
From The Dugout
Today, we break down the state—its role, its violence, and why anarchists reject it. We examine Max Weber’s idea of the state as a monopoly on legitimate violence and connect it to Black anarchist critiques from Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin and William C. Anderson. How does the state uphold racial and economic hierarchies? Why does seizing state power recreate oppression? And how is the state tied to capitalism? Tune in for a deep dive into power, coercion, and resistance!
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Mentioned Media and Books
Politics As a Vocation by Max Weber https://archive.org/details/weber_max_1864_1920_politics_as_a_vocation
Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin – https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lorenzo-kom-boa-ervin-anarchism-and-the-black-revolution [affiliate link]
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The Dugout is a weekly Black anarchist podcast hosted by Jordan and Prince Shakur, bringing decolonial, queer, and anarchist perspectives to news, media, and history. Each episode explores radical politics, social movements, direct action, and literature—covering everything from Afro-pessimism and Black anarchist theory to decolonial insurrections and global uprisings. We also interview revolutionaries, scholars, and organizers fighting for liberation today. Have ideas, reading recs, or want to be a guest? Email us.
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anon (not verified) Sun, 03/23/2025 - 09:09
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anon (not verified) Sun, 03/23/2025 - 10:06
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anon (not verified) Sun, 03/23/2025 - 11:33
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What say you?
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short said
anarhista (not verified) Thu, 03/27/2025 - 06:01
short said, the state is institutionalized slavery, always created by riches, never by slaves, vilains or workers. the state never served society, it was created by riches to serve rich people, their interest: profit, profit, profit. wars, propaganda & exploitation with different level of perversion: making immigrants illegal without rights - to make them cheap workers, harder punishments and imprisonment of african americans - to make them cheap workers in american prison industry, and so on and so on, there is no end of capitalist perversions. capitalists and politicians should be placed in mental hospitals when we abolish the state.
Why would there be medical…
EmmaAintDead Thu, 03/27/2025 - 06:07
In reply to short said by anarhista (not verified)
Why would there be medical prisons without a state?
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