It was on my mind, of course, because of Kirk Douglas finally leaving us.

But it resonated for reasons beyond that.

I cannot legitimately claim an ancestry bound in actual slavery as classically defined.

But I am a working class boy, and that means I’ve been a wage slave all my life anyway.

Whenever I have time to think …

Whenver I’m listening to news from the revolution.

I am Alex, Vairtere, and Spartacus too.