How to win the war

The protesters need to see how they can agree on a path to success so that their efforts are more specific, more potent and ultimately more effective

In 1971, The Anarchist Cookbook (also known as Jolly Roger’s Cookbook) was published. It was written by an American protesting his government’s war in Vietnam. It had details for his fellow protesters on how to make bombs and drugs. It was a pretty ordinary effort (the author was a teenager at the time he wrote it, and in fact later regretted writing it) but it sold two million copies. The most interesting thing about the work is the fact that it offers those who seek to participate in revolution a guide on how to go about doing this.

Many civil society