mkazin.com History prof at Georgetown. Newish book on the Dems: us.macmillan.com/books/97803…
Washington, DC
- Tweets 25,027
- Following 711
- Followers 4,571
- Likes 10,942
I see people on the left I respect blaming the US for stoking another Cold War. Look, an undemocratic nation invading a democratic nation that has done nothing at all to threaten it is both wrong and dangerous. Put your skepticism aside long enough to acknowledge that.
15
75
662
Hey fellow lefties. I know it's far from a Green New Deal. But it is still a big deal, and education and pressure from our side made it possible. So celebrate a little before pointing out the limits. And make plans to campaign this fall.
11
40
419
Pure truth: "it becomes increasingly hard to understand why the Supreme Court should be allowed to say any laws are unconstitutional. Why should the Supreme Court get to declare a law unconstitutional if we think that what the court is doing is just making a political judgment?"
“Nothing important should turn on whether some old person chooses to retire or keep working until they’re in their 90s. It’s a crazy way to run a country.” ow.ly/1Zd830rbEnn
10
71
363
Remarkable how a man who doesnt read books managed to research thousands of hearings in less than a month. I'd rank the HUAC hearings a bit higher but then how can a mere historian compete with such brilliance?
So interesting to see Nancy Pelosi demanding fairness from @senatemajldr McConnell when she presided over the most unfair hearing in the history of the United States Congress!
5
37
353
Jamelle Bouie may be the most prolific and influential progressive historian writing today -- and he doesn't need a PhD to do it: You May Not Find Many Friends on This Power-Hungry Supreme Court nytimes.com/2022/04/08/opini…
3
58
289
An eloquent and necessary piece: If You Skip the Vaccine, It Is My ‘Damn Business’ nytimes.com/2021/08/13/opini…
2
58
233
"God killed the evil pope!" is a claim straight out of the KKK from a century ago. Not sure it's the message the sitting VP and his fellow Catholics are longing to hear from MTG (MAGA-until death, GA)
9
46
287
24,837
this is absurd: did you oppose the tearing down of statues of Lenin and Stalin in E. Europe and Russia?
7
7
211
"They know that the only way to sell patriotism these days is to sell nostalgia as if it were real; too many crimes are being committed in the present, so the only thing to do is praise the past:- Pete Hamill, July 4, 1970
1
59
230
This is a terrific, eloquent piece about the ideas, identity, and horrifying idiocy of the 1/6 marauders
14
216
Dylan as capitalist stooge is one of the dumber takes I've seen on this site for a while. He got tired of being a voice for the left and then created a lot of sublime music. I'm sorry he gave up his political commitments but great artists nearly always go their own way
8
1
244
12,335
In honor of her last day as Speaker, reposting my tribute to Nancy Pelosi. the brilliant pol with her roots in Bal'more: newrepublic.com/article/1691…
2
36
188
34,806
Sherrod Brown has won fairly easily in all his races- why not nominate a Dem with similar appeal instead of an anti-Trumper like Kasich who is still quite conservative?
7
12
181
Republicans created SIX new states in just one year, 1889-1890. Two had fewer than 100k residents
3
30
186
36,739
This is not a smart column: yes, Obama should have been more ambitious. But, as you note, he only had 60 votes for a few months and knew he'd need all his political capital to pass the ACA -- with no GOP votes. Presidents aren't absolute monarchs.
12
19
179
translation: who cares about consistency or principle? We want power and we don't care how we get it.
In 2016, Amy Coney Barrett said that any nomination in an election year would be completely inappropriate and she does not support nominations that would “dramatically flip the balance of power on the Court.”
nitter.app/OrganizingPow3r/status…
6
75
169
This is shaping up to be an even more contentious election day/week/month than 2000 or even 1876. Vote early and prepare to protest, effectively.
Start of Pennsylvania's election is on hold because of ballot delay - CNNPolitics cnn.com/2020/09/13/politics/…
4
38
166
Congrats from a Harvard alum to the Harvard and Yale students who interrupted the game today to draw attention to the rich universities' disgraceful refusal to divest from the fossil fuel corporations that are slowly destroying the only planet we have. #NobodyWins #DivestHarvard
4
30
170
I have yet to hear of a history teacher who tells white students they should feel guilty for what happened before they were born
7
4
167
6,840
My review of Eric Rauchway's superb book: Where Would We Be Without the New Deal? thenation.com/article/societ…
3
49
161
The Many Problems With the Barr Letter nyti.ms/2USUGj9
9
33
138
Just like most labor radicals in the late 1930s and during WW II, the Black freedom movement in the mid-60s, and the anti-war movement in the early 1970s. The left-liberal alliance is how lasting change happens in the USA
Looking back to the Occupy/Bernie decade (2011-2020), it's striking how much the online left has changed.
