Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-04-29
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Mia Wong discussed Inventing the Pinkertons; or, Spies, Sleuths, Mercenaries, and Thugs by S. Paul O'Hara. Also mentioned: A Tilted Guide to Being a Defendant by Tilted Scales Collective and Representing Radicals by Tilted Scales Collective.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Tilted Guide to Being a Defendant
A Tilted Guide to Being a Defendant by Tilted Scales Collective is a practical manual designed to help individuals navigate the complexities and challenges of facing criminal accusations within the legal system.
Recommended“there's a really great book called The Tilted Guide to Being a Defendant. And if you Google that, you can find a free PDF of it.”
Where to get it
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Representing Radicals
Representing Radicals by Tilted Scales Collective is an insightful legal resource created specifically to assist attorneys who defend political activists and marginalized defendants in court.
Recommended“there is a book put out by the same people who wrote the tilted guide to being a defendant for attorneys and it's called representing radicals. Um and that is I I think available through AK Press.”
Where to get it
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Inventing the Pinkertons; or, Spies, Sleuths, Mercenaries, and Thugs
Discussed“This is from the book Inventing the Pinkertons. Quote, "By the end of June, he had built around the mills a protective 12-oot fence that included rifle holes, water manes capable of blasting strikers with boiling water, and wires attached to a generator which could be electrified."”
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