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Bomb the middle class

In an era of wealth and excess, 19th century French anarchists introduced terrorism as we know it. Can a fascinating new history help us understand our own violent times?
By Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Thursday, February 26, 2009 08:37 PM

    Oh wow, zorch...

    maybe someone can wake up Julius Evola and call up Jacques Verges, and we can all have ourselves a nice intellectual Salon.

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