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Suffragettes protest for the right to vote

Prologued Podcast celebrating the 19th Amendment Centennial

… particularly in the wake of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. Sarah Paxton While women's labor outside the … protection. In the wake of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in which 123 women and girls in 23 men died in a fire due to a lack of effective safety precautions, the …
Herbert Hoover

We Could Use a Man like Herbert Hoover Again

… effectively with future hurricanes, earthquakes, forest fires and mudslides, we’ll need to train a cadre of Herbert Hoovers. With more storms brewing in the Gulf and fires sweeping across the west, it’s not too soon to start …

From Baghdad to Kabul: The Historical Roots of U.S. Counterinsurgency Doctrine

… insurgent forces. Russian forces in Chechnya used massive firepower to destroy guerrilla forces and sanctuaries in the … its destruction has most often entailed extensive use of firepower, widespread devastation of civilian habitats, and … a number of key areas. Amnesty legislation and local cease fires reduced the number of fighters opposing the …
Anti-draft protest outside the Department of Justice in 1967.

The Draft — for Democracy

… found themselves slogging through an Asian jungle under fire. Young men with political connections, such as George …
Amritsar Massacre

The Amritsar Massacre (1919)

The massacre and continued police brutality were turning points in Indian anti-colonialism.
… in India, British soldiers led by Colonel Reginald Dyer fired on an unarmed, non-violent crowd of Indians. Learn …
1892 Populist Party presidential campaign button.

“Party Like It’s 1892!”

… populists are claiming victory.  Their anger and insurgency fired up the conservative base, and the base turned out, …

The Ethiopian Civil War in Tigray

… for not only instigating the conflict but for stoking its fires long after they should have burned out. Some of the … force Ethiopian leaders to agree to their terms of a ceasefire. According to Getachew Reda, spokesperson for the TPLF, …
President Ronald Reagan during an interview in 1988.

Marking a Tragic Anniversary

… most important statements of his presidency. He vowed to fire the controllers if they did not return to work within …
Alert soldiers on the Brandenburg Gate, during the Spartacist Uprising

Victorious Weimar: Reframing the German Revolution

Review of November 1918: The German Revolution, by Robert Gerwarth (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020)
… Republic to a crowd on November 9, 1918 on a balcony of the Reichstag, following the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II. …
Veterans Day Poster 1980.

Keeping Veterans Day Alive

… after the city council cut the parade’s funding. Only a firestorm of protests from the Florida city’s residents …