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signed, La Dynamite." And in Montmartre,
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a benefit dance for anarchists played the dynamite polka, as one of the dances.
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The well-known next act.
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On the ninth of December, 1893, Auguste Vaillant, an unemployed worker
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distraught at being unable to feed his family,
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tossed a small bomb filled with tacks, thumb tacks,
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into the Chamber of Deputies.
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His goal was not to kill
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there were several scratches on the deputies
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but to call attention to the plight of the poor
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whose situation seemed to be getting worse and worse.
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He was captured on the spot.