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The philosophical roots of rights-based liberal individualism lie in efforts to legitimate imperial expansion.
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Posts tagged: history
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Dorothy Thompson: The Personal and the Political
In this 1993 interview with Sheila Rowbotham, Dorothy Thompson reflects on her life as a historian and as a socialist.
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An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King
On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., we present an updated edition of William F. Pepper's An Act of State.
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Cambridge Analytica and the Death of the Voter
The anxiety that swirls around Cambridge Analytica reveals a deeper crisis in the private, individualist conception of democracy.
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Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism Podcast — Episode 44: Malcolm Harris on the Millennial Generation
In a new episode of Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism Podcast, Malcolm Harris explains how economic restructuring and the ideology of human capital helped to create the millennial generation.
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The Walls of the WTO: A film by Ryan S. Jeffery and Quinn Slobodian
Watch The Walls of the WTO, a short film that revisits the history of twentieth-century ideas of the world economy through a single building: the Centre William Rappard on the shores of Lake Geneva.
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Podcasting History
Betsy Beasley and David Stein describe the development of Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism Podcast.
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Broadside for the Trump Era: Is Trump a Fascist?
Historian Geoff Eley's compact, printable meditation on how to best approach the question of Trump and fascism.
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Tony Benn: A Political Journey
In an extended 1982 conversation with the New Left Review editorial board, Tony Benn reviews his career in Parliament.
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Broadside for the Trump Era: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s
A brief history of the second Ku Klux Klan, in printable form, by historian Linda Gordon.
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Broadside for the Trump Era: The U.S. War on Drugs — From Its Origins to The Age of Trump
A compact, printable summary of the US War on Drugs by historian Jeremy Kuzmarov.
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Broadside for the Trump Era: McCarthyism 1947–1960
A compact, printable summary of McCarthyism in America by historian Ellen Schrecker.
