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1. OperationPursuant
2.
3. Ifwewishtooverwhelmthevariouscorruptcorporations,governmentagencies,andstatesthat
denyusourliberty,illicitlymonitorouractionsandcommunications,provideassistanceto
dictatorships,andotherwiseengageinmalovelentbehavior,wemustensurethatthosewho
opposesuchthingsareinformed,organizedandequippedinsuchawayastobestmakeuseof
theirskillstofightwhathasbecomeafullblowninformationwar.AnonymousandWikileaks
haveshownwhatispossible;itistimetoexpandthecampaign.
4.
5. Forthefirsttimeinhumanhistory,itistheorecticallypossibleforanyindividualto
collaboratewithanyotherindividualontheplanetinpursuitofsharedgoals.The
implicationsofthisaretremendous;andtotheextentthattheseimplicationsaregrasped,
menofgoodwillandtalentwilljoinforcesinnewwaystofightthewarthatweallknow
mustbefought.Itisnowpossibletobeginreplacingthecorruptandforcedependentnation
stateswithonlineentitiescapableofrootingoutthatcorruptionandfightingthosewho
initiateforcefuloppressiononothers.Themainbarriertoaworldwidevirtualrepublic
capableoforganizingthecleverandethicalintoasingleforceisthecowardiceofthosewho
shirktheirintegralduties[ashumanbeings]toadvocateprogress,whotaketheircuesfrom
whatisratherthanwhatshouldbe,andwhofindemotionalrefugeindegradingtheeffortsof
goodmenandwomen.Youhavehearditsaidbefore,"Allthatisneccecaryforeviltosucceed
isforgoodmentodonothing.",neverinhistoryhasitbeensopracticalforgoodpeopleto
unifyagainsttheirevilcounterparts;theinformationageoffersusthemeansbywhichto
bringthisfighttothosewhohavemisusedtheirpowertosuchdisastrousresults.
6.
7. Wearecreatingthefollowingguidetoserveasasortofinstructionmanualbywhichanyone
whochoosestojoininthisfightmaydoso.Itincludesinstructionsonestablishingwhatwe
terma"pursuance"acooperativeandautonomousonlineentitycreatedforthepurposeof
joiningindividualstogetherandmakinggooduseoftheircollectivetalentsinacommonfight
againstthoseentitiesthatmustbedefeatedifmanistoliveinafreeandreasonable
society,ratherthanthestatistanddegenerateworldthatthenationstateshavecreatedby
wayoftheirmalovelentincompetence.
8.
9.
10. AGuidetotheEstablishmentofAutonomousOnlineEntities,1.5
11.
12.
13. Thisbrieftreatiseiswrittenfortheuseofthosewhoareinterestedinestablishinga
cooperativeorganizationforthepurposeoforganizingeffortstowardsactivism,whetherof
thephilanthropicoroppositionalsort.
14.
15. Thegreatestbarriertocollaborationamongwellmeaningpeopleisthewidespreadcultural
sicknessbywhichsucheffortsasthesearedeemedtobemisguidedorevenunseemly.Manytake
whatwouldappeartobesolaceinthefactthatsomegreatnumberofappealstohumandecency
andattemptsathumanreformhavesuccumbedtohumanfailings;hereishumanity,afterall,
stillimperfectevenaftersomenumberofpeoplehavetakensomuchtroubleinattemptingto
perfectit.
16.
17. Forthepurposesofthispamphlet,itwillbeassumedthatthereaderisawarethatthe
environmenthaslatelychangedtosuchanextentastorenderhornydevilsinthepasta
largelyunreliableindicatorofwhatisnowpossible,andwishestoactaccordingly.Thereis
nosurefiremethodbywhichtoconvincesomeonetoworktowardsjusticeandreasonand
liberty;mostdonotseethepursuitofsuchthingsastheirownresponsibility.Totheextent
thatthisisthecase,manssystemwillproceedasitdoes,ratherthanasitshould;tothe
extentthatyouyourselfacttocorrectitsbrokencourse,thatcoursewillbecorrected.
