David Graeber

David Graeber was a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics and a social and political activist. His books include 'Debt: the First 5000 Years' and 'Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion and Desire'.

For the first time in my life, I'm frightened to be Jewish

And non-Jews attacking the Labour party aren't helping.

By David Graeber

/ 6 Sep 2019

For the first time in my life, I'm frightened to be Jewish

Two notions of liberty revisited - or how to disentangle Liberty and Slavery

The modern liberal concept of liberty has roots in Roman law and the Roman understanding of the master and the slave. We need to unpick that heritage to imagine a better basis for our political aspirations

By David Graeber

/ 19 May 2013

On playing by the rules – the strange success of #OccupyWallStreet

The mass popularity of the Wall Street occupation is almost uncanny - so where have the protesters got it right?

By David Graeber

/ 20 Oct 2011

Report anarchists to the police: why the authorities fear direct action

As Europe recoils in horror from the wake of the massacre of 77 people by an anti-Islamic nationalist crusader in Norway, and Britain continues to await daily revelations on the

By David Graeber

/ 6 Aug 2011