Robert Cassanello
@cassanello.bsky.social
Analog historian in a digital world. 👩💻
Katie Rainwater and Robert Cassanello, “Proselytizing Speech: Florida’s Publicly Funded Libertarian Centers and Elevating Political Speech” 4/4
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October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Great piece by @pastpunditry.bsky.social
"For the right, this crackdown wasn’t a sign of the excesses of the early Cold War but rather the proper role of government: to police public life to make sure it conformed to conservative values."
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"For the right, this crackdown wasn’t a sign of the excesses of the early Cold War but rather the proper role of government: to police public life to make sure it conformed to conservative values."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opinion | The Right Didn’t Catch Cancel Culture From the Left
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September 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Great piece by @pastpunditry.bsky.social
"For the right, this crackdown wasn’t a sign of the excesses of the early Cold War but rather the proper role of government: to police public life to make sure it conformed to conservative values."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
"For the right, this crackdown wasn’t a sign of the excesses of the early Cold War but rather the proper role of government: to police public life to make sure it conformed to conservative values."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
This is the latest in Florida if any one is paying attention. A portal to report violent political extremists by the political party who thinks violent political extremists can only be found on the left. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/09/22/f...
Florida creates portal to report ‘violent extremism’ threats following Kirk death
Uthmeier dismissed criticism that the portal could be used as a government tool to crack down on free speech.
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This is the latest in Florida if any one is paying attention. A portal to report violent political extremists by the political party who thinks violent political extremists can only be found on the left. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/09/22/f...
New book: CRAFTING CONSTITUTIONS IN FLORIDA, 1810–1968 brings together scholars who collectively trace over 200 years of constitutional tradition in Florida, examining constitutions drafted in the state from the territorial era to the most recent version from 1968.
Crafting Constitutions in Florida, 1810–1968
“This is a valuable retelling of the story of Florida through its nine different constitutions and the forces that created them and the consequences that followed them.”—Neil Skene, author of The S…
floridapress.blog
September 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Here is me from the CUNY labor and authoritarianism conference back in May on the Laura Flanders show. youtu.be/-EaWXg5vheM?...
Labor Movement v. Fascism: Worker Organizers & Labor Educators Are Under Attack
YouTube video by Laura Flanders & Friends
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August 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Here is me from the CUNY labor and authoritarianism conference back in May on the Laura Flanders show. youtu.be/-EaWXg5vheM?...
All check out this online teaching conference.
July 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
All check out this online teaching conference.
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Just another (new) way that the Trump administration has already screwed over public sector unions in Florida caringclassrevolt.substack.com/p/trump-just...
Trump just screwed over Florida's public transit unions
A change of opinion from the Department of Labor, under the Trump administration, could put the survival of Florida's mass public transit unions at risk.
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June 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Just another (new) way that the Trump administration has already screwed over public sector unions in Florida caringclassrevolt.substack.com/p/trump-just...
This is the whole point of originalism and this student just made it bare. Additionally this garbage is the problem with policies based on intellectual diversity.
A University of Florida law student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.
A White Nationalist at University of Florida Wrote a Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
The University of Florida student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.
trib.al
June 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is the whole point of originalism and this student just made it bare. Additionally this garbage is the problem with policies based on intellectual diversity.
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The Southeast Museum of Photography is hosting an engaging evening tonight featuring a lecture by UCF History Professor Dr. Robert Cassanello, who will explore the intersection of the Civil Rights Movement and photography.
December 10, 2024 at 8:22 PM
The Southeast Museum of Photography is hosting an engaging evening tonight featuring a lecture by UCF History Professor Dr. Robert Cassanello, who will explore the intersection of the Civil Rights Movement and photography.
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From top to bottom in Florida and in Iowa, too: "In this environment, as University of Central Florida history professor Robert Cassanello told the committee, “gaining compliance is seen as leadership.”
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December 6, 2023 at 3:42 PM
From top to bottom in Florida and in Iowa, too: "In this environment, as University of Central Florida history professor Robert Cassanello told the committee, “gaining compliance is seen as leadership.”
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For more:
The Committee (DVD), Robert Cassanello and Lisa Mills.
State of defiance, Judith G. Poucher
Cold Warriors in the Hot Sunshine, James Schnur
Communists and perverts under the palms, Stacy Braukman
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The Committee (DVD), Robert Cassanello and Lisa Mills.
State of defiance, Judith G. Poucher
Cold Warriors in the Hot Sunshine, James Schnur
Communists and perverts under the palms, Stacy Braukman
17/x
October 23, 2024 at 11:21 PM
For more:
The Committee (DVD), Robert Cassanello and Lisa Mills.
State of defiance, Judith G. Poucher
Cold Warriors in the Hot Sunshine, James Schnur
Communists and perverts under the palms, Stacy Braukman
17/x
The Committee (DVD), Robert Cassanello and Lisa Mills.
State of defiance, Judith G. Poucher
Cold Warriors in the Hot Sunshine, James Schnur
Communists and perverts under the palms, Stacy Braukman
17/x
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Our New South cohosts Kevin Blackistone and Robert Greene II speak with Louisiana librarian and bestselling author Amanda Jones, and UCF history professor Robert Cassanello about book bans and censorship in education. #BookBan #HistoryMatters
January 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Our New South cohosts Kevin Blackistone and Robert Greene II speak with Louisiana librarian and bestselling author Amanda Jones, and UCF history professor Robert Cassanello about book bans and censorship in education. #BookBan #HistoryMatters
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Florida Republicans file bills that would make it harder for government workers to form and keep unions
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Florida Republicans file bills that would make it harder for government workers to form and keep unions
More than 68,000 public employees in Florida already lost their union representation and contracts as a result of the 2023 state law.
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February 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Florida Republicans file bills that would make it harder for government workers to form and keep unions
www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
Proud of the UCF students who celebrated BHM www.orlandoweekly.com/news/ucf-stu...
UCF students organize events for Black History Month since the university won’t acknowledge it
The University of Central Florida has publicly celebrated Black History Month in the past. Not this year
www.orlandoweekly.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Proud of the UCF students who celebrated BHM www.orlandoweekly.com/news/ucf-stu...
I was interviewed on this podcast. pca.st/episode/9892...
Censoring Education - Our New South
Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte, NC) presents an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast hosted by journalist Kevin Blackistone and professor of history Robert Greene II who set o...
pca.st
January 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I was interviewed on this podcast. pca.st/episode/9892...
January 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The same people having a temper tantrum over DEI just confirmed the least qualified Secretary of Defense in US history because Trump liked him on TV.
January 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM