News and Politics | July 20, 2008 | Comment on this video (18)

Living With Anarchists

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An outsider's view of the daily life of a group of hardcore environmental protesters.

Curious about direct political action, and eager to discover the personalities behind the banners, the filmmakers set up home among the trees. They follow a protest against Wales' LNG pipeline - from unimpressive beginnings to its dramatic end.
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  • damnneargenius
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      damnneargenius  

    • What an interesting story. Imagine meeting those same people if they had taken the "road more traveled" and just spent their time and energy in more traditional roles. They could just as soon be your friends or neighbors and instead they're chaining themselves to trees and attacking cars like animals. I'm not so sure their protest and behavior is that well thought out in the grand scheme of things, but I do somewhat evny the freedom and adventure their lifestyle has (even if it doesn't include regular showers).

    • 3 years ago
  • KrebstarSB
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      KrebstarSB  

    • Please, I need to see more on this pod! When I first logged onto Current / watch it on T.V, these were the kind of stories I hoped I'd be exposed to . . . well done!

    • 3 years ago
  • frankyk
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      frankyk  

    • Whoa, whoa. Those people aren't extreme environmentalists. Those clothes had to have come from a natural source like cotton maybe. Leave the trees alone man. Now Nudists, they are extremely extreme.

    • 3 years ago
  • KrebstarSB
  • donkeyfly69
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      donkeyfly69  

    • i want to see more video or maybe another installment

      this was a really great pod

      i would love to not have to pay for food. i live right by a supermarket but i'd be scared of crazy bums.

    • 3 years ago
  • squidteeth
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      squidteeth  

    • I'd like to see more video if possible. The end of the story, where the eviction happens and they're forced to leave (the most exciting part) is just skimmed over.

      I agree with what these people are doing, and I really like the way they are living and the way they're devoting all of this time and effort for a cause they really believe in...

      But again, i have to say... That one guy seemed really gross and messed up. He's the type of stereotypical "crusty hippy" that grosses people out and it's really too bad that the pod took much focus on him. The other characters in the story seem much more normal and i'd have liked to hear more from them.

    • 3 years ago
  • KrebstarSB
  • Soap
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      Soap  

    • Fantastic pod! Good work!

      Yea, I agree with you squidteeth, some of those people were pretty nuts.

      Check out this pod. http://current.com/items/88793092_going_green_without_spending_green

      Though they do not claim to be anarchists, they are essentially living the same way these people were while still being part of society. Constructing their home, getting their food from the local markets' dump, etc. This is more towards the "normal" equivalent of the "Living with Anarchists" pod.

    • 3 years ago
  • squidteeth
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      squidteeth  

    • I can understand what they're trying to do, but I agree with surfallday. The sit in should be a last resort. It would be better to get cleaned up and do something about it on a higher level.

      Why is it that the younger people all looked pretty clean, but that one older guy was just nasty!? He was spitting while he talked, was dirty and had drool running down his face.

      And to the kid who got hurt after jumping on the car...

      ... well what did you expect? It's a moving vehicle.

    • 3 years ago
  • bgeiger34
  • KrebstarSB
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      KrebstarSB  
    • bgeiger34:

      Are you kidding, get some perspective. Who are you to judge? Just because someone doesn't live their life up to your standards (becoming a zombie, conforming to the norm, and getting a corporate job) doesn't make their life meaningless.

      These people have probably experienced life far more than you have, sitting in your cubicle, punching in numbers on a computer so you can be excepted by society . . . . you are ridiculous

    • 3 years ago
  • sanjit
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      sanjit  
    • bgeiger34:

      I agree with the first reply, only with less hostility. Just be open, Mr. Geiger. Anarchists lead intentional lifestyles, unlike most people. That means that politics is not just something we discuss around the water cooler at work. It's something we live. We're revolutionaries.

      That said, most of us DO have jobs, and many have university degrees. Part of the problem with the current capitalist system is that one is FORCED to work for the capitalists to get the resources they have stolen. Some of us drop out of the current system completely, but it's not too practical and many question the point of it.

    • 3 years ago
  • rawmilk905
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      rawmilk905  
    • bgeiger34:

      How would you define worthwhile? Perpetuating massive suffering by allowing yourself to be manipulated into wage slavery in pursuit of not only biological needs but self-centered prepackaged media manufactured desires? The reality is that we all end up in the ground and will in time be forgotten. The only real accomplishments worth working towards in my view are those that may make things more tolerable until the inevitable demise of humanity and the planet (ie gravity as it relates to solar systems.) Our current arangement is finite, yet I see no need to continue to accelerate towards our end.

    • 3 years ago
  • surfallday
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      surfallday  

    • I don't really know what they accomplished except to further the stereotype of "crunchy hippies" squatting in the woods. Get organized, protest peacefully (not jumping on a car and ending up in the hospital.

    • 3 years ago
  • KrebstarSB
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      KrebstarSB  
    • surfallday:

      With all do respect, what fueled him to jump on that car was pure passion! It's hard to restrain yourself sometimes when you devote your life towards a certain cause. . . we are only human.

    • 3 years ago
  • squidteeth
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      squidteeth  
    • surfallday:

      I understand... but honestly. They said he was a "victim" when it was his choice to jump on that moving car. The people driving shouldn't have done that with him on it but he could've chose to just not get on it while it was moving in the first place.

      Protesting is fine but let's not be stupid here.

    • 3 years ago
  • nibb_e
  • nibb_e
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      nibb_e  

    • brilliant pod this is what i would devote my time to if i didnt have to go to my corporate 9 - 5 petty crap job that i have to attend to live........job satisfaction.......its what i need.

      peace

      nibb_e

    • 3 years ago
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