The Anarchist Cookbook
Author	William Powell
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Instructional
Publisher	Lyle Stuart
Publication date	1971
ISBN	ISBN 0-9623032-0-8
OCLC	120422

The Anarchist Cookbook, first published in 1971, is a book that contains recipes and instructions for the manufacture of explosives, rudimentary telecommunications phreaking devices and other dangerous and illegal items, some with merit and some dangerous if even attempted. It was written by William Powell to protest the United States government's involvement in the Vietnam war.^[1] Image File history File links Anarchistcookbookdsfg. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Lyle Stuart is an American independent publisher of controversial books. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... ISBN redirects here. ... The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) was founded in 1967 and originally named the Ohio College Library Center. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a subculture of people who study, experiment with, or explore telecommunication systems, like equipment and systems connected to public telephone networks. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...

The unrelated "Anarchist Cookbook 2000" textfile is also available on the web (often credited to "The Jolly Roger"). Even more unreliable than the original, one of its errors is the lack of benzene in its recipe for napalm. Without the benzene, all that is produced is a viscous, off-white substance resembling rubber cement.^[2]

Relationship to anarchism

Many scholars of anarchism dispute the association of the book with anarchist political philosophy. The anarchist collective CrimethInc., which published the book Recipes for Disaster: An AnarchistCookbook.com 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 the recipes in it are notoriously unreliable."^[3] Anarchist redirects here. ... CrimethInc. ... Recipes for Disaster: An Anarchist Cookbook was released by the anarchist collective crimethInc in December of 2004. ...

Endorsement rescinded

Since writing the book, William Powell (AnarchistCookbook.com) has converted to Christianity and in 2000 attempted to have the book removed from circulation.^[1] However, Powell noted that when the book was published, the copyright was taken out in the publisher's name, not his, and the current publisher has no desire to remove the book from print. Powell has since written many websites devoted to the book, explaining his desire to see the book removed from circulation^[4] as he no longer advocates what he had written, saying: Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Relation to other religions Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Publishing is the activity of putting information in the public arena. ... Not to be confused with copywriting. ... Lyle Stuart is an American independent publisher of controversial books. ...

"The book, in many respects, was a misguided product of my adolescent anger at the prospect of being drafted and sent to Vietnam to fight in a war that I did not believe in."^[1]

In the news

In October 2007, a BBC News report alleged that a 17-year-old boy, charged with two counts of terrorism-related offenses, possessed a copy of the book.^[5]

Later that month, PhillyNews reported a similar case in the Plymouth Whitemarsh school district in which a teenager planning a "Columbine-esque" school shooting was arrested and, after a search was executed, was found to have a copy of the book along with numerous air powered weapons, black powder grenades, a 9mm rifle, a hand-painted Nazi flag, and a video related to the Columbine massacre ^[6].

See also

• The Anarchist Cookbook (film), a film that uses The Anarchist Cookbook as a major plot device.
• List of banned books
• Bananadine, a fictional psychoactive substance, was mentioned in the Anarchist Cookbook as a method of getting high from a banana peel.

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References

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External links

• The Anarchist Cookbook Comprehensive Faq and download of the Online Anarchist Cookbook.
• Righto.com Information about The Anarchist Cookbook.
• "The Anarchist Cookbook," a review by Esperanza Godot, Free Life: A Journal of Classical Liberal and Libertarian Thought (the journal of the Libertarian Alliance), No. 15 (November 1991); also available in PDF: [1].