The Arrest Podcast 2: Anarchy is Order

This podcast starts with a badge, and goes on to consider the idea of anarchy. The podcast is about 11 minutes long.

The roots of the circle A may lie in the logo for the Spanish branch of the International Workers Association.

The modern circle A logo.

The transcript of the podcast is here:

Resources mentioned in the episode are linked below.

Noam Chomsky’s collection titled “On Anarchism” is available here: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/noam-chomsky-on-anarchism

David Graeber’s essay titled “Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology” is available here: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-fragments-of-an-anarchist-anthropology

Rhiannon Firth’s book titled “Disaster Anarchy” is available here: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/rhiannon-firth-disaster-anarchy

The crimethinc zine title “What would an anarchist program look like?” is available here:

https://crimethinc.com/2020/11/02/exercise-what-would-an-anarchist-program-look-like

UPDATE: This more recent post from Freedom News is a detailed take on the history of the circle A which focuses on the genesis in 1964 of the anarchist version:

https://www.anarchistfederation.net/the-circled-a-at-60-birth-of-a-symbol/

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