May 22 — Barricades of the Commune
Joris Leverink | roarmag.org | 2021-05-22
Bax — A Short History of the Paris Commune: | The night of Monday-Tuesday was a night of silent preparation (all too late) and of gloom. In all quarters the pickaxe was to be heard removing paving stones and digging the foundations of barricades, which rose by the hundred. Men, women, and children were at work. Now began that enthusiasm, that limitless courage arid contempt of death-displayed in defense of an ideal — the colossal proportions of which dwarf everything similar in history, and which alone suffices to redeem the sordidness of the nineteenth century. | Here was a heroism in the fac…
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The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: The Legitimation Crisis of the Late 1960s
Joris Leverink | roarmag.org | 2021-05-21
Season 3, Episode 13 — The Legitimation Crisis of the Late 1960s: | In this episode of ACC, Prof. Harvey takes us through the political agitations that occurred in the US in the 1960s. The various social movements — the Civil Rights movement, the student movement, the labor movement, the women's movement and the anti-war movement — challenged capitalism and corporate power and questioned the legitimacy of the government. The anti-capitalist and anti-corporate sentiments that emerged prompted a counter-attack by the big monopoly companies who saw their power and wealth eroding. | You c…
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