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PRIZES INCLUDE T-SHIRTS BELOW

The majority of questions ask the audience to identify the anarchist thinkers, artists, flags & “anarchist animals” that I exhibit on large placards. There’s also 35 questions in script form, three Barbie & Ken puppet shows, one “folktale” and a collaborative group exercise. PLUS - An extra 25 questions are created specifically for each location where this is presented, i.e., Bulgarian Anarchists, London Anarchists, Eugene (Oregon) Anarchists, etc. There’s two hours of material here - the hosts can decide what they want presented to their group. Questions generally start easy, then get harder.

Do You Know These Anarchists? (first part)

Photos of the anarchists and anarchist-adjacents Listed below are displayed, one at a time. The Audience is asked to identify them. HINTs are provided.

Peter Kropotkin Emma Goldman Mikhail Bakunin Leo Tolstoy Lucy Parsons Henry David Thoreau Pierre Joseph Proudhon Dorothy Day Errico Malestesta Murray Bookchin Ursela K Leguin WILLIAM GODWIN

What Anarchist Ideologies Do These Flags Represent? (first part)

Twelve Flags are displayed signifying the groups listed below. The audience tries to identify the anarchy-ideology represented by the flag. Numerous hints are provided.

Anarcho-communism Insurrectionary Anarchism Anarcho-Feminism Trans Anarchism Green Anarchism Solar Punk Anarcho-Pacifism Anarcho-Distributism Social Anarchism Philosophical Anarchism Anarcho-Naturism Anarcho-Nihilism

Anarchist History

Which anti-capitalist protest summit in Italy saw violent clashes in 2001? Which uprising by sailors in 1921 was supported by anarchists? Which Dutch anarchist movement used bicycles and “White Plans” in Amsterdam? What American radical labor union founded in 1905 had strong anarchist influence?                                                                              What were members of the IWW commonly called?                                                                                                                                     Which 1960’s student movement in France included anarchist influence?                                                                                                  Which anarchist-influenced uprising occurred in Paris in 1871?                                                                                                                  Which 1886 Chicago labor protest led to a famous anarchist trial?                                                                                                             Which 1927 trial involved two Italian anarchists executed in the U.S.?                                                                                                      Which radical workers’ holiday emerged from the Haymarket events?                                                                                                        Which anarchist-influenced movement emerged in 2011 in many cities?                                                                                                   What is the name of the anarchist neighborhood in Athens? What Mexican Indigenous movement inspired anti-globalists world-wide? What anti-globalization protest city inspired anarchists in 1999? What is the last name of the three anarchist brothers who helped launch the Mexican Revolution? Name the Irish activist who supported radical labor organizing. What Italian movement advocated social centers and occupations?

Do You Know These Anarchists? (second part)

PHOTOS OF THE ANARCHISTS AND ANARCHIST-ADJACENTS LISTED BELOW ARE DISPLAYED, ONE AT A TIME. THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED TO IDENTIFY THEM. NUMEROUS CLUES ARE PROVIDED.

nestor makhno Voltarine de Cleyre Howard Zinn RUTH KINNA GARY SNYDER COLIN WARD PAUL GOODMAN Gerard Whitstanley Louise Michele David Graeber Helen Keller

What Anarchist Ideologies Do These Flags Represent? (second part)

Twelve Flags are displayed signifying the groups listed below. The audience tries to identify the anarchy-ideology represented by the flag. Numerous hints are provided.

collectivism SITUATIONISM SOCIAL ECOLOGY ANARCHO-PRIMITIVISM ILLEGALISM ANARCHISTS WITHOUT ADJECTIVES RELIGIOUS ANARCHISM TECHNO-ANARCHISM EgOISM ANARCHO-TRANSHUMANISM BLACK ANARCHISM ANARCHO-VEGANISM RELATIONSHIP ANARCHY

Anarchist Behavior

What do you call it when a community practices voluntary cooperation between people? What do you call living according to future ideals in the present?  What is the economic system called that is giving without any expectation in return? What do you call the decision-making system where everyone participates equally? In relationship anarchy are there no rules or does it rely on boundaries, agreements and accountability? What do you call plural non-monogamous configurations that resemble the chemical structure of a molecule? What do you call worker or student takeover of work or study places? Which anarchist organization model avoids formal leaders?                                                                                                                         What religious group has an organizational structure that was adopted by anarchists? What do you call a small autonomous political collective in a movement? What style of protesting with featured masked protesters dressed entirely in black? In relationship anarchy, what relationship is highest in the hierarchy? What do you call an attack like an assassination that is meant to inspire wide-spread revolt?

Do You Understand Esperanto?

QUESTION: What recent invented language was popular with anarchists between the 1890-1939?

question: how many anarchists knew Esperanto at that time?

question: WHAT LANGUAGE DOES ESPERANTO USE MORE THAN ANY OTHER LANGUAGE?

