167. Henry Fonda for President -- Alexander Horwath

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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034. Proudhon's "What is Property" with Edward Castleton

034. Proudhon's "What is Property" with Edward Castleton

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033. The Shame Machine With Cathy O'Neil

033. The Shame Machine With Cathy O'Neil

Cathy O'Neil - a veteran of both Wall Street and Occupy Wall Street - joins me to discuss her new book, The Shame Machine. We discuss her previous book, Weapons of Math Destruction, how it led her to ...

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032. Anarchism is...The Dawn of Everything

032. Anarchism is...The Dawn of Everything

Just before his death, David Graeber completed a manuscript of a book called The Dawn of Everything - both a serious attempt to provide an entirely new story of the origin of "civilization" and playfu...

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In this emergency Ukrainian war episode, I'm joined by Stan, the coeditor of the website for Assembly, an anarchist group in Ukraine. Assembly's main role, as he explains in our talk, is organization...

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031. Anarchism is...Bread with Mark Bittman and Kerri Conan

031. Anarchism is...Bread with Mark Bittman and Kerri Conan

Finally, on Everyday Anarchism, we turn to bread! I'm joined by Mark Bittman and Kerri Conan to discuss their new book, Bittman Bread, and how baking bread using their method can be considered anarchi...

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030. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon - from "What is Property?"

030. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon - from "What is Property?"

In this episode of Anarchism 101: An Anarchist Syllabus, I read Proudhon's famous declaration that property is theft in What is Property? This project is year-long; on the first of each month of 2022,...

2 Mar 202245min

029. Anarchism is...Mardi Gras with Meredith King

029. Anarchism is...Mardi Gras with Meredith King

In this episode, Meredith King of the University of New Orleans joins me to discuss Mardi Gras. We begin with the liberatory possibility of historical carnivals, as drawn from the works of David Graeb...

1 Mar 202257min

028. Peter Kropotkin's "Anarchism" with Ruth Kinna

028. Peter Kropotkin's "Anarchism" with Ruth Kinna

In this February 2022 discussion episode of Anarchism 101, I discuss Kropotkin's "Anarchism" with Ruth Kinna. Join me and Ruth as we discuss Kropotkin's life, his place in the history of anarchism, an...

23 Feb 202259min

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