Recipes for Disaster
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| Author | Anonymous |
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| Cover artist | PFMAG |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Direct action |
| Genre | How-to, cookbooks, handbooks |
| Publisher | CrimethInc. |
Publication date | December 2004 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 624 |
| ISBN | 0-9709101-4-2 |
| OCLC | 173082607 |
| Preceded by | Days of War, Nights of Love |
| Followed by | Expect Resistance |
Recipes for Disaster: An Anarchist Cookbook is an anarchist book released by the CrimethInc. collective in December 2004. It provides information on and strategies for direct action useful to activists and dissenters. There are sections on forming affinity groups, organizing demonstrations, stenciling, black blocs, sabotage, squatting, and more personal topics like mental health and "Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence". It was written over a span of three years by dozens of radical collectives from all over the world working together.
The title alludes to The Anarchist Cookbook, a controversial book from 1971. CrimethInc. denounces the earlier book, saying it was "not composed or released by anarchists, not derived from anarchist practice, not intended to promote freedom and autonomy or challenge repressive power--and was barely a cookbook, as the recipes in it are notoriously unreliable. At best, it was a fraud, a spoof; at worst, an attempt to undermine the legitimacy of anarchist practice, and cause readers to injure themselves. The recent movie by the same name is equally embarrassing, not so much to anarchists as to the industry that produced it."[1]
The work was positively reviewed in Fifth Estate (spring/summer 2005) and Clamor (spring 2006, #36), as well as by Kirsten Anderberg.[2]
Contents
The book contains chapters with the following headings:
See also
References
- ^ Taylor, Craig (September 27, 2004). "Interview with The Guardian, September 2004". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
- ^ "Reviews of Recipes for Disaster". CrimethInc.com. CrimethInc. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
External links
- "Book Review: Recipes for Disaster" - Steve Hise's review for Portland Indymedia
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