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Audible Anarchism

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The Mexican by Jack London

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The story can be read at https://libcom.org/article/mexican-jack-london Jack London's short story about a young boxer who uses his prize money to fund the Mexican Revolution.

Jun 21, 20251 hr 2 minEp. 356

War is the Health of the State by Randolph Bourne

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Essay can be read at https://reddebreksbowl.blogspot.com/2025/04/war-is-health-of-state-1918-by-randolph.html Randolph Silliman Bourne was a progressive writer and intellectual born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University. He is considered to be a spokesman for the young radicals living during World War I. His articles appeared in journals including The Seven Arts and The New Republic....

Jun 14, 202514 minEp. 355

Assembly Line by B. Traven

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The story can be read at https://libcom.org/article/assembly-line-b-traven "This is an early Traven story, taken, in an uncredited translation, (probably by Traven himself - I have Anglicised the spelling) from The Night Visitor and other stories, Allison & Busby, 1983 - a volume long out of print. The original German version - Der Grossindustrielle - was first published by the Buchergilde Gutenburg in 192...

Jun 07, 202528 minEp. 354

The Anarchist Conception of Revolution by Luigi Fabbri

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com It can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/luigi-fabbri-the-anarchist-concept-of-the-revolution Chapter X of “Dittatura e Rivoluzione” by Luigi Fabbri commenting on strategy and tactics and the Anarchist approach to Revolution.

May 31, 202535 minEp. 353

Anarchy Works, Chapter 08, The Future

For questions, comments or to get involved, send us an e-maill at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism....

May 24, 202530 minEp. 351

Anarchy Works, Chapter 07, Neighbouring Societies

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism....

May 17, 202545 minEp. 350

Anarchy Works, Chapter 06, Revolution

For questions, comments or to get involved, send us an e-mail at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism....

May 10, 20252 hr 11 minEp. 349

Anarchy Works, Chapter 05, Crime

For questions, comments or to get involved, send us an e-maill at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism....

May 03, 20251 hr 3 minEp. 348

Mayday — its anarchist origins and meaning today

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The text can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/andrew-flood-mayday-its-anarchist-origins-and-meaning-today Andrew Flood's short history on the origins of the 1st of May as International Workers' Day and how its legacy compares to its promotion in the present.

May 01, 202510 minEp. 352

Anarchy Works, Chapter 04, Environment

For questions, comments or to get involved, send us an e-maill at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism....

Apr 26, 202537 minEp. 347

Anarchy Works, Chapter 03, Economy

For questions, comments or to get involved, send us an e-maill at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism....

Apr 19, 20251 hr 55 minEp. 346

Anarchy Works, Chapter 02, Decisions

For questions, comments or to get involved, send us an e-maill at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism....

Apr 12, 202557 minEp. 345

Anarchy Works, Chapter 01, Human Nature

For questions, comments or to get involved, send us an e-maill at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism....

Apr 05, 20251 hr 18 minEp. 344

Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderloos - Introduction

For questions, comments or to get involved, send us an e-maill at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism....

Mar 29, 202522 minEp. 343

Become an Anarchist or forever hold your peace, by CrimethInc

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The text can be read at https://crimethinc.com/2025/02/21/become-an-anarchist-or-forever-hold-your-peace As Donald Trump and Elon Musk subordinate the United States government to their pursuit of totalitarian power, their opponents remain in a defensive posture, accusing them of lawlessness. But neither courts nor laws will halt the descent into autocracy. Massive numbers of people will have to take it upon th...

Mar 22, 202525 minEp. 342

An Entertaining Story; A Short Corporate Fiction by Marc L. Sherman

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/marc-l-sherman-an-entertaining-story-a-short-corporate-fiction Originally published in “Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed” #40 Spring/Summer ’94. Vol. 14, No. 2 A comedic short story about work life and corporate culture....

Mar 15, 202518 minEp. 340

The Petropavlovsk Resolution

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The resolution can be read at https://libcom.org/article/petropavlovsk-resolution The demands of the Kronstadt insurgents. February 28, 1921; expressed in the “Resolution of the General Meeting of the Crews of the Ships of the Line, Kronstadt”. Original Source: Pravda o Kronshtadte (Prague: Volia Rossii, 1921), pp. 46-7.

Mar 08, 20254 minEp. 341

Class Struggle Anarchism, a Punk on the Picket line

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com An account from a Punk in Bristol of their time spent on picket lands and outlining practical tips for solidarity and direct action. Written in 1985 as an article for the one off news-sheet ACAB Fight Back. The article and the rest of the newspaper can be read at https://libcom.org/article/class-struggle-anarchism-punk-picket-line-1985...

Mar 01, 20256 minEp. 339

A Catastrophe by Ricardo Flores Magón

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The story can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ricardo-flores-magon-a-catastrophe A short story relating to the then ongoing Mexican Revolution. Translated from Spanish by Mitchell Cowen Verter. From “Regeneration” number 72. January 13, 1912.

