#1920s

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 8, 1886. The American Federation of Labor is founded in Columbus. Let's talk about the complex figure of Samuel Gompers and the little loved

Anti-Fascism & Far Right 🥤

FFRAFAction

THREAD OF THREADS Here’s an easy to follow (hopefully) Thread of Threads we’ve put together to help followers learn more about general trends in contemporary & historical fascism

🕶 John Dyer

johndyer

Fun facts about the Blessed Virgin Mary (#BVM), the color #blue, and whiskey. #Blue is one of colors that appears least often in nature, so it was one of

Greg Daly

GregDalyIC

In talking about 20th-Century Irish history, we should probably avoid sharp distinctions between Church, State, and Society, as though these were discrete entities, rather than things so organically interwoven that

Michael Livingston

medievalguy

Let me tell you about five numbers that haunt me: 35, 40, 30, 20, and 15 — the ages of five slaves recorded in the Slave Schedule of the 1850

Gbénró Adégbolá ن

GbenroAdegbola

The tragic Beirut blast the other day is still in the news. It provides a good opportunity for us to take a look at a demographic group of Nigerians many

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Since Trump's demand for his Wall is in the headlines, I thought it would be a good time for a thread about a history book I just read:"Dividing Lines: The

Benjamin Park

BenjaminEPark

After spending all day writing about the Reed Smoot congressional hearings (1904-1907), it was a bit of a whiplash to read this @DeseretNews editorial that pushes back on @mckaycoppins's essay.

Dr. Jen Schradie

schradie

Men will take over public discourse on the Capitol Siege (ht @beccalew) But women have dominated research on the American far-right. We’re fighting the patriarchy & the pandemic, so we

The Protest Films

TheProtestFilms

A Mega Thread of Our Short Films Thought it would be neat to have the videos we made so far in a single thread. So here goes BACK TO

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

This is an advertisement for the famous “Coraline Corset”, patented by two brothers, Dr Ira & Dr Lucien Warner in 1873. They marketed it as a “health corset”.! 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚝

Matthew Sheffield

mattsheffield

Thread: Meaning and loss in American conservatismI've written a lot about how Christian supremacism (expressed and implicit) is the underlying objective of most Trump supporters but the psychology of American

Benjamin Park

BenjaminEPark

I thought I'd provide historical context, from my #MormonAmerican research, to a recent petition that accuses BYU of forgetting its religious mission. The school has a long and interesting history

Travonne Edwards (Blk Tray)

Travonne

In 1844, all black people were ordered to get out of Oregon Country, the expansive territory under American rule that stretched from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains. Those

CryptoNephilim

cryptonephilim

LORDS OF FINANCEThe Bankers Who Broke the WorldBy Liaquat Ahamed•Sovereign Debt Bubbles•Wealth Gap & Unemployment•Long Debt Cycles•Monetary & Fiscal Policy•Leads Into World War IIA thread comparing the similarities and dif

Fionn Grunspan 😷

Fionn_Grunspan

(1). A thread on Jewish women who not only fought back but struck terror into The Nazis.Spies, Resistance Leaders, Teachers and Nurses.Once overlooked.It’s time to remember them.https://twitter.com/Fionn_Grunspan/status/125550826265873613

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