References and Recommended Reading

Introduction to Anarchism

Books:

Noam Chomsky, Notes On Anarchism (Discussion Bulletin)
Daniel Guerin, Anarchism (Monthly Review)
Peter Kropotkin, Anarchism and Anarchist Communism (Freedom Press)
Donald Rooum, What Is Anarchism?: An Introduction (Freedom Press)

Websites:

The Anarchist FAQ
http://www.anarchistfaq.org/

Anarchy For Anybody
http://www.radio4all.org/anarchy/

Forms of Decision Making and Organization

Books:

A. Bauer, With The Peasants Of Aragon (Cienfuegos Press, 1982)
G. Leval, Collectives In The Spanish Revolution (Freedom Press, 1975)
S. Dolgoff, Workers Self-Management: Anarchist Collectives In The Spain, 1936-39 (Black Rose, 1990).
John Holloway, Elonia Pelaez (editors), Zapatista!: Reinventing Revolution in Mexico (Pluto Press, 1998)
George C Benello, From The Ground Up: Essays on Grassroots & Workplace Democracy (South End Press, 1992)

Websites:

"Parliament or democracy?", Workers Solidarity Movement Pamphlet http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/once/pd_intro.html

Direct Democracy
http://www.directdemocracynow.org/

On Conflict and Consensus
http://www.consensus.net/

Communication

Books:

Media Alliance Publications
http://www.media-alliance.org/pubs/index.html

Center for Public Integrity, Citizen Muckraking: How to Investigate and Right Wrongs in Your Community (Common Courage Press)

Websites:

Wheat Pasting Made Fun and Simple
http://www.misterridiculous.com/diy/wheatpasting/

Guidelines for Tabling
http://www.ivu.org/vuna/guide/guidelinest.html

Red and Black Book Project
http://www.radio4all.org/redblack/

Public Speaking Tips
http://freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/toast/tips.html

The Virtual Activist
http://www.netaction.org/training/v-training.html

An activist guide to exploiting the Media
http://www.gn.apc.org/pmhp/gs/handbook/media.htm

Say it on the radio
http://www.ifas.org/fw/9703/guide.html

Organizing and Action

Books:

Rober Fisher, Let the People Decide: Neighborhood Organizing in America, Vol. 1 (Macmillan Library Reference)
Linda Jill Markowitz, Worker Activism after Successful Union Organizing (M. E. Sharpe, Inc.)
Martin Jay Levitt, Confessions of a union buster (Crown Publishers)

Websites:

Organizing Communities
http://www.spunk.org/texts/misc/sp001162.html

IWW Organizing Center
http://bari.iww.org/homesites/organize.html

Kensington Welfare Rights Union
http://www.kwru.org/

Lesbian Avenger Handbook
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/ip/sigs/life/gay/lez/avenger

Tools for Organizers
http://www.casagordita.com/tools.htm

The Ruckus Society Training Manuals
http://ruckus.org/man/

Ozymandias' Sabotage Handbook
http://burn.ucsd.edu/~unalucha/sabotage1.htm

Encyclopedia of Direct Action
http://www.empowermentzone.com/dir_act.txt

The genetiX snowball Handbook for Action
http://www.gn.apc.org/pmhp/gs/handbook/

Direct Action Gets the Goods
http://ef.enviroweb.org/primer/DA.html

WOMBLES Homepage
http://www.wombleaction.mrnice.net/

Bodyhammer: protester self-defense
http://www.devo.com/sarin/shieldbook.pdf

Squat for Affordable Housing
http://www.cat.org.au/a4a/squat.html

Wise Fool Puppetry Handbook
http://www.zeitgeist.net/wfca/handbook.html

The Puppeteers' Cooperative Home Page
http://www.gis.net/~puppetco/index.html

Security, Protection, and Self-Defense

Books:

Joel Scambray, Stuart McClure, George Kurtz, Hacking Exposed (McGraw-Hill Professional Book Group)
Jack Luger, How to Use Mail Drops for Profit, Privacy, and Self-Protection (Loompanics Unlimited)

Websites:

TAO Security Homepage
http://security.tao.ca/

Clandestine
http://seussbeta.tripod.com/

COINTELPRO: The Danger we Face
http://www.radio4all.org/redblack/books/contelpro2.html

ALF Security Homepage
http://www.animalliberation.net/security/index.html

Guidelines, Strategy and Tactics for Legal Observers
http://www.infosubway.org/infosubway/wto/guides.html

Effective Videotaping Techniques for Legal Observers
http://www.infosubway.org/infosubway/wto/video.html

Rocky Mountain Survival Group First Aid Page
http://www.artrans.com/rmsg/medical/basic.htm

Black Cross Health Collective
http://www.blackcrosscollective.org/

Montreal Street Medics Urgence Manifs Montréal
http://montrealmedical.n3.net/

Healing Trauma for Activists
http://healingtrauma.protest.net/

Self-Defence
http://users.binary.net/thomcat/Selfd.html

Do You Need a Weapon?
http://www.defendu.com/wsdi/do_you_need_a_weapon.htm

Anarchist Projects

Books:

Gregory Macleod, From Mondragon to America: experiments in community economic development (Goose Lane Editions)
Michael Albert, Moving Forward (AK Press)
Janet Biehl, The politics of social ecology: libertarian municipalism (Black Rose Books)

Websites:

Center for Cooperatives at UC Davis
http://cooperatives.ucdavis.edu

University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
http://www.wisc.edu/uwcc/

Community Supported Agriculture of North America at UMass
http://www.umass.edu/umext/csa/

USDA Community Supported Agriculture Resources
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/

Sustainable Agriculture Network
http://www.sare.org/csa/

The Citizen's Handbook
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/

(Dis)Connection Archive
http://messmedia.rootmedia.org/disconnection/archives/

The Freetown of Christiania
http://www.christiania.org/

Italy's Cultural Underground
http://www.altpr.org/apr14/social_centers.html

Squatters Handbook
http://www.squat.net/archiv/squatbook1/index.html

Your Friendly Neighborhood Infoshop
http://www.infoshop.org/texts/infoshop_chuck.html

Demise of the Beehive Collective: Infoshops Ain't the Revolution
http://www.infoshop.org/texts/demise.html

Radio Is My Bomb
http://www.roguecom.com/rogueradio/radioismybomb.html

Questions and Answers about Microradio
http://www.radio4all.org/q_and_a.html

Micropower Broadcasting - A Technical Primer
http://www.radio4all.org/how-to.html

Organizing a Tenants Association
http://www.tenant.net/Organize/

Beyond Squat or Rot : Anarchist Approaches to Housing
http://www.infoshop.org/PA/rot.html

Anarchist Communitarian Network
http://www.anarchistcommunitarian.net/

Food Not Bombs
http://www.foodnotbombs.net/bookindex.html

Homes Not Jails
http://www.homesnotjails.org/

Anti-Racist Action
http://www.antiracistaction.ca
http://www.antiracistaction.us

ACT UP
http://www.actupny.org/
http://www.actupsf.com/

Earth First!
http://www.earthfirst.org/
http://www.efmedia.org/

Reclaim the Streets
http://www.reclaimthestreets.net/

Fundraising and Non-Profit Organizations

Websites:

National Database of Non-Profit Organizations
http://www.guidestar.org/

Grants and Related Resources
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/4fcelec.htm

Five alternatives to starting a nonprofit
http://www.delawarenonprofit.org/StartUpFaqB.htm

PANO's Tips on How to Become a Nonprofit Organization in Pennsylvania
http://www.pano.org/tipssuccess.htm