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Part One: Community Gardens: How People Take Land From the Rich to Feed Themselves
Margaret talks with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "The Stolen Bacillus" by HG Wells
Margaret reads a classic anti-anarchist story by HG Wells written before Wells learned what was up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Four: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine
In part four, Margaret finishes her talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Three: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine
In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "Yermak, the Conqueror of Siberia" by Leo Tolstoy
Margaret reads a piece of folklore about the colonization of Siberia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine
In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine
Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the time that millions of Ukrainians rose a black flag and went to war against landlords, nationalists, and Bolsheviks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Three Ruthenian Folk Tales
Margaret reads three Slavic folk tales about magic women and mean children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to Early Zionism
In part two, Margaret concludes a talk with Matt Lieb about multi-faith Palestinian resistance to early Zionist colonization.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to Early Zionism
Margaret talks with Matt Lieb about multi-faith Palestinian resistance to early Zionist colonization.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part Two
In part two, Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May Day Rerun Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday
Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May Day Rerun Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday
Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part One
Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Six: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution
In the SIXTH part of this longest-series-ever, Margaret finally gets to Kronstadt with Mia Wong and talks about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Five: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution
In part five (can you believe it?), Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Four: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution
In part four, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Three: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution
In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke
Margaret reads Gare a classic sci-fi tale about the divine possibility of computers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution
In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution
Margaret talks with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "Transmutation" by Katherine Sparrow
Margaret reads Sophie a story of love gone wrong between a magician and an alchemist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire
Margaret finishes a conversation with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire
Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the woman who invented software and her rather strange family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "The Last Beat of My Heart" by Edward Morris
Margaret reads Gare a story about everyday magic, teen angst, and mixtapes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of Political Bank Robbers in Argentina and Uruguay
Margaret concludes with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of Political Bank Robbers in Argentina and Uruguay
Margaret talks with Snow about the folks who tried to fund a revolution the old-fashioned way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Part Two of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori
Margaret finishes the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us
In part two, Margaret talks with Robert Evans one more time about the English rebels who threw on dresses, declared a fake person their leader, and set about fighting the Industrial Revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us
Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the English rebels who threw on dresses, declared a fake person their leader, and set about fighting the Industrial Revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: Part One of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori
Margaret reads you the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More Important Than I Realized
In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the gay anarchist Irish dandy who proved to be not shallow at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More Important Than I Realized
Margaret talks with Chelsey Weber-Smith about the gay anarchist Irish dandy who proved to be not shallow at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "Tongue Mining" by Jack Morton
Margaret reads you a story about AI, translation, and love across languages. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The City of Gnomes: the Provos and Kabouters in late 60s Amsterdam who rebuilt the city
In part two, Margaret continues her conversation with Molly Conger about the hippies and greasers who reimagined Dutch urban life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The City of Gnomes: the Provos and Kabouters in late 60s Amsterdam who rebuilt the city
Margaret talks with Molly Conger about the hippies and greasers who reimagined Dutch urban life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: An excerpt from "An RVer's Guide to the American West" by Carrot Quinn
Margaret reads Robert a post-apocalyptic story of a woman and her dog surviving in the mountains.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Earth Liberation Front: The Burning Rage of a Dying Planet
In part two, Margaret finishes talking with Sarah Marshall about the eco-radicals and arsonists of the late 90s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Earth Liberation Front: The Burning Rage of a Dying Planet
Margaret talks with Sarah Marshall about the eco-radicals and arsonists of the late 90s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "Confession to a Dead Man" by Margaret Killjoy
Margaret reads Gare one of her stories, set in the world of Penumbra City.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Common Ground Collective: The DIY Collective That Built Modern Mutual Aid
In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Andrew Ti about the anarchists and former Black Panthers that came together to set up mutual aid in post-Katrina New Orleans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Common Ground Collective: The DIY Collective That Built Modern Mutual Aid
Margaret talks with Andrew Ti about the anarchists and former Black Panthers that came together to set up mutual aid in post-Katrina New Orleans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Part Two
Margaret reads you the second part of a classic feminist horror story about the madness caused by patriarchy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Four: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won
In our final part, Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Three: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won
Margaret, for the third time out of four, talks with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Part One
Margaret reads you a classic feminist horror story about the madness caused by patriarchy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won
In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part One: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won
Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about the motley collection of rebels who sparked Irish independence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: "The House of Surrender" by Laurie Penny
Margaret reads Shereen a story about a time traveler sent to a very strange prison.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two: Abortion and its Defenders: From Weimar to the Bay
In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Samantha McVey about the syndicalists who ran a network of 200 clinics in Weimar Germany and the feminists who defended Roe-era clinics in CaliforniaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.