Why the word “protest” is problematic, on direct action, the trick of Madagascar, an anarchist theory of revolution, empty promises, and the debt.

Interview by Ellen Evans and Jon Moses, published on thewhitereview.org

On the Occupy Movement, creating one’s own spaces, the idea of prefiguration, the meaning of vanguardist, etc.

Interview by Zaki Abbas and Qalandar Bux Memon, published on nakedpunch.com

David Graeber: Beholden
Rebecca Solnit and David Graeber on anarchism as a problem-solving tool, the return of debtors' prisons, and why communism is ingrained in capitalism

Fancy Forms of Paperwork and the Logic of Financial Violence

David Graeber and Thomas Piketty discuss the economic and financial system, capital, wealth, the link between slavery and public debt, the idea of debt cancellation, asset value haircut, etc

Another world: Michelle Kuo talks with David Graeber

How activism can lead to termination - the end of the Yale University. Funny tax implications for getting quoted in the New York Times. About activist networks.

Interview by Steven Durel, published on towardfreedom.org

There was no history ever written on the phenomenon of debt in spite of overwhelming presence of debt in our lives. Most uprisings have been about debt. The original form of money was credit, not barter. Coinage is invented to pay soldiers.
Modern money is still basically government war debt.

Interview by Alex Bradshaw on the No Border Network

Bullshit jobs vs shit jobs. The classification into flunkies, goons, duct-tapers, box-tickers, task-makers. We operate under a tacit system of value, which is very different from productive or unproductive categories. In addition, the labour of maintaining is invisible.

Interview by Suzi Weissman, published on jacobin.com