In place of once-defining skepticism toward both major party establishments, we now see an enthusiastic affirmation of the Democrats & their leaders
(short thread, sorry)
4
33
135
26,193
"Some people rob you with a six-gun, others with a fountain pen"-- Woody Guthrie
BREAKING -- This is very bad news for workers >> The Supreme Court Says Employers Can Bar Worker Class-Action Suits
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
45
119
Biden and progressive Dems ought to be talking, repeatedly, about all the great things that are in the big bill instead of letting their opponents define it by how much it costs. Social Security and Medicare are way more expensive. But they quickly became popular and remain so.
3
36
107
If Harris had won approximately 29K more votes in WI, 80K more in MI, and 129K more in PA, we'd be have quite a different argument
50
11
128
258,844
Back in the 19th century, a lot of unmarried Reps and even some Senators lived in boarding houses on or near Capitol Hill. A lot of business got done in such places. A lot of complaints about the food too though.
4
7
108
Actually, when women are doing better economically, they usually have fewer children so they are able to spend more time on their careers. This is pretty much true all over the world.
6
1
118
3,029
Comrade president hails holiday invented by a Socialist feminist and celebrated by left-wing governments and parties worldwide: theguardian.com/theguardian/…
On International Women’s Day, we honor women worldwide for their vital role in shaping and strengthening our communities, families, governments, and businesses...45.wh.gov/LLPZzc
3
21
86
And don't shock him by mentioning who ran Indiana and was a power in the GOP in other states in the 1920s
5
83
Any leftists saying they won't support and vote for Biden next year because of his position on the war in Israel/Palestine might want to consider what a second Trump administration would do to workers who want and need a union
157
13
90
213,072
A great column: Slavery Was Not a Secondary Part of Our History nyti.ms/31XGybB
1
20
84
The wave of the Dem future, we should hope: In Michigan, an agenda countering the anti-woke GOP frenzy takes shape washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
16
73
26,655
This line of argument - and policy -- is how Democrats have nearly always won elections in the past. You might call it a vision of "moral capitalism." I wrote a book about it (paperback out in two weeks): us.macmillan.com/books/97803…
5
9
68
27,083
not a word of sympathy for an independent democracy under assault by an empire run by an autocrat?
6
1
96
2,620
sorry, Kevin. When you were gone, we decided to cancel your account, along with Marjorie Taylor Greene's. Trying to stay resolutely bipartisan here.
72
These right-wing idiots continue to serve Kevin slow softballs right down the middle of the plate. Hasn't one of them read a book of history written by anyone by D'Souza or Gingrich or Barton?
5
1
65
Anyone who thinks "the US working class" was or is made up of people who agreed about anything besides wanting more good things for themselves and their children does not understand US history
The US working class has a long tradition of standing against immigrant repression. This history is a reservoir of inspiration and strategic thinking — and it can help immigrant workers and communities confront Donald Trump’s promised wave of repression.
jacobin.com/2024/12/deportat…
8
13
92
31,182
disagree -- the last thing Biden needs in his crucial first year is for the big news to still be all about Trump
39
3
74
Yes indeed-- before Darwin, human beings treated each other so decently. Wars, poverty, cruelty, racism were unknown,
5
68
How about making the Dems a real membership party? Here's my argument for doing just that: dissentmagazine.org/article/…
1
1
69
Looking forward to Kristol's renamed mag: The Weekly Socialist
Three more years of reports from Mar-a-Lago of the indulged wealthy enjoying their unmerited sense of entitlement and their undeserved feeling of superiority will lead me fully to embrace my inner George Orwell, and if not then democratic socialism, at least the inheritance tax.
3
19
66
A great takedown of this book. But there are Dems out there who actually have good policies and defend them well: Sanders, Warren, Mamdani, Raskin, Khanna, and more. Rothfeld's eloquent anger misses them entirely
14
6
92
26,737
Historical figures who agree with you: Douglass, Stanton, Debs, King, Milk, and many others
4
2
80
7,999
Professor Michael Kazin Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences college.georgetown.edu/news-…
15
3
72
My appreciation of Foner, 50 years on: Eric Foner’s Story of American Freedom via @thenation thenation.com/article/eric-f…
4
32
79
At this point it's more about making Biden seem an illegitimate president than helping Trump. The equivalent of birtherism that producing a single document can't disprove.
