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Anarchy Radio 25-November-2025 (With John Zerzan)

"Seven Mental Coping Strategies for the End of the World" (VICE). Continuing Gaza genocide. Suicide rate rises globally, US males in crisis. Literacy decline, sedentary toddlers. Workplace dissatisfaction, iPhone blues. A luddite comedy. Resistance briefs. Three calls. Next AR: December 9."

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anonarchy (not verified) Fri, 11/28/2025 - 10:43

had thought about putting this comment on the forum but this is probably better?
Glad to hear zerzan rag on mckibben 2 weeks in a row (I can't remember if this AR was one of those weeks). That said, I just discovered this link yesterday-
https://www.walden.org/henry-david-thoreau-to-air-on-pbs-march-2026/
PBS's Ken Burns is coming out with a 3-hour thoreau documentary March 30+31. Not surprised of course to be dissappointed in the cast of celebrities used as voices; mckibben is one of them. I know Burns sux but after “american buffalo” which I watched because indigenous people I knew were in it and it was free, I thought it wasn't quite as bad as his other crap because it was gloomy and pessimistic/realistic thoroughout except for the 'everything is gonna be ok' bullshit ending similar to books zerzan talks about.

I hope, but doubt, Burns will at least mention thoreau's influence on anarchism. Won't hold my breath; but if i'm available on these days and it's free to stream, I will watch it.

anonymous (not verified) Wed, 04/08/2026 - 15:54

Watched the Ken Burns film and listened to it again (all 3 episodes); thought it was very good. Not as good as reading him but they do make that point more than once.

There are things to critique but overall I'd recommend it to anarchists though I can't help but feel his message is too late for the masses. To quote the zine 'John Brown's Body'-- “150 years is a long time to moulder”

But, they captured who he was; they put women, Black, and Indigenous people at the center of things (as much as one could in a documentary about a white male's relationship with nature), and the ending didnt make me want to gag with optimistic nonsense.

anonymous (not verified) Thu, 04/09/2026 - 04:19

In reply to by anonymous (not verified)

I'll be waiting for the sequel, with Teddy K in his forest seclusion as a more contemporary version of HDT. Like the evolution from the forest hermit to a full-fledged ecoterrorist and FBI's Most Wanted lister marked a sharp turn from Romantic anarchism to Post-modern insurrection. His retrograde views were a thing to take note of, but the eco-radical critique is one big baby you can't just throw away with the dirty water.

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