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Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff — 429 episodes

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Part One: Big Annie Clemenc and the Copper Strike of 1913

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Part Two: Cory Doctorow on Speculative Fiction for Social Change

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Part One: Cory Doctorow on Speculative Fiction for Social Change

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them

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CZM Rewind: Part One: Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them

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Part Two: Charlotta Bass: The Black Journalist Who Refused the Red Scare

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Part One: Charlotta Bass: The Black Journalist Who Refused the Red Scare

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Part Two: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England

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Part One: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England

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Part Two: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All

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Part One: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All

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Part Two: Alan Lomax: How to Record Everything and Mostly Make the World Better in the Process

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Part One: Alan Lomax: How to Record Everything and Mostly Make the World Better in the Process

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Part Two: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down

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Part One: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down

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Part Two: The Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire

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Part One: The Gay Ottomans: Homosexuality in the Medieval Ottoman Empire

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Part Two: The Movement Against the Corporal Punishment of Children

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Part One: The Movement Against the Corporal Punishment of Children

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CZM Book Club: Poems by Incarcerated Authors -- with In The Belly Magazine

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Part Six: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

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Part Five: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

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Part Two: DULF: the Drug User Liberation Front and the Fight For a Safe Supply

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Part One: DULF: the Drug User Liberation Front and the Fight For a Safe Supply

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs

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CZM Rewind: Part One: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs

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Part Four: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

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Part Three: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

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Part Two: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

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Part One: Harm Reduction: The Direct Action Movement that Changed How We Understand Addiction

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CZM Book Club: Moonkids, by Abbey Mei Otis, Part 1

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Part Four: The Dutch Resistance: The Teens Who Seduced and Killed Nazis

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Part Three: The Dutch Resistance: The Teens Who Seduced and Killed Nazis

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Part Two: The Dutch Resistance: The Ice Cream Parlor and Jewish Boxers

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Part One: The Dutch Resistance: The Ice Cream Parlor and Jewish Boxers

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Part Two: Hugh Ryan on Queer History

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Part One: Hugh Ryan on Queer History

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Part Four: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

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Part Three: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

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Part Two: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

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Part One: Peter the Painter and the Latvian Revolution of 1905

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Part Two: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics

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Part One: SHAC and Modern Protest Tactics

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Part Two: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans at War Against Putin

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Part One: If Not Us Than Who: The Russian Partisans at War Against Putin

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Part Two: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund

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Part One: Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Labor Bund

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Part Two: The Lusty Lady: The Worker-Owned Peep Show

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Part One: The Lusty Lady: The Worker-Owned Peep Show

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Part Two: Christopher B. Zeichmann on Radical Antiquity

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Part One: Christopher B. Zeichmann on Radical Antiquity

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Part Two: The Colored Farmers Alliance and Early Black Cooperativism in the US

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Part One: The Colored Farmers Alliance and Early Black Cooperativism in the US

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The Punk Rock Good Life: A Guide to an Aesthetic Life

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Part Two: Saint Maximillian Kolbe: A Conservative Who Died Protecting People From Fascists

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Part One: Saint Maximillian Kolbe: A Conservative Who Died Protecting People From Fascists

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Part Two: Ben Passmore on Black History

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Part One: Ben Passmore on Black History

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Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota, Pt. 2

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Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota

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Part Two: The Banner Wars: How Dutch Squatters Fought Far-Right Immigration Policy

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Part One: The Banner Wars: How Dutch Squatters Fought Far-Right Immigration Policy

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Part Two: Q&A 2026: Margaret and Sophie Answer Your Questions

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Part One: Q&A 2026: Margaret and Sophie Answer Your Questions

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CZM Rewind: Part Four: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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CZM Rewind: Part Three: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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CZM Rewind: Part Two, Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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CZM Rewind: Part One, Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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Part Two: Priest Holes: How to Hide People From the Authorities (in Medieval England)

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Part One: Priest Holes: How to Hide People From the Authorities (in Medieval England)

