Testament is a series of interviews with people who, over the last 70 years felt compelled to involve themselves in armed struggle because they felt it was the right thing to do; men who went to fight fascism in Spain in the 1930′s, who took up arms for the radical left in Britain in the 1960′s and 70s or who went to fight in Beirut in the late 70′s and others who went to fight in Croatia and Bosnia in the 1990′s. The subjects of the films don’t talk about what they did after they decided to fight. These are not war stories. Rather the films try and explore what it was that led these individuals to feel so strongly about something that they were prepared to fight in defence of it. ★ Testament Documentary Series Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1pAyKjcv77Uq--YSA69dyJ5fXHIc_jTS --- My links galore: ? Website: https://activistjourneys.wordpress.com ?Discord: https://discord.gg/bYpfzRT https://discord.gg/fmaCbaW ? Twitter: https://twitter.com/theo_slade ? Email: theosladehome@gmail.com ? Facebook: https://facebook.com/activistjourneys101 https://facebook.com/groups/758023004882353 ? Tumblr: https://ishkah.tumblr.com ? Medium: https://ishkah.medium.com ? Etsy: https://etsy.com/shop/IshkahZines ? Big Cartel: https://ishkah.bigcartel.com ? Bandcamp: https://ishkahzines.bandcamp.com ? Audio of my video essays & discussions: https://deezer.com/show/2621352 https://shows.acast.com/ishkah https://soundcloud.com/user-98573307 https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZNEGXz0WEHjFLpehbu7FK ? Patreon: https://patreon.com/ishkah ? PayPal: https://paypal.me/theoslade1 ? TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ishkah ? Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/Ishkah/ ? Instagram: https://instagram.com/theodopolopolous --- ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-zDzvLO0rM

I reached out to John by email with 4 long questions to help prepare for a different conversation with an anti-industrialist, plus the suggestion that I could post our Q&A text interview around a few places to help clarify his political theory and promote my critique of primitivism. But he offered to voice chat instead, which was a pleasant suprise. Finally I'll transcribe some of his answers for an article on our conversation and link it here when it's finished. --- Timestamps --- 00:30 - What targets are justifiable today? 11:20 - Would industrial society not re-emerge? 19:00 - How do we prevent school shootings? 27:30 - Does modern life offer more virtue? 42:40 - In an ideal future should we be vegan? --- Further reading links --- 1. An Open Letter To John Zerzan by myself: https://activistjourneys.wordpress.com/2021/07/25/an-open-letter-to-john-zerzan-a-primitivist-philosopher-of-technology/ 2. Sexual Violence Against Women and a Woman's Right to Self-Defense The Case of Aileen Carol Wuornos by Phyllis Chesler: https://phyllis-chesler.com/articles/sexual-violence-against-women-and-a-womans-right-to-self-defense 3. The Technological Society by Jaques Ellul: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Technological_Society 4. Minimum Viable Technology by David Charles: https://davidcharles.info/positive-constraints/minimum-viable-technology/ 5. Newtown shooter may have called 'AnarchyRadio' show before attack: https://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/16/us/newtown-shooter-possible-radio-interview/index.html 6. Response to Bellamy, JZ & Steve Kirk condemning vegan primitivism: https://veganprimitivist.wordpress.com/2020/02/03/response-to-bellamy-jz-steve-kirk-condemning-vegan-primitivism/ --- My links galore: ? Website: https://activistjourneys.wordpress.com ? Discord: https://discord.gg/bYpfzRT https://discord.gg/fmaCbaW ? Twitter: https://twitter.com/theo_slade ? Email: theosladehome@gmail.com ? Facebook: https://facebook.com/activistjourneys101 https://facebook.com/groups/758023004882353 ? Tumblr: https://ishkah.tumblr.com ? Medium: https://ishkah.medium.com ? Etsy: https://etsy.com/shop/IshkahZines ? Big Cartel: https://ishkah.bigcartel.com ? Bandcamp: https://ishkahzines.bandcamp.com ? Audio of my video essays & discussions: https://deezer.com/show/2621352 https://shows.acast.com/ishkah https://soundcloud.com/user-98573307 https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZNEGXz0WEHjFLpehbu7FK ? Patreon: https://patreon.com/ishkah ? PayPal: https://paypal.me/theoslade1 ? TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ishkah ? Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/Ishkah/ ? Instagram: https://instagram.com/theodopolopolous --- ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUuzgHkn0Sc