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We are committed to the discussion of all things anarchy. The Anarcho Book Club reviews and publishes the works of the world's greatest anarchists. From Goldman to Rothbard to Chomsky to Trotsky.
Today we finish off part one of The Hero With A Thousand Faces with a bang! This one is over an hour long, so sit back and relax as we move through a number of topics and I get my self talked into a corner at one point and forget what I was saying.
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Today we mix things up a little. We are minimizing our footprint at Anarcho Book Club. While we love LBRY and Peertube, it seems a little redundant and stupid to throw these episodes up there now. Neither channel gets more than 2-3 views and there are a lot more downloads of each episode via RSS and so we have decided to stop uploading to those platforms.
We have also decided to simplify production of these episodes. This episode was made purely using FFMPEG, and that's it. No editing and from now on we are going to minimize how much editing we do to each episode.
With that out of the way, we are pleased to present the conclusion of Chapter 2 of The Hero With A Thousand Faces. Hopefully you have grabbed a copy of this book and have been reading along. If not, sit back and enjoy, though you may miss some context.
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So today we aren't going to dive back into The Hero With A Thousand Faces just yet. I have discovered Monero, you see? Wanted to share some experiential thoughts on the whole concept of cryptocurrencies, Monero and Bitcoin more specifically. You'll hear me confuse my words. Rant about some other things, and give my impressions of different OSes for the Pinephone.
Also, don't forget to do something this week to limit your exposure to centralizing forces. I don't know what, but maybe check out Monero.
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I haven't quite finished taking notes for the rest of chapter 2 of The Hero With A Thousand Faces, so today we discuss anarchy in action. This is a call to action to get you thinking about what you can do to live out your own philosophy. Whether you call yourself an anarcho-communist, anarcho-capitalist, an agorist, or something else, it is all meaningless unless you actually take action. How do you stop complaining about the hardships of your life and actually take action to change your life and become the hero of your own story? I don't have the answer to specifics, but I know one thing, if you don't do something, your life will never move int he direction that you want it to.
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Today we focus on the initial trials of the hero and the beginning of the hero journey through life. I go off on a sidetrack about how this applies to anarchism and the power of myth to the individual. We also touch on the tragedy of seeking power over others.
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Today we discuss The Hero With A Thousand Faces Chapter One, Departure. We go through the stories of the hero's seclusion from the world and the beginning of the hero's rise from the dark woods. The first trial appears in this chapter and the call to action. The art of myth-making stems from this very root when the hero is called to better their community or a neighboring community.
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Today we begin our heroic journey into the book The Hero With A Thousand Faces. This books explores the realms of mythology that influence the daily lives of every individual, regardless of if they know it or not. The prologue, titled The Monomyth, helps us to discover the universal struggle of the world, through time, of the universal myth that persists throughout the world in various tales and stories relating to each culture and community.
We discuss how this related to modern day events and begin to delve into our own hero journey through each and every person's individual myth.
Notes:
The Monomyth
Learn a little about Will Durant.
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To finish up our discussion of Language and Responsibility we dive into Chomsky's discussion of what is called the Triumphs of Democracy and discuss what democracy truly is and how is affects us in our own individual lives and communities.
We also discuss the nature and meaning of voting in our so called democratic societies and the pitfalls of buying into the propaganda state.
Notes:
Triumphs of Democracy
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
In which we discuss a few things about On Language, but then shift to news about the club and future projects because I was sleepy this week and didn't get to finishing the book.
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My Briar Review
The Briar Project
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Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
Today we delve into Chomsky's work called Language and Responsibility. We discuss all measures of conspiracy and the intelligensia, as well as how to be a skeptic in a world run by massive media influences.
On Language
Notes:
The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens
Hacker Public Radio
This is just a little update for all the new listeners so that they know what this podcast is all about and what to expect. Also, there is a little rant of my own within the bits and bytes of this audio file. Enjoy!
We have now worked our way through Against Intellectual Property by Stephen Kinsella. In this podcast installment we discuss the rammifications of IP and the force that is required by government to enforce such monoplistic laws. We go off the rails a little, but eventually come back to the book.
At the end of this podcast there is a little news about the website, so stay tuned until the end, there are some questions your should consider awaiting you there.
Notes:
Libertarian Papers
The Voluntaryist Constitution
The Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom
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On Language
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Hopefully you have read Pennsylvania's Anarchist Experiment by now. We will discuss this and the living movement of Anarchist Quakers in Pennsylvania today. The two should not exactly be conflated, but they are connected by a unifying philosophy of anti-violence and individuality through unity.
Notes:
Friendly Anarchism
I came across this podcast as I was looking for some material about the modern Anarchist Quakers.
Movement for a New Society
Katherine, the Friendly Anarchist, referred me to this site for some more information about their movement.
AK Press
While visiting the Movement for a New Society, I discovered this gem of an online bookstore featuring all sorts of Anarchist authors and titles.
