CrimethInc.

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CrimethInc., also known by other names, such as CWC ("CrimethInc. ex-Workers' Collective") or Crimethinc, is considered more of a mindset than an organization by the active participants in the ongoing CrimethInc. experiment. They are profoundly anti-capitalist (as well as anti-authoritarian), with critical looks at culture, politics, life, work, and radical ways of living one's life.

It was initially associated with the North American anarcho-punk scene, but since has expanded into nearly all areas of the current global resistance to empire. The name itself, however, is a reference to "Crimethink" in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Among their best-known publications are the books Days of War, Nights of Love, Evasion, Recipes for Disaster: An Anarchist Cookbook and the pamphlet Fighting for Our Lives (of which, to date, they have printed 500,000 copies), the hardcore punk/political zine Inside Front, and the music of several hardcore punk bands, of which the most notable is Catharsis. The group is also connected to other collectives/organizations that share some of their ideas (notably Curious George Brigade which has written a number of publications including Anarchy in the Age of Dinosaurs) The group also maintains several websites which promote their ideas.

Their book, Days of War, Nights of Love contains a number of purposeful reinterpretaions marked and noted as such—for instance, they identify Italian fascist Gabriele D'Annunzio as an "anarchist" or attribute quotes to famous figures.

CrimethInc as a loose organization represents a variety of political views. Anyone can publish under the name or create a poster using the logo. Each agent or group of agents opperate individually. As well as the traditional anarchist opposition to the state and capitalism, agents have advocated a straight edge lifestyle, including veganism, the total supersession of gender roles, violent insurrection against the state, turning one's life into a series of moments, and the refusal of work.

1 Books
2 Zines / Papers
3 Video
4 Music Bands
5 See also
6 External links

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Books

Days of War, Nights of Love - Crimethink For Beginners (2000)
Recipes for Disaster - An Anarchist Cookbook (2005)
Off the Map - A tale of Wanderers.
Evasion (2001)
Stone Hotel - Poems From Prison by Raegan Butcher (2004)
Rusty String Quartet - Poems by Raegan Butcher after his release (2005)
Anarchy in the Age of Dinosaurs - by fellow-travellers Curious George Brigade
Fire & Lightning - IvoryBell
In Search of the World: A Traveller's Almanac- IvoryBell