@DROP CAP = S<%8>AN FRANCISCO BAY AREA <%0>anarchists 
are initiating a continent - wide effort to write and produce a manual for 
direct action and street protest geared to the conditions of the 1990s.
One of the primary goals of this project is to draw on the collective 
experience and current knowledge of anti-authoritarians engaged in 
radical protest in the streets, neighborhoods, and cities of North America, 
and to impart this useful information to others in the form of a Direct 
Action Manual.
@SUB HEAD SM = TO ORGANIZE AGAINST THE STATE

Street protests in the past several years have become both more frequent 
and more militant throughout North America. In the Bay Area, mini-
rebellions occurred because of the Gulf War, People's Park, a gay rights 
bill veto, the Rodney King incident, and activist Rosebud Denovo's 
recent murder. Since May 1992 there have been a number of flashpoints 
all over North America where people's rage has spilled over into a 
powerful force in the street.
<%2>The State has become quite effective in responding to any incipient 
uprising. The crackdown in May 1992 is just a glimpse of the kind of 
police - state action to be expected as the United States collapses 
internally and people begin to rise up against the continuing 
injustice<%0>.
Activists in the 1990s need to seriously re-evaluate current forms of 
resistance and to consider more appropriate strategies and tactics. 
@SUB HEAD SM = CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES
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There are several existing handbooks for resistance, many around the 
anti-nuclear and environmental movements, that we can look to as 
models. These contain very useful information on affinity groups, group 
dynamics, consensus decision - making, feminism, and non-hierarchical 
organizational structures. But these handbooks are geared toward specific 
types of action (such as nuclear weapons site occupations). 
<%4>The Direct Action Manual will be different. We hope that it will 
lend itself to broad interpretation, so that it can be applied to a number of 
different situations, not just specific actions, issues, and geographical 
regions. Also many of these existing handbooks embrace non-violence. 
This manual will not exclude militancy and seeks to encompass a wide 
range of tactics<%2>.<%0>
@SUB HEAD SM = A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT

The Bay Area Web Collective is coordinating this project and is urging 
publications, groups, organizers, and individuals from all over the 
continent to submit articles and offer support. Materials sent in will be 
circulated in the form of a periodic discussion bulletin. We hope this will 
initiate an exchange of ideas to develop this project in a cooperative 
manner. (To receive this bulletin, send a donation to cover costs.)
A preliminary outline for the manual is now being circulated. 
<%6>Please start sending draft material or finished copy right away. 
Keep articles as short as possible. Already published articles are 
welcome. If possible send material on MacIntosh disks. <%0>
<%6>At the Atlanta Conference, the Love & Rage Network decided to 
endorse and support this project, as resources are available. Endorsement 
and involvement of other groups is sought. Let The Web know how you 
want to help. For financial contributions, checks can be made payable to 
the ``Aspect Foundation'', and sent to the Web. Send a SASE for a copy 
of the preliminary outline and send your comments, suggestions, ideas, 
and especially draft submissions for the manual to<%4>:

@INFO = <%4>T<%0>he Web Collective
@INFO = PO Box 40890
@INFO = San Francisco, CA 94117

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