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handles that can be attached to them
for operation; you could carry both
kinds of handles with you, for sure-fire
access to water, if you happened to
find them unremoved.
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for perspective on what else is possible. Find projects and social roles that put you in touch with working people. If you're ready for the responsibility, organize a labor union of the unemployed, so you can join your efforts to those of the millions that are out of work by no choice of their own; put the resources and knowledge you have developed at their disposal, learn from their stories and wisdom, and compose a strategy by which the ones at the bottom of this society can turn it upside down.
utilities
No building is an island. Anywhere big business sets up shop there are pipes, wires. Instructions
roads, sidewalks, and electromagnetic signals connecting it to the things it needs. These Lifelines
are the lifelines of the target, the legs it stands on. Lifelines include electricity, telephone,
fuel, ventilation, perimeter security, water/plumbing, and data lines such as DSL, cable,
and satellite. If any of these lifelines is disrupted, the business will not run properly, and
it may lose money. If several of them are disrupted, a dear message will be sent and
damage to business-as-usual will be more than merely annoying. Though the examples
below are based on common lifelines, each target will have its own particulars. Do your
own research, locate essential components. Think through their daily operations, walk
around the perimeter, get inside, join the staff.
A note on timing: when planning multiple strikes on one target, think hard about the best order in which to execute actions. For instance, security cameras should be disabled first, and phone lines last, since disabling the phone lines may trigger an alarm system if one has not been triggered already. Save any action that may generate noise for last, while carrying out your most effective plans as early as possible, in case you're interrupted. 585
Gas Adjustable wrench or Ingredients large pair of pliers
Padlock of the sort you're likely to find unlocked on gates and dumpsters
Instructions
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The meat and fried food served at fast food establishments are cooked by means of natural gas?lots of it! The gas meter and shut-off valve are located outside the restaurant to
facilitate easy shut-off in an emergency situation. Emergency situations can range from a grease fire in the kitchen to the exploitation of workers vtrho are economically coerced into serving poisonous, factory-farmed, commodified flesh and genetically-engineered vegetable matter to their fellow civilians for the profit of a corporation that doesn't give a fuck about anyone. Sorry if we oversimplify. Did you want fries and a shake with that?
Gas goes into the restaurant through an easy-to-recognize meter located around back. The meter is a bulbous object about the size of a small wastebasket, mounted at about knee height. It is generally painted blue or gray and has a little window for gauges. It will bear the name of the local gas provider. Conveniently these are often obscured by shrubbery or otherwise out of public view, as they are thought to be unsightly; this will make your job all the easier.
There are at least two pipes connected to the meter One pipe comes from the ground and goes into the meter Another goes from the meter into the building. On either or both of these pipes there will be a valve. The valve wiU be in the middle of a straight length of pipe. It wall look like a fitting that joins two pipes. In the middle of the fitting there will be a rectangular tab, basically the only protruding object readily accessible for turning. If the gas is on, the tab will be oriented parallel to the pipe. To turn the gas off, use your wrench to reposition the tab 90 degrees counterclockwise so that the tab is perpendicular to the pipe {figure 20.1). A parallel tab means gas is flowing, a tab perpendicular to the pipe means the gas is off.
If there is more than one valve connected to the meter, one of them may already be turned off. Never turn on a valve that is already off.
