The young radical, 1970 with Carlos Cortez (center) and old Wobbly Hungarians, older than I am now and in better shape. This was, as they say in the breathless movie trailer, inspired by true events two years ago. The Old Radical Mid May 2021 Once the somewhat ragged beau ideal of the Red and Black menace, leather lung soapboxer, master of the streets, marcher of marchers, dodger of tear gas and billy clubs. Now a wreck and relic half hearing aid deaf, spasming afib ticker, bad back, tricky ankle, and pre-replacement knee. ...