Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the deafblind socialist revolutionary Helen Keller and her complicated legacy as a disability icon.

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In the finale of this four part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.

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In part three of this four part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.

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In part two of this four part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.

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Margaret talks with Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff about how radicals got the trash taken out in New York, literally.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with journalist, activist and comedian Francesca Fiorentini about one of the greatest acts of nonviolent civil disobedience in US history.

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Margaret talks with journalist, activist and comedian Francesca Fiorentini about one of the greatest acts of nonviolent civil disobedience in US history.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Bridget Todd about some trans people in history who lived long happy lives and accomplished wonderful things.

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Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about some trans people in history who lived long, happy lives and accomplished wonderful things.

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In the finale of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.

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In part three of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.

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In part two of this special four-part episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.

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Margaret talks with Shereen Younes about the early fight for LGBT rights and how it was a literal fight, fought on every front.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Gare about the labor organizer who tried to bring loggers and environmentalists together to save the redwoods and had to survive a car bomb to do it.

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Margaret talks with Gare about the labor organizer who tried to bring loggers and environmentalists together to save the redwoods and had to survive a car bomb to do it.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about what's unique about the golden age of piracy and why we romanticize the wrong things, plus they discuss Mary Read, Anne Bonny and Calico Jack.

South Street Seaport Museum's Queer Chanteys, Queer Sailors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRxo-nJn8X8

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Margaret talks with Miriam about what's unique about the golden age of piracy and why we romanticize the wrong things, plus they discuss Mary Read, Anne Bonny and Calico Jack.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about the rural union of rubber tappers who fought slash and burn ranching in the Amazon rainforest.

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Margaret talks with Prop about the rural union of rubber tappers who fought slash and burn ranching in the Amazon rainforest.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Snow about one communist’s life of resistance against colonialism and authoritarianism both.

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Margaret talks with Snow about one communist’s life of resistance against colonialism and authoritarianism both.

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In part two of this week's reverse episode, James Stout continues his conversation with Margaret about the Popular Olympics of 1936 Spain and the competitors who stayed to fight.

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In this reverse episode, James Stout talks with Margaret about the Popular Olympics of 1936 Spain and the competitors who stayed to fight.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jolie Holland about Isabelle Eberhardt, aka Si Mahmoud Saadi, the Muslim crossdressing adventurer raised by anarchists.

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Margaret talks with Jolie Holland about Isabelle Eberhardt, aka Si Mahmoud Saadi, the Muslim crossdressing adventurer raised by anarchists.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Hugh Ryan about the complicated legacy of Gráinne Ní Mháille and her piracy and her rebellion against the British.

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Margaret talks with Hugh Ryan about the complicated legacy of Gráinne Ní Mháille and her piracy and her rebellion against the British.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Mia Wong about Black Mask and Up Against the Wall, the artists who took on the system and looked good doing it.

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Margaret talks with Mia Wong about Black Mask and Up Against the Wall, the artists who took on the system and looked good doing it.

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On this special episode of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, Margaret and Sophie answer questions from you, the listeners!

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.

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Margaret talks with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the hardknock union typographers whose short lives were full of adventure, ink, and booze.

Source: The Tramp Printers: Forgotten Trails of the Traveling Typographers by Charles Overbeck

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Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the hardknock union typographers whose short lives were full of adventure, ink, and booze.

Source: The Tramp Printers: Forgotten Trails of the Traveling Typographers by Charles Overbeck

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the NAACP, and others organized for self-defense during the Civil Rights Era.

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Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the NAACP, and others organized for self-defense during the Civil Rights Era.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen about the long history of the Ku Klux Klan and the equally long history of people fighting it tooth and nail.

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Margaret talks with Shereen about the long history of the Ku Klux Klan and the equally long history of people fighting it tooth and nail.

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In this extra-special Thanksgiving fiction special presentation, Margaret recounts the true origins of the Thanksgiving holiday and then reads a story from her new book, wont-be-here-tomorrow.html">We Won't Be Here Tomorrow, to Sophie.

Join Robert Evans, Margaret Killjoy and Sophie Lichterman for a special live episode of Behind the Bastards with Q&A. Upon purchasing your ticket, you’ll be redirected to the show screen where there will be a prompt for you to submit a question to the hosts. Questions are picked at random, but be sure to get yours in as it may be featured in the live episode.  The show will be available for replay for 7 days after the event.

