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Trump’s Constitutional Dictatorship

Mark Danner The New York Review of Books
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s inside account of the Trump administration portrays a president with a vast appetite for power but who repeatedly backs down when the costs of his actions become too high.

The Judeo-Bolshevist Target

Omer Bartov The New York Review of Books
Popular memory in the West tends to separate the Holocaust from the German war against the Soviet Union, but for the Nazi regime they were two faces of the same undertaking.

This Week in People’s History, Apr 15–21, 2026

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Civil War enlistment poster headlined "To Arms!" Starting Civil War (1861), U.S. Out of Vietnam! (1966), France Bullies Haiti into the Poorhouse (1826), Milwaukee’s Successful Socialist Mayor (1916), ‘Give Us the Vote!’ (1866), A Megalomaniac’s Birthday (1939), Sipping-In for LGBTQ+ Rights (1966)

This Week in People’s History, Mar 11–17, 2026

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Tsunami approaching Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant When Willful Negligence Kills, It’s No ‘Accident’ (2011), Tom Paine, Heroic Journalist (1791), ‘God Is Germany’s Only Judge!’ (1936), Bad Blood Between U.S. and Iran Has a Long History (1951), A Catastrophic Day in Court (1886)

Tidbits- Sept 11 -Readers Comments: Dept of War, Trump War on All People of Our Country; in Memory of Melissa Hortman; Mainstream Democrats; Epstein Files and Domestic Violence; MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler; Block the Bombs Act-Sept 15

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Readers Comments: Dept of War, Trump War on All People of Our Country; In Memory of Melissa Hortman; More Martin Niemöller; Mainstream Democrats; Epstein Files and Domestic Violence; MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler; Block the Bombs Act-Sept 15

This Week in People’s History, Jul 16–22, 2025

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Two men standing at ground zero after the first nuclear bomb test Deadly Fallout Heralds the Nuclear Age (1945), Bob Marley’s Breakthrough (1975), Hitler’s Publishing Debut (1925), Struggle Pays (2000), The Origin of Ignorance (1925), The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same (1665)

Study of Nazi Courts Full of Grim Lessons for Today

Tom Sandborn Rabble (Canada)
While the most horrific acts of injustice in German courtrooms may have occurred during the reign of Hitler, in many ways the courts had been corrupted by right-wing extremism years before, and helped facilitate his rise to power.
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