In 1952 the US and the UK orcastrated a coup d'etat in Iran against the elected government to reinstate the Monarchy. The reason? The president, Mosaddegh, intended to nationalise the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), a British corporation, now BP. Colonialism transitioned to capitalism and the coup was justified to stop the spread of communism, but was mostly about about protecting western capital. It is assumed that capitalism 'wins' through the efficiency of market logic, when in reality it is imposed by capital interests on behalf or the state.
But don't fogot the personal human impacts with a long tail stretching to today. Here is a clip from a documentary when the filmmaker is standing in front of a cabinet of declassified documents that changed the fate of him and his family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7coh9-MpFJo&t=544
#Iran #HistoryMatters #Capitalism #Colonialism #BP #Oil

#LostInTime! This fascinating discovery of an ancient temple that had been sealed off for centuries is a reminder of the incredible histories we can uncover if we keep our eyes open. #HistoryMatters #UncoveredSecrets #Discovery #Colonizers #SpanishHistory https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/epvbxk/archaeologists-found-an-ancient-entrance-to-the-underworld-under-a-church-in-mexico

@clarebee
They're very scenic and venerable now, but these walls date to the Enclosure Acts (1604-1914), which privatized 30% of public lands, disallowing poor farmers and citizens from grazing their animals, fishing, mowing for hay, hunting, etc. on what was formerly considered public space. All for the greed of the wealthy aristocrats.
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This is why it's important to teach real history, folks!
I would bet that very few of my college students would get this.
Poor under-educated victims of political forces beyond their understanding.
#History
#HistoryMatters
#StopTheWhitewashing
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donner-lake-photo-viral-cannibal-connection_n_649ddbb2e4b0c7e9d8e60aa2

Yale just posted recordings of their group readings the Declaration of Independence and Frederick Douglass's 1852 oration, "What to the Slave, is the Fourth of July? Both are powerful pieces worth actually lisening to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-giUzqc19Q3XM9PZMNusvEwZw-ls0mfp

#july4th #declarationofindependence #frederickdouglass #HistoryMatters

The Family is/was a cult, not a TV show. #HistoryMatters

That time in 1896 when members of the newly formed National Association of Colored Women praised Justice Harlan's dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson and condemned Storer College's decision to ban the very people for whom the institution was formed from staying at the Lincoln Hall dorm during the summer. #historymatters

"Fuehrer fell at CP (command post)" was the last lie.
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30 April 1945: Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva #Braun commit suicide at his bunker in #Berlin as the #Soviets near. Berlin would surrender on May 2. Consensus is that Hitler took #cyanide and shot himself in the temple. #HistoryMatters #OTD #ad https://amzn.to/35hpCj1
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Hey GOP, your primary villains:

Transgender people
Drag queens
The uterus
History
Books
The Walt Disney Company

…are not problems for the United States. Stop being so fucking detached from SERVING your constituents and let them be.

#LGBTQ
#TransgenderHealth #ReproductiveRights #HistoryMatters
#Books
#Disney

Focus instead on actual problems
#ItsTheGuns
#ItsTheRacism
#ItsTheGOP
#TheGOPIsDetached

Both Texas and Florida are the leaders in the fascism race. Books? Education? Why be intelligent when you have the religious fanatics to think for you?

It's not enough that Texas leads in the number of books that have been banned in the last year they are now threatening to pull public funding from libraries that have Drag Story Hour where Cat In The Hat is read to kids.

But that's not all:

This new bill allows the Texas Education commission to ban history text books that admit to LGBTQ people being a part of history.

They can also issue bans for history that leans too much into Racism Is Bad And It Does Exist or if the history condones public uprising (civil rights marches). The books must also give both sides of a political/social movement.

If the text books don't offer glowing pro-America versions of all history then that is also another reason to ban it.

#HistoryMatters #BookBans #AmericanTaliban #Texas #TexasEducation #TexasFascism

https://share.newsbreak.com/3o08x661

Love this interview with Judy Blume. Her opinions on censoring & banning books. Just like Judy, I also don’t believe in censoring books or music. It’s the artist’s vision for the story they want to tell.
Judy Blume on book banning- “This is the real danger. That a governor can appoint someone to the legislature who’s thinking this way because he’s thinking this way, & getting laws about this.” This is exactly what Ron DeSantis is doing in FL. He appoints people to every board & legislative position possible of people who think like him or worse. Hell, he even tried doing it to Disney! But Disney is powerful, our school system is not. #ReadBannedBooks #HistoryMatters #JudyBlume
Article: Judy Blume Scoffs at Roald Dahl Books Being Rewritten for Offensive Language: ‘I Don’t Believe in That’
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/judy-blume-roald-dahl-censorship-book-bans-queer-books-1235570001/

I didn't hear about this in any history class. Not even in college. I read a book "Max" by Sarah Cohen Scali. That was my introduction to the Lebensborn program of the Nazis. I very much recommend it to anyone interested in historical fiction or WW2.

#HistoryMatters #TeachHistory
#BooksWorthReading #WW2fiction

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It’s very telling that the Confederates support Trump.

The white American church generally has not repented of white supremacy.

For some, the civil war never ended; that’s not to minimize foreign influences.

Christian racism is being exploited to divide US; racism makes US weak.

#HistoryMatters #ReadMore #Freedom

@steveschmidtses
Thank you for bringing this to our attention again ~ #HistoryMatters #FactsMatter

When you learn that female teachers being forced to resign upon marriage was custom, not law in the early days of DC public schools. 😠 The subject of my WIP, Barbara Pope, replaced Miss Geary. Mrs. Annie E. Geary-Waddleton went on to be an active club woman, participated in the Colored Young Woman's Christian Association with Mary Church Terrell and participated in the Bethel Literary and Historical Assn. in DC. #historymatters

While visiting Savannah I came upon this amazing and historic temple. It’s an incredible story to learn from its initial founding and continued growth.

Savannah is full of wonderful surprises.

https://mickveisrael.org/

#hebrewbyinbal #temple #synagogue #savannahgeorgia #History #historymatters #hebrew #beautiful #Jewish #mickveisrael #mastodon #Fediverse #mazeldon #jewdiverse

WIP - Thinking about Anna J Cooper receiving her PhD in France, writing her dissertation in French while working her day job as a teacher in DC - at 67 years old! #historymatters #annajcooper #representationmatters

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Four #movies for #MLK day from our contributors: #Till for what it can teach and ultimately inspire. #TheInspection “for the lost loner in all of us” – & for Jeremy Pope’s performance. #Devotion, a true story more inspiring than #TopGunMaverick. And Wakanda for Oscar contender #angelabassett.
Quick takes re: need-to-know & where to stream: http://bit.ly/348TVMQ
#MLKDay2023 #movies #whattowatch #blackhistory #EmmettTill #jeremypope #historymatters

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16 Jan 1943: During World War II, Iraq declares war on Germany and Italy and Japan. #WWII #WW2 #history #HistoryMatters #OTD #ad https://bit.ly/3rdxeQQ https://amzn.to/3ssAIgw

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