Egypt might be a good marker for popular uprisings that challenge large existing power structures. I noticed the pamphlets that got leaked by The Atlantic [1] contained street-tactics very similar to the typical G20 blackbloc stuff. The tactic of torching police stations/equipment has Greece written all over it [1.2]. Also, the use of Social Networks to mobilize people on the ground. We are beginning to see our communities endlessly-critiqued tactics being adopted and paying-off.

Then there was the straight up shutdown of the countries routers, by removing them from the global BGP network [2]. This was pretty much the worst-case scenario for Tor. Yet ironically, the government could not shutdown the NOOR route, which hosted the countries Stock Exchange and some Banks. Capitalism ended up being their weakness. Now Tor is routing through NOOR, and Tor traffic has skyrocketed [3].

As shit spirals out of control, Al Jazeer gets props for still recording on the ground, even after their offices got raided by police shooting live ammo [4]. Real journalism bro, taking it back to the streets,
literally.

Not sure how things will turn out, one things for certain it wont be easy. US politicians aint doing shit, since they aide the Egyptian Government; a form of bribery to stay out of Middle Eastern politics. Well to be fair, US politicians are making fools of themselves, by calling on a military dictator to respect civil rights, and talking about how violence will not solve anything (lol wat?). Once again, political gestures are meaningless, it's all about people power on the ground and tactics.

However, I think it's telling that most of the police equipment being used against protests was made in the USA [5]. Also, their internet was apparently being monitored/filtered thanks to software/hardware from Narus [6].

If you are in or around the Portland, Oregon area the 2nd weekend of December come hang out with some of the hackbloc crew at the local anarchist book fair. We will be tabeling Hack This Zine, along side the Matt & Maggi Support Committee. Come let us know what kind of tech support and tools are needed in your community, give us feedback on the zine, our site, our accountability process, ask us about our work with the March-Hare Collective, or just ask us to dance!

A grip of us from Hackbloc will be in the San Francisco Bay Area enjoying 8 days of anarchy, the BASTARD conference, and the sf anarchist bookfair. We are helping organize a workshop Friday March 12th from 6pm - 9pm called Digital Security and Tactics For (and By) Anti Authoritarians at Noisebridge, the local hacker space. Hope to see you there, it'll be a blast!

Introduction

Section A - What is anarchism?

Section B - Why do anarchists oppose the current system?

Section C - What are the myths of capitalist economics?

Section D - How do statism and capitalism affect society?

Section E - What do anarchists think causes ecological problems?

Section F - Is "anarcho"-capitalism a type of anarchism?

Section G - Is individualist anarchism capitalistic?

Section H - Why do anarchists oppose state socialism?

Section I - What would an anarchist society look like?

Section J - What do anarchists do?

Appendix - Anarchism and "Anarcho"-capitalism

Appendix - The Symbols of Anarchy

Appendix - Anarchism and Marxism

Appendix - The Russian Revolution

Bibliography

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