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Thai Jones on his new book "More Powerful than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's Year of Anarchy"
Columbia University, Butler Library, Room 523, 6:30 pm, Monday, 23 April, open to the public
New York City, July 4, 1914-- An explosion destroyed a seven-story Harlem tenement killing three bomb makers who had been preparing to dynamite the estate of John D. Rockefeller Jr. More Powerful Than Dynamite charts how anarchist anger, progressive idealism, and plutocratic paternalism converged in that July explosion.
“an impressive piece of work” —Noam Chomsky
“compelling story”—Samuel G. Freedman
“subtly, persuasively, and imaginatively… interpreted” --Kenneth T. Jackson
“a fascinating recreation”—Marge Piercy
"A compelling and layered portrait” —Bill Ayers
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