marxists.org/archive/brinton/1970/workers-control/index.htm
Libertarian Communist Platform
Pamphlet that this video is based on:
marxists.org/archive/brinton/1970/workers-control/index.htm
marxists.org/archive/brinton/1970/workers-control/index.htm
updated 6 years ago
marxists.org/archive/brinton/1970/workers-control/index.htm
Table of Contents
Introduction - 0:00
The Materialist Conception of Freedom - 0:41
'Freedom' Under Capitalism - 5:46
The Anarchist Society - 9:19
Conclusion: Revolutionary Praxis - 14:38
Bibliography
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Dolgoff, S. (1971). Bakunin On Anarchy. New York: Vintage Books.
Dolgoff, S. (1974). The Anarchist Collectives: Workers’ Self-Management in the Spanish Revolution. New York: Free Life Editions.
Guillamón, A. (2014). Ready for Revolution: The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona. Edinburgh: AK Press.
Leval, G. (1975). Collectives in the Spanish Revolution. London: Freedom Press.
Marx, K. (1990). Capital: Volume I. London: Penguin Classics.
Marx, K. (1992). Capital: Volume II. London: Penguin Classics.
Marx, K. (1991). Capital: Volume III. London: Penguin Classics.
Marx, K. (1992). Karl Marx: Early Writings. London: Penguin.
Mintz, F. (2013). Anarchism and Workers’ Self-Management in Revolutionary Spain. Edinburgh: AK Press.
Rocker, R. (2004). Anarcho-syndicalism: Theory and Practice. Edinburgh: AK Press.
Russell, B. (2004). Sceptical Essays. London: Routledge.
Turcato, D. (2014). The Method of Freedom: An Errico Malatesta Reader. Edinburgh: AK Press.
Wallis, V. (2011). Workers' Control and Revolution. In: Ness, I. and Azzellini, D. Ours to Master and to Own: Workers Control from the Commune to the Present. London: Haymarket Books. p32-47.
Brecher, J (1997). Strike! Boston: South End Press. p17, p32.
Dolgoff, S (1971). Bakunin On Anarchy. New York: Vintage Books. p76-97; p226-242. Available: libcom.org/files/Bakunin%20on%20Anarchy%20%281971%29.pdf
Engels, F (1872). On Authority. Available: marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1872/10/authority.htm
Hartman, J and Lause, M (2012). In the Sphere of Humanity: Joseph Déjacque, Slavery, and the Struggle for Freedom. Published Digitally via Creative Commons License by the University of Cincinnati Libraries 2012. p4-39. Available: http://marx.libcom.org/files/Le%20Humanisphere.pdf
Leval, G (1975). Collectives in the Spanish Revolution. 2nd ed. London: Freedom Press. p450-487. Available: http://libcom.org/files/Gaston%20Leval%20Collectives%20in%20the%20Spanish%20revolution.pdf
Wetzel, T (retrieved 2017). On Organisation. Available: theanarchistlibrary.org/library/tom-wetzel-on-organization.
0:05 Lessons of the Pre-1989 Experience
9:38 Toward a New Synthesis
1:34 Italy 1920
6:51 Spain 1936-1939
16:21 Chile 1970-1973
Subheading of this section is 'Proletariat and Dictatorship in Revolutionary Russia'
The part discussing the Russian revolution will be next.
Table of Contents
Anarchy, the State, and the Classroom 0:11
Escuela Moderna 0:53
'Free' Schools and 'Free' Spaces 3:49
The State and the Classroom 6:48
Conclusions 13:46
Table of Contents
Human Nature 0:10
Anarchism and Human Nature 1:12
A.S. Neill and Summerhill 4:18
Paulo Freire 8:44
Why the Stanford Prison Experiment is a lie:
vox.com/science-and-health/2018/6/14/17464516/stanford-prison-experiment-audio
Table of Contents
A Brief Sketch of Anarchism 1:25
Values, Human Nature, and Other Pedagogies 5:12
Values 6:39
Liberty 7:16
Equality 9:37
Solidarity 12:17
historicalunderbelly.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/erich-fromm-the-sane-society.pdf
Richard Ryan and Ed Deci work:
selfdeterminationtheory.org/research/organizations-and-work
Patreon:
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theanarchistlibrary.org/library/libertarian-socialist-rants-anarchism-in-four-parts-video-transcript
The fourth and final instalment in this four part introduction to anarchism. This is an updated version of an old video I did responding to objections to anarchism. That video can be found here if you're curious: youtube.com/watch?v=4XEosCE5hRE
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/libertarian-socialist-rants-anarchism-in-four-parts-video-transcript
The third instalment in this four-part series on anarchism. Topics covered include prefiguration, direct action, the culture of resistance, social revolution, and internationalism. This video is an updated version of an old video I did called 'Achieving An Anarchist Society', which can be found here, though I don't think it's as good:
youtube.com/watch?v=Pj_uUkA0pPE
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/libertarian-socialist-rants-anarchism-in-four-parts-video-transcript
Anarchists think we should abolish capitalism, the state, white supremacy, ableism and cisheteropatriarchy. This is a vision of a society without these oppressive systems.
