Anarchists

Cohn, Norman Rufus Colin. The pursuit of the Millenium revolutionary millenarians and mystical anarchists of the Middle Ages. Rev expanded ed ed. 

However, we determined to forget itH for the time. Wo sat down, and exchanged views and experiences with the natives. From the fact that we were hurrying, they adjudged us to be anarchists, and were rather relieved at our explanation that we were "mad Englishmen." And i we were all happy together. And I am still kicking myself for a fool that l ever went on to Madrid. 

I swallowed hard. He didn t look like the sort of person who would appreciate my stories of fighting the police at the Berkeley barricades shoulder-to-shoulder with affinity groups like the Persian Fuckers and the Acid Anarchists. Nor did my participation in the Human Be-In or the rolling orgies of the Summer of Love in... 

An examination of the current anarchist literature enforces this point. The term anarchist literature is used to refer to the dozens of books that have historically been available through mail order companies such as Desert Publications and Paladin Press dealing with the production of explosives and bombs. Many of these sources are still copied today as primer material to train current A1 Qaeda bomb makers. The same information has been disseminated over the Internet in numerous bomb-making websites. 

To illustrate how improvised explosives are often related to historically rejected formulations a sampling of the anarchist literature will be utilized. The small cross section examined will consist of Guerrilla s Arsenal (GA) [8], Improvised Munitions Black Book Vol. 1 (BB1) [9], Ragnar s Homemade Detonators (RHD) [10], and FMX The Revised Black Book (FMX) [11], It should be stressed that this small cross section examined represents only a fraction of the readily available information accessible through the Internet. These examples are utilized solely to show the overlap of historical explosive formulations and current terrorist recipes. More examples of current-day usage of these improvised materials will be included in the next sections of this chapter. 

BB1 gives instructions on how to prepare a chlorate-based mixture that is quite prevalent in the anarchist literature. This formulation consists of KCIO3 phlegmatized with Vaseline. Typically this particular formulation is given the nickname Poor Man s C-4. It does not have the power of C-4 but does posses... 

The hazards associated with HMTD have not, however, dissuaded criminals, terrorists, or juvenile experimenters from manufacturing and using it. It has been recommended in numerous anarchist publications as the improvised explosive of choice for the preparation of homemade initiators. Over the past several years it has been encountered with increasing frequency by law enforcement officers worldwide. For this reason, as noted for TATP earlier, a basic knowledge of its properties is essential for those in the explosive community. 

In spite of the idiotic action and mediocre structure [of the play], a new type man has emerged, created by an extravagant and brutal imagination, more like a child s than a man s. Pete Ubu exists, compounded of Punch and Judy, of the Catholic Torquemada and the Jew Deutz, of a Surete policeman and the anarchist Vaillant. He will become a popular legend of base instincts, rapacious and violent and M. Jarry, whom I hope is destined for a more worthy celebrity, will have created an infamous mask. ... 

Boisson, M. Les attentats anarchistes sous la troisieme republique. Paris Les Editions de France, 1931. 

Maitron, J. Histoire du mouvement anarchiste en France, 1880-1914. Paris Societe Universitaire d Editions, 1951. 

French Anarchist s Explosive, known as Green Powder, used in bombs of revolutionists during 1892 s criminal assaults, contd ... 

Green Powder (French Anarchist s Explosive). During the assaults conducted by these revolutionists, the following expl of the Ched-dite type was used in some bombs FCClOg 49, K4 Fe(CN) 28 Sugar 23. Due to its extreme sensitiviry, the expl was dangerous to handle... 

Anarchists and Revolutionists Explosives ond Weapons. See Explosives and Weapons Used by Anarchists and Revolutionists... 

It was not recommended to open the unexploded criminal bombs unless they were previously kept for a while in liquids, such as chloroform or kerosene. Water could not be used because some bombs contained metallic K or Na as primers. Contact with w caused these metals to inflame.(A brief description of criminal bombs will be given under Explosives and Weapons Used by Anarchists and Revolutionists)... 

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