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I know this is kinda offtopic, but does anyone have some really accessible reccomendations for learning more about anarchist ideology?
I'm not really at a reading theory kinda point yet but I'd love to learn a little more
"Are you an anarchist? The answer might shock you" on the Anarchist Library. The podcast Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, and Andrewism and Zoe Backer on youtube.
Murray Bookchin and David Graeber are both great
It is well worth the investment in yourself to read theory and books directly. If being accessible is important start with some one who wrote shorter essays like Emma Goldman
Read Emma Goldman and Piotr Kropotkin.
Or I guess read about them if you're not ready to "read theory."
However, I will say that it's pretty accessible stuff. Most of it was written with 19th century peasants in mind, so it's not all that intense.
I really like the book "Means and Ends by the historian, Zoe Baker. She also has a YouTube channel where I have learned a lot about anarchism, but I especially like the book. It's one that I bought a physical copy of purely because after reading it digitally, I knew it was a book that would be great for lending to friends.
The book only covers the period between 1868 and 1939, but this was a key period for the development of Anarchism, and I found it useful for understanding how Anarchism has developed as a school of thought or ideology. Anarchism has an especially high level of disagreement amongst anarchists on what Anarchism actually is, and that is inherent to Anarchism, I reckon. Baker grounds her analysis in the history really effectively and it really helped me to understand the wider conversation that was taking place in this period, which helped me to understand Anarchism as it is understood today. It's a super accessible read, and I found Baker's style to be quite fun to read also.
an anarchist faq teaches about anarchist ideas, in short q&a style chapters. it exists as book but also as audiobook on yt and as podcast.
Some YouTube channels I like are Anark and Champaign Anarchism. I also like Solarpunk Alana although her focus is not really theory. And What is Politics but I'm not completely certain he identifies as anarchist. Libertarian socialist certainly.
The YouTube channel Andrewism has some decent videos