Ep.35 – Refuting the Legend: On the Words and Life of Louis Mercier-Vega by James Stout

Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness

Summary

This month on Strangers we have Refuting the Legend: On the Words and Life of Louis Mercier-Vega. Jame Stout gives us an introduction to the life and words of Louis Mercier Vega, an anarchist writer who fought with the International Group of the Durruti Column in the Spanish Civil War, along with an English translation of Louis' piece Refuting the Legend from the original in French. The word of the month is about revolutionary foods. Follow along at tangledwilderness.org

Guest Info

James Stout (he/him), PhD, is a Adjunct Professor of World History, journalist, writer, and podcaster. He is the author of The Popular Front and the Barcelona 1936 Popular Olympics and an upcoming book on anarchists at war for AK Press as well as the co-host of It Could Happen Here. He participates in mutual aid work with migrants whenever he can.

Where you can find more from James:

https://www.patreon.com/Jamesstout

jamesstout.net

https://x.com/jamesstout

Publisher

This podcast is published by Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org or on Twitter @tangledwild. You can support this show by subscribing to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness

Host

The host is Inmn Neruin. You can find them on instagram @shadowtail.artificery

Reader

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Theme music

The theme song was written and performed by Margaret Killjoy. You can find her at http://birdsbeforethestorm.net or on twitter @magpiekilljoy