Sunday, November 20, 2022

Staughton Lynd, Historian and Activist Turned Labor Lawyer, Dies at 92 - The New York Times

At age 16 and 17, I wanted to find a way to change the world,” he said in 2010. “Just as I do at age 79.”
"Mr. Lynd was not a communist, though he was often mistaken for one. Instead he made his own way on the left, drawing equal inspiration from Marxism, American abolitionism and Quaker pacifism — a diversity that helped explain his involvement with so many different movements."
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Staughton Lynd, Historian and Activist Turned Labor Lawyer, Dies at 92 - The New York Times
By Clay Risen


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