cracked glass container may cause it to explode. See "Thorpe's". However, on page 120 he describes two relatively safer and easily obtainable chemicals(potassium bichromate and potassium permanganate) as very sensitive,unstable, and too hazardous to work with.
He does have a couple of pages on general safety precautions, but the language suggests that they have been lifted from a military manual. Also, he uses the German spelling for some chemicals. If you attempt to order chemicals from an American company using German spelling, your order would likely be looked at with suspicion.
"The Anarchist Cookbook" was originally published in 1971; thereview by the "Library Journal," which exposed these dangerous errors, came shortly thereafter. I wonder why it has gone through 26 printings without these errors being corrected. My theory is that Mr. Powell is not an anarchist, but in reality is spreading disinformation to potential enemies of the government. At the time of original publication, Mr. Powell was an unknown 21-year-old college freshman. Where did he get access to this "information?" He says, from radical friends on both the left and right.
The "Minuteman Manual" is listed in the bibliography. The original Minutemen were colonial American revolutionaries. In the '60's there was a radical offshoot of the John Birch Society called the Minutemen;they have since been disbanded by the FBI. It is not likely that the 1960's Minutemen would have handed out their manual to a long-haired 21-year-old college freshman. Also, the John Birch Society and theMinutemen are opposed to the United Nations, and Powell's father was a powerful bureaucrat in the UN propaganda ministry (see "Newsweek", April12, 1971.) Things are getting curiouser and curiouser!
This same William Powell has also written a book entitled "SaudiArabia and its Royal Family" (1982). It consists of interviews with members of the Saudi royal family and other observations gathered while teaching at the University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It does not seem likely that the Saudi royal family would give such generous treatment to a real anarchist. Reading the Saudi book, I came across some interesting quotes (p. 17):
"Were something or someone to cut the flow of oil from the Arabian Gulf, the result would be truly apocalyptic or the United States, Western Europe, Japan, and much of the developing world...In a worst case scenario, all gasoline available would go to essential services such as the military, the police and fire departments, and the transportation of food stuffs. Most non essential businesses and industries would close. Unemployment would skyrocket."
"All major cities would, in all probability, have to be placed under martial law. Curfews would be enforced at gunpoint...Inflation would metamorphose...into a lethal epidemic. We would enter a wheel barrow economy like that of Germany prior to Hitler's rise to power."
I could go on, but I think you get the idea. While his pessimistic analysis does not take full account of the market's ability to conserve and switch to alternate fuels, I think a more important point is that Powell seems to believe that government is as essential as the transportation of food stuffs, and that it can help solve the fuel crisis through the draconian methods he describes. If governments were to run out of gas tomorrow, anarchists would be dancing in celebration.
(Mr. Powell's talk of martial law is not fantasy. Executive Order#11490, signed by Richard Nixon in October 1969, allows the president to assume dictatorial powers after declaring a "national emergency.")
It just doesn't add up, unless an alternative theory is developed to explain these anomalies. My attempts to get the other side of the story from the publisher were met with a stone wall of silence. My suggestion is that much of Powell's disinformation and influence may have come from the Trilateral Commission and/or the CIA. A U.S. AirForce combat controllers group studying theory would seem to dovetail with the "National Review" article which presented "The AnarchistCookbook" at face valued and even included a patronizing reference to"the boys at Harvard." It is well known that W.F. Buckley, the"National Review" editor, is a Yale graduate and once served the CIA in Mexico. (E. Howard Hunt, of Watergate fame, was CIA paymaster in Mexico City at the same time Buckley served.)
I would like to quote Mr. Powell from the April 12, 1971 issue ofNewsweek: "My book places power in the hands of the individual, where it belongs. The right calls it communist, the leftists call it profiteering, the liberals call it Neo-Nazi."

AND THIS REVIEWER CALLS IT BULLSHIT!!!

-Esperanza Godot
Esperanza Godot is a nom de guerre of a Counter-Economics Entrepreneur in the Washington-Portland area. Alas, we cannot publish a biography of him, like others in our series, but I'm sure you'll agree he deserves our title of "Libertarian Entrepreneurs!

