From Diplomat to Anarchist: The State, War, and the Fight for a Better World

Carne Ross is a former British diplomat, and Middle East and WMD expert, who resigned in 2004 after giving then-secret evidence to a British inquiry into the Iraq war.  After he quit, he founded the world's first non-profit diplomatic advisory group, Independent Diplomat, which advises democratic countries and political movements around the world. In 2007, his critique of contemporary diplomacy was published: "Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite".   Carne is now an outspoken anarchist, and in this episode he sits down with Brett to discuss The State and Anarchism. Topics Include: Thomas Hobbes, the Social Contract theorists, moral culpability as agents of the State, the Iraq War, spontaneous mutual aid, the Rojavan Revolution, Participatory Budgeting, Emma Goldman, and much, much more. You can find Carne Ross's work here: http://www.carneross.com You can see more about Independent Diplomat here: www.independentdiplomat.org Follow Carne on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/carneross?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carneross.com%2F Outro Music by QELD, you can find their music, and support them here: https://qeld.bandcamp.com Follow Bob Savage from QELD on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/bobbynechayev?lang=en Follow Jenre from QELD on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jenreqeld Intro Music by The String-Bo String Duo, you can find their music here: https://tsbsd.bandcamp.com/releases Donate to Revolutionary Left Radio's Patreon, and help us to continue putting out high quality content, here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio This Podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition and the Omaha GDC.