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Part Two: Spartacus and the Thurii Commune: How a Slave Rebellion in Ancient Rome Reimagined Society

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Part One: Spartacus and the Thurii Commune: How a Slave Rebellion in Ancient Rome Reimagined Society

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Part Two: Diogenes: The Greek Philosopher Who Pissed on the Rich

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Part One: Diogenes: The Greek Philosopher Who Pissed on the Rich

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us

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CZM Rewind: Part One: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us

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Part Two: Nonhelema: The Six Foot Six Warrior Woman of the Shawnee Who Fought the Empire

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Part One: Nonhelema: The Six Foot Six Warrior Woman of the Shawnee Who Fought the Empire

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Part Two: Arminius and the Battle of Teutoburg Forest: How the Barbarians Broke the Roman Legions

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Part One: Arminius and the Battle of Teutoburg Forest: How the Barbarians Broke the Roman Legions

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Part Two: Boudica: The Warrior Queen Who Burned Roman London to the Ground

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Part One: Boudica: The Warrior Queen Who Burned Roman London to the Ground

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Part Two: The Gallae: Trans Priestess of Ancient Rome

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Part One: The Gallae: Trans Priestess of Ancient Rome

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Part Two: Druids: Because the Past is Metal as Hell

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Part One: Druids: Because the Past is Metal as Hell

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Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them, Part Two

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Crisis Hotlines: Of Course Queers Invented Them, Part One

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Part Two: Secret Societies and Leftism: The Odd Origins of Revolution

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Part One: Secret Societies and Leftism: The Odd Origins of Revolution

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CZM Rewind: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore, Part Two

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CZM Rewind: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore, Part One

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Part Two: Mutual Aid and Evolution: Peter Kropotkin and the Battle for Science

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Part One: Mutual Aid and Evolution: Peter Kropotkin and the Battle for Science

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Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

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Part One: I Can't Tell You What's Coming

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Part Two: Public Radio: From the Open Source Origins to the Pacifist Poets

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Part One: Public Radio: From the Open Source Origins to the Pacifist Poets

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Part Two: Pirate Radio: From International Waters to Squatted Apartment Buildings

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Part One: Pirate Radio: From International Waters to Squatted Apartment Buildings

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Part Two: The Surprising Stories Behind Foosball and Air Mail

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Part One: The Surprising Stories Behind Foosball and Air Mail

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Part Two: Alter-globalization Continues: How the Movement of Movements Used Carnivals and Riots to Fight Neoliberalism

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

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CZM Rewind: Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

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Part One: Alter-globalization Continues: How the Movement of Movements Used Carnivals and Riots to Fight Neoliberalism

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Part Two: Indymedia: How Lefty Techies and Journalists Reinvented the Internet

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Part One: Indymedia: How Lefty Techies and Journalists Reinvented the Internet

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CZM Rewind: The Japanese Anarchists Part Two

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CZM Rewind: The Japanese Anarchists Part 1

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Part Two: Street Medics: The People Who Wash Pepperspray Out of Your Eyes

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Part One: Street Medics: The People Who Wash Pepperspray Out of Your Eyes

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Part Two: The National Lawyers Guild: The Legal Arm of Basically Every Social Movement in the US

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Part One: The National Lawyers Guild: The Legal Arm of Basically Every Social Movement in the US

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community

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CZM Rewind: Part One: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community

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Part Two: Bread And Puppet: The Dawn of Giant Protest Puppets

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Part One: Bread And Puppet: The Dawn of Giant Protest Puppets

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Part Two: The Battle in Seattle: How Scrappy Protesters Shut Down the World Trade Organization

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Part One: The Battle in Seattle: How Scrappy Protesters Shut Down the World Trade Organiation

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Part Two: The Black Bloc: It’s a Tactic, Not an Organization

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Part One: The Black Bloc: It’s a Tactic, Not an Organization

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Part Four: The Alter-Globalization Movement: From the Zapatistas to the Battle of Seattle

