146. James C. Scott's Two Cheers for Anarchism -- Luke Kemp
Luke Kemp returns to the show to discuss Two Cheers for Anarchism, James C. Scott's six essays or "fragments" applying an anarchist squint to the world. Luke and I discuss the joy of Scott's book, it'...
26 Feb 20251h 3min
145. Debt Discussion 11, The Great Divergence with Christopher Isett
Christopher Isett joins me to discuss the rise of capitalism and "The Great Divergence," in which Christendom transformed itself from an obscure corner of the world into the dominant global power. Jus...
20 Feb 202558min
144. Victor Serge, Anarchist Bolshevik -- Mitchell Abidor
Today Mitch Abidor joins me to discuss Victor Serge: acclaimed novelist, anarchist, Bolshevik, anticommunist, and all-around 20th century contradiction. Mitch and I discuss the legend of Serge, what's...
12 Feb 202554min
143. Graeber's Debt Chapter 11: Age of Great Capitalist Empires
What is capitalism?It's not efficient markets, factories, and free labor.It's the financialization of empire and slavery, using greed, shame, indignation, and debt.And that means the first great capit...
5 Feb 202538min
142. Green Earth -- Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson returns to discuss his novel Green Earth, a technothriller about a near future world in which scientists work to solve the global climate crisis. Stan and I discuss how the book w...
29 Jan 20251h
141. A New Model for Food and Politics -- Mark Bittman
Mark Bittman returns to Everyday Anarchism to discuss Community Kitchen, his new model for how we can do restaurant food better by running nonprofit restaurants rooted in their communities.But we also...
27 Nov 202451min
140. Graeber's Hidden Truth of the World -- Shawn from SRSLY Wrong
Shawn Vulliez from SRSLY Wrong joins me to discuss the new collection of David Graeber essays, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World. Shawn and I talk about the tyranny of economics and how Graeber g...
14 Nov 20241h 13min
139. Hill's The World Turned Upside Down -- Ann Hughes (English Revolution)
A spectre is haunting the Everyday Anarchism series on the English revolution: the spectre of Christopher Hill's 1972 book The World Turned Upside Down. It turns out most of the ideas I've shared in t...
6 Nov 202454min