Mace Substitute

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3 PARTS: Alcohol1/2 PARTS: Iodine1/2 PARTS: SaltOr:3 PARTS: Alcohol
1 PARTS: Iodized Salt (Mortons)

Just mix it, put into a container then you're good to go.
It's not actual mace, but it does a damn good job on the eyes...

Low Signature Systems (Silencers)

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Low signature systems (silencers) for improvised small arms weapons can be made from steel gas or water pipe and fittings.
Material Required:
Grenade Container
Steel pipe nipple, 6 in. (15 cm) long - (see table 1 for diameter)
2 steel pipe couplings - (see table 2 for dimensions)
Cotton cloth - (see table 2)
Drill
Absorbent cotton

Procedure:
I SUCK AT DRAWING! SO IF YOU NEED THE DRAWING SCHEMATICS JUST POST
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1) Drill hole in grenade container at both ends to fit outside diameterof pipe nipple. (see table 1)

-> /----------------------\ / 2.75 in ) ( <-holes dia. \ -> \-----------------------/
----------------------- 5 in.

2) Drill four rows of holes in pipe nipple. Use table 1 for diameter andlocation of holes.


6 in. ----------------------------------- _____________________________________ ___ O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O C (nom. dia.) ------------------------------------- (size of hole) \ / (space between) B (dia.) A

3) Thread one of the pipe couplings on the drilled pipe nipple.
4) Cut coupling length to allow barrel of weapon to thread fully into low signature system. Barrel should butt against end of the drilled pipe nipple.
5) Seperate the top half of the grenade container from the bottom half.
6) Insert the pipe nipple in the drilled hole at the base of the bottom half of the container. Pack the absorbent cotton inside the container and around the pipe nipple.
7) Pack the absorbent cotton in top half of grenade container leaving hole in center. Assemble container to the bottom half.
8) Thread the other coupling onto the pipe nipple.
Note: A longer container and pipe nipple, with same "A" and "B"dimensions as those given, will further reduce the signature of the system.

How to use:
1) Thread the low signature system on the selected weapon securely.
2) Place the proper cotton wad size into the muzzle end of the system(see table 2)
3) Load weapon
4) Weapon is now ready for use

TABLE 1 -- Low Signature System Dimensions------------------------------------------
(Coupling) Holes per (4 rows) A B C D Row Total------------------------------------------------------------------------.45 cal 3/8 1/4 3/8 3/8 12 48
.38 cal 3/8 1/4 1/4 1/4 12 48
9 mm 3/8 1/4 1/4 1/4 12 48
7.62 mm 3/8 1/4 1/4 1/4 12 48
.22 cal 1/4 5/32 1/8* 1/8 14 50------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Extra Heavy Pipe (All dimensions in inches)

TABLE 2 -- Cotton Wadding - Sizes---------------------------------
‡-------------------------------------------------Weapon Cotton Wadding Size-------------------------------------------------.45 cal 1-1/2 x 6 inches
.38 cal 1 x 4 inches
9 mm 1 x 4 inches
7.62 mm 1 x 4 inches
.22 cal Not needed-------------------------------------------------

Tobacco Kills!

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Nicotine is an abundant poison. Easily found in tobacco products, in concentrated form a few drops can quickly kill someone. Here is how to concentrate it:
First get a can of chewing tobacco or pipe tobacco. Remove the contents and soak in water overnight in a jar (about 2/3 cupof water will do...). In the morning, strain into another jar the mixture through a porous towel. Then wrap the towel around the ball of tobacco and squeeze it until all of the liquid is in the jar. Throw away the tobacco--you will not need it anymore.
Now you have two options. I recommend the first. It makes the nicotine more potent.
1) Allow to evaporate until a sticky syrup results in the jar. This is almost pure nicotine (hell, it is pure enough for sure!).
2) Heat over low flame until water is evaporated and a thick sticky syrup results (I don't know how long it takes... shouldn't take too long, though.).
Now all you have to do, when you wish to use it, is to put a few drops in a medicine dropper or equivalent, and slip about 4 or 5 drops into the victim's coffee. Coffee is recommended since it will disguise the taste. Since nicotine is a drug, the victim should get quite a buzz before they turn their toes up to the daisies, so to speak.
Note: If the syrup is too sticky, dilute it with a few drops of water. And while you are at it, better add an extra drop to the coffee just to be sure!

