“Direct Democracy Throughout Human History”

This week on the show, we’ll be sharing a shared presentation by Dr. Modibo Kadalie recorded at the 2023 Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair in so-called Asheville. Modibo is joined by his friend Andrew Zonneveld of On Our Own Authority Books and they share a new bookstore and community space in Stone Mountain, Georgia, known as Community Books.

From the presentation description:

“A scholar-activist with over 60 years of experience in the Civil Rights, Black Power, Pan-African, and Social Ecology movements will discuss the role of critical historiography in the study and documentation of directly democratic communities across human history. Modibo Kadalie’s presentation will touch on ideas discussed in his two most recent books, Pan-African Social Ecology and Intimate Direct Democracy. Dr. Kadalie will also discuss his upcoming book, tentatively titled State Creep: A Critical Historiography.”

If you care to hear a longer version including a segment by Sean Swain and an interview with Josh Davidson and Sara Falconer of Certain Days: Freedom For Political Prisoners Calendar, check out the podcast at our website.

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• For Marmish by Floating Points from Elaenia