The Well-Read Anarchist podcast begins its exploration of the works of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon with a reading of his first major work, “What is Property?“, published in 1840. Today we read Chapter One of the book, “Method Pursued in This Work – The Idea of a Revolution.”
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Jack Blood of Deadlinelive.info joins us for this month’s edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order, where we discuss Tom Hansen’s 2013 novel, This Is What We Do. We talk about the themes raised in the book, including the idea of a global leaderless revolution. We also discuss the role of violence in revolution and why such a revolution hasn’t taken place yet.
James Corbett of corbettreport.com presents a new weekly podcast series, “The Well-Read Anarchist.” In this series, James will read the major works of the great anarchist philosophers, from the foundational anarchist writers of the early 19th century right through to the contemporary thinkers of the 21st century. Joining us along the way will be a range of guests who will help to explain and contextualize these works.
Today on the Film, Literature and New World Order series, James and Richard Grove of the Tragedy and Hope community and the Peace Revolution podcast discuss Oliver Stone’s 1987 flick, Wall Street, and its 2010 follow-up, Money Never Sleeps. We discuss the movies’ historical context and significance, as well as how they relate to Grove’s own Wall Street whistleblowing experience.
In this edition of the Questions For Corbett series, James tackles your queries on the Sunni-Shia myth, the April 6th movement, neoliberalism vs. libertarianism, cancer rates, self-publishing, the IPCC and much more. We also hear from a listener who has started implementing solutions in his own life and talk about ways of supporting this research.
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In this month’s edition of Film, Literature and the New World Order, Tom Secker joins us to talk about Trollhunter, a 2010 Norwegian found footage mockumentary about a secret government agency that is dedicated to disposing of (and concealing evidence of) trolls. We talk about the mockumentary genre, conspiritainment, how socialist societies deal with national security threats, and much more.
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Hardly a week goes by that we aren’t faced with some new outrageous piece of legislation from the increasingly tyrannical government. But once these bills have been passed, what can we actually do about them? What if stopping this legislation was as simple as saying “no”? Join us this week on The Corbett Report as we explore the nullification solution, a long-repressed piece of political history that offers us a way out.
On this edition of Questions For Corbett, James rolls up his sleeve and answers your burning questions, from Arafat’s polonium poisoning to land ownership to KAL 007, JP Morgan, predictive programming and everyone’s burning question: who is the British woman who introduces the podcast?
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James Corbett presents “From Gutenberg to YouTube: the open sourcing of journalism.” This lecture was delivered at the fOSSa 2013 conference in Lille, France on November 21, 2013.
