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The Anarchists Who Took the Commuter Train
The Stelton colony, initially associated with the likes of Emma Goldman and Eugene O’Neill, was a radical suburb whose anarchist residents took the commuter train to New York.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
The Masterless People: Pirates, Maroons, and the Struggle to Live Free
In the “bizarre and horrifying world” of the early modern Caribbean, maroons and pirates both prized their freedom above all else. And sometimes they worked together to safeguard it.
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The Hostage
War correspondent Richard Engel on his kidnapping in Syria last December: “Abu Jaafar said, ‘Get the gasoline.’ “They drenched Abdelrazaq with liquid from a bottle. “‘No, no!’ Abdelrazaq begged. “‘Burn him,’ Abu Jaafar said. “They splashed Abdelrazaq with more liquid. “It was water. “They wanted to break us and terrorize us and make us docile. […]