Feb 22, 202510 minEp. 338

What we can learn from the protests in Moscow (2019) by Mikola Dziadok

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Article can be read at https://therussianreader.com/2019/08/04/mikola-dziadok-moscow-protests/ A short summary of developments in protests and protest policing in the Russian Federation by Belarusian Anarchist and political prisoner Mikola Dziadok. More information on Dziadok's condition can be found at Viasna https://prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/mikalai-dzjadok...

Feb 15, 20257 minEp. 337

The Solutions are Already Here, Chapter 5, a Truly Different Future

The book can be read at https://archive.org/details/TheSolutionsareAlreadyHere/page/n9/mode/2up And purchased at https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345116/the-solutions-are-already-here/ Are alternative energies and Green New Deals enough to deliver environmental justice? Peter Gelderloos argues that international governmental responses to the climate emergency are structurally incapable of solving the crisis. But there is hope. Across the world, grassroots networks of local communities are worki...

Feb 08, 20251 hr 48 minEp. 336

The Solutions are Already Here, Chapter 04, Verstatile Strategies

The book can be read at https://archive.org/details/TheSolutionsareAlreadyHere/page/n9/mode/2up And purchased at https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345116/the-solutions-are-already-here/ Are alternative energies and Green New Deals enough to deliver environmental justice? Peter Gelderloos argues that international governmental responses to the climate emergency are structurally incapable of solving the crisis. But there is hope. Across the world, grassroots networks of local communities are worki...

Feb 01, 20251 hr 30 minEp. 335

The Solutions are Already Here, Chapter 03

The book can be read at https://archive.org/details/TheSolutionsareAlreadyHere/page/n9/mode/2up And purchased at https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345116/the-solutions-are-already-here/ Are alternative energies and Green New Deals enough to deliver environmental justice? Peter Gelderloos argues that international governmental responses to the climate emergency are structurally incapable of solving the crisis. But there is hope. Across the world, grassroots networks of local communities are worki...

Jan 25, 20253 hr 16 minEp. 334

The Solutions are Already Here, Chapter Two, Foxes Building Henhouses

The book can be read at https://archive.org/details/TheSolutionsareAlreadyHere/page/n9/mode/2up And purchased at https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345116/the-solutions-are-already-here/ Are alternative energies and Green New Deals enough to deliver environmental justice? Peter Gelderloos argues that international governmental responses to the climate emergency are structurally incapable of solving the crisis. But there is hope. Across the world, grassroots networks of local communities are worki...

Jan 18, 20252 hr 54 minEp. 333

The Solutions are Already Here, Chapter One, A Wide-Angle View

The book can be read at https://archive.org/details/TheSolutionsareAlreadyHere/page/n9/mode/2up And purchased at https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345116/the-solutions-are-already-here/ Are alternative energies and Green New Deals enough to deliver environmental justice? Peter Gelderloos argues that international governmental responses to the climate emergency are structurally incapable of solving the crisis. But there is hope. Across the world, grassroots networks of local communities are worki...

Jan 11, 20252 hr 14 minEp. 332

An Appeal to the Young by Peter Kropotkin

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com You can read the Appeal at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-an-appeal-to-the-young Addressed to young men and women preparing to enter the professions, An Appeal to the Young was first published in 1880 in Kropotkin’s paper, La Revolte, and was soon thereafter issued as a pamphlet. An American edition was brought out by Charles H. Kerr in 1899, in the wake of the great Anarchist’s first U...

Jan 04, 202557 minEp. 331

Colonisation by Jean Grave

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The text can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jean-grave-colonization Jean Graves 1912 examination and condemnation of colonialism. The text first appeared in his larger work Moribund Society and Anarchy (1893) and was updated and released as a standalone work in 1912.

Dec 28, 202418 minEp. 324

An Anarchist Guide to Christmas, Can we reclaim Christmas for the masses?

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The article can read online at https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/an-anarchist-guide-to-christmas/ Ruth Kinna's examination of Christmas, Kropotkin's connections to the traditions and the potential within it for Anarchist praxis.

Dec 24, 20248 minEp. 330

Lifeboats and Anarchy by the RNLI

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Article can be read here https://libcom.org/article/life-boats-and-anarchy A short article published in the Lifeboat's Newsletter in the 1960s on Mutual Aid.

Dec 21, 20246 minEp. 321

Revolutionary Women by the Anarchist Federation

For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The pamphlet can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anarchist-federation-revolutionary-women A pamphlet produced by the Anarchist Federation highlighting the contributions of several important though often overlooked Revolutionary Women. Read for us by Sara S-CW of the Whizbanger Show https://thewhizbangershow.com/

Dec 14, 20241 hr 22 minEp. 327
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