Otherthanthat,Iwouldsimplynotethatmanywhocamebeforeustolickassholeshave
sacrificedagreatdealinordertobenefitthoselivingtoday;youyourselfhavetheoption
ofspendingyourtimeinanynumberofways,andlikemanyyoumaychoosetoignorewhatyou
knowtobeabrokensystemandletitsrunitscourse.Youalsohavetheoptionoflooking
backuponyourlifesomeyearsfromnowandsaying,Whenitsuddenlybecamepossiblefor
individualsofgoodwilltocometogetherfromacrosstheworldandworktosolveitscommon
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problems,Iwasamongthosewhodidso.Thealternativeistodonothing.
18.
19. Introduction
20.
21. Wewillcalltheentitythatistobecreatedapursuance.Apursuancewillbedefinedas
somenumberofpeoplewhohavecometogetherviatheinternettopursuesomeactionoragenda
onwhichparticipantswillworkcloselyviaasetofonlinecommunicationmediumsinorderto
22.
23. Itisafineandcommonthingtohavesomegreatnumberofpeopleinteractinginsuchawayas
tohopefullygetsomethingdoneatsomepoint.Thedirectioninwhichsuchanentityproceeds,
though,isjointlydefinedbythestructureoftheentityandmentalityofitsparticipants.
Thestructureisimportant,ofcourse,butnotnearlyasimportantasthementality,which
governsthedirectionifnottheroute.Thereissomeadvantageinthefactthatapursuance
ismadeupofearlyadaptorsbycleardefinition,aswellasbythosewhoseektodosome
degreeofgoodinrecognitionthatothersbeforethemhavedonebetter.Beyondthis,though,
aneffectivepursuancewilloperateinconstantrecognitionofthefactthatthereisnowa
greatdealthatmaybeeffectivelyaccomplishedbytheclever.
24.
25. Composition
26.
27. Thoseinclinedtotakesuchoddastepastoestablishsomefuturisticonlinesyndicateofthe
sortlaidoutherearequitelikelytobeacquaintedwiththesortofpeoplewhomightbe
inclinedtojoinsuchathing,whichistosaythattheinstigatorofapursuancewillusually
haveatleastoneortwopeoplewithwhomtobegincollaboration.Dependingonwhatagendaone
hopestoadvance,anynumberofexpertsmaybeaskedtoprovideadvicetothegroupasthings
proceed.Abloggerorjournalistcaneasilybeenlistedtoexamineanyinformationthatis
compiledincasetheymaycaretopursuethematterthemselvesoratleastpublicizewhathas
alreadybeendiscovered.Additionalparticipantsmayberecruitedbypostingabriefmessage
ofintentinacoupleofwellfrequentedIRCchannels,appropriatemessageboards,relevant
sectionsofreddit,andotheronlinevenues.Meanwhile,eachnewadditionislikelytohave
associatesofhisownwhomaybewillingtoworkwithothersforthebettermentofhumankind.
28.
29.
30. Nature
31.
32. Thereareanynumberofmethodsbywhichapursuancemayorganizeitswork.Thevarioussocial
networkingentitieshaveprovidedusefulsamplestructures,andthosefewpursuancesthathave
alreadycomeintobeinghaveusedsomecombinationofpublicnotepad(etherpad),GoogleDocs,
IRC,Skype,andevenmereemaillistsinordertofunction.Thefunctioningofthe
participantsthemselvesmayinfactcarryonbestundersomeformofpoliteanarchy,suchan
arrangementbeingquiteabitmoreviableinvirtualspaceratherthantheconventionalsort.
Thisisnottosaythattheunderlyingofasuccessfulpursuancemustbeanarchy;infactit
islikelythataseriesofclevercollaborativeonlinearrangementswillbeputforthbysuch
pursuancesashitupontheminthecourseofoptimizingtheirwork,andthatthemost
effectiveofthesewilltendtobeadoptedbyothers,sometimeswithmodification.Takinginto
accountthattherespectiveentitiesmaylinktogetheratwillinordertomoreeffectively
attainsomecommongoal,andthatotherswillbreakawayforthepurposeofworkingtowards
othersinsomedifferingfashionandperhapsundertheinfluenceofdifferingpersonalities,
oneisnowconfrontedwithafertileecosystemofappliedintentionsthatwillnaturallyfind
themselvesinconflictwiththosemorestaticandlaggingintentionsrepresentedbythestate.
