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Tag: David Graeber
Long Read: Generation Left Rejected History. Does It Have a Future?
by Michael Chessum
From Occupy Wall Street to Millbank, the generation that awoke in 2010 rejected left history, writes Michael Chessum. Is this why it's struggled to form a coherent political tradition?
Novara FM: History, Humanity, Heresy
Archaeologist David Wengrow upends everything we thought we knew about social evolution in a new book written with David Graeber.
Long Read: Forget ‘Liberté’ – 17th-Century Indigenous Americans Knew a Lot More About Freedom Than Their French Colonisers
by David Graeber and David Wengrow
On issues like personal freedom, gender equality, sexual mores and popular sovereignty, indigenous American attitudes were far more progressive than 17th-century European ones - and far more like our own, write David Wengrow and the late David Graeber.
Opinion: David Graeber’s Archive Should Continue to Uphold the Ideas He Championed in Life
by Nika Dubrovsky
When he died, David Graeber left behind an enormous archive. His wife, Nika Dubrovsky, considers how to deal with it in a way that continues the collaborative spirit he enacted and upheld throughout his life.
Analysis: For David Graeber, Theory and Action Were Inseparable
by Thomas Swann
David Graeber lived his political values - and through everyday acts of communism, he argued, many of us do too.
Opinion: David Graeber’s Real Contribution to Occupy Wall Street Wasn’t a Phrase – It Was a Process
by Marisa Holmes
Far more significant than his co-creation of the phrase "We are the 99%", David Graeber gave Occupy Wall Street the very democratic values that underpinned it.
Analysis: David Graeber Reminded Us of the Political Value of Anthropology
by Alpa Shah
David Graeber's love of anthropology was intimately tied to his desire to build an anti-capitalist politics; it makes us think beyond the political limits of our own societies to realise that there are other, better ways of doing things.
Analysis: Anarchism Shaped David Graeber. Then He Shaped Anarchism
by Shane Little
Having first discovered the ideology as a teenager, David Graeber used his experiences as an activist and an anthropologist to develop his own theory of anarchism, one that is rooted in practice and the belief that we can remake the world at any given moment.
Opinion: Sex Work Is Not a Bullshit Job
by Marin Scarlett
When so many jobs exist solely to rationalise capitalism – as the late David Graeber’s thesis argues – sex workers respond to a real demand. Simply trying to end that demand is flawed, writes Marin Scarlett in our series exploring the life and ideas of Graeber on the first anniversary of his death.
Analysis: David Graeber Was Right: A Debt Free World Is Possible
by Andrew Ross
David Graeber played a vital role in the debt cancellation movement, showing everyone, from activists to policymakers, that mass debt cancellation is not only possible now, it's been happening for centuries. This is the first article in our series exploring the life and ideas of David Graeber on the first anniversary of his death.
Report: Welcome to Slacker School: Learning From the Best How to Work the Least
by Clare Hymer
Lockdown has clarified that there is more to our lives than bullshit jobs, and nothing better than living them on company time. Clare Hymer meets some of Britain's most skilled skivers.
Analysis: What Would Jesus Do? Cancel the Rent
by Francis Brewer
The UK is facing a massive, and avoidable, debt crisis. Throughout history, the cancellation of debts has been used as a safety valve against social and economic collapse - and now's the time to reopen it. If it’s good enough for Christ, argues writer and activist Francis Brewer, it’s good enough for us.
David Graeber: A Celebration of His Life
David Graeber’s life and work leaves an indelible mark on thinkers and activists from London through New York, from Rojava to Quebec. To celebrate his life and work, Ash Sarkar was joined by a range of guests including Molly Crabapple, John McDonnell, Debbie Bookchin and Jeremy Corbyn to discuss his legacy.
David Graeber: A Celebration of His Life
To celebrate the life and work of David Graeber: a live stream with academics, activists, and politicians who have been influenced by, and who were an influence on, his intellectual endeavours and activist pursuits.
Opinion: David Graeber Was Right to Recognise the Importance of the Kurdish Struggle
by Giran Ozcan
David Graeber was an early and committed supporter of the Kurdish freedom movement. We can remember him the way he remembered the people of Rojava who gave their lives in the fight against Isis, writes Giran Ozcan - by living out our ideas in practice and making a commitment to solidarity that goes beyond words.
Obituary: An Everyday Anarchist: David Graeber, 1961-2020
by Paul Mason
David Graeber - anthropologist, author, anarchist and friend to many - died this week in Venice aged 59. A lifelong fighter for social justice, his ultimate achievement will be in the “everyday communist society” we create, writes Paul Mason.
Obituary: The Opposite of a Cynic: David Graeber, 1961-2020
by James Butler
Novara Media would likely not exist without anthropologist and activist David Graeber, who died on Wednesday. He helped give us the confidence to start out, and the conviction that left media – and especially left media that is able to think for itself – actually matters, writes James Butler.