Charles Postel

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John Birch was similarly deified, only today the Birchers are in power. yes, weird shit, then and now.

Opinion | Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common

Fantastic piece by @jamellebouie.net on the VRA and the long arc of the American Republic(s)

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Cal State L.A. allows online classes, excused absences as students express fear amid ICE raids Cal State L.A. says classes can go online as students express fears over immigration raids

Cal State L.A. allows online classes, excused absences as students express fear amid ICE raids

go Sean! this is excellent news

congrats Seth!

Profs & Pints San Francisco: Trump, Populism, and History Profs and Pints San Francisco presents: “Trump, Populism, and History,” an examination of our current political environment in the context of American populism’s past, with Charles Postel, professor ...

In case you know anyone in the Bay Area in need of either beer or history to help make it through our present troubles, the Profs & Pints discussion of Trump, McKinley, Tariffs, & Populism is back by popular demand. Bartlett Hall, 242 O'Farrell, SF, Apr 17, 6pm.
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Profs & Pints Alameda: Trump, Populism, and History Profs and Pints Alameda presents: “Trump, Populism, and History,” an examination of our current political environment in the context of American populism’s past, with Charles Postel, professor of hist...

Just in case any Bay Area people are looking for a beer and a critique of the Trump/McKinley "Golden Age":

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i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people

On one hand, Trump is moving at breakneck speed to accomplish a project that is generational in scale, which the country didn’t ask for, doesn’t want, and which won’t solve any of its problems. On the other hand there’s no opposition so who’s to say

yep, and hope to see you there

Nothing says populism more than celebrating William McKinley

I don't understand why the American Historical Association's Council considers the "Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza" (passed at the AHA annual meeting on Jan. 6) as "outside the scope of the Association's mission."

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

17/20

Here is a statement by my colleague Katherine Franke about the end of her time teaching at Columbia. Please read it. drive.google.com/file/d/1i4cO...

At some point liberals are going to start saying, okay there was a genocide but it’s really the fault of the left for how annoying they were about pointing it out

Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election It was not the first online intervention by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and adviser to Donald Trump, on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe.

If it wasn’t obvious before Elon Musk has gone full blown neo Nazi. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...

So I’ve had my 1st Black History Month event cancellation because of “DEI concerns,” citing a fear of frivolous suits. Funny thing is, I don’t do DEI, I’m a historian of the Black American experience. A reminder that DEI is just a dog whistle about suppressing history, if you need a reminder.

The Political Economy of the Urban-Rural Divide Though the urban-rural divide can sometimes appear like a primordial fault line in American political life, it is a relatively recent development. The Democratic Party’s collapse in the countryside…

Long history of right-wing politics among rural dealers, contractors, franchisers, managers. W/dismantling of farm/labor orgs, workers dispersed or disfranchised, rural elites/bosses dominate rural politics. #keithorejel@bsky.social is working on that story:
lpeproject.org/blog/the-pol...

Hillbilly Hellraisers

The big turn in 21st c is rural. This is not a story of federal v rural, but dynamics of rural politics. Blake Perkins helps with this during long 20th C.
End of farmer/labor political economy, Perkins tells us, undermined resistance to capitalist elites.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

A catalogue of genocidal violence, but also the profound lack of international action that has allowed this to continue.

Link to the immensely important report here. witnessing-the-gaza-war.com

Fred R. Harris, Oklahoma Senator Who Ran for President, Dies at 94 (Gift Article) After eight years in the Senate as a moderate Democrat, he took a leftward turn toward “new populism” in a failed shot at the presidency in 1976.

The passing of Fred Harris & his "New Populism" went almost unnoticed. But the demise of Prairie Populism is one of the key developments in our politics. For explanations we need a deeper look at rural demographics and political economy.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...