Anarchism, Utopia & Mutual Aid | Rhiannon Firth | ARG Episode 11
Channel: Anarchism Research Group Loughborough
Date: 2022-04-05

Rhiannon Firth (UCL Institute of Education) talks to us about utopia in anarchist politics and radicalism in mutual aid from Occupy Sandy to the Covid pandemic.

0:00 Anarchism, utopia & mutual aid
1:12 Utopian thinking in politics
5:41 Anarchist utopias
9:24 Utopia and mutual aid in anarchism
13:50 Covid-19 and anarchist mutual aid

Rhiannon's research explores utopian communities, social movements, radical pedagogy, and DIY-culture. She is interested in radical forms of grassroots action and resistance to structures of domination, and aims to record hidden and marginal histories, ideas and communities and keep social movement knowledge alive. Find our more about Rhiannon's work here: https://www.rhiannonfirth.com/

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The music in this video is 'The Presentation of Anarchism (featuring Emma Goldman)' by Them'uns (featuring Yous'uns). Listen to more of their music here: https://soundcloud.com/user-178917365

Artwork by Sam G: https://www.instagram.com/passerinecreations The image in the intro used with permission from Chris Grodotzski/Jib Collective.