This playlist presents the main video series based on Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination. Taken together, these episodes form a connected, cumulative argument rather than a collection of standalone videos. Each part builds on what came before, gradually dismantling familiar assumptions about power, authority, money, work, democracy, punishment, technology and control. Rather than treating anarchism as a political identity or future blueprint, the series approaches it as a practical method of analysis. It asks how authority is normalised, how obedience is learned, and how social systems that present themselves as natural or necessary are historically contingent and actively maintained. The series moves from critique to construction. Early sections expose the myths that underpin the State, markets and hierarchy. Later chapters explore how people already organise life outside those frameworks through mutual aid, informal cooperation, shared resources and non-coercive forms of accountability. The emphasis throughout is on understanding why existing systems fail before asking what might replace them. These videos are designed to be watched in sequence. They assume attention, patience and a willingness to question deeply held beliefs. The aim is not persuasion or recruitment, but clarity – offering tools for thinking about freedom, responsibility and social organisation without rulers.
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In this episode of Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination, we move from workplace resistance to the deeper question anarchism cannot avoid: money itself. Section 71 looks at wildcat strikes and solidarity networks – moments where workers refuse permission, disrupt wage labour from within, and rely on mutual aid rather than official channels. These struggles remind us that autonomy is often built experimentally, inside the system as well as beyond it. Section 72 draws the chapter together. Without dismantling money, anarchism remains unfinished. Money binds together wage slavery, religion and party politics, training obedience while presenting itself as neutral necessity. From barter to crypto to green capitalism, attempts to escape control repeatedly reproduce hierarchy unless the underlying logic is confronted. And yet, alternatives persist. From travellers and squats to digital commons and mutual aid, cooperation keeps re-emerging in the cracks of capitalism. With technology, renewables and even fusion energy, the means for abundance already exist – what’s missing is a shift in social logic from accumulation to collective stewardship. This isn’t utopia deferred. It’s a call to grow what already exists – now. This series follows the structure of the book and builds a connected critique of power, money, the State, work, control, technology, ecology and resistance – one section at a time. This project is about: • Exposing hidden systems of power • Reclaiming autonomy • Mutual aid over hierarchy • Life beyond wage slavery and State control ✅ From the book: Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination 📚 Sections in this episode: • 71. Wildcat strikes and solidarity networks • 72. Chapter conclusion – teasing forward ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #mutualaid #wageslavery #anticapitalism #solidarity #autonomy #commons #resistance #degrowth