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Book Review: Barbara Tuchman - WSJ.com
"Much important and fascinating research is unavailable to the public simply because the discoverers lack the will or the talent to reach beyond their familiar circle. Of course, what has occurred in the history profession is symptomatic of the waning importance of the humanities disciplines themselves, a plight much lamented by those who have hastened the decline. Barbara Tuchman saw it coming."
history  theory  academia  tuchman  humanities  writing 
11 weeks ago by msszczep
After the Future :: AK Press
After the Future explores our century-long obsession with the concept of "the future."
future  idea  time  todo  toread  book  futurism  historyofideas  history 
february 2012 by msszczep
The Leonard Peltier Trial (1977)
A collection of images, primary documents, trial reports, maps, and other materials relating to the trial of Leonard Peltier, an American Indian Movement leader accused of killing 2 FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975.
american  american-indian  history  primary-sources  images  1970s  race-relations  peltier  usa  aim  americanindians  via:dilibrary 
february 2012 by msszczep
Enjoy the Silence - The Morning News
Just because no one uses payphones doesn’t mean the phone booth needs to go the way of the dodo. One man’s plea for preserving society’s greatest unused invention.
phone  telephone  history  privacy  phonebooths  idea  suggestion 
february 2012 by msszczep
ZCommunications | The Plow and the Iphone: Conservative Fantasies About the Miracles of the Market by Robert Jensen | ZNet Article
A central doctrine of evangelicals for the “free market” is its capacity for innovation: New ideas, new technologies, new gadgets -- all flow not from governments but from individuals and businesses allowed to flourish in the market, we are told.
technology  history  science  research  politics  economics  markets  commandplanning  conservative  fantasy  ideology 
january 2012 by msszczep
ZCommunications | United States: Occupy the Democratic Party? No way! by Dan La Botz | ZNet Article
Should the Occupy Wall Street try to enter the Democratic Party in the hopes of influencing it? No. The past 100 years of history tells us that's a move doomed to fail.
democrats  politics  activism  occupywallstreet  history  usa  civilrights  populist  democratic  party  elections  occupy  occupywallst 
november 2011 by msszczep
ZCommunications | All Day, All Week (All Century), Occupy Wall Street by Thai Jones | ZNet Article
"The protests of 1914, which unfolded through a series of tactical decisions concerning the use of violence, potentially suggest a variety of useful lessons to today's protesters and administration. "
occupywallst  occupywallstreet  newyork  protest  rockefeller  newyorkcity  politics  activism  history  usa 
november 2011 by msszczep
Archiveteam
Motto: We are going to rescue your shit.
internet  history  reference  web  software  archive  online  computers 
september 2011 by msszczep
When Irish Eyes Are Crying | Business | Vanity Fair
A very long but extraordinary article detailing the plight of Ireland post-2008.
article  economics  history  ireland  markets  capitalism  greatrecession  corporations  greed 
march 2011 by msszczep
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