This episode’s theme segment is a continuation of Episode 20. You might want to start listening there if you haven’t already.

Our favorite anarchist exposition of the flaws of state socialism is the comic version of Bakunin’s “Critique of State Socialism”, produced by Irish anarchists in 1981. For this episode, we drew a lot of quotes from the Anarchist FAQ’s discussion of state socialism, even though we don’t agree with all of it. We particularly pillaged the extremely useful and detailed discussion of Marx vs. Bakunin.

Writings by Ukrainian anarchist Nestor Mahkno; it’s interesting to note that Mahkno’s image and legacy have been appropriated by fascists in the recent Ukraine uprisings.

The totally amazing statement from the Briansk Anarchist Federation, July 1918 can be found here.

On the the role of communists in defusing of the May 1968 rebellion in Paris, see “Obsolete Communism: The Left Wing Alternative” by Daniel and Gabriel Cohn-Bendit (also covers the Russian Revolution, Kronstadt, and the Makhnovchina). On the Stalinists versus anarchists in the Spanish Civil War, we quoted from Emma Goldman’s essay on Political Persecution in Republican Spain.

And here’s a link to that scandalous bit from Worker’s World newspaper, in which the party “affirms its solidarity with Comrade Kim Jong Un” and argues that progressives in the US are obligated to defend the North Korean state against the imperialist lies and attacks.

Information about the call-in campaign for former Black Panther Abdul Majid, who is serving life in prison for the alleged murder of an NYPD officer, can be found on the NYC anarchist black cross’ website.

inmates in a Texas ICE facility have begun corresponding hunger strikes with those ongoing at the Tacoma, WA ICE facility. Keep up on the developments here.