The term Anarchy got bandied about a lot in the early 80's, perhaps having some amount of political or social meaning attached at the outset, but by the first couple of years, it simply became a synonym for "blow shit up". Writers outdid themselves trying to imagine ways to create chaos and panic out of whatever household items they had available. How much of this destruction actually went on and how much was simply writing out angry missives about destruction, is unknown.
I wrote an essay about the meaning of the term "Anarchy" and how these files relate to that and the world at large.
The entirely stupid direction this country has taken regarding personal responsibility, freedom of expression and good ol' self-preservation necessitates the following paragraph:
Before you waste one entire second even considering mixing, creating, or otherwise implementing the instructions in these files, be aware that people have died from some of these very texts, attempting wholescale explosives and dangerous chemical reactions based on some flimsy text file written by god knows who for god knows what. It's just way too easy for someone to have typed a 5 instead of a 4 years and years ago when they were copying out of a badly photocopied pamphlet written by someone entirely different. Your life is too precious to take such an idiotic risk. If you're going to blow things (and yourself) up, at least go the route of learning with experts, where you'll become aware of risks and fun far beyond soaking tennis balls in gasoline and lighting them. OK?!
That aside, the justifications in some of the files are amazing, and a nice insight into the writer's mind.
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CARDING| On Committing Credit Card Fraud | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FDR| The FDR Anarchy File Collection | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FREELOADING| Getting Something for Nothing | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
INCENDIARIES| Files With Instructions on Blowing Things Up | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JOLLYROGER| Jolly Roger's Cookbook: Someone's Collection of Files | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LOCKPICKING| Files About Getting Through Locks | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MISCHIEF| Files About Making Life a Little More Messy | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PAIN| Files about Hurting and Being Hurt | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WEAPONS| Files About Creating Weapons | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
001.txt | 1151 | How to Make a Dry Ice Bomb, by Vortex
| 176.txt | 7551 | The Ninja Warrior Presents: Poison #1
| 201.txt | 5949 | ANFOS: Ammonium Nitrate - Fuel Oil Solution
| 202.txt | 3362 | Picric Acid, by Exodus
| 203.txt | 5428 | Chemical Fire Bottle
| 206.txt | 681 | Film Canisters 2, by Bill and Exodus
| 214.txt | 3231 | Lists of Suppliers and More Information
| aa.txt | 10217 | Samaurai Cat Presents Scanning: The Art of Non-Selective Intervention
| ac.ana | 3725 | Anarchist's Ordering Catalog
| acbfile.txt | 12119 | Recipes for Nonsurvival - The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell (Review by Esperanza Godot)
| address.ana | 21415 | Gray-Area Company List - Technology 1 BBS - 89-01-15
| alarm.fun | 2404 | Fun with Alarms, from the Stainless Steal Rat
| alko170.txt | 25645 | The ALKO Buying Guide, for People Under 20 Years Version 1.7, by Matte (1991)
| anarc25.txt | 16753 | The Anarchives: Power and Language
| anarchist.txt | 5041 | Anarchists: The Social Loosers, by Mr. C
| anarchy.txt | 3999 | A Guide to Anarchy by Berzerker
| anarchy3 | 57272 | Anarchy Today Issue #2: Evading Bomb Squad Tactics
| anarcy1.txt | 61440 | A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS
| anarcy1b.txt | 41057 | A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS (Part II)
| anarcy2.txt | 32768 | A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS (III)
| anarcy4.txt | 43008 | A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS (Part IV)
| anarkunc.txt | 29247 | You're Wrong! An Irregular Column, by Mykel Board
| anarky.txt | 8510 | iXHS (Information Express by Helter Skelter Issue #18): r00iners AnArKy pHilEz v0l 1.