This video is an updated version of an old one I made a few years ago with similar ideas. If you're interested in seeing that, (though I don't think it's as good), check it out here:
youtube.com/watch?v=qiq-PREk2IE
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/libertarian-socialist-rants-anarchism-in-four-parts-video-transcript
A few years ago I made a series of videos outlining what were the beginnings of my anarchist politics. Having spent more time in the movement, I thought it would be a good idea to make an updated version of the series with more refined arguments. If you're interested in seeing the older version, you can watch that here (though I don't think it's very good):
youtube.com/watch?v=WIvn8qjyrzk
Sections:
Capitalism 1:14
The state 6:00
White supremacy, cisheteropatriarchy and ableism 9:46
Patreon:
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Self-determination theory
http://selfdeterminationtheory.org
Studies looking at the cross-cultural need for autonomy:
researchgate.net/profile/Youngmee_Kim3/publication/275714384_Differentiating_Autonomy_From_Individualism_and_Independence/links/554779f20cf2e2031b36b9f6.pdf
selfdeterminationtheory.org/SDT/documents/2001_DeciRyanGagneLeoneEtal.pdf
http://selfdeterminationtheory.org/SDT/documents/2011_FergusonKasserJahng_JRA.pdf
http://selfdeterminationtheory.org/SDT/documents/2001_ChirkovRyan.pdf
Depression and controlled motivation
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1348/014466509X479186
Autonomous motivation and flow
http://www.psychology.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/117/Zara.Vorwerk.pdf
Token economies:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1901/jaba.1972.5-343
Children's interest in games:
researchgate.net/publication/232491498_Overjustification_in_a_token_economy
Seat belt study:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022437587900594
Rewards and creativity:
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.462.8149&rep=rep1&type=pdf
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9996/34fe436693098794345956923ec2c635c1d0.pdf
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1971.tb00066.x
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1422251?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Controlling teaching and helplessness:
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1991.tb01833.x
Carol Ames study
http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1979-20814-001
Competitive vs co-operative learning
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224545.1978.9924062
The Robbers Cave Experiment
youtube.com/watch?v=6QGNxRGgBwM
http://www.dominiopublico.gov.br/download/texto/ps000162.pdf
I highly recommend reading 'Punished By Rewards' and 'No Contest' by Alfie Kohn because of the insights that they offer into human nature when it comes to things like rewards and competition.
thebreadbook.org
My patreon:
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I do apologise sincerely for the lateness of this video due to an unpleasant episode. Pleased to report that I'm out of the woods.
Police study:
link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10803-016-2729-1
Here’s why anarchist feminism offers a solution to the problems of radical feminism and liberal feminism.
Patreon: patreon.com/LibertarianSocialistRants
Anarchopac’s feminism playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ASw3fKJNgXx8Lrh-FRMAlDplNxdkSlf
Anarchist Trans 101:
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/asher-not-your-mom-s-trans-101
Cathy Brennan case:
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Cathy_Brennan#Brennan_joins_religious_right_group_in_attacking_teen_who_is_now_on_suicide_watch
You might be a TERF if…
http://transadvocate.com/you-might-be-a-terf-if_n_10226.htm
Decriminalising sex work matters:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/sex-workers-decriminalisation-of-prostitution-new-zealand-new-law-works-research-proves-sex-workers-a7761426.html
Juno Mac: The laws that sex workers really want:
ted.com/talks/juno_mac_the_laws_that_sex_workers_really_want
Fifty things wrong with 50 shades of grey:
http://blameitonthepatriarchy.tumblr.com/post/26044950711/fifty-things-wrong-with-fifty-shades-of-grey
Safe, sane and consensual: a model for consensual kink
http://www.keepingitkinky.net/bdsm/kink-basics/consent/safe-sane-consensual
Publications on the science of BDSM:
http://www.scienceofbdsm.com/publications
BDSM and overcoming sexual trauma:
goodmenproject.com/social-justice-2/social-justice-how-bdsm-helped-a-rape-survivor-recover
A couple of examples of bad liberal class analysis:
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/12/everyday-class-privilege
http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/02/poor-people-having-nice-things
http://s.coop/votecoops
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Voting closes on Friday.
