Podcasts by At The Cafe
Members of the Anarchist Communist Group (ACG) sit down to discuss current events through an anarchist lens, aiming to demystify anarchist theory and ideas in the process.
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Cost of Living Discussion Meeting from 2023-07-28T07:59:08
This is a complete and unedited recording of a public discussion meeting held in June 2022 by the ACG on the cost of living.
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Land and Liberty from 2023-07-28T06:43:41
This is a podcast of our pamphlet Land and Liberty- arguing the case for building movement for land justice as part of a general revolutionary movement for anarchist communism.
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Nick Heath, ACG member and author of The Idea, talks at the Dublin Anarchist Bookfair along with academic Ruth Kinna on 'Building for Anarchism' from 2023-06-15T08:33:55
Nick Heath talks about anarchist communism and how this current is the main way forward for building a well-organised, revolutionary, working class anarchist movement.
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Public Meeting: Launch of Two Landmark Books from 2022-11-22T16:57:27
Recently two important books on anarchist communism have appeared. They both seek to reclaim the tradition of anarchist communism, and both have been written by veterans of the anarchist communi...
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ACG Reading Group: The Conquest of Bread from 2022-05-05T12:23:16
We have selected the first three chapters of Petr Kropotkin’s Conquest of Bread for the reading group because it tries to envisage what an anarchist communist society would look like.
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The Idea - Anarchist Communism, Past, Present and Future from 2022-05-01T18:43:06
Dale Walford spoke to anarchist communist historian, writer and militant Nick Heath about his new book The Idea – Anarchist Communism, Past, Present and Future. The book is being published in Ma...
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Public Meeting: War in Ukraine - Is 'No War but the Class War' Just a Slogan? from 2022-04-29T16:45:30
What does the slogan 'No War but the Class War' mean in the interimperialist conflict between Russia and NATO-backed Ukraine?
The recent actions of the Russian state in U...
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ACG Reading Group: The Green New Deal from 2022-02-19T14:26:26
The Anarchist Communist Group had its first national reading group event. We selected the topic of the Green New Deal to launch the reading group because it is often put forward as a key part of...
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Public Meeting: On Whose Authority? from 2022-01-23T15:59:35
11th January 2022
Under the rule of Johnson’s right-wing populist regime, we are seeing a dramatic increase in the levels of authoritarianism here in the UK. With, for example, the Police...
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Aims & Principles 4: Nationalism from 2022-01-14T14:42:32
Presentation about the fourth aim and principle of the Anarchist Communist Group (ACG):
"We are opposed to the ideology of national liberation movements which claims that there ...
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Public Meeting: Anarchist Communism Vs Big Tent Anarchism from 2021-09-22T13:39:39
Anarchism is a political tradition that unites a number of different anti-authoritarian currents and is seen as an alternative to the Leninist tradition. However, anarchism itself has been divid...
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COVID-19: Rising Cases & Lifting Restrictions from 2021-08-01T12:12:37
As cases rise and restrictions are lifted, we discuss the current situation focusing on the impact on work and working conditions.
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Aims & Principles of the Anarchist Communist Group (ACG) from 2021-05-07T09:40:13
Presentation and discussion about the aims and principles of the Anarchist Communist Group (ACG)
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Public Meeting: The Commune in Anarchist Communist Theory from 2021-04-29T07:52:31
“Paris is a true paradise! No police, no nonsense, no exaction of any kind, no arguments! Everything in Paris rolls along like clockwork. If only it could stay like this forever. In short, i...
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Public Meeting: The Kronstadt Revolt 1921: The Crushing of the Flower of the Revolution from 2021-03-30T12:47:34
A meeting to mark the centenary of the Kronstadt rebellion, crushed by the Bolsheviks. What are the lessons to be learned for today?
In this meeting we look at the circumstances that led ...
