**Peter Linebaugh *is an historian and the author of The London Hanged *, * The Magna Carta Manifesto, The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day,and Stop, Thief!,and the coauthor, with Marcus Rediker, of The Many-Headed Hydra *. His articles have appeared in publications that...

**Peter Linebaugh *is an historian and the author of The London Hanged *, * The Magna Carta Manifesto, The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day,and Stop, Thief!,and the coauthor, with Marcus Rediker, of The Many-Headed Hydra *. His articles have appeared in publications that include * CounterPunch,the New Left Review,and Radical History Review *.