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Anthony Conwright

@anthonyconwright.bsky.social

I condense & integrate history into essays about contemporary issues w/o revising history. Words in Mother Jones, The Nation, The New Republic.

553 Followers  |  685 Following  |  87 Posts  |  Joined: 13.07.2023  |  2.1705

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The Decisive Moment, by Chris Lehmann Why Congress must impeach Trump

No Kings! Why Congress must impeach Trump by the best political writer in the game @chrislehmann.bsky.social

harpers.org/archive/2025...

26.08.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huge thank you to @perrybaconjr.bsky.social for including me in this piece.

β€œThe experience of Black Americans calls into question the institutions that this country holds most sacred,” Conwright said.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

15.07.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing! Indeed, ICE must be abolished!! It’s one of the topics of my next piece.

25.06.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I’ll keep my fingers crossed about having another appearance 🀞🏾

24.06.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Will Black Americans Vote For A Socialistβ€”Zohran Mamdani? | Anthony Conwright | TMR
youtu.be/HhdK46m6T2I

23.06.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you for tuning in! I’m keeping my fingers crossed for another appearance 🀞🏾 love the show and the audience!

23.06.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Some thoughts about and Gregory Meeks supporting Andrew Cuomo. I will be ranking @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1

16.06.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for reading and sharing! That surprised me too! I could not believe this man was allowed to do a tour of Black churches and tell Black voters to temper their expectations.

10.06.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialistβ€”Zohran Mamdani? By demeaning the mayoral candidate’s agenda, Andrew Cuomo offends the Black tradition of community care.

My latest for @thenation.com: Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialistβ€”Zohran Mamdani? β€œTo put it plainly, the myth that Black Americans can only support establishment Democrats has conditioned us to take our sufferingβ€”which is a result of capitalismβ€”for granted.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...

10.06.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
How American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against Genocide

@emmavigeland.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...

21.05.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
How American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against Genocide

@krystalball.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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Yesterday, I was like β€œwhy am I doing this to myself” πŸ˜‚ you know it’s bad when you’re like β€œmaybe I should have kept teaching middle school!

20.05.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is inconsistent for Democrats to want to β€œset politics aside.” To pretend that politics has no place in the discourse regarding Biden’s diagnosis is disingenuous. When Republicans say β€œnot a time to play politics” after a mass shooting, Democrats RIGHTFULLY condemn them.

19.05.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now, because it’s a president that they like they are choosing to be privilege blind.

19.05.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Compassion and criticism are not mutually exclusive. Democrats can have compassion for Biden AND question how his healthcare policies impacted people suffering from cancer without his resources. After all, Democrats were quick to point out β€œwhite privilege” in every aspect of American life.

19.05.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The liberators don’t have the power to enact. In other words, if a liberator must ask for the change, if they must protest the oppressor, then β€œliberation” is impossible because the resistance must be permitted to trigger change.

19.05.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s where I struggle. I don’t think the change you are talking about is liberation. IE: 13th amendment was a change, but not liberation. I agree that both methods have merit, but I would not equate it with liberation. It seems to fit more into β€œchange,” which

19.05.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Some of those movements could not fight oppression outside of the grammar of their colonizers, which is why I question what means to be liberated and to fight for it. I’m not against liberation as a sentiment but I’m not sure if we all understand what it means ….

19.05.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your answer is what drives my question: if the history is the path, why are we still fighting for liberation? If we look in America, we often say things like β€œviolence” isn’t the way to achieve liberation-although violence sustains oppression.

19.05.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I get that part. I don’t know what that actually looks like. What does it look like to β€œfight” without/outside of the rules that facilitate the oppression?

19.05.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I understand the sentiment, and I wonder if we actually know what β€œliberation” means. I go back and forth on using the word because I think it’s often used as synonym for something else that we don’t really have language/politics for.

19.05.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

16.05.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing!

16.05.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pushing David Hogg out? What’s happening with David Hogg, Malcolm Kenyatta, DNC Vice Chair Vote.
YouTube video by Anthony Conwright Pushing David Hogg out? What’s happening with David Hogg, Malcolm Kenyatta, DNC Vice Chair Vote.

Full Video: youtu.be/tIO4rfArlw8?...

15.05.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I made a video about David Hogg @davidhogg.bsky.social @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social and the vote for DNC Vice Chair. First video outlines rules that were violated. Full video below.

15.05.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I spoke with @rasjbaraka.bsky.social for my latest at @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

13.05.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You may not have to! Article might be in the works! 🀞🏾

15.03.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here is part 3 of the history of the 1867 Federal Department of Education. #trump #departmentofeducation #education #teachers #history #blackhistory #reconstruction TikTok video by Anthony Conwright

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82kjKch/
Part 3 of the history of the 1867 Federal Department of Education.

11.03.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here is part 2 of a short history of the first Department of Education, which was established in 1867. #trump #departmentofeducation #education #teachers #history #blackhistory TikTok video by Anthony Conwright

Here is part 2 of a short history of the first Federal Department of Education.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82rcGSm/

10.03.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Since Trump is working to eradicate the federal department of education, i wanted to make a series on the history of the first federal department of education that was established in 1867. Not sure ho... TikTok video by Anthony Conwright

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82rCJX2/

This is part 1.

10.03.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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