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
After 2 weeks of languishing about, trying to fix the website that I broke, we are back with a new update episode. These are the ramblings of a mad SubGenius about anarchism and Free Software and making excuses for missing a podcast episode last week.
There are a lot of links for this episode:
The Church of the SubGenius
The Mises Institute
Computing Without Compromise, by Klaatu
And also, we will be reading Pennsylvania's Anarchist Experiment: 1681–1690, by Murray N Rothbard for next week's podcast.
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
Today we stop shrugging our duties and cover Song of Myself. This w ill be the last poem of Leaves of Grass that we cover because it is the pinnacle of the book of poetry. I do encourage you, dear listener, to continue and finish the book. Whitman has nuggets of wisdom that should not be forgotten.
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
Today we skip out on our duties of going through Song of Myself and discuss the conept of worldview with a fun little story about my childhood and computing in the mix. In this, I try to outline a little more of how I see the concepts of anarchism in the greater world and as a greater concept/philosophy/mthology.
GNU World Order
Leaves of Grass
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
In which we discuss the poems To the States, To a Certain Cantatrice, Oh Captain! My Captain! and Me Imperturbe by Walt Whitman. We discuss the progression of Whiteman's identity through his poetry and his exortations to his readers and to the entities of his time. Meaning of life? Easy!
Leaves of Grass
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
In which we discuss the poem Eidolons by Walt Whitman and its ramifications to the ideals of anarchy and the natural liberty of humanity.
Eidolons, an essay
Leaves of Grass
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
In which we finish up the discussion of Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut with a commentary on the philosophical struggles of anarchists and the pursuit of meaning in a life seemingly driven by the automation of the "powers that be".
The Utopian Fantastic
Player Piano, by John Updike
Leaves of Grass
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
Today we discuss the first few chapters of Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut. We explore some of the archetypes setup and explained by Mr Vonnegut. We explore the distopic world in which all machines are automated and how the people of that world, too, may be automated, and how that relates to our every day life today.
The Hollow Men, by T.S. Eliot [download]
Alexander's Ragtime Band [ogg download]
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
Here we discuss archetypes and worldviews, personal mythologies and heaven/hell. Also, I urge my dear listener to join me in reading Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut. Find the book at Anarcho Book Club Library. You can then yell at me on Mastodon.
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis was a book written in 1915. It was a fantastic little read that covers the debt of a family that weighs so heavily on the main character of the book, Gregor Samsa, that is causes him to transform into an unsightly creature. I give a little summary, then go into my thoughts and how it relates to anarchism in today's society.
You can find this book on Anarcho Book Club as well as on Project Gutenberg.
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
The Conquest of Bread is perhaps one of the most important books (per my opinion) in the anarchist movement. Kropotkin covers a ton of issues surrounding the power dynamics of the capitalist system. We go through the first chapter and then I recommend that you read the whole thing many times! So, go read it! Listen to this episode and yell at me on Mastodon.
RiseUp Tech Collective
The Bread Book (dot) Org
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
SEK3, as he is known, is the founder of the social theory of agorism, an anarchist social theory whose members called themselves agorists or voluntaryists. It is one of the lesser known types of anarchism in the world, but has gain quite a bit more traction in anarchist thought in recent years. We discuss the ideas in the book "Agorist Class Theory", while I stutter around after losing my notes for this episode.
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
This is the second and final part of Debt: The First 5000 Years. We finish up the second half of the book with a good little rant on the subject of debt and control, and also a couple of fun little stories.
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Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
Since his recent passing, I have decided to do an episode on David Graeber's book Debt: The First 5000 Years, in which he discusses the origins of debt, the origins of taxation and the ramifications for the modern world. Please join me in this and read along!
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
A French anarchist who claimed that "property is robbery!" His book "What is Property?" is the focus of this episode and we get into the meaty details of his theory of property. You will see that I disagree somewhat, but ultimately find this book to be very enlightening on his specific philosophy.
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
Just a little blurb where I discuss a few things about anarchy and the things that all anarchists have in common, regardless of their "sect" within the movement.
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
Michael Bakunin is a forward and assertive anarchist, a man out of his time. His propositions have helped to change the way anarchists see the world, and nowhere is it more apparent than it is in his book, "God and the State". In this episode we read through a few parts of his book and discuss the overall concepts he discusses in the book. Meanwhile, I get off track and go on a little rant.
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.
Emma Goldman may have been one of the most influential anarchists in North American history. She wrote a number of essays, but her main body of work consists of speeches and rallies. She was a unionist, feminist, decentralist, a probable atheist, which culminated in her identity as one of the most notorious anarchists of her age. The following is the first oggcast of this club. Below it are links to the different things discussed in the podcast. We hope you enjoy!
Into/Outro music is from Kai Engel's Chapter Four - Fall album. You can get that album and many more of his albums from his Bandcamp page.