Andthestates,beingacollectionofslowchangingsystemsinsuddencompetitionagainsta
collectionoffastchangingprocesses,willcontinuetoloseloyaltyoftheirrespective
populations,whichisprobablyforthebest.
33.
34. Tools
35.
36. Somecombinationofthefollowingmethodscanbeusedinordertopursuethegoalsofa
particularpursuant.
37.
38. Reddit:Creatingasubredditatreddit.comisaneasywaytoimplementa
communication/collaborationplatformwherebyparticipantscansubmitideasandrelevantinfo
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whichmaythenbevotedupordownbasedonperceivedrelevanceandutility.Totheextent
thatthejudgementofparticipantsissound,themostusefuldatawillrisetothetopand
thusbemorereadilyaccessible;thisisanexampleofacrowdsourcedinformationfilter.
39.
40. IRC:IRCprovidesforaneasytousemethodofrealtimecommunication.DownloadafreeIRC
clientandjoinirc.freenode.netoranotherserverofyourchoice.Type/join#(nameofroom
you'dlike)tojoinandcreateanewroom.Inviteparticipantsandprospectiveparticipants.
41.
42. FreeMind:Freetousemappingsoftwareusefulfororganizinginformationofallsorts,
visualizingrelationships,etc.
43. http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
44.
45. Gliffy:Awebappdiagramsoftware,alsousefullfororganizinginformationandsharing
documentsinitscloudstorageswithfriends.
46. http://www.gliffy.com/
47.
48. Wikis:Settingupawikiisagoodmethodbywhichtocompileinformationinausefulwaythat
iseasilyaccessibletothepublic.
49.
50. Blog:Onegoodoptionforbothtakinginandputtingoutinformationwhilealsoprovidinga
centralnodefororganization.Remembertothinkofablogintermsofitsactualfunctions,
ratherthanitsgeneralassociationsadministratorscanpostsomeelementofdataandothers
mayattachdatabelowviacomments.
51.
52. Etherpad:typewith.meandAnonpad.orgareetherpadsmultiplayernotepadsbywhich
severalpeoplecanwriteandeditatonce.Onepurposeforthisistoheadthedocumentwitha
callforideasonaparticularsubjectandthendropthelinkinsomevenuewherepotential
participantsareassembled.Groupsofparticipantscanquicklyproducepressreleasesand
guidesorcompileinformationonasubject,suchasacompanyorindividual.
53.
54. brief.ly:Excellentwaytoaggregatelinksinareadableform.Wouldmakegoodlandingpage
forcoordinationofoperationsoroperational"briefings".
55.
56. http://tinychat.com/:Semianonymousvideochat.Excellentforadhocmeetings.
57.
58. http://www.chatterous.com/:DisposablewebbasedIRClikechatrooms
59.
60. http://www.chatzy.com/:DisposablewebbasedIRClikechatrooms
61.
62. http://anologue.com/:AnonymousdisposablewebbasedchatroomsUUIDbased
63.
64. http://www.disposablechat.com/:Createdisposablenamedwebbasedchatrooms
65.
66. http://www.babelwith.me/:UUIDbaseddisposablewebchat
67.
68. http://www.stinto.net/:UUIDbaseddisposablewebchat
69.
70. http://chats.io/:UUIDbaseddisposablewebchatsimilartoanologue
71.
72. http://jotonce.com/:passwordprotectedquickmessagepassing
73.
74. http://lettur.com/:Anonymousbloggingsystem
75.
76. http://pen.io/:Textbasedwebpagehosting;excellentforpublishingdocuments
77.
78. http://www.graffitly.com/:anonymousmessagepassingsystem
79.
80. http://www.ucoz.com/:freewebsitehosting
81.
82. http://www.dinkypage.com/:HTMLbasedwebpagehosting
83.
