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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 7h

Hamas has survived the war, but Palestinians want a new politics. The project of political Islam has failed, says Nathan Brown:

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History As It Happens: Before and After Hamas

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 7h

"Right now, the truth is losing."

Why would Pete Hegseth refer to the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890 as a 'battle' where 'brave' U.S. soldiers earned medals?

My conversation w/ historian Alan Taylor:

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History As It Happens: Bonus Ep! Pete Hegseth and Wounded Knee

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 1d

"Right now, truth is losing."

Historian Alan Taylor on Wounded Knee and the Trump administration's assault on American history:

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History As It Happens: Bonus Ep! Pete Hegseth and Wounded Knee

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 2d

As inklings of hope rise in the Middle East for lasting peace, let's reflect on the life and death of Bob Ames, who tried to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as Lebanon sank into the abyss.

w/ Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Kai Bird

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History As It Happens: Kai Bird on Bob Ames, Reagan, and the Two-State Solution

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 2d

This is not the first time in the midst of war that some hopes were raised for lasting peace in the Middle East.

Kai Bird reflects on Bob Ames, Reagan, and Israel and the Palestinians in Lebanon in 1982:

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History As It Happens: Kai Bird on Bob Ames, Reagan, and the Two-State Solution

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 3d

New ep w/ historian Alan Taylor:

Pete Hegseth says the U.S. soldiers who received medals after "the battle" of Wounded Knee deserved to keep them: "We salute their memory and honor their service." Why is he whitewashing a massacre?

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 5d

There was a time before Hamas. Will the future be without it? Movements come and go, even if ideas cannot be killed:

Nathan Brown on political Islam:
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History As It Happens: Before and After Hamas

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 5d

There was a time before Hamas. Are we now looking at a future without it? Ideas cannot be killed, but movements come and go.

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History As It Happens: Before and After Hamas

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 8d

Why is the Trump administration pursuing regime change in Venezuela? Whatever the immediate reasons, it's part of a long pattern of U.S. interventionism in Latin America. This history matters:

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History As It Happens: TR to Trump: America and Venezuela

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 8d

Russian meddling in Moldova's elections didn't work, says Veronica Anghel. She says Moldova's win is a win for a more integrated Europe...

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History As It Happens: Bonus Ep! Moldova's Elections / Europe's Future

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 8d

Sudan's civil war is imperiling the lives of millions. The warring sides are backed by outside powers that do not give a damn about democracy or justice.

It's a kind of global mafia politics where only the deals matter, says Alex de Waal:

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History As It Happens: Kleptocracy and Genocide in Sudan

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you, Joe!!!

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 9d

Regime change in Venezuela?

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History As It Happens: TR to Trump: America and Venezuela

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 10d

The dimensions of Sudan's crisis are staggering, yet go largely unnoticed by many Americans. Twenty years ago, it was a different story. Remember 'Save Darfur'?

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 12d

Sudan's civil war, genocide, and famine do not fit neatly into the 'democracy vs autocracy' framework that's often used to analyze our world. This doesn't mean Sudan's crisis is about nothing.

w/ Alex de Waal:

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History As It Happens: Kleptocracy and Genocide in Sudan

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 17d

Remember that ugly mantra "words are violence"? As recent events have shown, words are the alternative to violence in American life.

My conversation with FIRE, the premier free speech group in our country.

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History As It Happens: Bonus Ep! Free Speech in America

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 17d

Free speech is in trouble:

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History As It Happens: Bonus Ep! Free Speech in America

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 19d

Raphael Lemkin’s original concept of genocide was broader than the definition ultimately written into the U.N. Convention. This divergence continues to trouble society today.

History As It Happens: The Name of Barbarism

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History As It Happens: The Name of Barbarism

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 19d

As Israeli officials broadcast their intent to make Gaza uninhabitable, what explains the wrangling over the term genocide?

Dirk Moses and Sonia Boulos on the origins of the Palestinian catastrophe:

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History As It Happens: The Name of Barbarism

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 20d

America's hyperpolarized climate and political violence are raising comparisons to the collapse of the Weimar Republic.

Does this comparison illuminate or mislead?

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History As It Happens: Weimar America, Revisited

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 22d

How does a democracy collapse from within? What forces hollow out the center, driving the hyper-polarization and violence?

A look at the downfall of the Weimar Republic:

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History As It Happens: Weimar America, Revisited

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 23d

New podcast episode:

Is America on a Weimar trajectory? It's a trendy analogy.

With David Abraham:
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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 23d

New episode: Weimar comparisons are back. Maybe they never went away. But do they work?

David Abraham has studied the collapse of the Weimar Republic for decades:

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History As It Happens: Weimar America, Revisited

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 25d

In this episode of History As It Happens, international legal scholar Victor Kattan and I tackle the origins of today’s catastrophe. Is it right to blame a 67-word declaration issued in 1917?

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History As It Happens: Balfour's Bloody Legacy

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Martin Di Caro @martindicaro.bsky.social · 26d

Who's responsible for today's catastrophe in Israel and the Palestinian territories? Is it Great Britain?

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History As It Happens: Balfour's Bloody Legacy

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