This page contains all of the free audiobooks currently offered by Yggdrasil Distro. All are in mp3 format, and have ID tags for use with iTunes.
The Original Affluent Society
by Marshall Sahlins, PhD., read by Rowan WalkingWolf
This classic essay by professor of anthropology professor Marshall Sahlins is a seminal work in the development of anarcho-primitivist thought. In this essay, Sahlins examines the abundant leisure time, minimal work hours per day, and the prolific cornucopia of wild foods and goods available to hunter-gatherers, concluding that hunter-gatherers are the original affluent society. He also visits the concept that civilized society is the society of waste and want, deprivation and need.
Starship Stormtroopers
by Michael Moorcock, read by Rowan WalkingWolf
In one of his most well-known and controversial essays, fantasy author and Elric of Melnibone creator Michael Moorcock rails against the conservative politics and glorification of fascism in contemporary science fiction and fantasy literature. This essay comes highly recommended to all dorks and nerds of radical persuasion.
Derrick Jensen on Pacifism and Violence,
Excerpts From Endgame, Volume II: Resistance
Compiled & Read by Rowan WalkingWolf
This is a recording of the zine of the same name. This audiozine compiles and summarizes Derrick Jensen’s arguments and discussions on pacifism, revolutionary/radical violence, and militant tactics. A large portion of this work is dedicated to dispelling and dismantling common pacifist sentiments. Crucial reading/listening for all radicals.
Derrick Jensen on Pacifism and Violence, Part 1
Derrick Jensen on Pacifism and Violence, Part 2
Derrick Jensen on Pacifism and Violence, Part 3
Derrick Jensen on Pacifism and Violence, Part 4
Derrick Jensen on Pacifism and Violence, Part 5
Derrick Jensen on Pacifism and Violence, Part 6
Pacifism As Pathology
by Ward Churchill, read by Rowan WalkingWolf
As with the Derrick Jensen audiozine above, this piece focuses on the unavoidable pitfalls of zealous pacifism. Ward Churchill visit some of the arguments presented in the Derrick Jensen audiobook, and offers several new and refreshing perspectives on this subject.
Love these and have directed others to The Pacifism as Pathology resource. It’s brilliant and I’m so glad that it actually comes in the form of an audiobook.
I’m wondering if you take requests. It would be so awesome to have Haymarket Books’ version of “The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975″ also done in audio book form. I think a lot of people would be grateful to have it in alternate forms that would make it more accessible to a wider audience.
Thank you so much for what you’ve already done here.
Thanks for the kind and encouraging words! Yours is actually the first feedback of any kind I’ve gotten about the audiobooks, even though I get tons of emails about the zines, so thanks!
As for requests, I’ve never done one, but I am open to the idea. I’ve never read/heard “The Black Power Mixtape”, but I’d certainly love to. Do you know where I can get a free copy?