Greetings. We'll bypass the formalities and let you know right away that we're basically a bunch of guys who give a shit. Specifically, we give a shit about the global militarization of police forces intented to protect civilians, that are beginning to do serious damage to those very civilians.

This release marks the beginning of our campaign against this destructive evolution from police department to suppressive military that is occurring all around the world. We have to make it stop, before we become unable to do so. To see full details of this operation, go here

We have targeted a series of companies and governmental bodies involved in the manufacture, supply and consumption of police non-lethal weaponry. These are groups that quite directly thrive off of suffering; their business is nothing without burning lungs, boiling eyes and damaged kidneys. Our target list, with reasons, is below.

AMTEC, along with its subsidiary Less Lethal Systems, has supplied tear gas and non-lethal weaponry to oppressive governments all around the world. Tear gas manufactured by AMTEC has been found at the site of the Malaysian Bersih 2.0 rally, where 967 canisters of the gas - which induces tears, pain, vomiting and blindness - were used on hundreds of innocent civilians. Tear gas is a violent and brutal method of suppression, and encounters with it have ended countless lives. It regularly causes permanent damage to the eyes and lungs, and is defined in Article II of the Chemical Weapons Convention as a chemical weapon.

Full details on our attack on GoPresto can be found here.

Combined Systems have provided their tear gas and munitions to the governments of Israel and Egypt, and describe some of their products as "ideal for forcing subjects from small rooms", or as "deliver[ing] maximum heat and greater force to deal with resistance and non-compliance". Among their-non gaseous products are listed "Sting-Ball grenades", and the "VENOM" tube-launched munition system.

Full details on our attack on Combined Systems can be found here.

There is more to come

Please join us in protesting against the supply and use of these damaging, torturous substances in peaceful civilian situations. Our cities and towns are not warzones, and they should not be treated like warzones.