David Graeber was an anthropologist, proponent of anarchism, and participant in many movement struggles of the past two decades including the Alter-Globalization movement and Occupy Wall Street. Among his popular authored books includes Debt: The First 5,000 Years, The Utopia of Rules, Bullshit Jobs, and Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. He passed on September 2, 2020.

We discuss his ideas and celebrate his memory in this conversation with comrades Tony Vogt, member of the IWW and co-founder of the Anarres Project for Alternative Futures, and Shane Capra, an organizer and participant in the Institute for Advanced Troublemaking and member of the IWW.

Our discussion covers topics of leadership and charisma, the tension between play and games, and falling in love with a ghost you cannot capture.

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Links:

Anarres Project for Alternative Futures

anarresproject.org

Institute for Advanced Troublemaking

https://advancedtroublemaking.wordpress.com

In the Red Records

https://intheredrecords.com

Music:

King Khan & BBQ Show: Shake Real Low