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2022 in Historical Context -- How Do You Like Your New Gilded Age?

Dec 30, 2022

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The Strike to the Elites of the United States

04:11

The State and the Pandemic

02:52

The History of Abortion Rights

02:06

Introduction

2min

The Year in Review Is Sponsored by the Letter A

6min

The History of Abortion Rights

2min

Anglo-American Women's Rights to Abortion

3min

The History of Abortion

3min

The Question of the Abolishing of the British Monarchy

3min

The British State Seems to Be Coming Apart at the Seams

3min

World War Two and the Way People Spoke About Ukraine

3min

What I Want to Talk About Today Is the Twitter Fuhrer Controversy

4min

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The Relationship Between Twitter and the State

2min

11.

What Is Twitter and What Is Its Role?

3min

12.

The Power of Western Union and Ap and Their Allies in Congress

3min

13.

The Internet Is Not a Telegraph

4min

14.

The Limits of Speech

2min

15.

The Importance of Labor on the Rails

3min

16.

The First National Rail Strike in American History

4min

17.

The Insurrection and the Rolling Strike of 1876

2min

18.

The Strike to the Elites of the United States

4min

19.

The Great Depression and the Great Depression

3min

20.

Wartime Inflation and the Strike

5min

21.

The State and the Pandemic

3min

22.

I Wish You Happy Holidays and a Good New Year

3min

We consider some of the major events of this year in light of their historical roots, from the abortion ruling to the Ukraine war; in particular, we consider the Twitter controversy in light of the history of media monopolies beginning with the telegraph, and the crisis over railroad labor in light of the railways strike of 1922, exactly one century ago. First video segment of my appearance on the Katie Halper Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh8ZKcL8SHE&t=3s&ab_channel=KatieHalper Relevant articles: On the history of abortion as invoked in the Dobbs debate: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/arts/roe-v-wade-abortion-history.html On the roots and history of the anti-abortion movement: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12340403/ https://www.oah.org/tah/issues/2016/november/abolishing-abortion-the-history-of-the-pro-life-movement-in-america/ On Western Union and its choke-hold on the telegraph system: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/05/how-the-robber-barons-hijacked-the-victorian-internet/ Book sources on railway labor history: Rebecca Edwards, "New Spirits: Americans in the Gilded Age"; Joseph McCartin, "Labor's Great War" and "Labor in America" Please support historiansplaining to hear all patron-only materials -- https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5530632