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Part Three: The Alter-Globalization Movement: From the Zapatistas to the Battle of Seattle

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: Before the Mexican Revolution: Ricardo Flores Magón and the peasants who ended a dictatorship

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CZM Rewind: Part One: Before the Mexican Revolution: Ricardo Flores Magón and the peasants who ended a dictatorship

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Part Two: The Alter-Globalization Movement: From the Zapatistas to the Battle of Seattle

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Part One: The Alter-Globalization Movement: From the Zapatistas to the Battle of Seattle

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Part Two: Habeas Corpus and the Peasant Origins of Western Democracy

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Part One: Habeus Corpus and the Peasant Origins of Western Democracy

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Part Two: How We Beat Polio But Not the Mythmaking Around Jonas Salk

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Part One: How We Beat Polio But Not the Mythmaking Around Jonas Salk

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Part Two: International Antifascists in Ukraine: the Story of Anarchists at War Against Putin

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Part One: International Antifascists in Ukraine: the Story of Anarchists at War Against Putin

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Part Two: A War Against Tankies and Tanks: the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

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Part One: A War Against Tankies and Tanks: the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

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Part Two: Women of War: Partisan Struggle Against Italian Fascism with Suzanne Cope

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Part One: Women of War: Partisan Struggle Against Italian Fascism with Suzanne Cope

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Part Two: Black Antifascists In the Spanish Civil War

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Part One: Black Antifascists In the Spanish Civil War

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Part Two: A Madhouse Against the Nazis: the Story of François Tosquelles and Saint-Albans

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Part One: A Madhouse Against the Nazis: the Story of François Tosquelles and Saint-Albans

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Part Two: Samizdat: How to Self-Publish During a Dictatorship

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Part One: Samizdat: How to Self-Publish During a Dictatorship

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: Gay Resistance to the Nazis

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CZM Rewind: Gay Resistance to the Nazis

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Part Two: The Fight Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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Part One: The Fight Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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Part Two: The Raid on Harpers Ferry Succeeded, Actually

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Part One: The Raid on Harpers Ferry Succeeded, Actually

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Part Two: Lesbian Mutual AID During the AIDS Crisis

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Part One: Lesbian Mutual AID During the AIDS Crisis

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Part Four: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and Changed the World

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Part Three: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and Changed the World

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Part Two: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and Changed the World

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Part One: Crass: How Some Hippies Reinvented Punk and Changed the World

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Part Four: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

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Part Three: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

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Part Two: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

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Part One: The Haitian Revolution: The Most Successful Revolt in the Americas

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Part Two: Push the Button: The Brief Life and Quick Death of Giuseppe Zangara

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Part One: Push the Button: The Brief Life and Quick Death of Giuseppe Zangara

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Part Two: Bethel House: How Schizophrenic Folks in Japan Created a New Model of Psychiatric Care

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Part One: Bethel House: How Schizophrenic Folks in Japan Created a New Model of Psychiatric Care

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Part Two: The Great Dismal Swamp and 200 Years of Revolt in the US South

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Part One: The Great Dismal Swamp and 200 Years of Revolt in the US South

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Part Two: Q&A Episode: Margaret and Sophie Answer Your Questions

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Part One: Q&A Episode: Margaret and Sophie Answer Your Questions

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Part Two: Bella Ciao and the Migrant Laboring Women Who Gave Us an Anthem

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Part One: Bella Ciao and the Migrant Laboring Women Who Gave Us an Anthem

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way

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CZM Rewind: Part One: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way

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Part Two: Fountain House Is A Cool Place For People Dealing With Mental Health

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Part One: Fountain House Is A Cool Place For People Dealing With Mental Health

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Part Two: All the People Who Tried to Kill Mussolini

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Part One: All the People Who Tried to Kill Mussolini

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

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CZM Rewind: Part One: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

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CZM Rewind: Part Two: The Vampires Are On Our Side: Antifascism in Film

