Why States Fail Us
Throughout history, governments around the world have consistently proven themselves enemies to both land and liberty. Before we can achieve liberation, we must understand how and why the State fails both society and nature.
Thumbnail Art: Gustave Dore
Introduction - 0:00
What is the State? - 3:28
What is the Origin of the State? - 8:43
The Anarchist Critique - 13:49
Why States Fail Society - 19:15
Why States Fail Nature - 27:32
The Anarchist Alternative - 36:06
Outro - 44:26
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Sources & Resources:
Coercion, Capital, and European States, AD 990-1990 by Charles Tilly. (pages 1-2, 96-97)
Anarchy by Errico Malatesta - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-anarchy
Against the Grain by James C Scott
Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos
Seeing Like A State by James C Scott
Yale Article - https://e360.yale.edu/features/phantom-forests-tree-planting-climate-change
OpenDemocracy Article - https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/protecting-30-of-the-earth-by-2030-would-threaten-indigenous-peoples/
Malm on Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/2020/06/andreas-malm-coronavirus-covid-climate-change
On Climate Leninism: https://strangematters.coop/libertarian-socialism-economic-planning-anarchist-supply-chains/
More on Climate Leninism: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/klokkeblomst-green-desperation-fuels-red-fascism-return-fire
Even More on Climate Leninism: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alexander-dunlap-ecological-authoritarian-maneuvers
The State is Counter Revolutionary - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvwoHdNGq9wVy-iR1oHJKoJY2lh6ypXKZ
Shawn Wilbur’s Archy vs Anarchy - https://www.libertarian-labyrinth.org/featured-articles/archy-vs-anarchy-notes/
The Solutions Are Already Here by Peter Gelderloos