Nestor Makhno--anarchy's Cossack: The Struggle for Free Soviets in the Ukraine 1917-1921AK Press, 2004 - 415 páginas The phenomenal life of Ukrainian peasant Nestor Makhno (1888-1934) provides the framework for this breakneck account of the downfall of the tsarist empire and the civil war that convulsed and bloodied Russia between 1917 and 1921. Mahkno and his people were fighting for a society "without masters or slaves, with neither rich nor poor." They acted towards that idea by establishing "free soviets." Unlike the soviets drained of all significance by the dictatorship of a one-party State, the "free soviets" became the grassroots organs of a direct democracy - a living embodiment of the free society - until they were betrayed, and smashed, by the Red Army. Delving into a vast array of documentation to which few other historians have had access, this study illuminates a revolution that started out with the rosiest of prospects but ended up utterly confounded. More than just the incredible exploits of a guerilla revolutionary par excellence, Skirda weaves the tale of a people, and the organizations and practices of anarchism, literally fighting for their lives. |
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From the Legend to the History | 1 |
In the Land of the Zaporog Cossacks | 8 |
A Rebellious Youth | 17 |
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Nestor Makhno--anarchy's Cossack: The Struggle for Free Soviets in the ... Alexandre Skirda Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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The Abolition of the State: Anarchist and Marxist Perspectives Wayne Price Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |