Friendly Anarchism
Quaker-ish anarchist podcast on abolition, antifascism, neurodivergence, spirituality, christianity, queer mysticism, and disability. Help me out at www.patreon.com/friendlyanarchism and join the Discord at http://discord.gg/5msYfvZkdx
Episodes
November 8, 2023 • 2 mins
I've worked on a dozen essays and episodes in which to add this clip, including in the unfinished episode about my other grandfather's death, who was also military and was also given full military honors. I've tried to find an eloquent way to talk about how hard it is to untangle my sliver of a cultural past from the all consuming monster of whiteness and nationalism. I've also wanted to dig deeper into why I went so hard into anti...
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November 30, 2021 • 54 mins
Remastered by A. Campbell Payne. Originally aired 9/3/17
CW: Suicide & police brutality
Spoke with Aneka from the SoJust Collective about centering POC, the founding fathers, police brutality, educating allies, being tired, passing the mic, no plaforming/active platforming, confronting your racist family, the allyship industrial complex, rewarding white mediocrity, the Red Cross, Rechts Gegen Rechts, difficulties with fundraising,...
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November 3, 2021 • 61 mins
Wow! A. Campbell Payne is a listener and a professional audio engineer and offered to revamp some of the episodes, which is so awesome. This one in particular had major sound quality issues so here it is after they took a swing at it. Especially important to hear from trans people right now too. Thank you so much A.! Originally aired 7/9/17
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October 6, 2021 • 90 mins
Wow, this was a trip to find in the archives. Our first ever recording. A lot of it needs citations so listen critically, but there is a lot of good content (especially from CImms) that didn't make it into the first official episode so I'm glad to have found it. It's been a long four years and I don't feel the same way about everything any more, but this also sets up my next episode about Judas, militarism, and guilt very nicely. F...
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September 1, 2021 • 53 secs
Transcript: Hi all, so, life keeps happening and I've been having a hard time finding time to work on this show, but just so you know there is another episode in the works. This one is an essay like the first episode of this season and it's of a personal nature and I just want to make sure I get it right so I'm spending some extra time on it. Thank you to everyone who has been supporting me! Thank you to my patrons. And also just s...
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May 20, 2021 • 4 mins
Don't have spoons for full episodes right now, but just messing around with other forms of expression in the meantime! This is a round I did with myself while stuck in quarantine a while ago. Listened to it again today and was like, what the heck, might as well put it out there. It's a reimagining of an old song from my childhood to try to express what it feels like to disassociate. Enjoy!
A fan made a new discord: discord.gg/mPs8...
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April 2, 2021 • 1 min
Just for funsies. Based on "Come All Ye Coal Miners" by Sarah Ogan Gunning, a turn of the 20th century union organizer.
Come all pandemic workers wherever you may be
And listen to a story that I'll relate to thee
My name is nothin' extree but the truth to you I'll tell
I am a covid worker too, I'm sure l wish you well
Right now it is the most dangerous work in our land today
With plenty of dirty slavin' labor and very little pay
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March 10, 2021 • 63 mins
"Let’s do something that they can’t even imagine."
Part 2 of my conversation with my friend Candice who is an economist, communist, mother, and all around rad lady. We spoke about everyday antifascism, being a disabled and limited radical activist, taking care of each other, and more.
Transcript: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/s2e3-everyday-antifascism-celebrity-and-making-something-new-with-candice-part-2-transcript-ecfcf65...
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February 2, 2021 • 58 mins
Candice is an economist, housing services specialist, communist, and mom who is brilliant. We spoke about Covid-19, how at-risk people are pushed to the front lines, shitty bosses, the injustice system, the roots of fascism, how important it is to listen to marginalized people, and much more.
Transcript: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/transcript-s2e2-pandemic-karens-and-systemic-fascism-with-candice-part-1-beac0c841177
Notes...
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January 1, 2021 • 27 mins
Happy new year!
