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This Week in People’s History, Aug 6–12, 2025

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Panoramic view of Hiroshima's ruins
A Bomb Unlike Any Other (1945), When the K.K.K. Came to D.C. (1925), An Authoritarian Racist in the White House (1835), Getting Rid of a Brutal Occupation for 12 Years (1680), Rebellion in Watts, 60 Years Later (1965)

Hulk Hogan Was a Very Bad Man

Carl Beijer Jacobin
Hulk Hogan, who died this week at age 71, was the most important professional wrestler who ever lived. He was also a terrible human being.