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Against the Logic of the Guillotine: Why the Paris Commune Burned the Guillotineโand We Should Too
148 years ago this week, on April 6, 1871, armed participants in the revolutionary Paris Commune seized the guillotine that was stored near the prison in Paris. They brought it to the foot of the statue ...
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Something New for Revolutionary Politics
Kristin Ross, the author of two remarkable books–on the events of 1968 in France (May โ68 and Its Afterlives) and the Paris Commune of 1871 (Communal Luxury), has now written a provocative article on the “The ...
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โIโm A Modern Man Who Knows How to Wailโ: A Hip-Hop Poet in Fin de Siecle Paris
โIโm the Outcast . . . the โdistinguishedโ chap/Who puts it all in poetry/Iโm more than half crushed to bits / Between the Bourgeoisie and the Worker/Iโm the bloke whose work one hates/Iโm a closet of ...
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Letter from Garibaldi to Lincoln
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On this date, 155 years ago (August 6, 1863): โIn the midst of your titanic struggle, permit me, as another among the free children of Columbus, to send you a word of greeting and admiration for ...
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A Galopar
A musical performance from Cadiz, Spain. English translation: Go riding The land, the land, the land of Spain The large, single, deserted plains Gallop, alabaster hoofed steed Rider of the people To the sun and moon ...
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The Autonomous Unemployed in the Netherlands
by Curtis Price In the late 1980s, the Netherlands, like many European countries, was faced with long-term unemployment. Concern arose among Dutch policy makers that changing conditions were creating a U.S. style โunderclassโ: a mass ...
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Escalator to Heaven: The Continuing Padre Pio Boondoggle
by Mike Morgan โWell youโll never get to heaven In a Chevrolet Cos a Chevrolet Donโt Go That Wayโ – Boy Scout & Girl Guide Campfire Song On September 18, 2017, The ...
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