#111: Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace
About this episode
This episode discusses the necessity of becoming anarchists to resist autocracy and emphasizes direct action.
This episode offers an audio version of " Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace ," arguing that neither courts nor laws will halt the descent into autocracy. Massive numbers of people will have to take it upon themselves to organize concrete acts of resistance, to take direct action on a horizontal and participatory basis—in other words, to become anarchists. -------SHOW NOTES------ Table of Contents Introduction {0:36} Tyranny Is the Opposite of Anarchism {1:12} A Three-Sided Conflict {3:45} No Law Will Give You Freedom {8:32} Remember How We Got Here {12:02} Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace {15:50} This episode offers an audio version of " Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace ," published by CrimethInc. on February 21, 2025. The article version includes a variety of hyperlinks offering documentation confirming the claims therein. If you're interested in learning more about anarchist ideas, you could start with To Change Everything , our introduction to anarchism, or with " The Secret Is to Begin ," which offers further points of departure. To learn about direct action, start with this guide . You can read our argument that it was naïve for…
Topics covered
- anarchism
- resistance
- direct action
- autocracy
- freedom
Keywords
- anarchism
- resistance
- autocracy
- direct action
- freedom
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective
Books & works: Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace
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