The Phantom Menace: Makhno's Anarchist Army in Ukraine

In the chaos of the Russian Civil War, a peasant army led by the charismatic anarchist Nestor Makhno fought everyone: the Whites, the Reds, the Germans, and the Ukrainians. For a brief moment, they carved out a stateless territory in southern Ukraine, building communes and resisting central authority. Lucas and Luna explore Makhno's rise from political prisoner to guerrilla commander, the Black Army's mobile tactics, the strange alliance with the Bolsheviks against Denikin, and the brutal betrayal that followed. They also touch on the legacy of Makhnovshchina—its influence on anarchist thought and the tragic fate of its leader. This episode digs into a revolutionary alternative that was crushed by the very revolution it helped save, raising uncomfortable questions about power, freedom, and what gets remembered.

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