| anti.modem.weap | 2509 | The Anti-Modem Weapon from the Enemy Within
| aoa4.txt | 3233 | How to Make your Own Poison, by Moradian of AoA
| aofa-1.txt | 5443 | Anarchist of America by Clarence Bodicker (Part 1)
| aofa-2.txt | 4851 | Anarchist of America by Clarence Bodicker (Part 2)
| aofa-3.txt | 4592 | Anarchist of America by Clarence Bodicker (Part 3(
| aofa-4.txt | 4619 | Anarchist of America by Clarence Bodicker (Part 4)
| assassination.txt | 32741 | CIA Assassination Manual (From Freedom of Information Act) (1997)
| at.txt | 44184 | Anarchy Today Issue #1 by Jack The Ripper
| atmosph.ere | 16080 | Kenmore Square, Boston...atmospheric test site discovered
| badmind1.txt | 3654 | Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #1
| badmind2.txt | 5394 | Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #2
| badmind3.txt | 4374 | Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #3
| badmind4.txt | 1024 | Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #4
| badmind5.txt | 2114 | Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #5
| badmind6.txt | 3539 | Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #6
| badmind7.txt | 2721 | Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #7
| balloon.txt | 960 | Balloon Bombs, by Anarchist Elf
| bank | 3003 | The Brotherhood of the Falcon Presents How to Rip Off Your Local Bank, by Conan the Barbarian
| bankomat.txt | 876 | How to Take Money From a Bankomat Without Paying For It
| beaspy.ana | 3752 | A Quick Quiz to See if you'd make a Good Spy
| beat.the.scan.t | 3712 | Mastering the Scantron by The Warhead
| bibfraud.txt | 9159 | The Bible of Fraud, by Sneak Thief (1985)
| bigsecr1.txt | 5535 | Big Secrets Volume 1, by the Wyvern
| bigsecr2.txt | 8199 | Big Secrets Volume 2, by the Wyvern
| books | 8458 | The MAD! Source Book Part #3 Revised Addition (December 20, 1987)
| break.in.car | 5048 | How to Break into a Car, by Zoron
| bridged.txt | 5617 | Bridge Destruction
| build_an_h_bomb.txt | 23675 | Basement H-Bomb Production (Have You Really Come to Love the Bomb?)
| catlogs.txt | 14636 | The Canonical List of Undergroup Catalogs
| change.machine | 2304 | Change Machine Fraud by The Prisoner of The 3rd Reich
| chekgame.txt | 14172 | Check Games, by Dark Grif (Septmber 26, 1993)
| chemical.txt | 50881 | Know What You're Handling: A List of Chemicals, Their Dangers and Uses
| ciaman.txt | 14772 | The FM 95-1A CIA Guerrilla War Manual (Part I) by Samurai Cat
| civilian.war | 22535 | The Anarchist's Guide to Civilian Warfare and Sabotage by The Tracker (February, 1987(
| commando.1 | 5843 | The Commando Series Part 1 by Elliot Ness and The Untouchable
| commando.2 | 4115 | The Commando Series File 2: Vietnam Phrases, by Elliot Ness and The Untouchable
| cookbook.iv | 5107 | The Anarchist Cookbook Version IV from Exodus (1994)
| courier.txt | 12526 | Fly Free: The Courier Route
| crack.gif | 10211 | IMAGE: Accompanying Image to Cracking the Universal Product Code, by Count Nibble
| crack.upc | 6587 | Cracking the Universal Product Code, by Count Nibble
| curing.boredom | 9979 | Anti-Boredom Activities: 44 Things to Do When You're Bored, by Shooting Shark
| departmentt.sto | 2102 | Department Store Fun, by Agent 81, from TAP Magazine
| depth.charge.fi | 2560 | Fishing with Depth Charges by The Blue Buccaneer
| dingdong.txt | 1208 | Ding Dong Ditch by Jonin Meka of the Black Hand Society
| dmv.txt | 1894 | Driver's License Fingerprint and Document Requirments
| drive.killing | 2537 | Head Grinder, by The Talon
| drugs | 3632 | Smuggling and Dope, by John Shaver (December, 1982)
| dry.ice.gun | 12482 | A Step by Step Guide to Making a Dry Ice Gun, by The Voice Over
| dstrylox.txt | 1746 | Lock Destruction by Captain Hack (March 18, 1995)
| dust.bomb | 2432 | Initiator for Dust Explosions, by Mr. Byte-Zap
| easy.money | 11660 | Earn Large Amounts of Money With YOur Computer From Your Own Home!
| elecfun.txt | 2271 | Fun With Electronics by The King of Roo
| electronic.bugs | 10976 | The Bug Detector! By Ford Prefect
| fakeid | 2843 | Getting a Fake Driver's License by The Sultan (February 26, 1986)
| famphun.txt | 3061 | The Pyromaniac's Guide to Family Entertainment Volume 1 by The Great White and Cal Songsinger
| feds1.txt | 4352 | The Feds Part I: Electronic Surveillance by The Dutchman of The Shadow Brotherhood II
| feds2.txt | 2560 | The Feds Part II: Electronic Surveillance by The Dutchman of Shadow Brotherhood
| feds3.txt | 3072 | The Feds Part III: Fed Fraud, by The Dutchman of Shadow Brotherhood
| feds4.txt | 3072 | The Feds Part IV: Fed Fraud by The Dutchman of Shadow Brotherhood
| freenews.ana | 3279 | Everyone Has a Right to the News
| freenews.txt | |
