Margaret Killjoy

He translated two of the anarchist Peter Kropotkin's books from French into Italian. And, because, yeah, he was a journalist, he read newspapers and... kind of, if you were a political person in the 19th century, if you were like a political leader, your thing was that you were a journalist. Your thing is that you ran a newspaper.

He translated two of the anarchist Peter Kropotkin's books from French into Italian. And, because, yeah, he was a journalist, he read newspapers and... kind of, if you were a political person in the 19th century, if you were like a political leader, your thing was that you were a journalist. Your thing is that you ran a newspaper.

He translated two of the anarchist Peter Kropotkin's books from French into Italian. And, because, yeah, he was a journalist, he read newspapers and... kind of, if you were a political person in the 19th century, if you were like a political leader, your thing was that you were a journalist. Your thing is that you ran a newspaper.

Yeah. And it was – yeah, you wrote polemics and propaganda just literally meant propagating ideas. If you had an idea and you wanted to tell people about it, you would propagandize the idea. So – Mussolini, the thing that's going to come up throughout this week's story is that he's clearly into authoritarianism, right? But there's something he liked about the anarchists.

Yeah. And it was – yeah, you wrote polemics and propaganda just literally meant propagating ideas. If you had an idea and you wanted to tell people about it, you would propagandize the idea. So – Mussolini, the thing that's going to come up throughout this week's story is that he's clearly into authoritarianism, right? But there's something he liked about the anarchists.

Yeah. And it was – yeah, you wrote polemics and propaganda just literally meant propagating ideas. If you had an idea and you wanted to tell people about it, you would propagandize the idea. So – Mussolini, the thing that's going to come up throughout this week's story is that he's clearly into authoritarianism, right? But there's something he liked about the anarchists.

He liked their courage, he liked their commitment, and he liked action. He wasn't the kind of guy who wanted people to wait around and talk about things. He wanted people to go out and do things. He also, for a long time, shared their opinion that killing autocrats was just fine.

He liked their courage, he liked their commitment, and he liked action. He wasn't the kind of guy who wanted people to wait around and talk about things. He wanted people to go out and do things. He also, for a long time, shared their opinion that killing autocrats was just fine.

He liked their courage, he liked their commitment, and he liked action. He wasn't the kind of guy who wanted people to wait around and talk about things. He wanted people to go out and do things. He also, for a long time, shared their opinion that killing autocrats was just fine.

If we had a time machine, we would feel justified in going back and killing absolute monarchs from the 19th century and earlier.

If we had a time machine, we would feel justified in going back and killing absolute monarchs from the 19th century and earlier.

If we had a time machine, we would feel justified in going back and killing absolute monarchs from the 19th century and earlier.

Well, that's going to bring us to this week's first assassin.

Well, that's going to bring us to this week's first assassin.

Well, that's going to bring us to this week's first assassin.

I actually can't remember whether this guy stabbed or shot him. This is the only successful assassin we're going to talk about for a while. But he shaped a lot of Italy's politics for a long time. And that man's name was Gaetano Bresci. He was a weaver from Italy who emigrated to the U.S. in the 19th century to Patterson, New Jersey.

I actually can't remember whether this guy stabbed or shot him. This is the only successful assassin we're going to talk about for a while. But he shaped a lot of Italy's politics for a long time. And that man's name was Gaetano Bresci. He was a weaver from Italy who emigrated to the U.S. in the 19th century to Patterson, New Jersey.

I actually can't remember whether this guy stabbed or shot him. This is the only successful assassin we're going to talk about for a while. But he shaped a lot of Italy's politics for a long time. And that man's name was Gaetano Bresci. He was a weaver from Italy who emigrated to the U.S. in the 19th century to Patterson, New Jersey.

And it's kind of funny because there's all of these different hidden secret anarchist strongholds of the past. I don't normally think about New Jersey when I think about anarchism. But Patterson, New Jersey, very strong Italian anarchist scene. The next little bit, because it's been a little while since I've looked up Katana Bresci.

And it's kind of funny because there's all of these different hidden secret anarchist strongholds of the past. I don't normally think about New Jersey when I think about anarchism. But Patterson, New Jersey, very strong Italian anarchist scene. The next little bit, because it's been a little while since I've looked up Katana Bresci.