In short, “The Anarchist’s Cookbook by William Powell is about explosives, drugs, and weapons. William Powell first wrote this instructional book as a teenager in 1971 to protest against how much the United States was involved in the Vietnam War. He had always planned on being a writer, but when he attempted to be drafted into the Vietnam War, there was only the political side of writing left to focus on. Powell came up with “recipes” made into a “cookbook” on how to make flammable handheld weapons and LSD. There were also instructions on how to operate firearms and how to attack different kinds of groundworks. Powell’s main goal of this writing was to teach the general population how to organize against fascists, capitalist, and communist threats. He believed that violence was by all means acceptable if that is what it takes to see political change. Although this author tried very hard to destroy his cookbook when he became older, it was already sent off to a publisher who would not budge. He could not compete with copyright and publishing laws. This was not what I expected this reading to be about. I found this reading interesting and abnormal at the same time. When you see the word “cookbook,” you obviously think about food first. The fact that this book is banned in Australia and used as evidence in cases of terrorism in the United Kingdom should speak for itself. I find it so bizarre that the writings of this book came from someone my age. This leads me to think that not much of this information can be that accurate. It was even later found that a few of the explosives he was describing did not even exist. Perhaps he just dreamed of them. Overall, this reading was unexpected and strange. I would not consider this to be an informative piece of writing, but it is worth a read for yourself.