A conversation with Professor Mark Lause who offers a fascinating insights of the historical background of the rise of radicalism in the United States today. Asserting how class solidarity and consciousness became more important to a generation of workers than notions of American citizenship.

Guest: Mark Lause is professor of history at the University of Cincinnati and the author of numerous books, including, most recently, Long Road to Harpers Ferry: The Rise of the First American Left.

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