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In part two of this week's episode, author Shannon Clay continues his conversation with Margaret about the history of Anti-Racist Action, the coalition that formed to counter racist and fascist organizing in subcultures in the midwest.

We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action: https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-go-where-they-go-the-story-of-anti-racist-action-kristin-schwartz/17909472?ean=9781629639727

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Author Shannon Clay talks to Margaret about the history of Anti-Racist Action, the coalition that formed to counter racist and fascist organizing in subcultures in the midwest.

We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action: https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-go-where-they-go-the-story-of-anti-racist-action-kristin-schwartz/17909472?ean=9781629639727

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people.

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Margaret talks with comedian and podcaster Jamie Loftus about Baba Yaga, the Slavic legend who eats children and occasionally helps people.

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Hi, Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff fans! Here's a preview of a new podcast, Internet Hate Machine. Bridget Todd explains how bad actors use the internet to target and silence women, especially Black women. Excluding them from discourse and desensitizing us to sexist, racist attacks makes us all less safe. Bridget talks with women who have been the targets of coordinated attacks, activists who are fighting back, and experts to help break down the deliberate agenda behind it.

Listen here and subscribe to Internet Hate Machine on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!

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In this extra-special Halloween fiction special presentation, Margaret reads a ghost story from her new book, wont-be-here-tomorrow.html">We Won't Be Here Tomorrow, to Sophie.

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In the finale of this special reverse episode, Miriam concludes her conversation with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin.

Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here. Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.

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In part two of this special reverse episode, Miriam continues her conversation with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin.

Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here. Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.

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In this special reverse episode, Miriam talks with Margaret about Sholem Schwarzbard, the radical Jewish assassin.

Special thanks goes to Anna Elena Torres. Her forthcoming book, With Freedom in Our Ears can be found here. Thanks to Eliui Damm, whose work can be found in There's Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, available from AK Press, With Freedom in Our Ears and Tohubavohu, a zine available here.Thank you to Ciarán Finlayson.And thank you to Kelly Johnson, whose 2012 dissertation Sholem Schwarzbard: Biography of a Jewish Assassin was indispensable to the research for this episode.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cinema.

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Margaret talks with Caitlin Durante about the antifascist filmmaking in Germany and Hollywood that laid much of the foundations for modern cinema.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about how one immigrant woman navigated the 19th century American criminal underworld, robbed the rich, retired rich herself, gave back to her community, and kind of was terrible also.

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Margaret talks to Prop about how one immigrant woman navigated the 19th century American criminal underworld, robbed the rich, retired rich herself, gave back to her community, and kind of was terrible also.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with James Stout about the turn of the century educators who fought--and sometimes died--for a reasonable education for the working class.

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Margaret talks with James Stout about the turn of the century educators who fought--and sometimes died--for a reasonable education for the working class.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen about how, in the era before divorce, a group of women sold poison to aspiring widows.

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Margaret talks with Shereen about how, in the era before divorce, a group of women sold poison to aspiring widows.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Robert Evans about the Spokane Free Speech Fight and the itinerant workers who invented new forms of civil disobedience.

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Margaret talks with Robert Evans about the Spokane Free Speech Fight and the itinerant workers who invented new forms of civil disobedience.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Alex Beels, host of Onderstroom, about how a group of people who just wanted somewhere to sleep stopped real estate speculation from gutting the Netherlands.

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Margaret talks with Alex Beels, host of Onderstroom, about how a group of people who just wanted somewhere to sleep stopped real estate speculation from gutting the Netherlands.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Max Collins of Eve 6 about the squatting, organizing, and robin hood antics of Chumbawamba, the one hit wonders with a thirty year career.

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Margaret talks with Max Collins of Eve 6 about the squatting, organizing, and robin hood antics of Chumbawamba, the one hit wonders with a thirty year career.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with author Wren Awry about Roger Casement, whose reporting helped end the brutal reign of Leopold II of Belgium.

Preorder Wren's book Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest & Mutual Aid, out Spring 2023: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1321

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Margaret talks with author Wren Awry about Roger Casement, whose reporting helped end the brutal reign of Leopold II of Belgium.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Mountain Goats singer John Darnielle about the wild-eyed radicals of the English Civil War.

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Margaret talks with Mountain Goats singer John Darnielle about the wild-eyed radicals of the English Civil War.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host Andrew Ti about the long fight for our right to feed one another in public places.

