Tag: history
The Unmapped Sea: Power, Blood, and Identity in the 16th-Century Mediterranean
Power over the sea was once contested, but today, in an era of one-way migration, the overwhelming power sits entirely on the Northern shore. The sixteenth-century Mediterranean established three fault lines that define our modern fractures.
Snapshots of Popular Resistance: April Then and Now
Working Class History interactive map of resistance. Credit: Working Class History Link copied! For ten years, Working Class History has meticulously documented small and grandiose […]
Working Class History: Fighting for a Better Past!
New York police violently attacking unemployed workers in Tompkins Square Park, 1874. Credit: Matt Morgen, Library of Congress Archive Link copied! “By imparting new meaning […]
The Unfinished Rhyme of History
The saying history is written by the winners is also partly untrue and certainly defeatist. History is written by the people who make it, not by the people writing the history books.