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Women suffragists marching on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C., March 3, 1913.

The First Time Women Marched on Washington

… of the 1913 march had their organizational act together. Communicating via a federated national organization called … about women voting. The organizers of the 1913 parade accomplished all this in the face of obstacles that those of …
Sputnik

Soviets Launch Sputnik, 1957

… of a satellite” to the world. Pravda put a distinctively communist spin on the news, arguing that “artificial … appeared) would be used for legitimate research and not for competition in what he called “an outer-space basketball … Sputnik’s launch came as a surprise to the world, it had become clear by the early 1950s that advanced rocketry and …
The sickle and hammer on a Soviet Union flag from the 1930s.

A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev (The New Cold War History)

Review of A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev (The New Cold War History) , by Vladislav Zubok (2007, University of North Carolina Press)
… motives and the messianic revolutionary ideals of Russian communism. 2 Originating in Czarist Russia, traditional … the Soviet Union's security. On the other hand, messianic communist ideals, which date back to Bolshevik upheaval of … was important to Khrushchev was to maintain the spread of communism. Khrushchev's calls for peaceful coexistence were …
penguin standing on sand at a beach with a plant and ocean behind it

Early Encounters with Penguins

… Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello, and welcome to Early Encounters with Penguins brought to you by the … in Teaching, and I'll be your host and moderator today. Welcome to everyone and thank you for joining us.  Now, let me … as separate species, or whether they're subgroups of a common species. I introduced this point because it's …
soldiers in Vietnam

Memories of Vietnam in Memoriam

Review of Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War, by Viet Thanh Nguyen Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2016.
… who view the dead and choose to remember them. This is a complex work.  Equal parts philosophical treatise, … the dead.  At the same time, the memories of others become simplified and dehumanized, only victim or enemy.  The … history of humanity that ignores the inhumanities which are committed during war.  He ties this need for recognition of …
 SPLM rally in Southern Sudan, 2010. (Image by U.S. Institute of Peace)

Tribal Militias in Sudan

… because SAF leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, … the start of a process to separate Arab and non-Arab communities, their leaders, and their justice systems.  If a … out destructive activities against southern non-Arab communities. They burned villages, killed innocent …

Trade Wars: The Collapse of America's Free Trade Consensus

… Trump held up Carrier, an air conditioning and heating company, as a symbol of the plight of American … by free trade deals that hurt American workers. The company had planned to close an Indiana plant that makes … Donald Trump at a 2015 campaign rally. As a sign of his commitment against “unfair” trade deals, Trump vows that, on …
Free speech march at Ohio State University in the mid-20th century

Politics and Protest on College Campuses

… But how does political engagement on campuses today compare to the history of American campus activism, … protests can teach campus activists, administrators, and communities today. For more on OSU campus protests in the … Brenna Miller    Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a …

Treaties and Sovereign Performances, from Westphalia to Standing Rock

… Bakken oil-shale region in western North Dakota to a tank complex in Illinois. Its route crosses the Missouri River … the Meskwaki (Fox) Nation of Iowa. Theirs has nonetheless become the most dramatic demonstration against the project, … Legally and politically, however, treaties remain valid compacts. The signing of a treaty in 1851 between the U.S. …
Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon walking on White House grounds.

Don’t Believe “Peace Is at Hand”

… it. Halfway through his first term, he secretly decided to complete American troop withdrawals around election time. … off final withdrawal. If Bush follows the Nixon game plan completely, next year he will launch a big bombing campaign … 1971 trip to Beijing, he told the Chinese that if the Communists overthrew the South Vietnamese government after …
Antichristus, a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder: the pope depicted as the Antichrist, using his temporal power to grant authority to a generously contributing ruler.

The Bible as a Political Tool

… The 5,280-pound monument of the Ten Commandments installed by the Alabama Supreme Court Chief … all intents and purposes, Hebrew (in translation of course) comes a close second.   Moore’s claim that the Ten Commandments form the basis of American law will not stand …
People celebrating anniversary of the revolution in Mashhad in 2014.

Iran: Still Struggling toward Self-Determination

… even at the risk of confrontation with the international community. In persuading the Iranian government to be more … War, the United States believed that it faced the threat of communist expansion in the developing world. Iran looked … Director Allen Dulles, feared that Iran would soon fall to communism as China had, four years earlier. Having all the …