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Margaret talks with podcast host Andrew Ti about the long fight for our right to feed one another in public places.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Miriam about the desperate last stand of the Jews of Poland and the fight to preserve Jewish culture from extermination.

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Margaret talks with Miriam about the desperate last stand of the Jews of Poland and the fight to preserve Jewish culture from extermination.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with comedian and podcast host Brodie Reed about Kaneko Fumiko and Kanno Suga, two Japanese anarchist women who did their best to end the lives of emperors and almost changed history.

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Margaret talks with comedian and podcast host Brodie Reed about Kaneko Fumiko and Kanno Suga, two Japanese anarchist women who did their best to end the lives of emperors and almost changed history.

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Some people have to fight for the right to use birth control, some people have to fight for the right to bear children. In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Katy Stoll about Emma Goldman, Angela Heywood, Fannie Lou Hamer, and the complex fight for reproductive freedom in the US.

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Some people have to fight for the right to use birth control, some people have to fight for the right to bear children. Margaret talks with Katy Stoll about Emma Goldman, Angela Heywood, Fannie Lou Hamer, and the complex fight for reproductive freedom in the US.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host Mia Wong about jailbreaks, by helicopter, tank, and tunnel.

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To celebrate Bastille Day, Margaret talks to podcast host Mia Wong about jailbreaks, by helicopter, tank, and tunnel.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with the crew of the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast about the coal wars of West Virginia and the blood that bought miners their rights.

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Margaret talks with the crew of the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast about the coal wars of West Virginia and the blood that bought miners their rights.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Bridget Todd about the space race, Russian cosmists, gay scientists, and the women who got humanity to the moon.

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Margaret talks with Bridget Todd about the space race, Russian cosmists, gay scientists, and the women who got humanity to the moon.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with podcast host and journalist Garrison Davis about an 18th-century genderless preacher and their gender-bending followers.

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Margaret talks with podcast host and journalist Garrison Davis about an 18th-century genderless preacher and their gender-bending followers.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about the time that millions of anarchists and their allies collectivized in Spain while fighting off a fascist invasion.

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Margaret talks with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about the time that millions of anarchists and their allies collectivized in Spain while fighting off a fascist invasion.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Io about the science hippies of the 1860s who wore sunglasses at night and invented modern terrorism.

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Margaret talks with Io about the science hippies of the 1860s who wore sunglasses at night and invented modern terrorism.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Shereen Lani Younes about everything from queer youth gangs fighting the Hitler Youth in the street to artists who turned their talents to forgery and sabotage. 

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Margaret talks with Shereen Lani Younes about everything from queer youth gangs fighting the Hitler Youth in the street to artists who turned their talents to forgery and sabotage. 

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In 1871, the people of Paris, tired of starving, took up arms and declared their city an autonomous commune. For almost two months, they ran their utopian experiment, and though they were eventually crushed, they inspired revolutionaries across the world for generations to come.

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In 1871, the people of Paris, tired of starving, took up arms and declared their city an autonomous commune. For almost two months, they ran their utopian experiment, and though they were eventually crushed, they inspired revolutionaries across the world for generations to come.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Prop about how people escaping slavery turned the tide of the civil war and how the South was anything but united.

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Margaret talks with Prop about how people escaping slavery turned the tide of the civil war and how the South was anything but united.

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In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.

https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/The Repro Legal Defense Fund covers bail and funds strong defenses for people who are investigated, arrested, or prosecuted for self-managed abortion.https://www.ifwhenhow.org/If/When/How are lawyers fighting for reproductive justicehttps://www.aafront.org/http://operationsaveabortion.com/https://digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides/abortion-privacy

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Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.

https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/The Repro Legal Defense Fund covers bail and funds strong defenses for people who are investigated, arrested, or prosecuted for self-managed abortion.https://www.ifwhenhow.org/If/When/How are lawyers fighting for reproductive justicehttps://www.aafront.org/http://operationsaveabortion.com/https://digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides/abortion-privacy

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In part two of this episode, Margaret continues her discussion 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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Margaret sits 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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Lots of cool people in history have done really cool stuff. Let Margaret Killjoy tell you about them. In this trailer, learn about the cool anarchist bank robbers who performed a cool jailbreak in Uruguay in 1931.

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