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1619

If you were unable to get a weekend NY Times Magazine with the excellent 1619 Project, the Pulitzer Center is hosting a full pdf.  The work is excellent.

a tip of the hat to Jim

The right wing appears to be uncomfortable with real history just like they are with real science.

 

 

 

cardboard america

cards and postcards from the past. Not really organized, but lots of random content.

 

there are times when history rhymes

Maybe were in such a period- maybe not, but we need to understand what happened before.  A piece on how media dealt with Hitler and Mussolini.

snip

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How to cover the rise of a political leader who’s left a paper trail of anti-constitutionalism, racism and the encouragement of violence? Does the press take the position that its subject acts outside the norms of society? Or does it take the position that someone who wins a fair election is by definition “normal,” because his leadership reflects the will of the people?

These are the questions that confronted the U.S. press after the ascendance of fascist leaders in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s.

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a tip of the hat to David

 

making the south solidly red

Interesting piece in the Washington Post

a tip of the hat to Jim

It's sort of odd that they've merged with supporting Russia now..

 

 

 

trump and greenland

It wouldn't be the first time the US tried to buy Greenland.  In 1946 we tried to buy for $100M in gold.  The Danes refused, so a swap of land - the Point Barrow region of Alaska, was proposed.  Again they refused.  In the end the US got the base locations wanted for Cold War efforts courtesy of a NATO agreement in the early 50s.  

Greenland has a lot of environmentally hard to extract mineral resources.  The Greenlanders have pretty much sold out to the Chinese..  perhaps that's why Trump is interested.  

 

 

white snowflakes and american history

Some people can't deal with plantation tours that bring up history.

 

 

at america's core

White supremacy has been part of care America from the beginning.  (via NPR's Code Switch)

 

early atomic bomb and the end of WWII source material

Posted before, but it's that time of year again.  A nice collection, but not for a casual stroll.

 

The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II

A Collection of Primary Sources

Updated National Security Archive Posting Marks 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Japan and the End of World War II

Extensive Compilation of Primary Source Documents Explores Manhattan Project, Petitions Against Military Use of Atomic Weapons, Debates over Japanese Surrender Terms, Atomic Targeting Decisions, and Lagging Awareness of Radiation Effects

New Information Spotlights General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Early Misgivings about First Nuclear Use

General Curtis Lemay's Report on the Firebombing of Tokyo, March 1945

National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 525

 

 

 

music as resistance

Music as a form of resistance for women in the Civil Rights Era

a tip of the hat to Linda

 

 

the elaine riots

Two  short videos on some of the more tragic moments in American history..  white supremacy and the breakdown of the rule of law 100 years ago in Elaine, Arkansas.

 

and the early beginning of change in the courts ..  we're going the other way now..