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 62. Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination In this episode, we examine a familiar belief: that anarchism sounds fine in theory, but falls apart once real people, real scale and real conflict enter the picture. The doubt usually appears in a few forms. That human beings are selfish by nature. That cooperation only works in small groups. That anything outside State control invites chaos or violence. And that the system is now too entrenched to change without collapse. These claims feel intuitive because they are repeated constantly. But much of what is blamed on “human nature” turns out to be shaped by environment, inequality and enforced competition. This episode looks at how anarchist ideas respond to those doubts – through federation, redundancy, everyday practices of cooperation, and experiments that begin now rather than waiting for catastrophe. The discussion is grounded in something concrete: food. Global food systems already produce abundance, yet hunger persists because distribution is governed by profit. Rethinking food makes clear how deeply our doubts are tied to existing power structures – and how differently things could work. Rather than offering slogans or ideology, this project asks what actually works – and what quietly reproduces hierarchy, authority and control. This mini-series responds to questions and objections that come up repeatedly in discussion, comments and debate, but are not covered in depth in the main book. Each episode isolates one recurring claim and examines it directly. 📚 From the book: Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination Section 93 – Obstacles and doubts – and how to meet them • Human nature – myth and malleability • Scale – from small groups to federations • Violence, sabotage and repression • Too hard, too late? • Meeting the doubts • Global food systems – towards sustainability and choice ► 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