If we get enough votes, we can become finalists in that a panel will make a decision as to which project to award the funding to.
I hate the world.
Speaking as a guest on Dick Coughlan’s Left-wing Propaganda Podcast:
http://tinyurl.com/jssskm2
Brollox:
http://tinyurl.com/zrnhfye
Marine Le Pen prepares for Frexit
http://tinyurl.com/zeqmh3f
Geert Wilders calls for Dutch exit
http://tinyurl.com/zpb5hrc
Racist incidents following Brexit vote
http://tinyurl.com/zywjp5f
57% rise in hate crime
http://tinyurl.com/grlmag3
http://tinyurl.com/jo239ph
The piss strike:
http://tinyurl.com/jb8xhrh
More publications available here:
afed.org.uk
http://votin.co.uk
http://tinyurl.com/hluqoof
Income inequality in the United States
http://tinyurl.com/ppvnw9o
CEOs Earn 331 Times As Much As Average Workers, 774 Times As Much As Minimum Wage Earners
http://tinyurl.com/gw7trkq
Anarchism and Workers’ Self-Management in Revolutionary Spain
http://tinyurl.com/jyuh2ow
Martha Ackelsberg: Free Women of Spain
http://tinyurl.com/znofk3u
Kronstadt rebellion
http://tinyurl.com/jv499lx
Bolsheviks and Workers’ Control
http://tinyurl.com/zeqg937
Libertarian ‘Utopia’ Styled After Ayn Rand Book Spectacularly Falls Apart Almost Immediately
http://tinyurl.com/mwcdamb
Guatemala in the first half of the 20th century
http://tinyurl.com/jaye2a5
http://tinyurl.com/jtso8zv
Guatemala in the latter half of the 20th century
http://tinyurl.com/mpv6aos
Chilean coup
http://tinyurl.com/cqflljv
Critique of Austrian Price Formation
http://tinyurl.com/z5mty99
Entrepreneurs are not more risk-friendly than other people, they just have access to capital
http://tinyurl.com/m63f5lu
http://tinyurl.com/z2etfrk
youtube.com/watch?v=WMJQnatcaZQ
The Amazing Atheist recently made a video about overpopulation, pointing to a number of ecological and resource crises as evidence. These crises are very real, but I think it's capitalism that we should be much more concerned about rather than overpopulation.
To clarify, I don't think that it's an impossibility for the world to be overpopulated - it is true that sustaining human lives requires the usage of finite resources, and thus it is possible for there to be too many people for the earth to sustain. But before we even think about getting all malthusian we need to transform our economic system so that we can manage resources in a more efficient, equitable and less wasteful manner than the current chaos of the capitalist machine.
Population growth and increases in carbon dioxide emissions
http://cstpr.colorado.edu/students/envs_5720/satterthwaite_2009.pdf
Information about food waste
http://www.fao.org/save-food/resources/keyfindings/en
Ecological impact of the meat industry:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/21/giving-up-beef-reduce-carbon-footprint-more-than-cars
George Monbiot - The Population Myth
http://www.monbiot.com/2009/09/29/the-population-myth
What do anarchists think causes ecological problems?
http://www.infoshop.org/AnarchistFAQSectionE
What is the population myth?
http://www.infoshop.org/AnarchistFAQSectionE6
Population Matters are creepy bastards:
opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/adam-ramsay/charity-which-campaigned-to-ban-syrian-refugees-from-britain
Also I should briefly add that I don't think mental illness would simply disappear in an anarchist society; I think to some extent it is a fundamental part of being human. But I do think many of the contributing factors, like social isolation and financial stress, would be significantly reduced in an anarchist society.