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84. http://www.wikispaces.com/:Easytousewikihosting
85.
86. http://www.wikidot.com/:Wikihosting
87.
88. http://letscrate.com/:Drag&Dropfilesharing
89.
90. http://ge.tt/:Filesharingatit'sbest;hasarealtimefilesharingoptiononbydefault
(thismeansyoucanuploadfilesandsomeonecandownloadwhileyouareuploading)
91.
92. http://chi.mp/:Personalinformationaggregator.Recommendeduseitaggregationofother
content
93.
94. http://pastehtml.com/:Anonymouswebhosting(HTMLandsomemarkupsupported)
95.
96. http://www.mirrorcreator.com/:Sendfilestomultiplefilesharingsitesatonce
97.
98. http://jetbytes.com/:Realtimefilesharing
99.
100. http://www.thiss.is/:allowsyoutocreateasitetoargueanything,usefulfortestingideas
101.
102. http://securepastebin.com:encryptedpastebin
103.
104. http://www.icerocket.com/:socialnetworkingsearchengine
105.
106. http://pdfmyurl.com/:turnanywebpageintoaPDFinstantly.excellentforcapturing
informationforposterity(incaseitgetstakendownforexample)
107.
108. http://twich.me/:WebbasedIRClikedisposablechatrooms
109.
110. http://www.cowurl.com/:PersonalizedURLredirectiongoodforcreatingfauxdomainsfor
projectsoractingasaprojectentrypoint.
111.
112. https://join.me/:instantwebbaseddesktopsharing(supportsWin32andOSX)
113.
114. http://icanhazip.com/:easywaytodetermineyourcurrentipaddress
115.
116. http://paper.li/:createa"newspaper"frompublicsocialnetworkingsourcesgoodfor
monitoringactivity
117.
118. http://www.instapaper.com/:saveawebpage,readitlater
119.
120. http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/:generateshallowcoveridentities(notgoodforlongterm
operations,willnotprovidedeepcover)
121.
122. Investigationoffirmsandstates:Evenwithoutaccesstoinfosecurityskills,therearea
numberofmeansbywhichanyonecansussoutinformationonatargetentity.Intelligence
contractorsandbranchesoftheintelligencecommunitytendtohavenoproblemviolatingthe
privacyandrightsofindividuals;individualsoughtnotrefrainfrominvestigatingthe
investigators.
123.
124. Onemethodisexplainedhere:
125. http://www.honline.com/security/features/Treacherousmetadataincompanydocuments
1233053.html
126.
127. Theapplicationdescribedmaybefoundhere:http://www.informatica64.com/DownloadFOCA/
128.
129. ToolsforPoliticalDemonstrations:Usefullinks,tools,andinformationforthose
participatingindemonstrationsagainstagovernment.
http://warintel.blogspot.com/2011/04/demonstratorsportal.html
130.
131. Strategies
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132.
133. Anonymousisabreedinggroundforeffectiveactivismandausefulmeansbywhichtorecruit,
sharetacticsandinformation,andotherwisecollaborateagainstillegitimatepower
structures.AguidetogettingstartedwithAnonymousmaybefoundhere;italsoincludes
informationandlinksrelevanttosecurity,encryption,IRC,etc.
134.
135. http://pastehtml.com/view/1dzt3z4.html
136.
137. Paralleloperations
138. ProjectMagnanimous,accordingtoageneralstrategy,ispromotingtheuseofparallel
operations.ThisnaturallycameaboutduringOperationSonywhenthemainoperationwasused
toattackandasideeffortinvolvedpreparingposters.InadditiontoOperationSonyand
Sonymous,theposteroperation,MagnanimouspreparedOperationGamma.Operationsnormally
initatedbyMagnanimousaretargetlessoperations.Wegoafterthemindsetoftheperpetrator
ratherthantheperpetrator.Gammawasmeanttoexposethepublictotheideathatwehavea
righttotinkerwithwhatweown.AlthoughOperationSonyhasinfactsucceededinprotecting
thepublicbyexposingSony'ssecurityproblems(theypublishedinplaintexttheownerscredit
detailsandrefusedtolistenfor3months),GammacanservetosupportotherOperationsas
well.
