Category: History and Historiography

A Regional Framework for Historical Developments in the Caucasus, 1917-1921

Citation Slye, S. (2022). A Regional Framework for Historical Developments in the Caucasus, 1917-1921 (Doctoral thesis). https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.93887 Abstract This thesis presents a regional framework for the political and military history of the Caucasus during the period of the Russian Revolution and Civil War. Based on journalistic materials, archival […]

Germany’s Nineteenth-Century Genocide

Sponsored by Brandeis University Press Thomas Rogers The Long Shadow of German Colonialism The people of what was once German-occupied Africa are demanding reparations for the colonial violence that shapes the region to this day. Kathryn Hughes A Complicated Reformer Adherents to Maria Montessori’s radical methods have extended from […]

Second Time as Tragedy

Sponsored by Sonoma Valley Authors Festival “A better future for Ukraine and Europe is possible,” writes Timothy Garton Ash in the Review’s February 23 issue, summing up a sentiment he draws out in an essay that he filed after visiting Ukraine at the end of 2022. Taking in […]

The Los Angeles Nazi Bunker

Close to downtown LA is a mysterious complex of ruined and vandalised buildings called ‘Murphy’s Ranch’. From 1933 to 1941 it was home to a secretive Nazi group plotting the takeover of America. Discover the full story of this iconic LA landmark. Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA, is […]

The Republic of Novgorod

Cryptic Feb 5 Origins of this medieval “republic” The Novgorod Republic emerged out of the disarray of Kievan Rus’, early in the twelfth century, but this trading city’s commerce-driven economy fostered an independence of mind and aversion to autocracy that led to a novel form of a feudal […]

What Is True American Populism?

Reposted from thesyndicalistpapers.home.blog Zoltanous Jan 31 We often see debates on who the true populists are in United States politics. Some say Donald Trump and the conservatives uphold the interests of the American worker, while others will say Bernie Sanders and his social democrats are the true heirs […]

The ‘Cold War’ Pt. 9 – Battling the Khmer Rouge w/ Thomas777

Peter R. Quiñones 3 hr ago Thomas777 is a revisionist historian and a fiction writer Thomas continues his talks on Vietnam explaining the seldom mentioned Mayaguez Incident with the Khmer Rouge My Podcast Host – https://freemanbeyondthewall.libsyn.com/episode-850 Support on my Website – https://freemanbeyondthewall.com/support/ My Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/ManceRayder My SubscribeStar – https://www.subscribestar.com/peter-r-quinones-free-man-beyond-the-wall My Substack […]

Kalergi: The Most Misunderstood Man

by Duns Scotus, Arjuna, and Zoltanous Jan 17 Introduction: Kalergi The Myth Many people misunderstand Kalergi’s views, almost on purpose at times. He’s become somewhat of a boogeyman for some political voices who cry about the supposed “Kalergi Plan” to create a “race-mixed Europe”. Their only evidence, unsurprisingly, […]

The Jews and the Soviets

Sponsored by Liveright Our February 9 issue is online now, with Christine Smallwood on how to read, Gary Shteyngart on Soviet Jews, Jed Perl on Matisse’s extremes, Anahid Nersessian on Dionne Brand at the gates of beauty, Adam Kirsch on The Hours at the opera, Fred Kaplan on Putin’s […]

The Tories against democracy: During the last Depression a group of Conservatives seriously considered dictatorship

BY Aris Roussinos . Ultra-reactionary Tories hoped to replace Stanley Baldwin with a dictator. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Aris Roussinos is UnHerd’s Foreign Affairs Editor, and a former war reporter November 11, 2020 As America’s election grinds, still contested, to a close, the entire gruelling spectacle can be […]

A true giant died today

By Tom Woods What an odd and most unfortunate coincidence. Just yesterday I wrote to you about the academic snobs who look down on amateur historians who dare to write works of history without being “trained.” And trust me, as someone who would know: the difference in “training” […]

Bakunin was a racist

One interesting thing about this video is that if you take everything that Bakunin is quoted as saying about Jews and replace “Jewish” with “white” he sounds like one of today’s intersectional leftists. And if you replace “Jewish” with “Russian” he sounds like MSNBC, or with “Chinese” he […]

Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power | Lex Fridman Podcast

Saagar Enjeti is a DC-based political correspondent and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – The Jordan Harbinger Show: https://jordanharbinger.com/lex/ – Grammarly: https://grammarly.com/lex to get 20% off premium – Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings – Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex […]

Harvey Mansfield on Niccolò Machiavelli and the Origins of Modernity

Two infamous figures discuss another infamous figure. In the sixth conversation in our series with Harvey Mansfield, a discussion of the Florentine philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli. Click “Show more” to view all chapters. For more conversations, visit http://www.conversationswithbillkrist… Chapter 1 (00:15 – 35:55): Machiavelli on politics and morality Chapter […]

Understanding the Emotional Practices of the Spanish Anarchists under Franco’s Dictatorship

By Eduardo Romanos This article studies the reactivation of activist networks in high-risk settings through a longitudinal analysis of the emotional practices of Spanish anarchists under Franco’s dictatorship (1939–75). The anarchists mobilised a series of emotions in their discourse, seeking to change the degree and quality of emotions […]

Capitalism: An Archaic Critique

Posted By: Mike Maxwell 24 December 2022 This is the text of a presentation given to the Sydney Traditionalist Forum on 29 October 2022 by Mike Maxwell of Imperium Press, as part of the Forum’s “Quarterly Inquiry Series”. ♣ Friedrich List, “The National System of Political Economy” (Imperium […]