History

Historical essays on revolution, empire and the struggles that formed the present. Explore coups, nationalization, anti-colonial liberation, socialist states and working-class power, with attention to the institutions and material interests behind turning points.

Soros’s post-Soviet project and the lost millions. Daniel Vegel / CEU · CC BY 2.0 · Archive, 2019

14 Oct 2026

Soros’s Post-Soviet Project—and Eastern Europe’s Lost Millions

Reagan hosts Afghan freedom fighters in the Oval Office on February 2, 1983

14 Oct 2026

The Right Armed Islamists—Then Called Them Enemies

13 Oct 2026

Workers Produce the Wealth; Owners Claim It

13 Oct 2026

How Washington Interfered in Italy's 1948 Election

Pamphlets V7 hero card using a real archival 1935 photograph of Ethiopian forces, sourced from Wikimedia Commons and marked public domain.

30 Sept 2026

Ethiopia's Wars: Empire, Revolution and Tigray

Zhou Enlai and revolutionary diplomacy. Byron Schumaker / White House / NARA · Public domain · 1972

18 May 2025

Zhou Enlai and the Diplomacy of Revolutionary State Power

Yuri Gagarin portrait. Source: Wikimedia Commons, Yuri Gagarin (1961).jpg. License/creator details: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yuri%20Gagarin%20(1961).jpg

13 May 2025

Yuri Gagarin: Public Power Behind the First Orbit

Frantz Fanon at a press conference in Tunis in 1959.

4 May 2025

Mao, Fanon and the Violence of Liberation

Mohammad Mosaddegh, Prime Minister of Iran, 1951. International News Photos. Historical press photograph, public domain in the United States. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr_Mohammad_Mosaddeq.jpg

3 May 2025

Mosaddegh, Allende and the War on Nationalization

João Goulart official portrait. Source: Wikimedia Commons, João “Jango” Goulart, Presidente do Brasil, foto oficial, 1961 (3x4).jpg. License/creator details: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jo%C3%A3o%20%E2%80%9CJango%E2%80%9D%20Goulart%2C%20Presidente%20do%20Brasil%2C%20foto%20oficial%2C%201961%20(3x4).jpg

2 May 2025

Brazil's 1964 Coup and Washington's Role

Jean-Bertrand Aristide returns to the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, 15 October 1994. TSGT Val Gempis / U.S. National Archives, public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DD-SD-99-03743.jpg

2 May 2025

Haiti, Aristide and the Price of Sovereignty

Deng Xiaoping portrait. Wikimedia Commons.

28 Apr 2025

China–Vietnam 1979: Socialism Meets Geopolitics

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