Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-05-07
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 33
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Robert Evans recommended Accidents in North American Climbing 2020 by American Alpine Club. James Stout recommended The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade by Peter N. Carroll, The Spanish Republic and Civil War by Julián Casanova, The Spanish Anarchists by Murray Bookchin, and Comrades and Commissars by Cecil D. Eby, and discussed Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Accidents in North American Climbing 2020
Accidents in North American Climbing 2020 by American Alpine Club is an annual compilation of mountaineering incidents and safety analyses in North America.
Recommended“And the American Alpine Club actually publishes a thing called accidents in North American climbing where climbers, oh okay, this person [ __ ] up like this and they did this and this and this and they were okay or they weren't okay.”
Where to get it
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The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade by Peter N.
Recommended“And and as much as anything, and you can read like um like uh Peter Carroll's book on the Abraham Lincoln brigade or something, a brigade uh uh battalion, sorry, they weren't actually brigade.”
Where to get it
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Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.
Discussed“And you can see this in May of 1937, right, which is what George Orwell writes about in his book, right? The Mayday 1937 when we see a conflict between the non-Stalinist communists”
Where to get it
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The Spanish Republic and Civil War
The Spanish Republic and Civil War by Julián Casanova is a historical analysis of the political upheavals, revolutionary movements, and ultimate tragedy of Spain during the 1930s.
Recommended“And there are lots and lots of accounts of the of the anarchists in the Spanish Civil War. Um Julian Kasanova's book is is one of my favorites if people want to read one.”
Where to get it
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The Spanish Anarchists
The Spanish Anarchists by Murray Bookchin is a historical account detailing the heroic years and revolutionary efforts of the anarchist movement in Spain.
Recommended“Um Marchin, of course, has written the Spanish anarchists as well. Uh so there there are a lot of books you can read about and some of the micro case studies are really fun, right?”
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Comrades and Commissars
Comrades and Commissars by Cecil D.
Recommended“Um, Cecile Elb's book is another really good book about that if you want to read that.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Uh, it's called the Popular Front and the 1936 Barcelona Olympics. It's about the uh the Antifa Olympics that were held as an alternative to the uh Barcelona Olympics. It explains how uh the popular front used sport to build an anti-fascist identity in Catalonia.”
“Several indigenous authors were present and led workshops including indigenous feminist scholar and community planner Laura Harjo from the University of Oklahoma, author of Spiral to the Stars, Muscogeogi Tools of Futurity, and uh Dr. Daniel Wildcat”
“Several indigenous authors were present and led workshops including indigenous feminist scholar and community planner Laura Harjo from the University of Oklahoma, author of Spiral to the Stars, Muscogeogi Tools of Futurity, and uh Dr. Daniel Wildcat of the Haskell Indian Nations University who wrote the book Red Alert: Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge.”