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A founder of Occupy Wall Street looks for radic al demo
Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the
The Barbary corsair ship appeared suddenly on the horizon, bristling with cannon. Its decks swarming with armed men, it sliced through the waves at a clip that its quarry – the British merchant ship A
The author of a Spanish literary masterpiece
The power and glory of Parisian art
How crime organizes the world
Bernard Mandeville’s defence of private vices with public benefits