Anton Nilson (November 11, 1887 – August 16, 1989) was a Swedish militant socialist and convicted murderer.
Nilson was born and grew up in a peasant region in Skåne, the southernmost province of Sweden. He became a construction worker in 1906, by which time he had already become a class conscious young socialist.
Read more about Anton Nilson: Amalthea Bombing, In The Russian Revolution
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““If I hit him, he’ll hit me too,” Anton Petrovich thought in a flash. He pulled off the glove with a final yank and threw it awkwardly at Berg. The glove slapped against the wall and dropped into the washstand pitcher.
“Good shot,” said Berg.”
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