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CZM Rewind: Part One: The Vampires Are On Our Side: Antifascism in Film

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Part Two: A People's History of Potatoes

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Part One: A People's History of Potatoes

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Cool Rerun Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

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Cool Rerun Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

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Part Two: Witches: Witches Were Pretty Cool Even Though They Didn't Really Exist

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Part One: Witches: Witches Were Pretty Cool Even Though They Didn't Really Exist

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Part Two: Halloween Special: Spooky Stories

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Part One: Halloween Special: Spooky Stories

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Part Two: Pura Belpré: The Puerto Rican Librarian Who Brought Bilingual Storytelling to New York

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Part One: Pura Belpré: The Puerto Rican Librarian Who Brought Bilingual Storytelling to New York

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Part Two: Pirates, Libertalia, and the Betsimisaraka Confederation

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Part One: Pirates, Libertalia, and the Betsimisaraka Confederation

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Part Two: Mutual Aid in North Carolina: How Asheville Has Come Together in the Wake of the Storm

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Part One: Mutual Aid in North Carolina: How Asheville Has Come Together in the Wake of the Storm

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Part Two: Catastrophe Compassion: How People Come Together in Crisis

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Part One: Catastrophe Compassion: How People Come Together in Crisis

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Part Four: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

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Part Three: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

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Part Two: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

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Part One: The Korean People's Association of Manchuria: When Two Million People Lived In a Horizontal Society

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Part Two: Mother Jones: Honestly Kind of a Fraud TBH

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Part One: Mother Jones: Honestly Kind of a Fraud TBH

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Part Two: The German Abolitionists: How the 48ers Joined the American Abolitionists

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Part One: The German Abolitionists: How the 48ers Joined the American Abolitionists

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Part Two: Frances Perkins and the Quest to Rescue Jewish Children From Germany

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Part One: Frances Perkins and the Quest to Rescue Jewish Children From Germany

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Part Two: The Orange Alternative: The Polish Hippie Surrealists Who Tore Down a Communist Government

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Part One: The Orange Alternative: The Polish Hippie Surrealists Who Tore Down a Communist Government

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Part Two: Ben Fletcher, Local 8, and the Fighting, Antiracist Union of Philadelphia

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Part One: Ben Fletcher, Local 8, and the Fighting, Antiracist Union of Philadelphia

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Part Two: Joan of Arc Was Even Cooler Than I Thought

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Part One: Joan of Arc Was Even Cooler Than I Thought

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Part Two: The Reichstag Fire Was Not An Inside Job

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Part One: The Reichstag Fire Was Not An Inside Job

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Part Four: Operation Nemesis and Armenian Resistance to Genocide

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Part Three: Operation Nemesis and Armenian Resistance to Genocide

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Part Two: Operation Nemesis and Armenian Resistance to Genocide

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Part One: Operation Nemesis and Armenian Resistance to Genocide

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Cool Rerun: Part Two: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband

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Cool Rerun: Part One: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband

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Part Two: Dungeons & Dragons: The History of Some Great and Terrible Nerdery

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Part One: Dungeons & Dragons: The History of Some Great and Terrible Nerdery

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Part Two: George Orwell and the War for Common Decency

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Part One: George Orwell and the War for Common Decency

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Part Two: ACT UP: How Angry, Dying Queers Invented Modern Activism

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Part One: ACT UP: How Angry, Dying Queers Invented Modern Activism

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Part Two: Mutual Aid and Burial Societies: The Origins of Black Cooperativism in the US

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Part One: Mutual Aid and Burial Societies: The Origins of Black Cooperativism in the US

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Part Two: Fábricas Ocupadas: When Workers In Argentina Took Over Their Factories

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Part One: Fábricas Ocupadas: When Workers In Argentina Took Over Their Factories

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Part Two: Community Gardens: How People Take Land From the Rich to Feed Themselves

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Part One: Community Gardens: How People Take Land From the Rich to Feed Themselves

