About this manual
Since East Bay Food Not Bombs came together in 1991, requests for information have come in from people interested in starting a new group somewhere else, or who are interested in learning more about what other Food Not Bombs groups have tried and done.
Finally, in 1997, a radical bunch of volunteers decided to develop a similar operator's manual, which became the first edition of the World FNB Operator's Manual. They wanted it to be:
1. Concise enough to xerox - We assume that the reader
knows what Food Not Bombs is and may have had some direct experience.
Readers starting from zero should get the book Food Not Bombs mentioned
above or check out a group in their area.
2. Informational rather than propagandistic - We write propaganda ourselves
and know its shortcomings as a source of accurate information. Here we
assume that the reader is already interested in, if not committed to,
Food Not Bombs, and we seek to be honest about current conflicts and controversies.
3. Not centered on the Bay Area - We try to detail the considerations
of doing Food Not Bombs in small towns or cities with little progressive
culture. There's not a lot about getting arrested or booked, which has
generally only happened in a few cities, especially San Francisco. If
this happens, call SF FNB or us at the numbers in the back and we'll talk.
This is an attempt to inspire, to educate, and to expose some gory details about the processes, mistakes and experiences that we have had over the years.
Give us feedback at the following address/phone/email. And since the last version of this was 4 years ago, and we have no idea when it'll be revised again, make your own manual, and send us one so we can plagiarize your ideas.
east bay food not bombs
c/o the long haul infoshop
3124 shattuck avenue
berkeley, ca 94705
510.644.4187
ebfnb@ebfnb.org
www.ebfnb.org
ANTI-COPYRIGHT...If we didn't want you to copy it we wouldn't distribute it (!)