Evading Bomb Squad Tactics

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This article will deal with the modern methods used by police and military bomb squad teams and how to overcome them. Most police forces have a bomb squad or IED (Improvised Explosive Device) unit, but some rely on the army EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) unit. This is done, because small local police forces rarely have a need for a bomb squad or the funding to outrig one with the necessary equipment. Well enough of the background on with the article, in which I will outlay equipment and how to evade it.

Police Protection
As of the writing of this article the most widely used form of protection is the Canadian Safeco body suits. These suits are made of kevlar and ballistic material and basically protect the pig from shrapnel and shockwave. However there are many design flaws in the suit, which I will outline.
(1) The officers hands must be exposed, because gloves would be too bulky to maneuver, and hinder his sense of touch.
(2) The other design flaw is the suit weighs a little over 50 pounds, and there is the constant problem of heat stroke etc...; Since the suit is very hot.

Overcoming This Problem
The solution here is quite simple, and the best option is to leave the best option is to either...
(A) Put the bomb out in the direct sunlight if you live in a hot climate. (A hot climate is temperatures in the 98-108 range.)
(B) Place the explosive device in a boiler room.
(C) Place it under a primary heating duct.
(D) Use your imagination your intelligent.

Disarming Robots!
The police force recently has been employing robots in disarming procedures. The most popular one is the Pedsco RMI a canadian robot that runs on six pneumatic tires; It also has a camera and a claw allof which are controlled remotely. These robots however are pretty much strictly limited to large police forces, because of their cost. The design flaws in this are obvious...
(1) It is like the game where you get the prize with the claw. Or in other words it is difficult to operate, and is mainly used for moving the explosive device into a bomb transporter.
(2) It only has one camera and one has to become extremely accustomed to the new depth perception via the camera.
(3) They are almost never used in disarming procedures since they are too jerky. They are used to move the explosive to a bomb transporter.

Overcoming This Problem
There are many different solutions, which can be applied here. I will outline a few of the more interesting ones that won't readily come to mind.
(A) This is my personnel favorite employ multiple explosives, and surround your bomb with miniature landmines, which will destroy the disarming robot.
(B) Another is to employ a secondary detonator into your device which is shock or sudden movement sensitive, so that if the operator of the claws drops the explosive or jolts it, it will detonate.
(C) Another is to attach multiple detonators to the sides of the explosive so that when the claws close in on the device it will detonate.

Portable X-Rays
Police have more often used portable x-ray units. These units are called inspectors, and manufactured by golden. They run on their own batteries and use polaroid x-ray film. These are most effective usually since a relatively accurate x-ray can be procured in less than 20 seconds.The obvious design flaws in the are as follows:
(1) Certain materials are not susceptible to x-ray such as lead.
(2) It takes a well trained person to interpret an x-ray correctly.

Overcoming This Problem
The ways of overcoming this are obvious, but I will outlay them here for those of you whose minds are slow.
(A) Encasing the explosive device in lead or some other material which will successfully evade the x-ray.
(B) Adding shit or miscellaneous metals inside the bomb to confuse the person interpreting the x-ray.

Dearmers
What the fuck is a dearmer you ask? Well a dearmer is usually employed by the bomb squad when it is apparent that device can be made docile by destroying it's wiring.A dearmer is an electronically fired gun that shoots a variety of projectiles at a high velocity into the explosive. The purpose of this is to destroy the wiring rendering the explosive useless. They look like miniature pipes, and can be fired remotely. There are a few design flaws here, but less than before that can be manipulated to our advantage.
(1) They can't cut through steel.

