Angie Speaks is an Anarchist, Leftist, video series with a creative and mystical flair! Angie blends together the historical, the artistic and the esoteric in a fun and accessible way that highlights the importance of the subjective and creative aspects within leftist thought.

Episode List

(click on any title to go directly to its episode page)

Episode 1— Celebrity Worship: Archetypes, Capitalism, and Paganism

Is it possible that celebrities and brands are Capitalist deities? Is Hollywood the modern “Mount Olympus”? Angie explores the archetypal role of celebrities in modern society. (15 minutes/ 1 April, 2018)

Episode 2— The Joy of Painting

Angie looks at the life of painting teacher Bob Ross and how he taught her to release her creativity. (32 mins / 30 April, 2018)

Episode 3— Mental Health Under Late Capitalism

Feeling like your life is precarious, stressful, uneasy, and terrifying? You’re not alone, and it’s not your fault. In this episode, Angie discusses the effects of capitalism on our emotional and mental health, and asks if maybe it was all designed this way…
(20 minutes/ 20 May 2018 )

Episode 4— Anarchy and Taoism

Non-coercion, taking guidance from nature and organic processes—Angie explores the intersections of Taoism and Anarchism. (9 June, 2o18/ 18 minutes)

Episode 5— Esoteric FascisM: The occult and the alt-right

Along with the rise of far-right nationalist movements around the world has come an increasing use of magic and the occult to fuel their power. What are the roots of esoteric fascism? What does it look like today? And how is our modern secular order incapable of confronting this? (24 June, 2018 / 23 mins )

Episode 6: Black Radical Leftism vs. Black Liberalism

What’s the relationship between race and class? Is it possible to achieve racial equality under capitalism? And why do so many governments want Black radical leftists dead? (15 July, 2018/15 minutes)

Episode 7— Dadaism: ART as a political weapon

The end of World War 1 saw the birth of a powerful art movement to respond to the absurdity of modern civilization. That movement? Dadaism. Learn all about its history and its continued relevance as an art of political resistance.
(5 August, 2018/18 minutes)

Episode 8— The Victorian Workhouse: Welfare and Punishing the Poor

The birth of industrial capitalism created masses of poor, disabled, and homeless people through Britain. The Victorian solution to this problem? The workhouse… (1 September, 2018/22 minutes)

Episode 9— Conspiracy Culture: A Leftist Analysis

Reptilian overlords disguised as politicians. Religious cabals pulling the strings of world governments from shadowy meetings. Why do conspiracy theories arise? What’s behind them? How are they used? And is there any truth to the fears they address?
(17 September, 2018/27 Mins)

Episode 10— Ur-Fascism, Free Speech, & Those Who Forgot

Is Fascism something that has always existed? Angie explores Umberto Eco’s thesis on ur-Fascism and discusses its potential relevance to what is arising around us. (8 October, 2018/26 minutes)

episode 11— THE POLITICS OF WITCHCRAFT AND THE ARCHETYPE OF THE WITCH

Why has witchcraft become so popular? What is the history of the witch and witch trials, and how are they related to the oppression of women? In this episode, Angie details the historic origins of the witch and explores its power as a political archetype for resistance. (30 October, 2018 / 22 minutes)

episode 12— JORDAN PETERSON, JUNGIAN ARCHETYPES AND MASCULINITY

What explains the popularity of far-right academic Jordan Peterson? Is it possible he’s a monster the Left helped create? And what about his usage of Jungian psychology and his sharp appeal to disaffected men?
Angie tackles all these questions with an eye towards not just how to combat the ideas of people like Peterson, but how to reclaim the ideological territory that the far-right steals.
(25 minutes/18 November 2018)

episode 13— THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF RAVE CULTURE

As Margaret Thatcher’s reign ushered in the current neo-liberal order and dismantled the old consensus in the United Kingdom, a Dionysian counter-culture of revelry arose in the chaos, bringing with it self-organization, independence, and an embrace of pleasure. (17 December, 2018 / 23 minutes)

episode 14— SOCIAL JUSTICE CAN BE A CLOUT GAME…

Angie discusses the pitfalls of social justice interactions on the internet, identifies the way abusive people are able to capitalize on outrage, how the capitalist social media companies encourages this behavior, and what we can do about it. (28 January, 2019/29 mins)

episode 15— WHO ARE BLACK LEFTISTS SUPPOSED TO BE?

“Who Are Black Leftists Supposed to Be?" is a satirical take on the alienation sometimes felt by black leftists within predominantly white middle class leftists spaces. This video is an analysis of class and race and how those intersections often go ignored within certain areas of the left. (11 March, 2019/17 mins)

episode 16— THE PAGAN & ANTI-CAPITALIST HISTORY OF MAY DAY

Have you ever wondered why May Day and Pagan rites of spring have been intertwined through history? Join Angie as she takes you on a wonderful journey through the folklore, history and revolutionary spirit of May Day! (1 May 2019 / 18 minutes)

episode 17— CAPITALISM AND SPIRITUALITY (ANGIE SPEAKS GOES TWIN PEAKS)

Looks like Angie Speaks has been trapped in the Black Lodge of Twin Peaks by A "New-Age" doppelgänger! Will she make it out in time by learning that true spirituality is not about consumption but about being? Come with me on a psychedelic journey through the world of Twin Peaks as I discuss the ways the evil force of capitalism has recuperated Spiritual traditions and regurgitated soulless images. (29 May 2019 / 25 minutes)

episode 18— Loneliness & Capitalism : Inside Angie Speaks

Loneliness & Capitalism is a journey into Angie Speaks' head as her emotions attempt to grapple with the reality of Isolation and Capitalism. (18 Aug 2019 / 25 minutes)

episode 19— Exit The Vampire Castle: A Commentary on Cancel Culture

Angie Speaks' Exit the Vampire Castle is a dramatic commentary on capitalism's effect on cancel culture and its corrosive results, based on an essay (of the same name) by theorist Mark Fisher. This year's Angie Speaks Halloween Special, draws inspiration from Fisher's essay and attempts to unpick the forces, metrics and incentives that lead The Political Left away from striving towards Social Justice and towards the thrill of empty catharsis and spectacle. Beware the curse of the VAMPIRE CASTLE! (31 October 2019 / 21 minutes)

episode 20 — Black Little Mermaid: Representation or Recuperation?

Disney has announced the release of a Live Action adaptation for “The Little Mermaid" and they have cast a Black Actress to play the role of Ariel! Join Angie Speaks as she unpicks how Diversity under capitalism can often obstruct deeper analysis of power, aesthetics and images. (28 January 2020 / 23 minutes)

More about Angie and Angie Speaks

Angie is an Anarchist, mystic and wirter living in London. She makes videos, writes fiction and tries her best to make Anarchism and mysticism assessable to  people through creativity and storytelling. 

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