Uncivilized Podcast

Artxmis is joined by Julian Langer, guest from Episodes 9, 15, 19. He recently wrote “Revolting: Eco-Absurdist Rebellion” (Active Distributions) His other works are the three “Feral” books, short stories such as “Mesodma”, several essays and poems. We discuss existentialism, absurdism, Julian’s thoughts on anarcho-primitivism, and more!

Jamie (James Van Lanen), a guest from episodes 32 and 33, has returned! He is here to discuss his new book, “Human Rewilding in the 21st Century: Why Anthropologists Fail” (2024). This anarcho-primitivist treatise, written from a radical anthropology perspective, critiques a new leftist/progressivist tendency in anthropology. This tendency seeks to assimilate hunter-gatherers into the global industrial economy while also rejecting rewilding and bushcrafting as a right-wing/reactionary practice.

Artxmis and Brady talk with Tahani Mustafa of the International Crisis Group about armed and unarmed resistance in Palestine, how Palestinians relate to their government and these groups, and much more.

As a note, we discuss Hamas a lot. As anarchists, we are not in favor of any government, especially those based on religious beliefs. With that said, it is important to acknowledge and discuss their role in anti-Zionist anti-colonialism.

Artxmis talks with Alexandra Szopinski of the WSA and AUJ (Workers Solidarity Alliance and Anarchist Union Journal, respectively) to discuss anarchist-syndicalism in theory and practice, historical and contemporary.

This is part of a mini-series of inter-anarchist dialogue, with hopes to spread different ideas on what anarchy means to different people. Uncivilized maintains a hard green / anti-civilization / luddite perspective, but sees value in welcoming other voices. We won’t agree with what all the guests say, but we value their perspectives. Expect some disagreement! ;)

Artxmis gives a review of “Facing Toward The Dawn: The Italian Anarchists of New London” by Richard Lenzi, a 2019 work that is a “microhistory of an ethnic radical group in the context of a larger radical movement, the Italian American community, and the greater American Society, as it moved from the Gilded Age to the New Deal and beyond.”

Artxmis and Gavin discuss Artxmis’ time at the University of Illinois’ pro-Palestine/pro-divestment encampment (called Popular University for Gaza).

Emanuel and Artxmis delve into what one may do after gaining primtivist convictions.

Eleanor Goldfield joins us today. She is a creative radical and filmmaker, recently director of “To the Trees,” which centers on forest defense of Redwoods in Northern California, particularly the ecocide by Green Diamond Company.

Artxmis talks with Dr. Andrew Hoyt about Italian anarchism in the US, particularly those around Luigi Galleani and the journal Cronaca Sovversiva (Subversive Chronicle).

Steve Kirk comes onto Uncivilized to review Theodore Roszak’s “Unfinished animal: The aquarian frontier and the evolution of consciousness” (1975), a text which, according to Steve, surveys “the explosion of sciences, trends and fashions that characterized the late 60s and early 70s. Focusing on the ‘Aquarian Frontier’, it looks to develop an alternative, visionary theory of history and the potentials for human consciousness.”