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: Digital Tech, Capitalism’s Masks & the Myth of Free Markets (Part 19)

Today’s episode explores three interconnected themes behind modern power: • How digital technology began as a space of freedom - and how it was captured by corporate platforms and State surveillance. • How capitalism constantly reinvents itself through new masks: green slogans, digital utopias, gig-economy “freedom,” and more. • Why markets are not natural, neutral or self-regulating - and how crises, inflation, speculation and manipulation are baked into the system. We look at examples from the free-software movement, surveillance capitalism, Iceland’s 2008 crash, the FTX collapse, and the risks posed by AI-driven financial systems. Practical Anarchy is about understanding how power operates so ordinary people can build systems beyond hierarchy, domination and control. From the book: 36. Digital technology and anarchism 37. Capitalism’s many masks Neoliberalism – freedom as austerity Green and digital capitalism – eco slogans and surveillance profits The gig economy – precarity disguised as choice Why the masks matter 38. The false promises of markets Market “efficiency” as ideology Crises, crashes and predictability Case study – Iceland 2008 Case study – the crypto crash Speculation and financialisation The myth of self-regulation The next crash? ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/ ► Buy the book: https://bit.ly/practical-anarchy-book #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture 👉 Subscribe for the full series 👉 Share your thoughts - it really boosts the video

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