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With a 27-8 career record, Jeff ‘The Snowman’ Monson is one of UFC’s marquee names. A mixed martial arts veteran, he has been fighting professionally for over a decade, winning 14 straight fights in his heyday. But Monson is hardly a typical bruiser. He is also an anarchist and frequently gives lectures on the subject. In January he was arrested for painting the walls of Washington’s Capitol Building with an anarchist symbol and the words “no poverty, no war”. This has been criticised by some as a petty act of vandalism, but as the man himself says, “sometimes you need to break the law”.
Where does your belief in anarchy come from?
I first became interested at college where my professors used to talk a lot about socialism. I was part of the 1999 Seattle protests against corporate power and since then I’ve tried to learn more and stay active. As a fighter I’ve travelled the world and seen a lot of poverty, which made want to find out why capitalism always fails people. Even socialism seems too restrictive, whenever there’s a government, there is also hierarchy, a class system and stigmas. In my mind and in my heart anarchy just seemed right. It seemed like the only way to deliver real freedom.
