167. Henry Fonda for President -- Alexander Horwath
Everyday Anarchism29 Syys 2025

167. Henry Fonda for President -- Alexander Horwath

More than any other individual, Henry Fonda was a symbol for better, more leftist, more social democratic America, from The Grapes of Wrath to 12 Angry Men. He even played an English professor who faced cancellation for teaching anarchist literature!

Then in the 1960s, he was the literal father figure that New Left Hollywood figures Jane and Peter Fonda were rebelling against. And Henry let himself be used as a villain in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, playing the embodiment of rapacious American capitalism.

Alexander Horwath weaves together all these threads into his essay film Henry Fonda for President. As we live in a world haunted by 50 years of neoliberal decay, the America Fonda represented seems further away than ever, even as his films still crackle with righteous rage against injustice. Alex and I talk about all these issues and more - I hope you enjoy the conversation, and see the film when you have a chance!

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080. Voltairine de Cleyre - - Leonard Williams

080. Voltairine de Cleyre - - Leonard Williams

In this discussion episode of Anarchism 101, Leonard Williams and I discuss the American anarchist Voltairine de Cleyre and her work "Anarchism and American Traditions." For more from Leonard, checkou...

19 Huhti 202356min

079. Voltairine de Cleyre - "Anarchism and American Traditions"

079. Voltairine de Cleyre - "Anarchism and American Traditions"

In this episode of Anarchism 101, I read Voltairine de Cleyre's 1909 essay "Anarchism and American Traditions." Later this month, I'll publish my conversation with Leonard Williams about this essay as...

12 Huhti 202333min

078. News from Nowhere -- Ruth Kinna

078. News from Nowhere -- Ruth Kinna

In this episode I'm joined by my most frequent guest: Ruth Kinna. Ruth and I continue our conversation about William Morris by discussing his science fictional work News from Nowhere. Ruth and I discu...

29 Maalis 202343min

077. The Republic of the Farmers Market -- Richard McCarthy

077. The Republic of the Farmers Market -- Richard McCarthy

In this episode I'm joined by Richard McCarthy, a longtime activist around food issues, most especially the creation of farmers markets. In addition to his work with the New Orleans Crescent City Farm...

15 Maalis 202350min

076. Anarchism and Oscar Wilde -- Deaglán Ó Donghaile

076. Anarchism and Oscar Wilde -- Deaglán Ó Donghaile

In this episode, Deaglán Ó Donghaile and I discuss Oscar Wilde's connection to revolutionary anarchism, and in particular his idiosyncratic manifesto, "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." For more on Wi...

1 Maalis 202353min

075. Batman Begins vs. Anarchism -- David Hill

075. Batman Begins vs. Anarchism -- David Hill

Continuing my series, Batman vs. Anarchism, I'm joined on this episode by my esteemed colleague David Hill to discuss Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. David and I discuss David Graeber's theory that...

15 Helmi 202354min

074. Graeber's Pirate Enlightment -- Cory Doctorow

074. Graeber's Pirate Enlightment -- Cory Doctorow

Although we lost David Graeber several years ago, we are still getting the bittersweet joy of reading new books by him. This week, Cory Doctorow joins me to discuss Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real L...

1 Helmi 202357min

073. Our Suicidal Food System -- Mark Bittman and Ricardo Salvador

073. Our Suicidal Food System -- Mark Bittman and Ricardo Salvador

On this episode, Mark Bittman and Ricard Salvador discuss our broken food system and what we can do about it. Jumping off from Mark's fantastic book, Animal, Vegetable, Junk, we discuss the exploitati...

25 Tammi 202341min

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