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This thread is for discussing sabotage, its theory, its history, tactics and stories.
For a local and recent case, I can confirm dock workers in my city have been working a go-slow on ships bound for the Zionist regime. I've also heard reports of local union construction workers locking scabs in a shed last week.
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>>512
Love to hear it.
It's good to know a range of techniques, especially low risk ones which are easier to get others to do, like go-slow, work-to-rule (malicious compliance) and feigned incompetence.
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>>514
>OSS (precursor of the CIA) instructions for sabotage just describe a normal capitalist workplace
>>514
Seconding. Low-risk activities are great to know because they can be used in a mass movement filled with people who are (understandably) timid and scared. And once there are enough people on board, then there's the safety in numbers that are needed to build confidence for more extreme actions.
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Perhaps more self-sabotage than worker sabotage, but I remember in the US post-pandemic strike wave, John Deere hired scabs and one crashed a tractor before the strike even began.
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>>608
Speaking of scabs and low-risk tactics, Kellogg's also hired scabs that year and the /r/antiwork community raided them with fake job applications. It's a nice example of external sabotage, where sometimes even international comrades can help in their spare time.
>>608
Are there any confirmed cases where a saboteurs applied as fake scabs? If there isn't a name for it, 'scabotage' works well.
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>>514
>work-to-rule
>following safety protocols is considered sabotage
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From Wikipedia, on Ecotage
>Certain groups turn to the destruction of property to stop environmental destruction or to make visible arguments against forms of modern technology they consider detrimental to the environment. The U.S. FBI and other law enforcement agencies use the term eco-terrorist when applied to damage of property. Proponents argue that since property cannot feel terror, damage to property is more accurately described as sabotage. Opponents, by contrast, point out that property owners and operators can indeed feel terror.
You know, comrades, I'm not sure the bourgeoisie understand the meaning of terror. Maybe they need to be educated.
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>>628
The construction union in my area constantly strikes over safety issues. People die on sites every day. Obviously the owner class and their pawns will cut every corner they can until the workers stand up together, because obviously legislation isn't enough.
We protect us. Others can't, even if they want to.
>>630
>my factory got rekt, this is just like a bunch of people getting blown up by a bomb!
Not even the most ridiculous expansion of "terrorism." Look up "economic terrorism." Stealing (theoretical) profits by disrupting production or supply chains is terrorism lol. Found out about this when looking up info on Ad Nauseam (ad blocker), which got banned from chrome because feeding ad companies junk data is considered "economic terrorism."

>>628
A lot of construction companies are basically scammers intentionally doing shitty work because by the time the building falls apart the owner of the company will have retired and the company won't exist. Of course they're not going to be against following protocol. Anything that slows down a job delays their retirement and increases the chances that they get sued.
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>>653
>The term economic terrorism is strictly defined to indicate an attempt at economic destabilization by a group
Are governments trying to use loaded language to demonize others, or are they really this illiterate and think terrorism is any unlawful attempt to cause change?
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>>653
>>658
There's only so far they can push that line of rhetoric.
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https://www.404media.co/declassified-cia-guide-to-sabotaging-fascism-is-suddenly-viral/
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
>Over the last week, the guide has surged to become the 5th-most-accessed book on Project Gutenberg, an open source repository of free and public domain ebooks. It is also the fifth most popular ebook on the site over the last 30 days, having been accessed nearly 60,000 times over the last month (just behind Romeo and Juliet).
There is also the sequel, The Freedom Fighter's Manual which the CIA airdropped over Nicaragua, worth a read.
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>>1050
I remember reading that manual a couple of years ago and realizing much of it was just describing my regular work day.
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Someone created this lovely site a couple of months ago:
https://specificsuggestions.com/

>This is not a guide for overt displays of heroism. Surveillance is abundant in the 21st century work environment. Presented here are practical, everyday actions for reducing systemic harm while minimizing vulnerability.
>These are Specific Suggestions for Simple Sabotage in the 21st century.
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>>1073
Cool stuff.
>Opportunities will present themselves if one looks at their surroundings in a different light. For example, disabling the productivity of an entire workplace may at first seem impossible, but if the saboteur were to unplug a single wifi access point within a space, work might grind to a halt.
It's easy to think like a defender and notice cameras and guards. But when you think like an attacker, there's weakness in the system everywhere.

Capitalism, in broad strokes, evolves businesses this way by rewarding the cheapest path. If a business puts in the time and money to build defenses, another doesn't, and neither gets attacked, one has wasted money and is more likely to fold. States can intervene to try and force security through regulation, and there are other exceptions, but the trend remains. So most businesses are pretty soft on security once you're in the door, and filled with these single points of failure, like a router or server or service payment. Look at Crowdstrike and Cloudflare misconfigurations to see how devastating a well-placed accident can be.
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