Why Lone-Wolf Prepping Fails and Building Community Wins!

With Eric Shonkwiler. 

Amidst intensifying climate change, the re-emergence of fascism, and the approach of economic and environmental collapse, 'prepping' has truly emerged from the margins into the mainstream.

For the political right, prepping often begins and ends at home – with buckets of freeze-dried food and a wall of guns. But what about for those of us on the left?

As Eric Shonkwiler argues in his new book, Red Prepper: Building Collective Resilience in an Age of Collapse, it's not the end of the world we're prepping for. It's the beginning of a better one.

Eric joins us on the podcast this month to discuss how prepping is the foundation stone on which we can build networks of mutual aid, and movements to challenge the forces of capital and the state.

Our conversation takes us from 'Prepping 101' to building counterpower. Along the way, we talk about community gardens, the necessity of air conditioning and armed community defense, and why everything starts with saying hello to your neighbors.

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