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Let's actually have dinner together this time, while discussing the topic of UKRAINE'S ANARCHIST HISTORY (and so very much more, knowing us).
Did you know that anarchists tried to run things, anarchism-style, across significant parts of Ukraine for a few years around 100 years ago?! Well, that totally happened, and it was complicated and interesting and controversial and not entirely successful but in some ways arguably successful and there are lots of issues and clashing perspectives to learn and talk about.
As always, feel free to explore — and share! — relevant materials of your own, but here are some optional videos to choose from to get started :
- "Nestor Makhno | Making History". Short documentary from Ukrainian news outlet UATV English (15 minutes) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqphVZ8Jl-E
- "Makhnovia: Building Anarchism in a civil war". Longer explanatory summary by a young Marxist youtuber (26 minutes) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmncVmrt1ko
- "The Struggle Against the State, by Nestor Makhno". Audio reading of an essay (5 minutes) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji9UAUDBO7E ; Text at https://libcom.org/library/struggle-against-state-nestor-makhno
...and because I can't resist sharing, here's... - "One Hour of Ukrainian Anarchist Music" (One. Whole. Hour.) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cXYYfqIXVo
Hope to see you there!
- Andy