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History

A collection of 19 Posts

Celebration or campaigning? Trump rebrands history for the U.S. post image
Donald Trump TODAY+ United States US Politics Trump 2.0 History Populism Trumpism World War II

Celebration or campaigning? Trump rebrands history for the U.S.

by TODAY
Italy’s areas of wartime fascist resistance remain less susceptible to the far-right today post image
Far-Right Italy WW2 Fascism Anti-Fascism Far-Right Politics Resistance History Italian History Benito Mussolini Mussolini

Italy’s areas of wartime fascist resistance remain less susceptible to the far-right today

by Juan Masullo
American liberators of Nazi camps got ‘a lifelong vaccine against extremism’ − their wartime experiences are a warning for today post image
Far-Right Trump 2.0 Donald Trump WW2 Holocaust Holocaust Education Concentration Camps Anti-Fascism Spanish Civil War Francisco Franco United States Political Extremism Trump Administration 2025 US Democracy Death of Democracy Analysis History Democracy Legitimisation of the Far-Right

American liberators of Nazi camps got ‘a lifelong vaccine against extremism’ − their wartime experiences are a warning for today

by Sara J. Brenneis
How to fix democracy? post image
Democracy Philosophy Political Philosophy Ancient Greece Ancient History History Plato Plato's Republic Athenian Democracy Trust in Democracy

How to fix democracy?

by Matthew Duncombe
What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries post image
Trump 2.0 Analysis Long-Read FBI Syria Nicaragua Donald Trump US Military Daniel Ortega Dan Bongino US Secret Service Iran Revolutionary Guard Hafez al-Assad Kash Patel United States US Politics Trump Administration 2025 History Denialism Loyalty Autocracy Uganda Yoweri Museveni Security Forces Personalisation

What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries

by Joe Wright
The Holocaust: How ‘rescue archaeology’ is tackling the impending loss of surviving witnesses post image
Holocaust Analysis History Jewish History WW2 Holocaust Survivors Holocaust Memorial Day Holocaust Remembrance Holocaust Education Auschwitz Rescue Archaeology

The Holocaust: How ‘rescue archaeology’ is tackling the impending loss of surviving witnesses

by Tony Kushner
Elon Musk and the history of the ‘Roman salute’ post image
Analysis History Elon Musk Fascism Neo-Fascism Neo-Nazis Ancient Rome Benito Mussolini Nazi Salute

Elon Musk and the history of the ‘Roman salute’

by Samuel Agbamu
Fall of Khrushchev: 60 years since the ‘most democratic coup’ in Soviet history, how Comrade Nikita was toppled post image
History Communism History of the Soviet Union KGB Leonid Brezhnev Nikita Kruschev Soviet Union Stalinism

Fall of Khrushchev: 60 years since the ‘most democratic coup’ in Soviet history, how Comrade Nikita was toppled

by Tomas Sniegon
Historians of the Labour Party put Britain’s new government into context post image
UK Politics History Keir Starmer Labour Government Labour Party United Kingdom UK Government

Historians of the Labour Party put Britain’s new government into context

by Professor Rohan McWilliam
Ukraine war: Pope Francis should learn from his WWII predecessor’s mistakes in appeasing fascism post image
War in Ukraine Nazi Germany History Vatican Pope Francis Pope Pius XII Ukraine World War II

Ukraine war: Pope Francis should learn from his WWII predecessor’s mistakes in appeasing fascism

by Tim Luckhurst
It’s a myth that England was created on the battlefield – most of it happened at the negotiating table post image
History Analysis England English History Propaganda Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxon Superiority UK History Vikings

It’s a myth that England was created on the battlefield – most of it happened at the negotiating table

by Clare Downham
Too often learning ‘British history’ means learning ‘English history’ post image
Education Analysis History UK History Welsh History English History England Irish History Scottish History Teachers Schools Teaching History United Kingdom

Too often learning ‘British history’ means learning ‘English history’

by Dr Sean Lang