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The 1776 Report

Past Present Podcast, Episode 264

January 26, 2021 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: A day before President Trump left office, his administration issued “The 1776 Report” on American history, which President Biden promptly repudiated upon taking office. Natalia referred to her piece at NBC Think on the report and to her book, Classroom ...

Democracy

Political Meaning and Significance of the Farmer’s Protests in India

January 26, 2021 • by Udeepta Chakravarty

The purpose of the article is to elucidate the political meaning and significance of the Kisan Andolan. It is not to evaluate the contents of the new farm laws nor is it to assess the merits and demerits of the counter claims made by farmer unions and organisations. The article is ...

Political Meaning and Significance of the Farmer’s Protests in India

Politics

The Fishy Origins of Brexit

From herring and the Hundred Years War to the “cod wars” of the 20th century

January 25, 2021 • by Daniel Davies

After four years of negotiation, it all came down to fish. Britain left the European Union on January 1, 2021–but only after a last-ditch deal secured increased quotas for Britain’s fishing industry. At first glance this minor part of the British economy appears a surprising sticking point. But, as critics have ...

Politics

“A Revolution Against Interracial Democracy”

We are currently witnessing a dramatic replaying of the events that followed the U.S. Civil War, when white supremacists nullified Reconstruction

January 21, 2021 • by Judith Giesberg

Among the early images that emerged from the attack on the capitol on Wednesday was footage of a Black Capitol Hill police officer being chased up the capitol steps as he was pursued by a mob of armed white supremacists. The video shows the police officer, armed only with a ...

“A Revolution Against Interracial Democracy”

North America

The Problem Isn’t Fascism – It’s Democracy in America

Trump wasn’t an aberration: he only renewed our nation’s bitter, uncivil war over whether a clear majority of its people want to forge a multiracial republic of equals

January 21, 2021 • by James Miller

In his inaugural address on January 20, Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States, declared that “Democracy has prevailed” because “the will of the people has been heard and the will of the people has been heeded.” But Biden also conceded, with good reason, that “democracy is fragile.” After all, ...

Democracy

Embracing Democracy: The Storming of the US Capitol and the Mixed Lessons of Weimar Germany

An assassination that took place almost one hundred years ago echoes today

January 21, 2021 • by Andrew I. Port

——— For the past four years, many have wondered when Donald Trump would finally have his “Have-you-no-sense-of-decency?” moment. That was, of course, the memorable rebuke uttered by attorney Joseph Welch on June 9, 1954, just after Joseph McCarthy’s insinuation that one of Welch’s colleagues had ties to a Communist organization. The ...

Embracing Democracy: The Storming of the US Capitol and the Mixed Lessons of Weimar Germany

Politics

This is Not America, They Say

The shining city on a hill is in lockdown, surrounded by floodwaters, eating its young

January 21, 2021 • by Alison Smith

For her college admissions portfolio, my niece has to answer this question: How would you describe the events of the past year to a young person twenty years from now. I’ve been thinking about this question ever since she told me about it, thinking about how I would answer it. ...

Past Present

The Biden-Harris Inauguration

Past Present Podcast, Episode 263

January 19, 2021 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: On January 20, President-Elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated to the office of the President. Niki referred to the book Before the Oath. Neil and Natalia referred to Rebecca Onion’s Slate piece on transitions. In our regular closing feature, What’s Making ...

North America

A Reality-Show Coup with Real Fascists Inside

The MAGA insurrection will be a forever reality show for recruiting new right-wing activists

January 18, 2021 • by Todd Gitlin

On January 6, Donald Trump’s spectacular MAGA insurrection radiated far beyond Capitol Hill. It was screened everywhere, over every known medium—broadcast, social, antisocial, what have you. The events and their meanings have been stockpiled in a cornucopian arsenal of propaganda, digital weaponry that is not done ravaging the world. The videos ...

A Reality-Show Coup with Real Fascists Inside

Democracy

Expanding Democratic Ownership

The ownership model of the public corporation should no longer be the aspiration for startups in the digital economy

January 14, 2021 • by Trebor Scholz

In August 2019, a group of 200 chief executive officers of major U.S. corporations, calling themselves the Business Roundtable, issued a statement committing to invest in their employees, compensating them fairly, and providing benefits. They also committed to fostering diversity, and inclusion, dignity, and respect. And this was newsworthy given ...

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Hopeful New Year!

Five Notes Against Despair, 2021

January 14, 2021 • by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb

The Covid-19 pandemic is spreading and is ineffectively controlled, as is the global political pandemic, spectacularly on view in Washington, D.C. White supremacy and politicized misogyny, homophobia and transphobia are becoming ever more virulent, supporting an ascendent right-wing authoritarianism around the world. Economic and social inequalities are increasing, as police ...

Politics

The 1776 Report

Past Present Podcast, Episode 264

Political Meaning and Significance of the Farmer’s Protests in India

The Fishy Origins of Brexit

From herring and the Hundred Years War to the “cod wars” of the 20th century

“A Revolution Against Interracial Democracy”

We are currently witnessing a dramatic replaying of the events that followed the U.S. Civil War, when white supremacists nullified Reconstruction

The Problem Isn’t Fascism – It’s Democracy in America

Trump wasn’t an aberration: he only renewed our nation’s bitter, uncivil war over whether a clear majority of its people want to forge a multiracial republic of equals

Embracing Democracy: The Storming of the US Capitol and the Mixed Lessons of Weimar Germany

An assassination that took place almost one hundred years ago echoes today

This is Not America, They Say

The shining city on a hill is in lockdown, surrounded by floodwaters, eating its young

The Biden-Harris Inauguration

Past Present Podcast, Episode 263

A Reality-Show Coup with Real Fascists Inside

The MAGA insurrection will be a forever reality show for recruiting new right-wing activists

Expanding Democratic Ownership

The ownership model of the public corporation should no longer be the aspiration for startups in the digital economy

Hopeful New Year!

Five Notes Against Despair, 2021

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Past Present Podcast, Episode 264

From herring and the Hundred Years War to the “cod wars” of the 20th century

We are currently witnessing a dramatic replaying of the events that followed the U.S. Civil War, when white supremacists nullified Reconstruction

Trump wasn’t an aberration: he only renewed our nation’s bitter, uncivil war over whether a clear majority of its people want to forge a multiracial republic of equals

An assassination that took place almost one hundred years ago echoes today

The shining city on a hill is in lockdown, surrounded by floodwaters, eating its young

Power online resides in the wrong hands

Past Present Podcast, Episode 263

The MAGA insurrection will be a forever reality show for recruiting new right-wing activists

The ownership model of the public corporation should no longer be the aspiration for startups in the digital economy

Five Notes Against Despair, 2021

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Connect With Us