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Public Meeting: Building a Revolutionary Movement from 2021-03-30T12:47:14
13th January 2021
At our last At the Cafe event we looked at the anti-working class, pro-capitalist role of the Labour Party. As a follow up, this meeting will be discussing the ...
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Public Meeting: Class Not Nation (On Nationalism) from 2021-03-30T12:47:08
The nation state creates the illusion that the people who live within certain physical borders are united politically, economically, and culturally. However, this is not the case and belief ...
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Public Meeting: Labouring in Vain from 2021-03-30T12:46:04
4th November 2020
Many people, thirsty for social change, have been lured to the Labour Party during the recent wave of Corbynism. Some of those are now reconsidering their membership of ...
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COVID-19: Where are we now? from 2021-02-16T13:27:04
Since the last episode on Covid, the UK has been under two further periods of lockdowns, with rapidly rising case numbers and almost 120,000 deaths. We discuss the current state of things and ho...
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COVID-19: The Government's Response from 2020-08-10T09:52:05
Join us for the first episode of the second season of At the Cafe! Today, we're talking about the UK government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and highlighting some troubling practices the...
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TROTRO - Part 8: The Composition of the Revolutionary Organisation from 2020-08-10T09:51:26
Part 8 of an 8 part series on our pamphlet on the role of the revolutionary organisation: Read...
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TROTRO - Part 7: The Development of Revolutionaries Within the Organisation from 2020-08-10T09:50:45
Part 7 of an 8 part series on our pamphlet on the role of the revolutionary organisation: Read...
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TROTRO - Part 6: The Leadership of Ideas from 2020-08-10T09:50:35
Part 6 of an 8 part series on our pamphlet on the role of the revolutionary organisation: Read...
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TROTRO - Part 5: Tasks of the Organisation from 2020-08-10T09:50:25
Part 5 of an 8 part series on our pamphlet on the role of the revolutionary organisation: Read...
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TROTRO - Part 4: Class Identification from 2020-08-10T09:50:14
Part 4 of an 8 part series on our pamphlet on the role of the revolutionary organisation: Read...
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TROTRO - Part 3: Structure from 2020-08-10T09:49:46
Part 3 of an 8 part series on our pamphlet on the role of the revolutionary organisation: Read...
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TROTRO - Part 2: The Role of the Revolutionary Organisation from 2020-08-10T09:49:37
Part 2 of an 8 part series on our pamphlet on the role of the revolutionary organisation: Read...
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TROTRO - Part 1: Introduction from 2020-08-10T09:49:27
Part 1 of an 8 part series on our pamphlet on the role of the revolutionary organisation: Read...
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Why Are We Internationalists? from 2020-08-10T09:48:58
We discuss why we, as anarchist communists, are internationalists and why nationalism is a tool of capitalism to turn the working class against their interests.
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What's Wrong With Parliament? from 2020-08-10T09:48:50
We discuss the nature of Parliamentary Politics and Representative Democracy; why we as Anarchists reject them, and what we think should replace them.
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Never Mind The Ballots - Part 2 from 2020-08-10T09:47:57
Joint presentation and discussion with the Angry Workers and others about Parliamentary Politics and the 2019 Election Result.
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Never Mind The Ballots - Part 1 from 2020-08-10T09:47:47
Joint presentation and discussion with the Angry Workers and others about Parliamentary Politics and the 2019 Election Result.
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Is It Going To Happen? from 2020-08-10T09:47:30
An exploration of how we are going to change society.
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Historical Examples of Anarchism from 2020-08-10T09:46:57
A look at the history of working class movements that have tried to build anarchist communist societies.
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What Is Anarchist Communism? from 2020-08-10T09:44:37
We discuss what Anarchist Communism is. What are its ideas and how does it differ, in its theory and its practice, from other revolutionary movements.
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The Anarchist Communist Group (ACG): Who Are We? from 2020-08-10T09:43:30
Preamble to the founding statement of the Anarchist Communist Group.
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