Category Archives: Archives, History, and Historiography

Ron Radosh on Jennifer Delton: A Fresh View of Cold War America

Posted on April 24, 2010 by

This article by Ron Radosh is from Minding the Campus: Teaching in the universities about the so-called McCarthy era has become an area most susceptible to politically correct and one-sided views of what the period was all about. One historian … Continue reading →

Posted in (Anti and Post) Communism, Academia, Archives, History, and Historiography, Radicalism, Totalitarianism, U.S. Politics | 2 Comments

Happy 62nd Birthday, Israel! (Yom HaAtzmaut/Independence Day, 2010)

Posted on April 19, 2010 by

“If You Will It, It is No Dream”–Theodore (Binyamin Ze’ev) Herzl Via Ynet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a special statement for the occasion, saying, “On this Independence Day we mark two of the Jewish nation’s miracles: The miracle of … Continue reading →

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Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 18, 2010 by

Every year around this time I read articles and op-eds about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) that generally fall into two categories. On the one hand, you have leftists and revolutionaries who generally argue MLK was moving in an … Continue reading →

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Remember Pearl Harbor

Posted on December 7, 2009 by

68 years later, we still remember… Here is a collection of images from the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Posters from the National Archives. FDR’s “Day of Infamy” speech After the Day of Infamy: “Man on the Street” Interviews … Continue reading →

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Irving Kristol, R.I.P.

Posted on September 18, 2009 by

[Image by Keith Myers/NYT] The “Godfather of the Neoconservative Movement” has passed on. Here is a bit from John Podhoretz’s post at Contentions: The intellectual and political life of the United States over the past 60 years was affected in … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives, History, and Historiography, Democracy Promotion | 1 Comment

Podcast on the San Francisco General Strike (1934)

Posted on September 10, 2009 by

[I realize it is a few days after Labor Day but here is a program on the 75th anniversary of the SF General Strike from Michael Krasny's Forum: Podcast is here. The image is from sfgeneralstrike.org] The San Francisco General … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives, History, and Historiography, Interviews, Labor, Media | 1 Comment

Answering Martin’s Questions Regarding Anarchism

Posted on August 29, 2009 by

H/t to Martin for tagging me on this. I added a question (A), How were you introduced to anarchism? (A) How were you introduced to anarchism? I was introduced to anarchism in my teens through the punk-rock and hardcore punk … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives, History, and Historiography, Friends, Allies, and Frequented Sites, International Politics, Labor, Radicalism, Theory | 2 Comments

Upcoming Events in NYC: The United States and The Cold War September Seminars

Posted on August 26, 2009 by

[Maybe I'll see you at John Earl Haynes' presentation?] ***The United States and The Cold War September Seminars*** To RSVP or to receive a copy of the paper please email, zk3@nyu.edu Thursday, September 17, 2009* Dana Frank, University of California, … Continue reading →

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Polish Anti-Authoritaran Leszek Kolakowski Passes On

Posted on July 18, 2009 by

“Freedom is always vulnerable and its cause never safe”–Leszek Kolakowski Polish anti-authoritarian historian and theorist Leszek Kolakowski has passed away on Friday, June 17, at the age of 81. Kolakowski was Senior Research Fellow Emeritus at All Souls College, Oxford. … Continue reading →

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Yom Ha’atzmaut: Israel’s Founding Revisited

Posted on April 29, 2009 by

Happy Independence Day to all my Israeli friends and readers and anyone else celebrating. In remembrance of the struggle for Israel’s independence, here is an excerpt of an interview with Zev Golan in The Jewish Press. Mr. Golan recently translated … Continue reading →

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