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Part Four: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

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Part Three: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

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Part Two: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

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Part One: Death to the Rich: Maria Nikiforova and the anarchist battallions in Civil War Ukraine

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Part Two: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to Early Zionism

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Part One: The Great Revolt: Palestinian Resistance to Early Zionism

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

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

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Part Six: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

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Part Five: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

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Part Four: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

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Part Three: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

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Part Two: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

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Part One: Kronstadt and the People Who Tried to Save the Russian Revolution

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Part Two: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire

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Part One: Ada Lovelace and Lord Byron: The First Computer Programmer, Child of the First Vampire

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Part Two: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of Political Bank Robbers in Argentina and Uruguay

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Part One: The Expropriators: Fifteen Years of Political Bank Robbers in Argentina and Uruguay

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Part Two: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us

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Part One: All Hail King Ludd: How the Luddites Almost Saved Us

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Part Two: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More Important Than I Realized

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Part One: Oscar Wilde: A Story That Was Way More Important Than I Realized

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Part Two: The City of Gnomes: the Provos and Kabouters in late 60s Amsterdam who rebuilt the city

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Part One: The City of Gnomes: the Provos and Kabouters in late 60s Amsterdam who rebuilt the city

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Part Two: The Earth Liberation Front: The Burning Rage of a Dying Planet

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Part One: The Earth Liberation Front: The Burning Rage of a Dying Planet

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Part Two: The Common Ground Collective: The DIY Collective That Built Modern Mutual Aid

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Part One: The Common Ground Collective: The DIY Collective That Built Modern Mutual Aid

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Part Four: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

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Part Three: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

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Part Two: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

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Part One: The Easter Rising: How a Bunch of Irish Poets and Union Organizers Took On the British Empire, Died, and Then Won

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Part Two: Abortion and its Defenders: From Weimar to the Bay

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Part One: Abortion and its Defenders: From Weimar to the Bay

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Cool ReRun: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything Part 3+4

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Cool ReRun: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything Part 1+2

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Part Two: Freedom House: The World’s First Paramedics Were Black Men from Pittsburgh

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Part One: Freedom House: The World’s First Paramedics Were Black Men from Pittsburgh

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Here's To You, Dear Listeners: 2024 Q&A

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Part Two: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community

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Part One: The Battle of Negro Fort: Florida's Maroon Community

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Part Two: Israeli & International Solidarity with Palestinian Struggle

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Part One: Israeli & International Solidarity with Palestinian Struggle

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Part Four: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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Part Three: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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Part Two: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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Part One: Lakota Resistance to the American Empire

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CZM Rewind: Part Two - Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy

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CZM Rewind: Part One - Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy

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Part Two: Witches & Vampires in Folklore

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Part One: Witches & Vampires in Folklore

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Part Two: Countercuisine: The Counterculture of the Diggers & Food Co-ops

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Part One: Countercuisine: The Counterculture of the Diggers & Food Co-ops

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Part Two: The Surprisingly Complicated History of Halloween

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Part One: The Surprisingly Complicated History of Halloween

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Part Four: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took Over Half the Country

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Part Three: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took Over Half the Country

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Part Two: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took Over Half the Country

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Part One: Rebellion in Patagonia: When the Rural Argentinian Labor Movement Took Over Half the Country

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Part Two: Hobohemia & the Dil Pickle Club: Chicago is Weird & Cool

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Part One: Hobohemia & the Dil Pickle Club: Chicago is Weird & Cool

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Part Four: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought

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Part Three: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought

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CZM Rewind: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union

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Part Two: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought

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Part One: The Surrealists Were Even Cooler Than You Thought

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Part Two: John Henry Was Real & Also Became Superman

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Part One: John Henry Was Real & Also Became Superman

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Part Four: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Eastern Front

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Part Three: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Eastern Front

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Part Two: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Eastern Front

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Part One: A Tale of Two Snipers: Simo Häyhä, Lyudmila Pavlichenko & the Eastern Front

