THE
DEBT
RESISTORS'
OPERATIONS
MANUAL
JOI N TH E
RESISTAN CE!
THIS OPERATIONS MANUAL—WRIT-
TEN BY AN ANONYMOUS COLLECTIVE
OF RESISTORS, DEFAULTERS AND ALLIES
FROM STRIKE DEBT AND OCCUPY WALL
STREET—IS FOR ALL THOSE BEING
CRUSHED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF DEBT.
IT AIMS TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC TACTICS
FOR UNDERSTANDING AND FIGHTING
AGAINST THE DEBT SYSTEM SO THAT WE
CAN ALL RECLAIM OUR LIVES AND OUR
COMMUNITIES. IT CONTAINS PRACTICAL
INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND INSIDER
TIPS FOR INDIVIDUALS DEALING WITH
THE DILEMMA OF INDEBTEDNESS IN THE
UNITED STATES TODAY AND ALSO INTRO-
DUCES IDEAS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
MADE THE DECISION TO TAKE COLLEC-
TIVE ACTION.
a project of
STRIKE DEBT /
OCCUPY WALL STREET
THE
DEBT
RESISTORS'
OPERATIONS
MANUAL
THE DEBT RESISTORS' OPERATIONS MANUAL
SEPTEMBER 2012
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Members of the Strike Debt assembly / strikedebt.org
Occupy Wall Street / occupywallstreet.org
Common Notions / commonnotions.org
Antumbra Design / antumbradesign.org
PREFACE
This operations manual—written by an anonymous collec-
tive of resistors, defaulters and allies from Strike Debt and
Occupy Wall Street—is for all those being crushed under
the weight of debt. It aims to provide specific tactics for
understanding and fighting against the debt system so that
we can all reclaim our lives and our communities. It con-
tains practical information, resources and insider tips for
individuals dealing with the dilemma of indebtedness in
the United States today and also introduces ideas for those
who have made the decision to take collective action.
The system of mafia capitalism has made it difficult,
if not impossible, for us to meet our basic needs, whether
we have debt or not, whether we pay it back or not. We
recognize that it is not easy to fight this system