Dark Harvest Commandos: The Complete Manifesto

The full explanation of why activists stole anthrax-laced soil from Gruinard Island and delivered it to Porton Down

View towards Gruinard Island — Roger McLachlan / CC BY-SA 2.0

On 10 October 1981, the Glasgow Herald ran a short article on the front page: “Anthrax island mystery.” The Herald said it had received a communication from a group claiming to have removed a…