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Part One: The Molly Maguires: Untamable Irish Rebels Who Had a Really Direct Way of Dealing with Bosses & Landlords Jul 17, 2023

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Margaret talks with Jamie Loftus about the wild history of Irish secret societies, the fight against the enclosure of the commons, and class war in the coal fields of the US.

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Part Two: Gama: An Anti-colonial Icon Who Happened to Be History's Greatest Wrestler Jul 12, 2023

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In part two of this week's reverse episode, author Shiv Ramdas continues his conversation with Margaret about Gama, the Indian wrestler who never lost.

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Part One: Gama: An Anti-colonial Icon Who Happened to Be History's Greatest Wrestler Jul 10, 2023

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In this reverse episode, author Shiv Ramdas tells Margaret about Gama, the Indian wrestler who never lost.

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Part Three: STAR & the Gay Liberation Front: An Army of Lovers Cannot Lose Jul 05, 2023

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In the finale of this three-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Danl Goodman about the gay liberation movement of the early 1970s that blew open the gates for LGBT rights.

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Part Two: STAR & the Gay Liberation Front: An Army of Lovers Cannot Lose Jun 28, 2023

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Danl Goodman about the gay liberation movement of the early 1970s that blew open the gates for LGBT rights.

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Part One: STAR & the Gay Liberation Front: An Army of Lovers Cannot Lose Jun 26, 2023

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Margaret talks with Danl Goodman about the gay liberation movement of the early 1970s that blew open the gates for LGBT rights.

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Part Two: The Newsies on Strike: Soaking Scabs & Taking Names Jun 21, 2023

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with writer and podcast host Andrew Ti about how an informal union of children shut down the nation’s biggest newspapers and won their rights.

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Part One: The Newsies on Strike: Soaking Scabs & Taking Names Jun 19, 2023

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Margaret talks with writer and podcast host Andrew Ti about how an informal union of children shut down the nation’s biggest newspapers and won their rights.

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Part Two: The Battle of Cable Street: How Jews & Irish Catholics Destroyed Fascism in Britain Jun 14, 2023

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with James Stout about how Britain's Union of Fascists was destroyed in a storm of fists and rotten vegetables in 1936.

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Part One: The Battle of Cable Street: How Jews & Irish Catholics Destroyed Fascism in Britain Jun 12, 2023

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Margaret talks with James Stout about how Britain's Union of Fascists was destroyed in a storm of fists and rotten vegetables in 1936.

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