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Anarchism is…Pirates!

For this episode I’m joined by Gabriel Kuhn, author of Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy, to discuss the anarchist nature of 18th century pirates. Join us to learn about all the ways that pirates lived more freely, more justly, and with less violence than their counterparts in European navies and merchant ships. Gabriel also discusses the connections between pirate radicalism and radical movements in the 21st century.

To read the pirate codes from this period, here’s a link from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_code

Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy, 2nd Ed