Ben Carter

Gettysburg Is Still White America's Greatest Civil War Battle A new movie is being filmed in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania this weekend about the famous battle.

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Gettysburg Is Still White America's Greatest Civil War Battle A new movie is being filmed in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania this weekend about the famous battle.

Gettysburg Is Still White America's Greatest Civil War Battle
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BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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Huh. A Qatari Air Force facility in Idaho….such a grab bag bullshit day after day.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

Same. Should I go as Barney or Garfield?

Andrea Brower was the lead instructor for a social justice program at Gonzaga University. In this interview, she reveals that after being targeted for speaking up about labor rights in higher ed & poorly handled Title VI complaint by the university, she could not perform the job she was hired for.

The US acts like pirates in the Caribbean IN reading historian Marcus Rediker, one can learn a great deal about the “Golden Age of Piracy.” Far from being nothing more than cruel brutes, pirates often practised an egalitarian proto-socialism,...

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Remember when the right went after ACORN and Democrats just let it happen

Please acknowledge what is happening to American professors right now.

We do not deserve this.

Gavin Newsom: “Masked men. Jumping out of unmarked vehicles. People disappearing. No due process. No oversight. No accountability. People say I’m being hyperbolic. Bullshit. This is happening in America today.”

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

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Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Love this!

What did the everydayness of racial chattel slavery look like beyond enslaving? I explore this question in my talk. Join us!

I cannot BELIEVE enduring all that she is enduring that she ADMITTED SHE VOTED FOR THIS. Live on the CALL, brother. My God.

fresh @leftanchor.bsky.social episode, we've got @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on to discuss Ezra Klein, Charlie Kirk, and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's essay on war mindset: www.leftanchor.com/e/better-tha...

Context matters

In case you were wondering, Mark Bray and his family found their plane reservations mysteriously cancelled *after successfully checking their bags and going through security* and are planning to try to leave the US again tonight.

From Altamira’s bison to the Côa engravings, Europe’s first storytellers spoke in stone and light. 🦬✨ Celebrate the European Day of Rock Art (Oct 9)!
#PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #RockArt #Prehistory #Altamira #Côa

📖 Learn more: www.prehistour.eu

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

#OtD 9 Oct 2014 the Guardian reported that Greek 'riot dog' Loukanikos ("sausage") died peacefully in his sleep. He was the most famous of the Athens strays who joined riots against police violence and later against austerity. More info and merch here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...

MacArthur Foundation Announces 2025 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners

The list of MacArthurs includes a brilliant former colleague, @ievajusionyte.bsky.social who I wish was still @harvard.edu.

Congratulations, Ieva! So richly deserved.

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In case you were wondering, Mark Bray, who wrote a book about anti-fascism, got death threats from MAGA, and is fleeing to Spain with his wife and young children - yeah, he's Jewish.

When the satire is more truthful than the news.