Hi Ana, I remember digital versions of the publication, were doing the rounds on BBS's (Bulletin board systems) before the Internet. Most people on BBs's such as 'Fast Breeder', run by Mongrel crew & Matt Fuller I seem to remember; and 'Cybercafe' - by Heath BUnting & myself, the system itself was distributing this information and similar texts at that time, much more for ideas on 'Phreaking' - hacking into telecommunication systems, around 89-93'ish.
To be honest, I think most people were using it for general reading & cultural reference, more than anything else. I have always considered over-literal forms of anarchism can end up missing the point, taken too seriously, and can work against more progressive approaches of imaginative ideas and context's of being... "Advocates of anarchism dispute the association of the book with anarchist political philosophy. The anarchist collective CrimethInc., which published the book 'Recipes for Disaster: An Anarchist Cookbook' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recipes_for_Disaster) in response, 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 most of the recipes in it are notoriously unreliable." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_cookbook wishing you well. marc > What a coincidence! I love the old one, teaching how to make Molotov cocktails and graffitti. > Ana > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, marc garrett <[email protected]> wrote: > > In UK, First "Anarchist's Cookbook" Downloaders' Convictions. > > "In the UK last month the author/compiler of the > well-known-in-Internet-circles 'terrorist handbook' pleaded guilty > (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8647419.stm) to > seven counts of collecting information that could have been used to > prepare or commit acts of terrorism, with a maximum jail term of 10 > years. Today the first people caught with downloaded copies have been > put behind bars > (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7724848/White-supremacist-who-manufactured-ricin-jailed.html), > a white-supremacist father and son pairing getting 10 and two years > respectively, convicted of three counts of possessing material useful > for acts of terror. How many will be emptying their recycle bins after > this conviction? > > As of writing, the book is still freely available on Amazon.com to buy." > Note: it seems that there's some overlapping nomenclature at play. > Terrance Brown, the man who pleaded guilty to terror charges last month, > is said to have been distributing a CD set including among other things > extracts from Al-Qaeda manuals. His "cookbook" differs then from William > Powell's 1971 book by a similar title > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_cookbook), though (confusingly > enough) the linked Wikipedia article implies that the father-and-son > pair arrested possessed a copy of the Powell book as well; its text may > well have been among the materials that Brown distributed. Slashdot.org > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > -- > http://anavaldes.wordpress.com > http://passagenwerk.wordpress.com > http://caravia.stumbleupon.com > http://www.crusading.se > Gondolgatan 2 l tr > 12832 Skarpnäck > Sweden > tel +468-943288 > mobil 4670-3213370 > > > "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return. > — Leonardo da Vinci > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
