#Monuments

Simon Lancaster

bespokespeeches

Trump’s Oklahoma rally speech was 1 hour 40 mins long. This is the length of a movie, and the audience is engaged throughout - chanting/cheering. Most speakers can only hold

LL McKinney says pre-order Nubia: Real One

ElleOnWords

Right SO.When people say we need to #DisruptTexts, what they’re NOT saying is non-white readers can’t/don’t know how to/are incapable of/are too different too/aren’t smart enough to relate to white

Greg Olear

gregolear

Every smirking cosplay insurrectionist who set foot in the Capitol yesterday needs to spend a minimum of 10 years in prison, per Trump's own "protecting monuments" EO.And every politician who

Lyra D. Monteiro, PhD

intersectionist

THREAD: "Heritage, Not Hate" is a fucking brilliant slogan. On the level of "Pro-Life" or "family values" brilliant.It frames the conversation around an opposition between the two terms, such that

Erik B. Alexander

ebalexan

As the national conversation about historical memory and memorialization continues to evolve, I have been thinking about some different types of memorialization that are less discussed. A thread. #twitterstorians /1

John Endres

senderman

The ANC government is absolutely capable of running complex organisations, with the exception of:- An airline- Electricity generation - Water treatment- Water supply- Roads maintenance - Railways- Law enforcement- Public

Michael Conti

Michael31093553

For soldiers in times of war, it might seem that conflict offers few moments of quiet reflection, let alone prayer.Consider the gravity of the moment. After entering winter quarters at

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

I can’t wait for this moment. It will come early. “Fox News is now projecting Joseph R. Biden is the President-Elect of the United States” The American people are going

Durotriges Project

Durotrigesdig

It’s #RomanFortThursday (oh yes, it is!) and this week we’ll deekabout Maryport #Cumbria and the well-smart @senhousemuseum The Hadrianic frontier in Britain is not *just* the wall, the chain

aoifelenny

aoifelenny

As a long time resident of Germany, I’ve seen how a country can reckon with its dark past in a constructive way. And it’s not simply a matter of saying

Matt Hopkins

RealMattHopkins

I see @ErinOToole points out that #PierreTrudeau and #JeanChretien opened more Residential Schools than Egerton Ryerson. There is no movement to rename the Trudeau Airport, but there is one to

Scott Adams

ScottAdamsSays

If in 2020 you still think President Trump once called neo-Nazis “fine people,” you are a low-information voter. It is the most debunked fake news in American history. This is

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

At St Mary’s, Eastwell the vitality of the frothy foliage balances the morbidity of the decaying church.A picturesque lake created to the east of the church in the 1800s caused

John Lubbock

jwsal

Simon Heffer, writing in the Telegraph, eggs on the culture secretary Oliver Dowden to remove the charitable status of heritage bodies which are “hijacked by activist sentiment”. This may be

Dr Lizzie Swarbrick

LizzieSwarbrick

Disappointed that @StAndrewsHist are putting out think pieces like this http://tiny.cc/pbcrrz at the moment. There’s always space for nuance, but when black people are fighting for their actual lives it’s

Airbag Moments. 😷🇺🇸 STOP THE BIG LIE

airbagmoments

Charleston, SC is considering taking down some confederate monuments.Richard Bodek, a local history prof, wrote a brilliant letter to the editor of the Charleston paper that is such an effective

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