Decades in the Struggle: Interviewing older anarchists

‘Decades in the Struggle’ is a project interviewing anarchist and anarchist-adjacent thinkers, writers, and activists (aged 60 and older, who are fluent in spoken English) in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and beyond. It’s being coordinated by Nathan Jun of John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. The edited video interviews (a few audio-only) can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/@NathanJJun. They range from about twenty minutes to an hour long.

One of the interviewees, Mike Harris, has discussed the project on libcom https://libcom.org/discussion/decades-struggle-interview-mike-harris. I’ve only listened to a handful of the 50+ currently available. They’ve been very interesting (how people came to anarchism being as interesting as what they got up to as anarchists, to me). Some of the names, like Nick Heath, Iain McKay, Julie Herrada or Anthony Rayson, are familiar but otherwise you need to listen to the interviews to learn who people are or what they’re discussing. Still, doing the interviews is a big job and adding descriptions could maybe wait. It means should you listen out for unexpected insights and stories and connections you didn’t know about. 

Apparently, there’s still time to join in if you meet the criteria (and want to be on you tube). The project is also willing to accept written responses to the interview questions. Professor Jun can be contacted via https://www.jcu.edu/profile/nathan-jun.