#everythinghasahistory — Public Fediverse posts

#PastAndPresent #MassDeportation

“The First Time America Tried Mass Deportation It Was a Disaster. Why would we consider trying it again?” by Claudio Saunt, Politico, October 25, 2015. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/donald-trump-2016-mass-deportation-213287/

#EverythingHasAHistory

"Women and Children First" by Theo Matejko, ca. 1939, blogged at https://markstoneman.com/2025/04/27/women-and-children-first-by.html. (It's very short because I live in the country away from research libraries.)
#WarAndSociety #AirWar #Atrocities #Gender #EverythingHasAHistory

Joe Stieb has posted some good history recommendations to help counter Hegseth's bizarre scrubbing of Department of Defense webpages of race, gender, sexuality, and other content verboten by Trump. https://archive.ph/zLEcs
#MilitaryHistory #UShistory #WarAndSociety #BlackHistory #WomensHistory #History #EverythingHasAHistory

Freshly blogged: “Knock-Out Blow to the Russian Bear: Postcard from 1904–05”

This was the last in a series of six postcards that marked the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05).1 I chose it because its caption speaks to Russia’s current war against Ukraine. The Russian Bear’s smaller opponent says, “Your size and weight don’t count in my style of wrestling.”… (continued at https://markstoneman.com/2025/03/04/knockout-blow-to-the-russian.html)

#WarAndSociety #RussoJapaneseWar #RussoUkrainianWar #OldPostcards #EverythingHasAHistory

This Italian fascist poster prefigures the disgusting rhetoric of Putin and Trump: "On them rests the blame!" by Gino Boccasile, ca. 1942–45.

Via David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4bp0064p.

#Disinfo #WWII #RussoUkrainianWar #Fascism #EverythingHasAHistory #OldPosters

World War Two Poster: "Bonds and justice will smash the Nazis. Not bondage!"
Alt text and details blogged at https://markstoneman.com/2025/02/03/world-war-two-poster-bonds.html.
#BlackHistory #UShistory #MilitaryHistory #WWII #DiversityIsStrength #PunchNazis #EverythingHasAHistory #OldPosters

'Welcome to All' (1880 Cartoon) https://markstoneman.com/2024/11/01/welcome-to-all.html I haven't been trained as an Americanist, but I'm having fun blogging basic analysis of some of the images I find online. #EverythingHasAHistory #MigrationHistory #UShistory #immigration 🗃️

I blogged an old cartoon that prefigures Trump's dehumanizing fear-mongering. I describe it in detail to show how I'm reading it because I'm not an Americanist.

'The Unrestricted Dumping Ground' (1903) https://markstoneman.com/2024/10/29/the-unrestricted-dumping.html #Immigration #UShistory #EverythingHasAHistory #Migration #MigrationHistory