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Part Two: Sex Work in the American West & the Start of a Labor Movement

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Part One: Sex Work in the American West & the Start of a Labor Movement

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Part Two: The Black Panthers & Breakfast

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Part One: The Black Panthers & Breakfast

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Part Two: Escape from the Magdalene Laundries: Surviving & Fighting Theocracy in Ireland

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Part One: Escape from the Magdalene Laundries: Surviving & Fighting Theocracy in Ireland

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Part Two: Hunger Strikes: From Ireland to Palestine

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Part One: Hunger Strikes: From Ireland to Palestine

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Part Two: Before the Mexican Revolution: Ricardo Flores Magón & the Peasants Who Ended a Dictatorship

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Part One: Before the Mexican Revolution: Ricardo Flores Magón & the Peasants Who Ended a Dictatorship

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Part Two: The Molly Maguires: Untamable Irish Rebels Who Had a Really Direct Way of Dealing with Bosses & Landlords

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

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

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

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Part Three: STAR & the Gay Liberation Front: An Army of Lovers Cannot Lose

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Part Two: STAR & the Gay Liberation Front: An Army of Lovers Cannot Lose

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Part One: STAR & the Gay Liberation Front: An Army of Lovers Cannot Lose

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Part Two: The Newsies on Strike: Soaking Scabs & Taking Names

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Part One: The Newsies on Strike: Soaking Scabs & Taking Names

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

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

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Part Two: Resistance to Franco: The Anarchist Air Force, the Antifascist Space Program & More

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Part One: Resistance to Franco: The Anarchist Air Force, the Antifascist Space Program & More

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Part Two: Francisco Sabaté: Franco’s Public Enemy #1

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Part One: Francisco Sabaté: Franco’s Public Enemy #1

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Part Two: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs

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Part One: Riot Dogs Are Very Good Dogs

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Part Two: Josephine Baker: The Actor and Spy Who Mighta Saved the World

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Part One: Josephine Baker: The Actor and Spy Who Mighta Saved the World

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Part Two: Muhammad Ali Risked It All to Stop a War

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Part One: Muhammad Ali Risked It All to Stop a War

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Part Two: Helen Keller Was a Socialist But Also Complicated

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Part One: Helen Keller Was a Socialist But Also Complicated

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Part Four: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

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Part Three: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

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Part Two: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

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Part One: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

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Part Two: Burglars vs the FBI: How the Catholic Left & Their Friends Exposed COINTELPRO

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Part One: Burglars vs the FBI: How the Catholic Left & Their Friends Exposed COINTELPRO

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Part Two: Great Trancestors of History: Lucy Hicks, Wendy Carlos & Alan Hart

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Part One: Great Trancestors of History: Lucy Hicks, Wendy Carlos & Alan Hart

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Part Four: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

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Part Three: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

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Part Two: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

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Part One: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

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Part Two: Judi Bari Didn't Bomb Herself: Earth First! & the Timber Wars

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Part One: Judi Bari Didn't Bomb Herself: Earth First! & the Timber Wars

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Part Two: The Golden Age of Pirates & One Great Polycule of History

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Part One: The Golden Age of Pirates & One Great Polycule of History

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Part Two: Chico Mendes & the Rubber Tappers Who Fought for the Rainforest

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Part One: Chico Mendes & the Rubber Tappers Who Fought for the Rainforest

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Part Two: Ngo Van & Vietnamese Resistance Before the Vietnam War

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Part One: Ngo Van & Vietnamese Resistance Before the Vietnam War

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Part Two: The Popular Olympics: Antifascist Athletes Help Stop a Coup

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Part One: The Popular Olympics: Antifascist Athletes Help Stop a Coup

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Part Two: Isabelle Eberhardt: The Genderbending Vagabond

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Part One: Isabelle Eberhardt: The Genderbending Vagabond

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Part Two: Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen of Ireland

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Part One: Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen of Ireland

