Communities of Resistance (2/6)

interview with Peter Lamborn Wilson AKA Hakim Bey in his home in May 2009

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3HyRtdu1o0

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZt1AnUcwhY

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Nxa3n1w9s

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdkacynWk6M

Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuD5ak_kjX4

Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwKZ9rPXzc

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Now why is Europe different from America in this respect, I asked many Europeans to explain it to me. The conundrum is, in America, you've got 50-60% of the people attend church. In Europe, it's like 2%. Why this huge difference? So I asked, every time I had a chance to meet an intelligent European, I would ask them, and I finally got some interesting answers, which were not what I expected. I asked this French person once, I said, "Is it the cafe? Is that your social glue?" "No, not anymore, not really." I said, "Well, what is it?" And he said, "Well, first of all, all European countries are small and they speak different languages. So if you move to a new job, you don't move 5000 miles away like you do in America. You move 200 miles away, you can still come and see the parents on the weekend, or the cousins, whatever. So the extended family still means a lot more in Europe than it does here. In America, the extended family was broken up long ago, largely by the forces of capital. It's easy, as someone who grew up in the academic world I know this very well, you get a job offer in North Dakota with tenure track, you go! And if you never see your family, your parents or your cousins again, pffft! That's life. There's always e-mail, to stay in touch with e-mail...

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[babyloncrumble]

thank you very much for making these videos and posting them--they are invaluable

[timluns]

Dude thanks!

[badmofker]

Mother Eagle raises her eye with scepticism and does not disapprove of this bearded fellow. Sadly, America is now full of sheeples.

[MistahTruth]

thankyou redpharmacist for posting these videos.

[TheJovanist]

Wow what an interesting perspective on the Amish community.!

[bobbygnosis]

I'm watching a video on the internet featuring a guy bashing the internet. And get this - I kind of agree with him. Ha!

[LeedansParis]

It's so true! All over France, every Thursday and Friday you hear and see small suitcases being wheeled down the small streets to the train station and the bars are full of friends and families drinking tea and coffee (disappointed in the coffee here compared to the NorthWest U.S.).

[drewsk1]

educate yourselves

world wide web deoxy dot org

thank you for hosting this video

[The4LA2Baker0]

Peter Lamborn Wilson will shatter delusional realities and take you a step back to see wtf is really going on.

Terance McKenna is another brilliant person to listen to for an eye opening experience.

[PostHuman2113]

Dude, was that the only thing running through your mind when you made that remark??

Please feel free to judge someone based only on what you really know about them.

[fractalchez]

I'm familiar with both individuals, and though I have immense respect for RAW, would take Hakim Bey any day.

They were contemporaries, BTW, and Bey wrote a beautiful obituary for Wilson.