Alyssa Rosenberg (whose work I think is fantastic) poses a great question: …it struck me all over again how few movies we have about the Revolutionary War. I’d looked into this a couple of years ago, but it’s really kind of stunning. The success of America’s war for independence from Great Britain is incredibly remarkable, […]
Author: Erik Loomis
This occasional series will highlight moments in American labor and working-class history writ large, including the history of American radicalism and the history of slavery, which too often takes a b
New Hampshire’s list is very weak. Basically, it’s suffered from being a very small state bordering the state with probably the most prestigious list, Massachusetts. If you created a list
Global Post manages to interview a member of Assad’s army. Fascinating, disturbing, very very interesting. Perhaps most interesting to me was the breakdown of how hierarchy operates in the Syrian army.
This week, I’d like to highlight a recent discovery, Native American Netroots. This superb blog mostly consists of lengthy posts on Native American history which are well-written and enjoyable t
While one can argue that there are several good songs about July 4, there’s no question that Dave Alvin’s “Fourth of July” is the clear best. And by no question, I mean that an
Edward Copeland with an absolutely fantastic discussion of Hitchcock’s superb Strangers on a Train, especially Robert Walker’s titanic work as the uber-creepy Bruno. Copeland concludes: Finally, there’s the climax on the merry-go-round, one of the most exciting Hitchcock filmed, but there’s a moment many might miss. There’s a little boy still on the ride and […]
In a post where there’s only a 99% chance he borrowed the link from me without giving credit, Yglesias comments on the same Guardian post on indigenous education in Oaxaca that I did. Except he
Oh South Carolina, have you ever elected decent politicians? I will try to counter one clear criticism of this list. I know that there are a few state-level people who played major roles in the road t
Building on the discussion of indigenous poverty in Oaxaca from a couple of days ago is this Guardian piece on indigenous children not going to school in rural Oaxaca, thus plunging deeper into a never-ending cycle of poverty exacerbated by the global economy. Elena Gonzales folds yarn between her fingers. Her tapestry is woven in […]
Neil Genzlinger has a thought provoking piece on the dark side of Ellis Island and American immigration, which he rightfully says is underplayed at the museum: But there’s another side to our nation
For several decades, labor has flirted with transnational unionism as a way to combat globalization and the loss of jobs in the United States. American unions began showing interest in other nations d