Kate Birkbeck
@katebirkbeck.bsky.social
Writing about militia, federal finance, the international arms trade. | Postdoc @Brown | Ernest May Fellow @Harvard
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Kate Birkbeck
@katebirkbeck.bsky.social
· Oct 10
PhDone !!! Thank gawddd for friends, comrades, good people along the way
PhDone !!! Thank gawddd for friends, comrades, good people along the way
October 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
PhDone !!! Thank gawddd for friends, comrades, good people along the way
Reposted by Kate Birkbeck
New for @historywo.bsky.social - a piece on South African exiles in socialist Tanzania, the 1976 Soweto student movement, and the lasting resonance of self-reliance
How did Tanzanian socialist ideas shape the anti-apartheid struggle in the 1970s?
Yasmina Martin connects two traditions of African liberation through the ANC's projects of 'self-reliance' in exile.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
Yasmina Martin connects two traditions of African liberation through the ANC's projects of 'self-reliance' in exile.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
The Soweto Uprising and South African Exile in Socialist Tanzania
How did Tanzanian socialist ideas shape the anti-apartheid struggle in the 1970s? Yasmina Martin connects two traditions of African liberation through the ANC's projects of 'self-reliance' in exile.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New for @historywo.bsky.social - a piece on South African exiles in socialist Tanzania, the 1976 Soweto student movement, and the lasting resonance of self-reliance
Wrote about LaPierre’s departure and how marksmanship wasn’t neutral at the NRA’s founding time.com/6564789/nra-....
What People Get Wrong About Wayne LaPierre's Time at the NRA
Common retellings of its history miss the continuity that dates back to the group's 1871 founding.
time.com
February 15, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Wrote about LaPierre’s departure and how marksmanship wasn’t neutral at the NRA’s founding time.com/6564789/nra-....