Essay here: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/i-want-peace-on-earth-so-i-left-the-quakers-and-became-antifa-889d35aa6f7c
For more on Quakers and slavery: https://www.friendsjournal.org/slavery-in-the-quaker-world/
For an insurrectionary take on Quakers (including a really good indigenous history of William Penn): https://contagionpress.com/books/movement-for-no-society/
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November 24, 2020 • 63 mins
I'm back! I never released this episode during the first season because I wasn't ready to talk about all of this. However, my personal backstory with "mental illness" and finding god is an important precursor to the second season, where we're going to delve more into neurodivergence, disability, and ableism.
Transcript: https://medium.com/@friendlyanarchism/s1e31-5-the-spiritual-radical-left-burnout-and-disability-with-the-young-...
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July 21, 2018 • 60 mins
anarchy ...(4)...... jesus
Originally aired 7/15/17.
Greg Williams is a Christian anarchist organizer and author I was very pleased to be able to speak with! We spoke about above ground community antifascist mass mobilization, how hate speech shuts down free speech, cops, solidarity, loving your neighbor, and more :)
Referenced:
"Free Speech and Love of Enemies: Anti-Fascism Theologically Understood" by Greg Williams http://www....
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anarchy .....(6).... jesus
Last week I spoke at the North American Anarchist Studies Network conference in so-called Montreal on the topic "We're Brokenhearted: Understanding Fierce Love in Anarchist Organizing" using lessons from historical anarchic christian mystic movements. There was a great discussion afterwards included in the audio.
Notes here, still working on a full transcript: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/notes-...
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May 19, 2018 • 59 mins
anarchy .(2)........ jesus
Spoke with chemical engineer Sophia Weber about seizing the means of production, anarchist scientists, worker’s cooperatives, the importance of process work, anarcho-syndicalism, stoicism, economies of scale, not-sexy anarchism, creating mutual aid networks, environmental racism and classism, failures of electoral politics, how anarchists deal with large public problems, collective bargaining, larger per...
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April 7, 2018 • 63 mins
anarchy ......(7)... jesus
Spoke with Matti, a co-conspirator in the Friendly Fire Collective about sacred geometry, what it means to be a “seeking” faith, fascist mysticism, touching the divine, witches, women saints, May Day, charismatic practices, Theater of the Oppressed & dada, atheist hostility, internal labor and liberation, self-discipline, process work, patriarchy, bad communication, using a green lens, Micah 6:8, and com...
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March 24, 2018 • 59 mins
Me and Hye Sung Francis from the Friendly Fire Collective were interviewed by Dean and Matt from another radical Christian podcast called The Magnificast about our organizing praxis, our upcoming May Day retreat in Philadelphia, and more! The deadline to apply for the retreat has been extended to March 29th, so if you are interested there is still time to apply :)
https://friendlyfirecollective.wordpress.com/retreat/
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March 10, 2018 • 58 mins
anarchy ....(5)..... jesus
Spoke with my friend of circumstance Issac about the Lansing protest, small(big) acts of solidarity, gratitude, athletic musicianship, simplicity, implicit power, affinity groups, instilled hierarchies, being a touring musician, the tyranny of structurelessness, DIY music, balancing idealism and experience, dislodging power, leadership, rules vs. no rules, voluntary association, taking credit for work, i...
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February 25, 2018 • 67 mins
anarchy (1)......... jesus
CW: Graphic violence, police brutality, mention of sexual harassment
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Note from Nov. 2020: It's hard to listen to how traumatized I am, but amazing to hear in real time the effects of experiencing police brutality first hand for the first time. I had had a number of bad experiences with cops in the past and had seen brutality at protests prior to this, but as (weirdly casually) mentioned, that day...
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February 12, 2018 • 16 mins
The House by the Side of the Road
by Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911)
There are hermit
souls that live withdrawn
In the peace of their self-content;
There are souls, like stars, that dwell apart,
In a fellowless firmament;
There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths
Where highways never ran;-
But let me live by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
Let me live in a house
by the side of the road,
Where the race of men go by-
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January 28, 2018 • 67 mins
anarchy (1)......... jesus
Spoke with a Bavarian comrade about why we shouldn’t have to fight for normal things, denying abortion to rape victims, changes in the movement, ways to engage with the public, it’s not just about punching nazis, neighborhood organizing and liberated districts, how antifascism can’t get isolated, supporting local community, openness about being an antifascist, what you should and should not talk about in...
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