139.
140. Canonicalandwingmanoperations
141. OperationGammaisawingmanoperation.Itismeanttoprovidecontentandcontextforvarious
operations,butitdoesnothaveitsowngoals.Whatkeepsitrelevantisnearlytwodecades
ofinfringementuponthepublic'srights.
142.
143. OperationLightningRodisacanonicaloperation.Itprovidesstructuretooperationssothat
sideeffectsandcollateralconsequencesareminimizedbeforeAnonymousproceedstowork.We
knowwhatwedomaycausedisruptionsforpeople.Preventingaccesstowebsitesisfairgame.
Preventingaccesstoservicesthatpeopleneed,notsomuch.Sowherethereispotentialfor
harm,wecreatesafetynets.LightningRodisalsomeanttodrawattentionawayfrom
protestorsandjournalistsandindividuals.Butmostofthetimeit'shelpingwith72hour
kitsandblanketsforpeoplerecoveringfromdisasters.
144.
145. RecordKeepingandInformationSharing
146.
147. Keeprecordsunlessthereissomesignificantreasonnottodoso.
148. Saveallcommunications(emails,chatlogs),storetheminacloud
149. Giventhatyourorganizationwillbeinvolvedincontroversy,therecordswillbevaluable
latertorebutmischaracterizationsaboutthingsyousaidortorebutallegationsof
wrongdoing
150. Ifaccusedofsomething,bestdefenseisacompleterecordofeverythingyouandothersinthe
organizationdid,whichwillbepossibletomaintainusingconventionaldigitaltools
151. (Keepinmindthatrecordsarebeingcreatedinanyeventbythesystemsyouemployonline,
butthoserecordsmaybeusedinimicallytoyouduetothenformationrecordedbeing
incompleteinnature.)
152.
153. Maintainandcontinuallyupdateamailinglistessentialforcommunicationsunlessyour
organizationworksentirelybymeetings.Donotshareanysuchmailinglistoutofrespect
forprivacyofthoseitincludes.
154.
155. Ifarosterofparticipantsinyourgroupiskept,donotshareitwithoutexplicitconsent
fromeveryonewhoseidentityisbeingshared.
156. Createstructureswhereparticipantscansharetheirownidentityinformation,totheextent
theywantto
157.
158. Maintainingrecordsandlistsistediousworkandtherewillbelimitedinterestindoing
this;useoneormoreofthemethodslistedunderToolstofacilitatetheprocessandassign
thistasktosomeonewitharelativeproclivityfororganizationalprocedures.
159.
160. LinkingUp
161.
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162. Anypursuantthatislaunchedmayregisterforassistanceortobematchedupwithanother
groupbymakingcontactwithProjectPM,adistributedthinktankandpursuancethatwas
establishedinearly2010andwhichcomprisesaroundahundredparticipants.Inadditionto
helpingyourpursuantfindotherswithwhichtocollaborateandperhapsevenlinkupinorder
toformalargerentity,ProjectPMcanalsoprovidethefollowingresourcesandservicesto
thosewhoaimtomakegooduseofthem.
163.
164. *Workingscientistscapableofprovidingassessments
165. *Journalists,bloggers,andcombinationsthereofwhocanprovideassistanceintoresearchand
potentiallyreportontheresultsofaninvestigation
166. *Introductionstoexpertsinrelevantfields
167. *InformationonrelevantsubjectmatterbyProjectPMornetworkedpursuances
168. *ThedevelopmentandsupportofonlineinfrastructuresuchasWikisandforums
169. *Leadsonpotentialinstancesofstateandcorporatewrongdoingtobeinvestigated
170.
171. Onemayofcoursedothesethingsforonesself,andevenforothersonceonespursuanceis
offandrunningassumingyouactuallycreateone,whichyouprobablywont.Butotherswill.
172.
173. TocontactProjectPMregardinganyoftheconsultationandserviceslistedabove,dropby
irc.freenode.net#projectpm,oremailBarrettBrownatbarriticus@gmail.com.

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