What does it take to cook up a revolution? Is the French Revolution still relevant to our idea of radical social upheaval? Can there be unlimited political reforms without triggering a revolution? Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn deliver a condensed but essential history of revolution from Oliver Cromwell to Fidel Castro, with stop-offs in France, America, Haiti, China, Spain and Russia. Texts: Reinhart Koselleck – Futures Past: On the Semantics of Historical Time / James C. Davis - 'Toward a Theory of Revolution' Music: Excerpt from a Rara procession from Haiti / Los Zafiros – 'Cuando Yo La Conocí' / 'La Marseillaise' / The national anthem of the USSR / A rendition of Spanish civil war song 'A las Barricadas' Produced by Matt Huxley and Chal Ravens