Chronic stress at work linked to high blood pressure:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/014067369193068K
Anxiety Disorders Association of America 2006 survey:
http://www.adaa.org/workplace-stress-anxiety-disorders-survey
700,000 workers in the UK on zero-hour contracts:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/zero-hours-contracts-a-reality-for-almost-700000-uk-workers-ons-figures-show-10069528.html
Fearing the brown envelope: Sickness benefits and welfare reform
http://www.newstatesman.com/economics-blog/2012/11/fearing-brown-envelope-sickness-benefits-and-welfare-reform
Work Capability Assessments linked with mental health problems:
http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2015/10/26/jech-2015-206209.full
Gallup employee engagement survey:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/165269/worldwide-employees-engaged-work.aspx
Rates of mental disorder among the homeless population:
http://www.crisis.org.uk/data/files/publications/Mental%20health%20literature%20review.pdf
Review of evidence concerning security of tenure, maintenance, community etc:
researchgate.net/profile/Nancy_Wells2/publication/227692027_Housing_and_Mental_Health_A_Review_of_the_Evidence_and_a_Methodological_and_Conceptual_Critique/links/53e180f40cf2235f352bcddf.pdf
19 million vacant homes in America:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/26/number-of-vacant-homes-in_n_552274.html
Information on gentrification:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/healthtopics/gentrification.htm
Higher rates of mental illness and substance dependence among economically disenfranchised groups:
http://apt.rcpsych.org/content/aptrcpsych/10/3/216.full.pdf
Heroin use in Muirhouse and the AIDS epidemic:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2099412
Mental illness in Europe:
http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases/mental-health/data-and-statistics
How self-directed activities improve well-being:
http://www.examiner.com/article/how-hobbies-improve-mental-health-part-i
Hobbies for stress relief:
http://stress.about.com/od/funandgames/tp/hobby.htm
This analysis of US foreign policy is essentially a summary of the arguments made in Volume I of Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman's Political Economy of Human Rights, 'The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism'. Although it's a harrowing read, it is very informative and provides a devastating account of US-backed atrocities across the globe, and I would highly recommend it.
With regard to North Vietnam, in case people are wondering, I am not saying that the bloodbath during the land reform programme was acceptable or permissible - rather I included this point to highlight the hypocrisy of the US media which openly condemns bloodbaths such as this one but turns a blind eye to bloodbaths carried out by the United States and its allies.
My own position is that action against these kinds of atrocities ought to be strategic. It is the responsibility of populations to criticise and take action against their own state rather than other states, as this is arguably the most effective means of preventing atrocities and protecting human rights.
youtube.com/watch?v=1bNRgw0g-_w
Germa Bel study of Nazi privatisation:
http://www.ub.edu/graap/nazi.pdf
Mein Kampf (horrible I know, I am only quoting it to use Hitler's own words as evidence against his alleged socialism):
http://www.greatwar.nl/books/meinkampf/meinkampf.pdf
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Watched it now? Good.
I primarily intended this piece as a rant about Margaret Thatcher. The introduction is meant to sound as sarcastic as possible, hence the repeated fist smashes interrupting the slow, gentle theme, and the snippet of ‘God Save the Queen’ made to sound dissonant with major 7ths.
The main building block of this piece is the chant ‘Maggie Maggie Maggie – out out out/dead dead dead’, which recurs throughout. There are also other leftist political themes in the piece, such as repeated use of the notes/chords ACAB/1-3-1-2 (all cops are bastards). At one point I also use the rhythm of an ACAB chant I heard at a demonstration. I used one of the stingers from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, as well as some cinematic references, including nods towards Psycho, American Psycho, and The Wizard of Oz.
If you managed to pick up on any of the references, I will give you an internet cookie.
youtube.com/watch?v=-fH7BrxH940
Kapitalism 101:
youtube.com/user/brendanmcooney
The minimum wage does not cause unemployment:
http://www.dol.gov/minwage/mythbuster.htm
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/11/the-evidence-is-clear-increasing-the-minimum-wage-doesnt-cause-unemployment
Basic Income experiment in Dauphin:
http://public.econ.duke.edu/~erw/197/forget-cea%20(2).pdf
Michael Albert - Participatory Economics:
youtu.be/BTNui0ug1aw?t=31m31s
Anarchism and healthcare
http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works#toc26
Radical Routes:
http://www.radicalroutes.org.uk
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