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This episode is a deep dive into what it means to build prefiguartive institutions that can help us actualize the transition to a better society. Special guest Anark and the Wrong Boys explore how our organizations should be structured, the pitfalls we might face, and the difficult questions that might come along the way.

Theme Song by Brain Tan:

https://braintan.bandcamp.com/ 

Links / Further Reading:

The Jackson People’s Assembly Model - Kali Akuno: https://jacksonrising.pressbooks.com/chapter/peoples-assembly-overview-the-jackson-peoples-assembly-model/

Constructing the Revolution (Video) - Anark : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9K6ISx8QEQ

Constructing the Revolution (transcript) - Anark: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anark-constructing-the-revolution

What is Prefigurative Politics? (video) - Red Plateaus: What is Prefigurative Politics? | Red Plateaus - YouTube

The Combahee River Collective Statement: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/combahee-river-collective-statement-1977/

Marxism, Prefigurative Communism and the Problem of Workers’ Control - Carl Boggs: https://libcom.org/library/marxism-prefigurative-communism-problem-workers-control-carl-boggs

A Communalist Assembly Starter Kit - Usufruct Collective: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/usufruct-collective-a-communalist-assembly-starter-kit

Communalism and Especifismo - Usufruct Collective: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/usufruct-collective-communalism-and-especifismo

The New Anarchists - David Graeber: The New Anarchists | The Anarchist Library

Whither the State - Mason Herson Hord: https://harbinger-journal.com/issue-1/wither-the-state/

Prefigurative Politics: Building Tomorrow Today - Raekstad, Gradin (Book): ISBN 1509535918

Utopia of Rules - David Graeber (Book): ISBN 1612195180