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 examine why political parties retain such deep loyalty even as they repeatedly fail to deliver meaningful change. Parties endure not because of their policies but because they position themselves as protection against chaos, uncertainty and social breakdown. This episode explores how fear is cultivated as a tool of discipline, how party loyalty is inherited and ritualised across generations, and how belonging and identity substitute for real political power. Voting becomes habit rather than agency, while dissent is safely managed within electoral cycles. We then turn to how parties weaponise identity. From Brexit-era polarisation in the UK and culture-war politics in the US, to communal division in India, racialised politics in South Africa and populist mobilisation in Brazil, identity is sharpened into an electoral weapon. Cultural conflict replaces structural critique, ensuring capitalism and State power remain untouched. For anarchists, the lesson is clear: domination is not only structural but psychological. Fear, habit and belonging lock people into systems that exploit them. Breaking free requires building solidarities that exist beyond party structures and resist the fragmentation they depend on. 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. ✅ From the book: Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination 📚 Sections in this episode: 58. Why people cling to parties – fear, habit and belonging Fear narratives and the myth of chaos Inter-generational party loyalty Belonging, identity and political tribes Case study: US evangelical loyalty to the Republican Party 59. Identity politics and division – how parties exploit difference The UK and US template for polarisation Case study: India and communal politics Case study: South Africa and racialised party politics Case study: Brazil and populist polarisation ► 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 #politics #partyPolitics #identityPolitics #statePower #capitalism #mutualAid #classStruggle #practicalAnarchy