Self-managed societies that work
Channel: ItHadToBeSaid
Date: 2020-05-16

Stateless, classless, moneyless, free societies exist. They have always existed. In this video I will briefly introduce some of them from history and today so you can look them up if you want to learn more. This video will answer the questions “has anarchy ever existed?” or “has communism ever worked?”

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Playlist you should watch before watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOV4fQRc2u4&list=PL3waFZldV-Y2NZuI-sQAtT_Y1CzXfwJHT

The Art of Not Being Governed by James C. Scott: https://libcom.org/files/Art.pdf

Society against the State by Pierre Clastres: https://b-ok.cc/book/1056903/326357

Anarchy in Ireland: https://markstoval.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/1000-years-of-irish-anarchy/

Popular committees in Egypt: https://www.icnl.org/resources/research/ijnl/leadership-and-collective-action-in-egypts-popular-committees-emergence-of-authentic-civic-activism-in-the-absence-of-the-state

Ukraine’s Free Territory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhnovia

The Paris Commune: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune

Exarcheia, Athens: https://www.itinari.com/the-anarchy-town-of-athens-wgkt

Christiania, Copenhagen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania

Marinaleda, Spain: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/marinaleda-spanish-communist-village-utopia

Cheran, Mexico: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37612083; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo4tnmIY5Cs

Rojava, Syria: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-08-12/rojava-a-practical-example-of-ecosocialism/

Other self-managed societies: https://listverse.com/2016/06/29/10-instances-of-anarchist-societies-that-actually-worked/
http://www.infoshop.org/an-anarchist-faq-a-5-what-are-some-examples-of-anarchy-in-action/