Episode 11: David Roediger's 'Seizing Freedom: Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All'

ABC With Danny and Jim

In this episode we discuss David Roediger's 'Seizing Freedom' (Verso, 2014), a brilliant account of the radical upheavals brought by the US Civil War and the self-emancipation of slaves in the 1860s. Along the way we discuss the concept of revolutionary time, the meaning of tragedy, and the errors of liberal history.

Danny has previously spoken about Roediger and his notion of revolutionary time on the podcast 'Soul y Vida' with comrade Gloria Dawson, which you can listen to (along with some boss tunes) here: https://www.mixcloud.com/SoulyVida/shut-it-down-2-revolutionary-time/

Jim mentions the 3-part series on the life and death of John Brown by 'The Dollop,' a US history-comedy podcast. First episode available here: https://allthingscomedy.com/podcast/the-dollop, episodes 438-430.

Danny mentions Steve Smith's reflections on the historiography of the Russian Revolution. You can read an interview with Smith on this subject here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/review/29/long-look-russian-revolution/

Danny also mentions the latest issue of 'Insurgent Notes,' which includes a 1879 interview with Karl Marx, which you can read here: http://insurgentnotes.com/2020/09/who-was-karl-marx/

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