10.5- The Adventures of Mikhail Bakunin

All Mikhail Bakunin wanted was a world without bosses.  Sponsor: audible.com/revolutions 

Wherein we revisit the Paris Commune.   

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<p>Mikhail discusses some of the latest and especially atrocious developments in Russia/Ukraine conflict.</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/realones/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=season%202"><br> </a></p> 

In the West, Pol Pot is synonymous with Cambodia’s infamous “Khmer Rouge”.  One of the most brutal dictatorships of the 20th Century. In hindsight, was this a case of one man’s bloodthirsty hunger for power, or the unravelling of a mission for an agrarian utopia? Support the show ... Show More

Born in Ethiopia, 1548, Malik Ambar was taken from his people at the age of 12 and sold into slavery. First he was sold to an owner in Baghdad, where he converted to Islam, but he ended up in India, on the Deccan plateau. From there, his star rose, eventually to become ruler of t ... Show More

Michael Komnenos Doukas would have had a forgettable career if it wasn't for the chaos which followed Manuel Komnenos' death.But the twists of fate allowed him to found a new state in Epirus (Western Greece) which would eventually seize huge parts of the Roman world.Period: 1204- ... Show More

<p>Rob, Eric and Rudy continue their discussion of the Algerian revolution from the fall of Ben Bella to the end of the Black Decade (known in the West as the Algerian Civil War). We discuss the starting point of Boumedienne's government, the agrarian reform and the developmental ... Show More

Die Weitergabe von Kultur war für die Abbasiden sehr wichtig. Schon ihre Vorgänger, die Umayyaden, waren von dem Wissen anderer Kulturen und Gesellschaften fasziniert gewesen. Die Abbasiden gingen noch einen Schritt weiter. Sie gründeten das Haus der Weisheit: eine bedeutende Bib ... Show More