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CZM Book Club: Against the State by James Stout Apr 19, 2026

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James reads Margaret the first chapter of his new book

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Part Four: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905 Apr 15, 2026

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Margaret finishes telling you about the histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar.

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https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/houndsditch-murders/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyl24y/were_the_policies_of_the_british_government_under/
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Siege-of-Sidney-Street/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070514215717/http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/immigration.html
https://www.onlatvia.com/tag/christianization
https://web.archive.org/web/20250125015207/https://www.onlatvia.com/dievturiba-latvian-neo-paganism-187
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Ulmanis
https://kulturaskanons.lv/en/archive/jani/
A Towering Flame, by Phillip Ruff

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Part Three: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905 Apr 13, 2026

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Margaret continues telling you about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar.

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CZM Book Club: Selected Poems of Voltairine de Cleyre Apr 12, 2026

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Happy National Poetry Month! Margaret reads some poems from a "Classic Age" anarchist poet and agitator

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Part Two: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905 Apr 08, 2026

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Margaret continues her conversation with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar

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Part One: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905 Apr 06, 2026

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Margaret talks with Becca Ramos about one of histories most notorious fugitives and his days fighting against the Tsar

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CZM Book Club: All Cats Are Grey, by Andre Alice Norton Apr 05, 2026

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Margaret reads you some golden-age pulp sci-fi about a hypercompetant space captain and her trusty cat

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Part Two: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics Apr 01, 2026

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Margaret continues her talk with Shuli Branson about the international campaign to end a notorious animal testing lab

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https://activistfacts.com/organizations/408-shac//
https://newspaper.animalpeopleforum.org/2002/10/01/crackdown-on-shac-hits-activist-for-child-porn-brings-boston-busts/
https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?Id=DAED00C5-802A-23AD-4106-0178D28039D9&Statement_id=CB16330B-2C94-4C18-B3A1-EF426A27966C
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/british-arrest-animal-rights-activists/
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/animal-rights-activists-get-prison-web-threat-case/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4762481.stm
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+dug+up+a+grave+20+years+ago+but+this+is+appalling%3b+YOXALL...-a0123564625
https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-research-they-tried-to-stop
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/12/animalwelfare.topstories3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgs
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.nelsonmandela
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/24/animalwelfare.businessofresearch
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/this-britain/animal-rights-activists-condemned-as-guinea-pig-farm-gives-up-fight-307872.html
https://aldf.org/article/federal-laws-and-agencies-involved-with-animal-testing/
https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fkyqaf/cmv_testing_on_animals_is_not_logically_unethical/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36762462/
https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/summer-2025/animal-experimentation-under-trump-administration-good-bad-ugly
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-gets-epa-back-track-eliminate-animal-testing-after-biden-admin
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/consumer-health/federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-1938
https://bfp.org/the-u-s-is-finally-beginning-to-move-beyond-animal-testing/
https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2023.2221987#abstract
https://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/epa-end-animal-testing
https://web.archive.org/web/20080227041442/http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/RIA_Report_FINAL-opt.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK32655/
https://humanedecisions.com/charles-darwin-the-lower-animals-like-man-feel-pleasure-and-pain-happiness-and-misery/
https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030113/http://postcog.ucd.ie/files/fulltext.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/aug/14/davidpallister
https://www.stagemilk.com/aaron-monologue-act-5-scene-1/
https://awionline.org/press-releases/envigo-settlement-first-step-addressing-companys-abysmal-animal-welfare-record
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/2960204-envigos-22-million-guilty-plea-animal-welfare-scandal-unveiled
Puppy Killer, Leave Town, Jon Hochschartner
https://we.riseup.net/imc-uk/barry-horne