Just when we assume things couldn’t get worse, along comes Worse to remind us that we should be careful about assuming. Case in point: On Tuesday, we learned that a shadowy group is circulating a terrorist how-to guide among students. American college students, at Columbia University and, presumably, other institutions as well.
This little blood-red guide, we note, was produced by a group that celebrated the Hamas Oct. 7th attacks on Israel. It contains tips like:
Step 1 – Create a cell. A cell is an autonomous group taking actions without detection as part of Palestine Action Underground.
To build your cell, it is crucial that you only invite TRUSTED people to take part in it. You don’t need loads of people either. Keeping the cell small, makes it more secure.
And then what is this cell to do? Read on:
Step 2 – Pick a Target. A starting point for research is to make sure your (sic) using a secure browser when looking into complicit companies.
And here’s the goal:
Step 5 – Take Action. Adrenaline and nerves will be pumping through you at the same time. This is normal. Make sure you run through your plans right before taking action another time, to make sure everyone is on the same page. Then go for it.
Here’s the cover; you see what we mean by “little red pamphlet.”
This terrorism how-to guide is being distributed to students. American students. In America. pic.twitter.com/LUf68vnsjO
— Ward Clark (@TheGreatLander) March 18, 2025
The manual was discovered at Columbia by an online group that works to expose antisemitic activity.
Israel-based Shirion Collective, an online group that works to “track and expose” antisemitism, has shared screenshots of the manual on Instagram, claiming it was “found at Columbia University.” The group did not respond to a message from The Post on Tuesday asking it to elaborate on how and where the manual was found.
The full manual goes into great detail on everything from creating a “cell” of troublemakers to evading detection from law enforcement after committing criminal acts in the name of the cause.
Activists are advised to conduct reconnaissance missions, taking note of things such as security presence or police patrols, and whether the site has any cameras, alarms or barbed wire fences.
“How high a ladder would be needed to get over fences?” the guide notes.
The missive’s all-important step 4, “plan your action,” is where it veers into offering specific tactics for how to “destrupt [sic], damage or destroy your target,” with headings such as “spray paint,” “smashing windows and exterior equipment,” “block their pipes” and “break in.”
Note that they carefully and no doubt deliberately shy away from advocating for attacking people, only to commit acts of gross vandalism, arson, and intimidation. These are still acts of violence, carried out with the intent to intimidate to forward a political/religious agenda – ergo, terrorism.
This could get very ugly very fast.
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Palestine Action, the group that reportedly produced this handy guide to antisemitic terrorism, is a UK-based group that is known for this kind of thing in Britain; it seems they are branching out. A number of their members have been arrested in the UK for acts similar to those described in the manual. But the United States is not Britain, and anyone who adheres to this group runs a far greater risk than their UK-based counterparts.
It’s all very well for them to encourage a bunch of young skulls full of mush to set up tents and squat while claiming “solidarity” with Hamas and their ilk. Most of the protests, after all, have been pretty pathetic; one of the Columbia encampments started to come apart when the protestors ran out of food and water and Columbia (to its credit) didn’t deliver them free rations.
If they start taking this little red pamphlet to heart, though, that would result in another escalation – a serious one.
And, finally:
Columbia University did not respond to a Post request for comment.
You don’t say.
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