Episode
Part One: Nestor Makhno: Anarchist Warlord and Book Club Aficionado
1:34:43
Published: Tue Dec 22 2020
Description
Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Nestor Makhno, our 2020 holiday non-bastard episodeFOOTNOTES:1. https://www.theyliewedie.org/ressources/biblio/en/Collective_-_The_Personal_Side_of_Nestor_Makhno.html2. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3194162-one-gratifying-aspect-of-our-rise-to-some-prominence-is3. http://www.ditext.com/arshinov/7.html4. https://www.theyliewedie.org/ressources/biblio/en/Collective_-_The_Personal_Side_of_Nestor_Makhno.html5. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/nestor-makhno-and-russian-civil-war6. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-349-04469-6_67. https://libcom.org/history/makhnovists-mennonites-war-peace-ukrainian-civil-war8. https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/makhno-and-memory Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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