What is Dual Power?
Dual Power, sometimes referred to as counter-power, is a stage in a revolutionary movement where two competing political frameworks occupy the same space. For anti-state revolutionaries this implies a significant mobilization of people organizing autonomously and outside of and against existing power structures and institutions.
In this episode of A is for Anarchy, we examine the historical origins of dual power and analyze current examples and those throughout history.
0:00 Intro
1:33 Dual Power in the Russian Revolution
2:27 Anarchists refuse the phrase
3:46 Dual Power can mean Destituent Power
4:06 Espanha
5:44 Discussing Dual Power in the US
7:18 Omar Aziz and Syrian revolution
7:50 Sudan
8:24 Not only in war
9:17 End