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: Federation, not Isolation (Part 49)

In this episode of Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination, we explore why anarchism cannot survive as isolated enclaves. Local autonomy matters, but without federation it is vulnerable to repression, scarcity and exhaustion. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples, this section shows how federated structures balance local decision-making with collective strength – offering a viable alternative to both centralised States and disconnected communes. 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: • 80. Federation, not isolation • Case studies – historical precedents – from the CNT to Chiapas • Case studies – contemporary federations – global and local • Case study – The Basque separatist movement • Low-tech federations – resilience beyond the Internet • Federation as survival and transformation ► 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 #federation #mutualaid #autonomy #selfdetermination #anticapitalism #grassroots

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