Anarchism, Libertarian Socialism & Anarcho-Syndicalism (Noam Chomsky)

"As far as my purely personal preferences went I would have liked to join the Anarchists." George Orwell - Homage to Catalonia page 116. Another good intro to the subject.

"Anyone can have the word if they like." Love it, Noam.

In his interviews Noam often has such a gentle nature. He really wants to help people understand and is very happy to do so.

People should be able to control their own work. In order for that to be achieved, the economic institutions must be democratized. You’re free to mow someone’s lawn if you want to; the point is that people should have a say in the things that affect them. If you try to dismantle things that have been established by the people, then you will be stopped, of course.

In an unregulated capitalist society, wealth and power will primarily be concentrated in the hands of the financial elite and the corporations. That’s unacceptable. People should have a say in the things that affect them; the institutions in society must therefore be controlled democratically by the workforce and the communities.

@Kirk Aug, I would also point to the mondragon corporation based in spain, as it is the largest sydicalist (worker-cooperative) corporation with 100k worker-members.

As someone who started using YouTube regularly about 3 years ago, it's weird to see these old comments sections where the replies to comments were not made w/ the reply button (was it not a feature back then?)

Noam’s voice actually makes all audio quality sound bad, regardless of the mic 😂

Danny Brown, what are you doing interviewing Noam Chomsky? I kid. Great video.

Anarchy is simply human organization without "government". "Government" is defined by its monopoly on coercion and violence. As George Washington himself said, "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence — it is force. Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." Add to this the observation by Lord John Acton, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." And we see the inherent danger in government; and the need to outgrow our childish need for the abusive "parent state". \\][//

great video ! thnx for putting this together

No labels. Very simple . All policies implemented must be focused on the people , or how it will effect the people before anything else , and without exception ! Very simple .

Thank you for posting this Andy80o

Kirk Aug Valve software is an example. There's an interesting econtalk (podcast) where the now Greek finance minister is intrerviewed about that company (he used to work there) among other things.

It’s not that simple. The economy affects us all; it’s all-encompassing. The other things you mentioned did not make sense.

Right you are, comrade. He wrote about it not only in Homage to Catalonia but in Volume I of his collected essays. He even recommends Mairin Mitchell's book Storm over Spain. "Anyone who wants to know what Spanish Anarchism stands for, and the remarkable things it achieved...should read ch. 7 of Miss Mitchell's book." George Orwell, The Collected Essays; Volume I page 290-291. Ⓐ

Glad you liked it :)

I'm not a leftist, but I have alot of respect for Noam.

Is there anything stopping people from creating a anarcho-syndocalist company? You can use a democratic system with computer voting and auction off different jobs (including the organizing job) without having the duties specialized. Does anybody know what happened to these companies in the past?

Libertarian Socialism is the perfect description for Anarchism. It is a state of being that attempts to eradicate the need for violence and coercion on a social and economic level.