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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📖 PART 58. Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination In this episode, we examine the assumption that punishment is necessary for justice and public safety. Modern justice systems are built on the idea that people commit harm because they are sinful, immoral or criminal by nature. This belief is culturally produced, reinforced through religion, law and political authority. In reality, harm is shaped by conditions – poverty, trauma, inequality, alienation, propaganda and social neglect. Treating crime as a moral failing hides these causes and legitimises punishment, incarceration and surveillance. Rather than preventing harm, punishment often deepens it. Survivors are pushed into adversarial systems that question and minimise their experience, while communities are left managing the consequences of unmet needs. This episode explores what justice looks like when prevention, care and repair replace punishment – and why real safety begins with meeting needs rather than enforcing fear. Rather than offering slogans or ideology, this series asks what actually works – and what quietly reproduces hierarchy, authority and control. 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 referenced: • 89. Crime, justice and care without the State • Prevention before punishment • Survivor-centred responses • The shifting idea of crime • From justice to care ► 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