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: Algorithmic Power & AI: Who Really Controls the Machines? (Part 18)

AI has exploded into our lives - promising progress, efficiency and a better future. But behind the marketing lies a deeper question: who benefits when decisions, surveillance and power are delegated to algorithms? This part examines how AI reinforces existing hierarchies - from predictive policing and corporate control to border security and surveillance capitalism - and why the myth of “neutral technology” is so dangerous. We explore: • AI as a new global empire built on data • Algorithms that amplify racism, inequality and exclusion • Corporate AI used to manage and discipline workers • State adoption of AI for borders, policing and social control • Open-source, co-operative and commons-based alternatives • Why anarchism demands transparent, accountable technology • The role of low-tech resilience in strong communities • How AI could support a resource-based society - if we governed it collectively AI won’t save us - and it won’t destroy us. But it will intensify whichever structures of power it serves. From the book: 35. Algorithmic power and artificial intelligence Algorithms as disguised authority AI in the service of States and corporations Counter-currents – commons and cooperative AI The myth of neutrality and the abdication of responsibility Case study – predictive policing in Los Angeles Case study – co-operative platforms and open algorithms Low-tech resilience – why AI is not enough Speculative horizons – AI in a resource-based society AI conclusion – technology is not destiny ► 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

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