Written by Chistine Misner
Switching Party Histories and Whatever Else it Takes to Make History Convenient
Have you heard the news? America’s two main political parties have switched. The Party of Lincoln is now the party of slavery and oppression, while the Party of FDR is the party of free speech and people’s rights. Are you surprised? Having earned degrees in and relating to history and political science, it surprised me.
I first learned about the “switch” theory while reading the usual culprits —) Facebook and Twitter.… Continue Reading
Tags: 1964 Civil Rights Act, Bolshevik Revolution, Dr. Eric Wallace, Eric Rauchway, Everett Dirksen, Franklin D. Roosevelt, French Revolution, Jim Crow laws, Live Science, Natalie Wolchover, New Deal, Richard Russell, Robert Byrd, Sam Ervin, social justice, Southern Strategy, Strom Thurmond, The 1619 Project, William Fulbright, William Jennings Bryan
Political | David E. Smith |
October 13, 2020 4:00 AM |
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Written by Dr. Paul Kengor
This October-November 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the launch of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia—the bloody communist state that would produce a political-ideological killing spree unlike any the world has ever seen.
And yet, communism continues to find supporters. Here are three personal anecdotes:
I did a conference this past week on the legacies of communism. One liberal professor complained that no pro-communist speakers were included. I wasn’t surprised.… Continue Reading
Tags: Adolf Hitler, Alexander Yakovlev, Bolshevik Revolution, Communism, George W. Bush, James Kirchick, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Mao Tse-tung, Martin Malia, Marxist-Leninist, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Socialism, The Black Book of Communism
Federal Issues, Political | David E. Smith |
November 13, 2017 5:21 AM |
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