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The dramatic Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858 punctured a hole in the Fugitive Slave Law (photo: the rescuers in jail) John Brown didn’t ride alone. When he led his raid on Harpers … read more

On this day in 1927, two Italian anarchists were executed in America for a crime they didn't commit “I am suffering because I am a radical and indeed I am a radical; I have suffered because … read more

Miguel Hidalgo wasn't just a priest: he was also one of the leading revolutionaries in Latin American history... Miguel Hidalgo was no conventional priest. Working in the parish of Dolor … read more

When a greedy steel magnate tried to tear up workers' rights, Pennsylvania steelworkers fought back “We are asking one another as we pass the time of day Why working men resort to arms t … read more

The activist and thinker who redefined Marxism in Latin America “Who knows when the time of living gently will return.”  - Mariátegui José Carlos Mariátegui is one of the great fig … read more