ABC With Danny and Jim

Dec 08 2024 45 ep. 58 mins 80

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Join the Anarchist Book Club, where Danny Evans and Jim Yeoman discuss radical history and politics

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41. Cybernetic Revolutionaries

Dec 08 2024 57 mins

In this episode we are discussing Cybernetic Revolutionaries by Eden Medina (MIT Press, 2011), which examines the effort to create a cybernetic system of communication and industrial management during the socialist government of Salvador Allende in Chile, from 1970 to 1973. Medina uses this fascinating case study to explore the relationship of two utopian visions: one socialist, a

40. The World Turned Upside Down

Oct 27 2024 61 mins

In this episode we discuss Christopher Hill’s The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution, originally published in 1972. This book is widely regarded as a seminal work of history from below, which popularised the concept of the English Revolution and helped to establish the ideas of the Levellers, Diggers, Seekers and Ranters as a key part of the r

39b: The Fall and Rise of the British Left [Correct Audio]

Sep 07 2024 58 mins

THIS IS THE CORRECT AUDIO, PLEASE IGNORE EARLIER VERSION OF EPISODE 39 In this episode we discuss The Fall and Rise of the British Left (Verso, 2019) by Andrew Murray. We originally intended this episode to coincide with the UK General Election in July 2024, seeing this as a good moment to reflect on the electoral turn of the left in Britain in the 2010s. While this scheduling did

38. Everything for Everyone

May 28 2024 62 mins

In this episode we discuss M. E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi’s speculative fiction Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072 (Common Notions Press, 2022). We both really enjoyed this slight departure from our usual reading choices for the podcast, which provoked and stimulated how we think about history, and the experience and nature of post-re

37. Alexandra Paulin-Booth: 'Time and Radical Politics in France'

Apr 01 2024 51 mins

In this episode we are delighted to be joined by Dr Alexandra Paulin-Booth, to discuss her book Time and Radical Politics in France, published by Manchester University Press in 2023. Alex’s work treats the conception of time as both a window and a key into the left and right in France, during the turbulent period between the Dreyfuss Affair and the First World War. You can see A

36. Jessica Thorne: Anarchist Prisoners under Franco

Mar 06 2024 55 mins

In this episode we speak to our longtime friend and comrade Jessica Thorne about her work on anarchist prisoners under the Franco regime in Spain. Jess has recently completed a PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London on this subject, which is also discussed in an article recently published in European History Quarterly, available here. See also Jess's brilliant article on

35. Ronald Grigor Suny

Feb 11 2024 58 mins

In this episode we were delighted to be joined by Ronald Grigor Suny, one of the most distinguished scholars of the Russian Revolution in the world. Suny has written extensively on a huge range of topics, including nationalism within the Russian and Soviet empires, the Armenian genocide and, in 2020, a monumental biography of the young Joseph Stalin, which was the starting point o

34. Sho Konishi: 'Anarchist Modernity'

Jan 07 2024 52 mins

In this episode we discuss Sho Konishi's brilliant Anarchist Modernity: Cooperatism and Japanese-Russian Intellectual Relations in Modern Japan (Harvard University Press, 2013). This book has been on our radar for a long time, and it was a pleasure to spend some time discussing Konishi's framing of anarchism as an alternative vision of modernity, as exemplified in the exch

33. Víctor García: ‘José Xena Torrent: A Contribution to a Necessary Biography’ (ABC Edition)

Dec 11 2023 40 mins

In this episode we discuss our first ever ABC Edition pamphlet: a translation of Víctor García's ‘José Xena Torrent: A Contribution to a Necessary Biography’. Danny has taken the lead on this project, and introduces us to García (the pen-name of Germinal Gracia), his relationship with Xena, and the experiences of both through the Spanish Civil War and exile in Venezue

32. Means and Ends with Zoe Baker

Nov 06 2023 50 mins

After a few months off, ABC returns with a brilliant guest, Zoe Baker (⁠@anarchopac⁠) author of Means and Ends published with AK Press in 2023: ⁠https://www.akpress.org/means-and-ends.html⁠. Zoe's book provides an engaging and accessible overview of the revolutionary strategy of anarchism in Europe and the United States between 1868 and 1939. Zoe is host of one of the