Category Archives: Archives and Historical Memory

American Library Association (ALA) Candidates Speak on Cuban Library Issue

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

I received this press release from the Friends of Cuban Libraries: ALA Candidates Speak on Cuban Library Issue Sara Kelly Johns and Molly Raphael, candidates for ALA president, spoke on March 8 at the office of New York City’s METRO … Continue reading →

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Samuel Kassow: Who Will Write Our History?

Posted on March 30, 2009 by

Trinity College History Professor Samuel Kassow discusses his recent work, Who Will Write Our History?: Rediscovering a Hidden Archive from the Warsaw Ghetto on C-SPAN 2′s “Book TV” program. Click here to watch the video. From the Book TV website: … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Archives and Historical Memory, Archives, History, and Historiography, Books and Book Reviews, Education | 1 Comment

Never Again

Posted on January 27, 2009 by

[Holocaust Memorial in Paris, Pere Lachaise Cemetery] [Jewish resistance fighter] Visit the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation here. Blogs you should be reading: Contentious Centrist Flesh is Grass Z Word

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Milan Kundera, Communist Informant?

Posted on October 22, 2008 by

Was anti-authoritarian novelist Milan Kundera a communist informant? Did he rat out Miroslav Dvoracek, a Czech spy for the West? The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes claims a team of historians and researchers discovered a document written by … Continue reading →

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Never Forget…

Posted on September 11, 2008 by

[Photos by The New Centrist]

Posted in (Anti)Terrorism, Archives and Historical Memory, NYC | 1 Comment

Were the Jewish Partisans Stalinist Dupes?

Posted on August 22, 2008 by

[H/t to A.L. for bringing this to my attention. Above image of Jewish Partisans from Vilnius is from the Holocaust Research Project] Nazi hunter: Lithuania hunts ex-partisans, lets war criminals roam free By Yossi Melman A few months ago, Lithuanian … Continue reading →

Posted in (Anti and Post) Communism, Archives and Historical Memory, Archives, History, and Historiography, International Politics, Radicalism, Totalitarianism, War | 4 Comments

Anarcho-Vandals Vs. Stalinist Shills

Posted on July 31, 2008 by

I was going to post something about the anarcho-vandal attack on the International Brigade memorial in San Francisco but Roland and Bob beat me to it. Plenty of comments by yours truly in Roland’s comment thread. Here is Roland: This … Continue reading →

Posted in (Anti and Post) Communism, Archives and Historical Memory, Archives, History, and Historiography, International Politics, Radicalism, SF Bay Area | 3 Comments

Cuban Independent Libraries Need Your Help

Posted on June 26, 2008 by

[h/t to Friends of Cuban Libraries] The 2008 annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) begins this week in Anaheim, California. Three members of the ALA Council, Barbara Silverman, Shixing Wen and Cristina Ramirez, have introduced a resolution condemning … Continue reading →

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National Archive (U.K.) Opens File on George Orwell

Posted on May 20, 2008 by

[h/t A.L.] You probably read about this a few weeks ago. Yet another news item I intended to blog about but I did not find the time. Maybe next week… George Orwell (KV 2/2699) This slim Security Service file on … Continue reading →

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Fieldtrip to the International Center for Photography

Posted on November 8, 2007 by

I took my students to the International Center for Photography in Manhattan this morning to have a look at the Robert Capa exhibition “This is War! Robert Capa at Work.” With vintage prints, contact sheets, caption sheets, handwritten observations, personal … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives and Historical Memory, Arts and Culture, Education, NYC, War | 3 Comments