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Joshua Stephens

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October 15, 1977

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Joshua Stephens was first shoved down a flight of stairs as a teenager, during the 1991 Gulf War. Radicalized by stand-up comedy and punk rock, he’d made quick enemies of classmates on a US base in the Mediterranean, whose parents forged careers in the bombing of Iraq. An apparent glutton for punishment, he pursued similar treatment (typically in street protests) at the hands of the Uniformed Secret Service, various police agencies, under FBI surveillance, and in sundry states of seclusion and undress with agents at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport. None of which deterred congressional staffers, IMF employees, investment bankers, or corporate lawyers from giving him keys to their homes in Washington, DC and New York, from 2001-2012, when he wo ...more

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	The Dog Walker: An Anarchist's Encounters with the Good, the Bad, and the Canine 3.40 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simple - Elegant - Classic : Summit Creative Publishing Dotted Journal Notebook, Matte Yellow Tone Hard Cover, Medium 5.5 X 8.5 inches, Cream Paper 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simple - Elegant - Classic : Summit Creative Publishing College-Rule Lined Journal Notebook - Paperback - Matte Blue Tone - Medium 6 X 9 inches - White Paper 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A Decent Life: Morality for the Rest of Us

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