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May Day Rerun Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday May 01, 2024

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Margaret's taking a week off post mouth surgery and wants to celebrate May Day! Here's a throwback to the first episode where Margaret sat down with journalist and podcast host Robert Evans to talk about the anarchists who were hanged in Chicago in the 1860s for fighting for the rights of the working class.

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May Day Rerun Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday Apr 29, 2024

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CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part One Apr 28, 2024

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Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.

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Part Six: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution Apr 24, 2024

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In the SIXTH part of this longest-series-ever, Margaret finally gets to Kronstadt with Mia Wong and talks about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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Part Five: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution Apr 22, 2024

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In part five (can you believe it?), Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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Part Four: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution Apr 17, 2024

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In part four, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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Part Three: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution Apr 15, 2024

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In part three, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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CZM Book Club: "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke Apr 14, 2024

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Margaret reads Gare a classic sci-fi tale about the divine possibility of computers.

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Part Two: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution Apr 10, 2024

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In part two, Margaret continues to talk with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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Part One: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution Apr 08, 2024

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Margaret talks with Mia Wong about at least four Russian revolutions and general strikes, workers councils, and rebellions that tried to keep them on course.

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