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.

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Currently Playing: Religion, Resistance and the End of God (Part 30)

In this episode of Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination, we examine one of the most difficult questions anarchism poses: Can religion ever be compatible with freedom? We explore moments where faith has fuelled resistance rather than obedience – from liberation theology in Latin America to Quaker consensus decision-making and Buddhist anarchist currents. But we also ask why these movements are repeatedly pulled back into hierarchy, authority and control. The episode then turns to a hard conclusion: religion functions as a psychological State. Like money, advertising and nationalism, it governs behaviour through guilt, obedience and invisible authority. Drawing on Bakunin, Goldman and contemporary critics, this section argues that a genuinely anarchist world cannot emerge while sacred hierarchies remain intact. 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, gods and State control ✅ From the book Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination 📚 Sections in this episode: 53. Resistance within religions 54. Why religion must go before a truly anarchist world can emerge 55. Conclusion – breaking faith, reclaiming freedom ► 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 #politicaltheory #counterculture #anticapitalism #antiauthoritarianism

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