Natalie Behrends
@behrendsn.bsky.social
phd candidate in global history, harvard | historian of socialism, nationalism, and migration, 1848-1919
Reposted by Natalie Behrends
Not to be a vulgar Marxist but the media loves war because war sells papers
News Analysis: Over the past two decades, the U.S. has used sanctions, sabotage, cyberattacks and negotiations to try to slow Iran’s long march to a nuclear weapon. In Iran, President Trump unleashed a show of military might that each of his last four predecessors had deliberately avoided.
With Military Strike His Predecessors Avoided, Trump Takes a Huge Gamble
President Trump is betting the United States can repel whatever retaliation Iran orders, and that it has destroyed the regime’s chances of reconstituting its nuclear program.
trib.al
June 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Not to be a vulgar Marxist but the media loves war because war sells papers
Liz Cohen relevantly points out that organizing in Chicago became easier when bilingual 2nd gen workers entered the workforce. Two decades earlier, the Socialist Party lost ground in immigrant communities due to English-first policies. Worth keeping in mind now that the US is officially Anglophone.
Workers in the US were deeply split in the 1930s, not least by race and ethnicity.
To organize greater swaths of the working class, the Congress of Industrial Organizations had to turn division into solidarity.
To organize greater swaths of the working class, the Congress of Industrial Organizations had to turn division into solidarity.
By Emphasizing Unity Over Division, the CIO Birthed a New Labor Movement
Workers in the US were deeply split in the 1930s, not least by race and ethnicity. To organize greater swaths of the working class, the Congress of Industrial Organizations had to turn division into solidarity.
jacobin.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Liz Cohen relevantly points out that organizing in Chicago became easier when bilingual 2nd gen workers entered the workforce. Two decades earlier, the Socialist Party lost ground in immigrant communities due to English-first policies. Worth keeping in mind now that the US is officially Anglophone.