Tag: History
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Popular Radicalism in the 1930s
The History of the Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill At a time when unemployment is skyrocketing in the US and millions of out-of-work Americans have been abandoned by the federal government, it … Keep reading »
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Imperialism and Capitalism: As American as Apple Pie?
In the midst of the U.S. Civil War (1861 – 1865), as somewhere between half a million to three quarters of a million bodies lay dead from bullets and disease, … Keep reading »
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GE’s Switch
The resignation of General Electric (GE) CEO Jeff Immelt last month is the latest sign of the broad restructuring of political and economic power currently underway in the United States. … Keep reading »
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Against Liberal Nostalgia
“Restore our democracy” has become a mantra among American progressives. Populist writers are desperately trying to shake people from their passivity amidst mounting political and ecological crisis. But in crafting … Keep reading »
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From Wounded Knee to the United Nations
Rob Albritton interviews Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States (Boston: Beacon Press, 2014) presents a much needed history of the United States as a settler … Keep reading »
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Capitalism, Race and Colonialism
Moderated by Alan Sears. David Roediger teaches history and African American Studies at University of Illinois. His latest book is How Race Survived U.S. History. This was recorded at the … Watch video »