We can! Everyone can take part in small acts of resistance. If you haven’t already, the OSS (precursor to the CIA) circulated pamphlets in nazi-occupied countries to help ordinary citizens fight the nazis. Here it is if you’re interested: Simple Sabotage Field Manual
Yeah, it’s pretty dated, and some of it just doesn’t work. If there’s a newer version, it’s probably classified. Though, the stuff in the back about office work and everyday type stuff still applies.
Really, I think it should be used as a starting point to start thinking about resistance. For example, although not specifically mentioned, an IT tech can “accidentally” misconfigure a service to make it unavailable. Similarly, if you’re a straight white male, you can raise a pride flag or the flag of a Central American country. It’s not illegal, and it can force a small amount of resources to be diverted to investigating you rather than a minority.
There are a million ways to creatively resist that also don’t cause collateral damage. The goal is to sap their resources and morale.
We can! Everyone can take part in small acts of resistance. If you haven’t already, the OSS (precursor to the CIA) circulated pamphlets in nazi-occupied countries to help ordinary citizens fight the nazis. Here it is if you’re interested: Simple Sabotage Field Manual
I was banned from a discord server today for mocking their continued use of Twitter links.
They warned me that if I couldn’t respect their choice, they’d remove me. I responded by asking if it’s okay if I roman salute then.
big fan of “bring a bag of moths to the cinema” (p.30)
Is there a modern version of this? I did a quick read through and, given our large surveillance network, some of these things aren’t practical.
Also, unless you specifically target alt-right targets, the likelihood of collateral damage is pretty high.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/24/trump-fascism-what-to-do
Yeah, it’s pretty dated, and some of it just doesn’t work. If there’s a newer version, it’s probably classified. Though, the stuff in the back about office work and everyday type stuff still applies.
Really, I think it should be used as a starting point to start thinking about resistance. For example, although not specifically mentioned, an IT tech can “accidentally” misconfigure a service to make it unavailable. Similarly, if you’re a straight white male, you can raise a pride flag or the flag of a Central American country. It’s not illegal, and it can force a small amount of resources to be diverted to investigating you rather than a minority.
There are a million ways to creatively resist that also don’t cause collateral damage. The goal is to sap their resources and morale.
Did you mean to say if you are a straight white male?
Yep. Edited. Thanks for catching that!
Literally false flag operations. Nice one.