In a 30 minute BBC programme Great Lives Broadcast in Sept 2013, historian Carolyn Eichner, journalist Paul Mason and Matthew Parris discuss the 19th Century French anarchist, Louise Michel.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039ctgh
Also Libcom has articles on Louise Michel:
http://libcom.org/history/anarcho-feminism-louise-michel-marian-leighton
http://libcom.org/history/articles/1830-louise-michel
It's pretty good, well worth
It's pretty good, well worth a listen. Personally I learned a lot - not only in terms of Michel, but the commune itself.
This was really good. I wish
This was really good. I wish I could learn more history in this way - low effort, high reward.
I like this program anyway and having heard it a number of times by chance I've got to say Matthew Paris is a great broadcaster.
Thanks for the tip Rat.
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Thanks for sharing; that was
Thanks for sharing; that was very informative. I went ahead and downloaded the one on Wittgenstein, which was good, and the one on Orwell, which was very shitty. They only mentioned his time in the Spanish civil war at the very end and only in a dismissive sentence.
^Yes, as far as I know you
^Yes, as far as I know you should be able to get radio programs on iplayer but not TV. Link here.
For those interested, a very
For those interested, a very good book on the life of Luise Michel is “La Vie Ardente et Intrepide de Louise Michel” written by Fernand Planche.
In 1954 Ediciones del Movimiento Libertario en Mexico published it with the title “La Virgen Roja-Luisa Michel” translated from French into Spanish by Isabel Del Castillo, with further corrections by Liberto Callejas and B. Cano Ruiz.
Whether this book is available in the English language I have no idea.
iexist, I've sent a PM with a
iexist, I've sent a PM with a link to a downloadable mp3 of the programme.
The only bit that made me
The only bit that made me cringe was when Paul Mason said something like; 'I've seen a young Louise Michel at the anti G8 Summit in Gleneagles, she was dancing in a field to a samba band. Her face was painted and she was wearing pink fairy wings, she still has a lot to learn...'
Louise Michel - the graphic
Louise Michel - the graphic novel
http://www.mary-talbot.co.uk/sample-page/the-red-virgin-and-the-vision-of-utopia/
Revolutionary thinking: Paul
Revolutionary thinking: Paul Mason, Bryan and Mary Talbot, Dacher Keltner
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079mcg6
Mark. wrote: Louise Michel -
Mark.
Ta. Reviewed http://libcom.org/library/graphic-dreams-utopia-book-review-red-virgin-vision-utopia (lifted from the KSL site).