Hello fellow resisters. In my last diary, I warned of the upcoming purge in government personnel based on ideology. I also said that you should only do actions that are in your comfort level when it comes to resisting the Velveeta Vulgarian regime.
Today on BlueSky, an article came to my attention about a manual that is rising sharply in popularity for some reason.
A declassified World War II-era government guide to “simple sabotage” is currently one of the most popular open source books on the internet. The book, called “Simple Sabotage Field Manual,” was declassified in 2008 by the CIA and “describes ways to train normal people to be purposefully annoying telephone operators, dysfunctional train conductors, befuddling middle managers, blundering factory workers, unruly movie theater patrons, and so on. In other words, teaching people to do their jobs badly.”
This opened my eyes a bit. You can pretend to be an idiot or be a stickler for doing things the right way and resist!
Simple sabotage ideas include:
- “Insist on doing everything through ‘channels.’ Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.”
- “Make ‘speeches.’ Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your ‘points’ by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences. Never hesitate to make a few appropriate ‘patriotic’ comments.”
- “Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.”
- “Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.”
- “‘Misunderstand’ orders. Ask endless questions or engage in long correspondence about such orders. Quibble over them when you can.”
- “In making work assignments, always sign out the unimportant jobs first. See that the important jobs are assigned to inefficient workers of poor machines.”
- “To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.”
- “Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.”
- “Multiply paperwork in plausible ways.”
- “Make mistakes in quantities of material when you are copying orders. Confuse similar names. Use wrong addresses.”
- “Work slowly. Think out ways to increase the number of movements necessary on your job”
- “Pretend that instructions are hard to understand, and ask to have them repeated more than once. Or pretend that you are particularly anxious to do your work, and pester the foreman with unnecessary questions.”
- “Snarl up administration in every possible way. Fill out forms illegibly so that they will have to be done over; make mistakes or omit requested information in forms.”
But wait, there’s more!
The guide also suggests “general devices for lowering morale and creating confusion,” which include “Report imaginary spies or danger to the Gestapo or police,” “act stupid,” “Be as irritable and quarrelsome as possible without getting yourself into trouble,” “Stop all conversation when axis nationals or quislings enter a cafe,” “Cry and sob hysterically at every occasion, especially when confronted by government clerks.”
Of course, some resistance paths are already effectively in place. I suggested spamming the snitch hotlines and reporting fake or false information to them to waste their time. Already this is paying dividends.
But the email snitch line is still active. You know what to do!
I don’t have a status update on the DEIA snitch line DEIAtruth@OPM.gov. Please spam that one as much as possible as well!
Most importantly, please be relentless in calling, mailing, and e-mailing your representatives and Senators — especially if they are Democrats. Praise them for votes and actions they do right and offer constructive criticism when they collaborate with the Cheeto Caligula. Even contacting the GOP ones is not a waste of time.
Senate contact numbers thread is here:
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List of ALL 100 U.S. Senators DC Contact Information:
Alabama
Senator Tommy Tuberville 202-224-4124
Senator Katie Boyd Britt 202-224-5744
Alaska
Senator Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665
Senator Dan Sullivan 202-224-3004
Arizona
Senator Mark Kelly 202-224-2235
Senator Ruben Gallego 202-224-4521
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— Peter Morley 💙 ♿️ (@petermorley.bsky.social) January 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Contact information for the House of Representatives
Just remember that you are likely talking to an intern or other low-level staffer on the other end.
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I ran a US Senator's regional office for a while
What to know about calling your Rep/Senator:
-Be pleasant. They aren't their bosses, they're often interns.
-Be concise. Say why you're calling and what you'd like their boss to do.
-If not getting thru to DC, call the local office on the website.
— Florida Chris (@chrislongview.bsky.social) January 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happy resisting!