Question: translate the following Anarchist Slogans in Esperanto into English

  • Nek dio, nek mastro! - Libereco aŭ morto! - Solidareco estas nia armilo — Ĉiuj homoj estas egalaj

  • Reciproka helpo super konkurenco — La tero apartenas al ĉiuj — Libera socio sen ŝtato — Ĉio por ĉiuj

  • Laboristoj de ĉiuj landoj, unuiĝu! — Neniu estas libera ĝis ĉiuj estas liberaj — Nova mondo eblas

Do You Know These Anarchists? (third part)

Alexander Berkman Guy de Bord Elisee Reclus Rudolf Rocker Bart de Ligt Ito Noe Kotuku Shusui Francisco Ferrar Federico Montseney Max Stirner bell hooks Jacques Elul

Anarchist Culture

Name the 2005 film with a masked anarchist revolutionary fighting a dystopian state? Name the fictitious Englishman from the Middle Ages who is admired by anarchists?       Name the British peace punk anarchist band of the late 70’s and early 80’s.                                                                                               Name the anarchist-pacifist singer-songwriter whose first name is a US western state. Name the book George Orwell wrote about anarchists in Spain? What religious group originated in China 2,500 years ago and is regarded as anarchist? Name the anarchist neighborhood in Athens Name the Danish anarchist autonomous zone located in Copenhagen What book by a Swiss writer describes an anti-work anti-state utopia?

Anarchist Jokes

How do anarchists exercise?                                                                                                                                                                          Why do Anarchists prefer to drink herbal tea? What do we say happened to people who became anarchists after reading The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin?

Do You Know Your Egalitarians ?

One at a time, I show photos of the people, the ethic group, or the animals listed below. I asked the audience to guess who they are - I provide the audience with hints.

Peter Kropotkin Penguin Élisée Reclus Mbuti (Congo) Murray Bookchin Vampire bat David Graeber Agta (Philippines) Emma Goldman Lucy Parsons Bonobo Rosa Luxemburg bell hooks Juǀʼhoansi (Kalahari) Ella Baker Vandana Shiva Raven

Anarchist Animals

Question: Name two animals that are popular symbols with U.S. anarchists because they survive on the margins by scavenging and adapting to cities?

QUESTION: Name a bird that is admired by Balkan coastal anarchists because it moves freely ignoring borders, and survives alongside humans as a scavenger - sometimes it even poops on their heads?

Question: What large wild fierce animal is admired by anarchists because it represents independence, loyalty and cooperation in a group?

Question: What insect is admired as a symbol of mutual aid because thousands cooperate harmoniiously living and working together?

Question: What sea creature is often used by contemporary anarchists to symbolize decentralized networks because it has multiple arms that can operate semi-independently from each other?

QUESTION: Name the clever wild-but-urban animal that often appears in anarchist imagery because it can survive and thrive underground, scavenging, hiding, living semi-secretly within but on the margins of civilization?

Question: Name the animal that is often associated with eco and indigenous anarchists because it represents patience, sustainability, and close connection to the land?

Question: Name the animal that is admired by some anarchists - especially in Latin America - because it escaped authority to lives freely in loosely organized communities?

Question: What animal is a symbol of international anarchist labor movements, because it represents rebellion and resistance?

Mohawks

Question: name 5 solutions that can make your hair stick up in a Mohawk?

Question: Name four famous punk women who often wore Mohawks

Question: Mohawks are named after the tribe who belonged to what anarchist organized indigenous confederacy?

Question: name two anarchist thinkers who were interested in The Iroquois?

Question: The Mohawk TRIBE played a ball game that’s popular worldwide today - what is it?

Question: Punk Rock music is prohibited in one nation today - what nation is that?

Do You Know The Anti-Work Advocates?

One at a time, I show photos of the people or animals below - I ask the audience to guess who or what they are - I provide hints.

BERTRAND RUSSELL BOB BLACK OSCAR WILDE DAVID GRAEBER BUCKMINSTER FULLER Silvia Federici
Jenny Odell
Selma James
Sarah Jaffe Sloth Koala Capybara Panda Manatee Sea Otter Opossum

Do You Know the Promoters of Gift Economy & Moneyless Society?

One at a time, I show photos of the people listed below - I ask the audience to guess who they are - I provide numerous hints.

Peter Kropotkin David Graeber Genevieve Vaughan Charles Eisenstein Murray Bookchin Jacque Fresco Mark Boyle Heidemarie Schwermer Jo Nemeth Māori !Kung San / Ju/'hoansi Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee) Ursula K. Le Guin Iain M. Banks Marge Piercy

Do You Know the Assassinations? - Propaganda of the Deed?

I show photos of the people below who were either assassinated or nearly-assassinated - I ask the audience to guess who they are - I will provide hints. I will also show photos of the people who killed or tried to kill them.

Sadi Carnot  - President of France Antonio Canovas Del Castillo - Prime Minister of Spain Elizabeth of Austria - Empress Umberto I - King of Italy William McKinley - President of the USA Peter Stolypin - Russian Prime Minister Jose Canalejas - Prime Minister of Spain Wilhelm I - King of Prussia Alfonso XIII - King of Spain Henry Clay Frick - USA tycoon

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