5
67
My essay from the new anthology, Myth America: lithub.com/a-brief-history-o…
1
16
69
51,889
Thrilled to be elected to the American Academy this year along with such fine historians as Craig Wilder, John Thornton, and Erika Lee
Congratulations to the newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Today we are honored to welcome 276 scholars, leaders, artists, and innovators into the Academy. amacad.org/2020-member-annou…
10
7
63
DeBoer is yet another leftist who doesn't understand how coalition politics works. If AOC opposed everything Biden did, she would have no leverage to push for and win the policies she cares about most
How the most promising leftist of her generation lost her political identity. trib.al/xbiaf4m
7
3
66
7,083
Today's the pub date for the paperback edition of this book. The author feeds and walks me and picks up my poop. So I sort of had to pose for this shot. Eric Foner gave it a good review, I hear.
3
9
70
5,201
“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
― James Baldwin
9
59
The new issue of Dissent is here with a feast of good reading and smart politics: dissentmagazine.org/issue/fa…
It also happens to be the last issue I will co-edit for a magazine I love: dissentmagazine.org/article/…
Fall 2020 - Dissent Magazine
Mobile editions (EPUB and MOBI / Subscriber access)
dissentmagazine.org 11
10
71
Just saw it in the bookstore in the Newark Airport too! If you can make it in the Garden State, you can make it anywhere....
3
55
43,549
The decline of the NYT Book Review is sad to see. Just three reviews of non-fiction today, crowded out by a list of one-paragraph mentions of "reads for cold nights" and features about authors
5
6
73
4,522
The day Trump dies, his lawyers will still be busy appealing rulings, subpoenas, convictions and whatever else the legal system throws at him. His fear of being found guilty, finally, for anything is as great an emotion as his arrogance and cruelty.
4
5
50
2,775
Some on the left said this when I wrote a harsh critique of Zinn's big book in 2004. Isn't honest, vigorous debate about the past essential to good history? Neither Zinn nor the 1619 Project are less popular because of it.
2
1
68
Do you have poll results for Fremont, Grant, and Hayes too? As a historian, I am thrilled to hear about this new source of data, decades before Gallup conducted his first survey
Wow, highest Poll Numbers in the history of the Republican Party. That includes Honest Abe Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. There must be something wrong, please recheck that poll!
4
9
52
which is why you and your fellow politicians just waded through four days of rhetorical and parliamentary manure to elect a lifelong politician who cares about nothing but power to lead you
1
1
69
3,728
poor Joe Biden was the exception: big support for labor but not much of a movement to take advantage of it and he was an awful communicator
6
66
6,425
More columnists like Rampell, please: washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
1
34
64
5,572
Just out: The best book ever written about this most influential American thinker and activist that, alas, most contemporary Americans have never heard of.
3
5
59
8,272
nothing makes me sadder than hearing Democrats/progressives say they are considering leaving the US if Trump wins. This is our country: if you want to change it and the minds of those on the right, you can't stop fighting to do that if you lose an election -- or more.
12
53
5,523
one of the best pieces on labor to appear in the NYT in many years: nytimes.com/2023/07/21/opini…
4
25
60
6,684
Michelle Goldberg's columns are essential reading for every progressive , hell for every American
Shame on Us for Getting Used to Trump
nytimes.com/2019/11/14/opini… via @nytopinion
1
11
51
One should dismiss all the valid critiques of Zinn since his artful work of left propaganda should be emulated because it's popular? Far better to learn from Hobsbawm's epics - which have sold nearly as well but don't view the past as a battle between good and evil.
On Howard Zinn’s approach to writing history: chronicle.com/article/howard…
5
3
58
18,143
Trump did not write a single word of "Art of the Deal" and yet he claimed he co-wrote it. And it was a best-seller and made him famous: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump:…
1
3
52
8,328
If the US had a real multi-party system, an AfD-like party would probably attract more than 1/5 of the votes
10
2
62
54,081
The party of "law and order" and "lock her up" now going to scream until Nov. 5 that no jury should be allowed to convict their leader
12
44
3,518
"Our labor movement has no system to crush. It has nothing to overturn. It purposes to build up, to develop, to rejuvenate humanity.
It stands for the right. It is the greatest protestant against wrong. It is the defender of the weak."
Samuel Gompers on Labor Day, 1910
6
9
61
17,972
My thoughts about what historians do and don't do: The 1776 Follies nytimes.com/2021/02/01/opini…
2
18
52
GOP to poor people: Get richer or drop dead: The Republican plan to slash Medicaid, explained vox.com/policy-and-politics/… via @voxdotcom
3
36
44
Her ideas are wonderful - but she needs to focus on two or three to run hard on (as Bernie does) and find pithy ways to describe them. She's not running for Domestic Policy Advisor.
5
5
42
My take on Bannon's bad history: Donald Trump Is No William Jennings Bryan politi.co/2mlC2Q2
5
31
52