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kriykat Jul 9, 2025

Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/08/chris-hedges-report-how-paradise-lost-revolutionized-the-world/
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and…
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Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World

Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton's 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and relevant throughout history

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Siberian Jan 25, 2025

It is better to perish with the revolution than to be saved in the almshouse of reaction.

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Arne-Wigand Baganz Sep 22, 2024

In 1855, the russian dissident Alexander Herzen ended his speech at a meeting with a plea for "an independent Poland and a free russia". Poland could free itself from the russian chains, but russia itself will never be free, since freedom can only exist outside of prisons.

#freedom #russia #alexanderherzen

Siberian Oct 23, 2023

Strange as it may seem, experience shows that it is easier for peoples to endure forced slavery than the gift of excessive freedom.

#AlexanderHerzen

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