Overcoming This Problem
(A) The solution here is to encase the wiring in some way to prevent cutting.
(B) Another method for those of you who dare is to coat the wiring of the device with a compound that will detonate from shock, and will in turn detonate the explosive.

Bomb Transport Vehicles
Yes, those oddly shaped vehicles that they carry away our explosives in. Well this took quite a bit of research to find out all of the types, but here it goes. The first type is the spherical transporter, round in shape it is used when even a directed blast could cause injury, death, or destruction i.e. in such areas as where there are tall buildings and a large populous.The other type is either of one cylinder or multiple concentric cylinders with spaces between them. The general purpose of these is to direct the blast upward, so as not to cause injury or destruction. The explosive is suspended in a net in the center of the cylinder. Most of the times these are used to take the device to a safe area for detonation, but are designed just in case the bomb goes KABOOM. Here there really aren't any significant design flaws, but there are ways to overcome this problem.'

Overcoming This Problem
(A) First make your bombs (Unless the occasion calls for something different) so that they direct the full force of the explosion in one direction. A strong explosive device cannot be contained if it's entire force is sent into one direction.
(B) Take advantage of the open cylinder transport vehicle, and direct the force of the explosion downward assuring a hole in the street, and two maimed or mortally wounded cops.
Well this is about all for this article, and remember this is for informational purposes only. I am not responsible for the end actions of the user just as Noble was not responsible for the death of every man, women, and child during WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, etc... and any other confrontation using T.N.T. or Trinitrotoluene.

Getting Revenge

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The followings are things to do to their transportation.
1, Go to their bikes and pop their tires. Best is at school. They can't get home.
2, Pour some Greek fire on the hood of their car and light it. It'll cost hell to have a new paint job.
3, Drill a hole in the gas tank on their car.
4, Pour sand in the gas tank.
5, Glue the windshield wipers to the window.
6, Open the hood and cut that big Rubber cord with spins when the engine in running.
7, Put a flare to their tires.
8, If a car is parked on the road and under the car is a sewer line. There'll be some jars on the ground. Tie a rope around the bars and tie it on the mufferler.
9, Put garbage in the Gas exhaust.
10, If the door is opened. Cut some wires under the stiring wheel. They tend to be for the lights and they probably get stoped by pigs.

Pranks

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Here's some 10 fun Pranks you can do anywhere.
1, Get someones lighter and get some light fluid. Soak the lighter with lighter Fluid so when the person lights the lighter. It'll ignite all the fluid. Which will scare him a bit.
2, Using forcipes, Hold a quarter and heat the quarter with a lighter and after 1 minute then throw it into a crowd. Someone will be sorry. Make sure the Lighter doesn't have lighter Fluid on it. Haha
3, Go to a bank and get a deposit slip which is mostly on a bench at the front. Then write on the back of the slip "I have a gun, Give me all the money" and then put it back in place so some one might not see it and give it to the clerk.
4, Get a water gun and fill it up with stain chemicals like bleech or iodine. And shot it at people in a crowd,
5, Put thin needles in a door key hole. It will unable the lock to open.
6, Pour ink in the coin slots on telephones. People tended to put their fingers in them and then they'll be sorry.
7, Drill a hole in a quarter and make it very small. Then tie string on it and put it in a arcade. You won't be able to get you quarter back but wiggle it while it's going down the machine. You hit the credit box and could get hundreds of credits. 8, Go into a small cafe and see if they have those big sugar cups which they pour the sugar into their coffee. Un-Screw it so much that when the man pours the sugar. It's brakes and messes up the coffee.
9, Un-Screw the screws in a chair. It'll colapse.
10, Slice a small hole into a telephone cable of some loser. It'll put major Line noise on his end and it'll effect the downloads and uploads.

I'm running out of pranks. But here's some more funny things.
1, Glue books together in a libary.
2, Switch cassettes into different boxes at a video store.
3, Get a chalk brush, On it there are lines which you can put things in, Place more chalk in it.
4, Pour lighter fluid all over a cigerette. And give it to someone.
5, Pour lighter fluid into a ashtray and let it dry. It's a scare.
I'll think of some more.