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Somehow I came to this point in my life without knowing that Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman once owned an ice cream shop in Worcester, Massachusetts before failing miserably to assassinate Henry Clay Frick in the wake of the Homestead strike. I've said it before...

The Magnificent Actor

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On August 22, 2013
Yesterday was Trotsky Icepick Day and to commemorate it, The New Republic reprinted Edmund Wilson's 1933 article on him. Good stuff. It also helped me understand why Trotsky would agree to testify before HUAC.

Vergès

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On August 17, 2013

Say what you will about Jacques Vergès, but everyone deserves the best defense possible, even if it is Klaus Barbie or your long-time friend Pol Pot. If you've never seen.

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