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Part Two: Up Against the Wall: New York City's Armed Love Movement

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Part One: Up Against the Wall: New York City's Armed Love Movement

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Here's To You, Dear Listeners: 2023 Q&A

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Part Two: The Tramp Printers: Union Vagabonds

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Part One: The Tramp Printers: Union Vagabonds

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Part Two: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

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Part One: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

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Part Two: Everyone Hates the Klan

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Part One: Everyone Hates the Klan

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Part Two: Anti-Racist Action: Because Nazi Punks Need To Be Dealt With

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Part One: Anti-Racist Action: Because Nazi Punks Need To Be Dealt With

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Part Two: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore

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Part One: Baba Yaga: Everyone's Favorite Witch From Folklore

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Halloween Fiction Special: It Bleeds, It Burrows, It Breaks the Bone

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Part Three: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled

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Part Two: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled

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Part One: Sholem Schwarzbard: The Jewish Assassin Who Ruled

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Part Two: The Vampires are on Our Side: Antifascism in Film

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Part One: The Vampires are on Our Side: Antifascism in Film

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Part Two: Crime Pays: The Sophie Lyons Story

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Part One: Crime Pays: The Sophie Lyons Story

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Part Two: The Modern School & Francisco Ferrer: School Shouldn't Be Terrible

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Part One: The Modern School & Francisco Ferrer: School Shouldn't Be Terrible

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Part Two: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband

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Part One: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband

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Part Two: The IWW and the Hobos Who Saved Free Speech

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Part One: The IWW and the Hobos Who Saved Free Speech

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Part Two: Dutch Squatters Accidentally Save The Country From Ruin

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Part One: Dutch Squatters Accidentally Save The Country From Ruin

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Part Two: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way

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Part One: Chumbawamba: How to Sell Out, But in a Good Way

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Part Two: Roger Casement: The Gay Irish Anti-Colonial Knight

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Part One: Roger Casement: The Gay Irish Anti-Colonial Knight

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Part Two: The Diggers, the Levelers, the Ranters, and John Darnielle

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Part One: The Diggers, the Levelers, the Ranters, and John Darnielle

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Part Two: Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy

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Part One: Food Not Bombs, The Criminal Mutual Aid Conspiracy

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Part Two: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising & Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust

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Part One: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising & Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust

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Part Two: The Japanese Anarchist Women Who Kept Trying to Kill Emperors

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Part One: The Japanese Anarchist Women Who Kept Trying to Kill Emperors

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Part Two: Birth Control Pioneers & the Jerk Who Tried to Stop Them

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Part One: Birth Control Pioneers & the Jerk Who Tried to Stop Them

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Part Two: How To Break Out of Prison: In Minecraft and Elsewhere

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Part One: How To Break Out of Prison: In Minecraft and Elsewhere

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Part Two: Blair Mountain: When Miners Went to Literal War Against Their Bosses

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Part One: Blair Mountain: When Miners Went to Literal War Against Their Bosses

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Part Two: When Women Were Computers: A Tale of Space and Math

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Part One: When Women Were Computers: A Tale of Space and Math

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Part Two: The Public Universal Friend: A Non-binary Icon in Revolutionary-Era America

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Part One: The Public Universal Friend: A Non-binary Icon in Revolutionary-Era America

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Part Two: The Anarchist Revolution in the Spanish Civil War

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Part One: The Anarchist Revolution in the Spanish Civil War

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Part Two: Russian Nihilists: The Gender-bending Subculture that Blew Up the Tsar

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Part One: Russian Nihilists: The Gender-bending Subculture that Blew Up the Tsar

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Part Two: Gay Resistance to Nazis

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Part One: Gay Resistance to Nazis

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Part Two: The Paris Commune: How to Steal Back Your Own City

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Part One: The Paris Commune: How to Steal Back Your Own City

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Part Two: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union

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Part One: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union

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Part Two: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

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Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

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Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

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Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

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Introducing: Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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