027. Anarchism is...James Fallows's Our Towns
Everyday Anarchism16 Helmi 2022

027. Anarchism is...James Fallows's Our Towns

This episode features my conversation with James Fallows, a legendary journalist whose work Our Towns is one of the inspirations for Everyday Anarchism. James and his wife Deb flew all over the country in their small airplane, documenting the ways that American democracy works at the grassroots level. In this conversation, James and I discuss the dysfunction of the federal government, the historically reactionary nature of the federal government, and the way that our towns offer a grassroots alternative to that reactionary system. Plus I try to convince James that his efforts against leaf blowers will save the world.

For more context on the federal dysfunction of right now, see James's interview on Plain English. For more from James and Deb, check out their foundation: https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ or watch the HBO Documentary about their work https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/our-towns

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179. Socialism from Bernie to Mamdani -- Dan Chiasson

179. Socialism from Bernie to Mamdani -- Dan Chiasson

Dan Chiasson joins me to discuss his combined Bernie and Burlington biography, Bernie for Burlington, and the connections between Bernie's socialism and Mamdani's socialism.You can purchase Dan's book...

4 Helmi 57min

178. Fighting for the Future of PM Press -- Ramsey Kanaan

178. Fighting for the Future of PM Press -- Ramsey Kanaan

For almost 20 years, PM Press has been publishing brilliant anarchist books, including many covered on this podcast. Co-Founder Ramsey Kanaan joins me to discuss what PM Press does, how it works on an...

21 Tammi 40min

177. Year One of the Second Trump Regime -- Leonard Williams

177. Year One of the Second Trump Regime -- Leonard Williams

Leonard Williams, who was my second guest on this podcast back in November of 2021, returns to talk about Trump's presidency over the past year, what it means, and what we can do to fight it.To hear m...

14 Tammi 49min

176. Building a World without Parkinson's -- Ray Dorsey

176. Building a World without Parkinson's -- Ray Dorsey

Ray Dorsey joins me to discuss The Parkinson's Plan, his new book about fighting and hopefully ending the disease. Ray and his co-author Michael S. Okun show that Parkinson's is primarily caused by hu...

7 Tammi 41min

175. The Battle of Seattle -- D.W. Gibson

175. The Battle of Seattle -- D.W. Gibson

The modern anarchist movement began in 1999, when the World Trade Organization met in Seattle in order to create a set of rules which would require every country to accept the worst excesses of capita...

31 Joulu 202549min

174. Rules, Games, and Anarchy -- Jay Dragon

174. Rules, Games, and Anarchy -- Jay Dragon

Ever since C. Thi Nguyen appeared on the podcast, I've been trying to use games to understand more about the relationship between rules and life. Jay Dragon, whose game Wanderhome is almost ruleless, ...

24 Joulu 202552min

173. From William Morris to Bauhaus to Midcentury Modern -- Robin Schuldenfrei

173. From William Morris to Bauhaus to Midcentury Modern -- Robin Schuldenfrei

Robin Schuldenfrei rejoins me to talk more Bauhaus! In this episode, we discuss her book Luxury and Modernism, covering the complexities of the Bauhaus, which had a leftwing ethos but produced luxury ...

10 Joulu 20251h 5min

172. Liberty as Independence -- John McGowan

172. Liberty as Independence -- John McGowan

John McGowan joins me to discuss Liberty as Independence, Quentin Skinner's new book about the way that our ideals of liberty were formed in in 17th and 18th century debates. The book covers legendary...

19 Marras 20251h 16min

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