Practical Anarchy - A Guide to Self Determination

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.

Curated by: Dicky Dread's mixes and books (67 videos)

Currently Playing: Religion, War and Power (Part 29)

Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination In this episode, we examine how religion has been repeatedly mobilised to justify war, empire and violence – from medieval crusades to modern geopolitics. Far from being a purely spiritual force, organised religion has often functioned as a moral cloak for State power, resource extraction and profit. We explore how religious language sanctifies military violence, settler colonialism and even nuclear annihilation, before turning to the contemporary United States. There, evangelical Christianity, capitalism and authoritarian politics have fused into a powerful system shaping law, culture and inequality – from the prosperity gospel to culture wars and the erosion of reproductive rights. Rather than treating religion as belief alone, this episode looks at religion as infrastructure – a system that disciplines, legitimises and anaesthetises, often working hand-in-hand with money and the State. 📚 From the book in this part: 51. Religion, war and violence Case study – The Iraq War as a “crusade” Case study – Settler colonialism in the West Bank Religion and the nuclear age 52. The dire situation in the United States – religion, capitalism and authoritarian politics ► 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 #religion #war #politics #capitalism #imperialism #authoritarianism #history #counterculture

Tracks in this Playlist