Contents:

A prefatory note on Anarchism today — 9

Foreword — 27

Introduction — 29

Chapter One: DRUGS — 31

Pot — 31

Peyote — 31

Psilocybin — 50

DMT — 53

Bananas — 55

Amphetamines — 55

Amyl Nitrate — 56

Cough Syrup — 56

Glue — 58

Nalline — 58

Cocaine — 58

Heroin — 58

Nutmeg — 58

Paregoric — 58

Peanuts — 58

Hydrangea leaves — 59

Chapter Two: ELECTRONICS, SABOTAGE, AND SURVEILLANCE — 61

Electronic bugging devices — 63

Microphones — 65

Bumper beepers — 68

Voice-activated tape recorders — 68

Electronic bug detection — 69

Electronic jamming — 70

Electronic scramblers — 70

Mail order and retail electronics outlets — 70

Broadcasting free radio — 71

Telephone and communications sabotage — 72

Other forms of sabotage — 74

Chapter Three: NATURAL, NONLETHAL, AND LETHAL WEAPONS — 77

Natural weapons — 78

Hand-to-hand combat — 79

Application of hand weapons — 81

Hand weapons — 81

Knives — 81

Impromptu weapons — 83

Brass knuckles and clubs — 85

Cattle prod — 85

Garrote — 85

Guerrilla Training — 87

Pistols and revolvers — 89

Holsters — 92

Rifles — 93

Semi-automatic and automatic weapons — 95

Shotguns — 98

Converting a shotgun into a grenade launcher — 98

Silencers — 98

How to build a silencer for a pistol — 100

How to build a silencer for a submachine gun — 103

Bows and arrows — 103

Chemicals and gases — 104

How to make tear gas in your basement — 104

Defense and medical treatment for gases — 105

Chapter Four: EXPLOSIVES AND BOOBY TRAPS — 111

How to make nitroglycerin — 113

How to make mercury fulminate — 114

How to make blasting gelatin — 114

Formulas for the straight dynamite series — 114

How to make chloride of azode — 115

Formulas for ammonium nitrate compounds — 116

Formulas for gelatin dynamites — 117

How to make TNT — 118

How to make tetryl — 118

How to make picric acid — 119

Formulas for black powder — 120

How to make smokeless powder — 121

How to make nitrogen tri-iodide — 121

Formulas for different-colored smoke screens — 121

Household substitutes — 122

Safety precautions — 122

Basic formulas for demolitions use — 125

Some important principles — 125

Tamping — 128

Placement of charges — 129

Bridge destruction — 130

Detonators — 132

Release of pressure detonators — 135

Time delay devices — 135

Road trap — 148

Walk trap — 148

Bangalore torpedo — 148

Molotov Cocktail — 148

Homemade hand grenade — 148

How to make an anti-personnel grenade — 149

Book trap — 149

Door-handle traps — 149

Loose floorboard trap — 149

Gate trap — 149

Chimney trap — 149

Lamp trap — 150

Car trap — 150

Pipe trap — 150

Pen trap — 150

Whistle trap and other handy devices — 150

Cacodyal — 150

Postscript — 153

Bibliography — 159

Illustrations

1. Methods for growing marihuana — 34

2. A mature marihuana plant — 35

3. Hookah — 38

4. Peyote — 46

5. A separatory funnel — 47

6. Stropharia cubensis and Psilocybe mexicana — 50

7. Primary filtering of homemade DMT — 54

8. Heating DMT solution in water bath — 54

9. Final collection of DMT — 55

10. Table of weights — 55

11. Eavesdropper — 61

12. The byphone — 62

13. The carbon button — 66

14. Crystal Microphone — 66

15. Dynamic Microphone — 67

16. Buttonhole mike, subminiature mike, suction-cup wall listener, and the parabolic reflector — 67

17. The snake — 67

18. The electronic stethoscope — 68

19. Keyhole for typical pre-1964 Chevie — 76

20. The correct grip for holding a knife — 81

21. Common hatpin — 84

22. Beer-can hand weapon — 84

23. Marine Corps combat knife — 84

24. Air Force survival kit — 84

25. Throwing knife — 84

26. Brass knuckles — 85

27. Kelly Come-Along — 85

28. Sap gloves — 85

29. Different types of billies and blackjacks — 86

30. Mob-control stick — 85

31. Garrote — 87

32. Sabotage against moving vehicles — 88

33. Browning high-power automatic pistol — 89

34. Smith & Wesson 9-mm. automatic pistol — 89

35. Colt Commander automatic pistol — 89

36. Smith & Wesson combat masterpiece revolver — 90

37. Charter Arms undercover .38 special — 90

38. Colt official police revolver — 90

39. Llama Model VIII automatic pistol — 90

40. Boxer primer — 91

41. Span holster — 92

42. Spring holster — 92

43. Spring shoulder holster — 92

44. Open-end quick-draw holster — 93

45. Browning high-power rifle — 94

46. H & R Model 301 ultra bolt-action carbine — 94

47. H & R Model 330 bolt-action rifle — 94

48. Remington bolt-action Model 788 — 94

49. Marlin 62 Levermatic Rifle — 95

50. Universal Enforcer automatic carbine — 95

51. Armalite AR-180 carbine — 96

52. Browning high-power automatic rifle — 96

53. Eagle “Apache” carbine — 96

54. Harrington and Richardson 360 ultra-automatic — 96

55. J & R 68 semi-automatic carbine — 96

56. Remington 742 Woodmaster — 96

57. Plainfield Machine Co. carbine — 97

58. Universal 1000 auto-loading carbine — 97

59. Winchester 100 auto-loading carbine — 97

60. Ruger .44 magnum carbine — 97

61. Converting a shotgun into a grenade launcher — 99

62. Silencer for pistol — 100

63. Thompson submachine gun with silencer — 101

64. Cross-section view of Thompson silencer — 102

65. M-3 submachine gun with silencer — 102

66. Crossbow — 103

67. Equipment set up for preparing tear gas — 106

68. Darts for rapid injection — 108

69. Police projectiles — 109

70. The crazed anarchist — 111

71. Opening explosives — 123

72. Nonelectrical blasting cap — 126

73. Safety fuse — 126

74. Crimpers — 126

75. Electrical blasting cap — 126

76. Priming dynamite electrically — 127

77. Lacing dynamite — 127

78. Lacing plastique — 128

79. Tamping crater charges — 128

80. Using explosives to cut through materials — 129

81. Railroad Sabotage — 129

82. Type of placement and tamping to destroy large buildings — 129

83. Stringer bridge — 130

84. Slab bridge — 130

85. T-beam bridge — 131

86. Concrete cantilever bridge — 131

87. Truss bridge — 132

88. Suspension bridge — 132

89. Tension-release detonator — 133

90. Military grenade — 134

91. Pull-trigger electric detonator — 136

92. Pressure-trigger device under driver’s seat — 135

93. Pressure-plate detonator — 137

94. Release of pressure detonator — 138

95. Tension-release detonator — 139

96. Nipple time bomb — 140

97. Incendiary time bomb — 140

98. Magnifying-glass bomb — 140

99. Alarm-clock time bomb — 140

100. Road trap — 141

101. Walk trap — 141

102. Bangalore torpedo — 142

103. Molotov Cocktail — 142

104. Homemade grenade — 143

105. Book trap — 144

106. Door-handle traps — 145

107. Loose floorboard trap — 146

108. Pressure-release gate trap — 146

109. Pipe traps — 147

110. Ball-point pen trap — 147

111. Whistle trap — 147