A Conversation with John Zerzan on Direct Action, School Shootings, Authenticity, Veganism & More

I reached out to Zerzan 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 surprise.

I’ll post the a link to a text version of the interview below. I edited the text slightly for clarity’s sake, just to remove filler words and put anything I forgot to say in, but I ran the updated version past Zerzan and he’s happy his answers still suit the questions asked.

As well, I posted it to The Anarchist Library & Anarchist News, so you can download it in a bunch of formats like a printable pdf on The Anarchist Library and see other comments on Anarchist News:

https://activistjourneys.wordpress.co...

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra...

https://anarchistnews.org/content/con...


-- 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.co...

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/...

3. The Technological Society by Jaques Ellul:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tec...

4. Minimum Viable Technology by David Charles:
https://davidcharles.info/positive-co...

5. Newtown shooter may have called 'AnarchyRadio' show before attack:
https://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/16/us...

6. Response to Bellamy, JZ & Steve Kirk condemning vegan primitivism: https://veganprimitivist.wordpress.co...


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