American Revolution

Laughable Online Censorship Attempt Won't Last a New York Minute

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, American Revolution, Jaynes v Virginia, Law, Bill of Rights, Newspapers, First Amendment, Sedition, Free Speech, Treason, Spam, Free Press, Scotus, Federalist Papers, Unconstitutional, Precedent, Virginia, Constitution, Anonymous, Publius, Online, Libel, Federal Court, Jaynes, Republicans, Censorship, New York Minute, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Republicans in the New York state government are attempting to pass a law that would ban anonymous comments online. Even if they actually passed the act, once it arrived in a federal court it would be tossed out in a "New York minute" (as they say).

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Social Media of the American Revolutionary War

Todd Andrlik | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: History, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Arab Spring, American History, 1776, Boston Massacre, Media News
Todd Andrlik

Just as social media is helping to ignite and organize the Arab Spring, printed newspapers fanned the flames of rebellion in colonial America, provided critical correspondence during the Revolutionary War.

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What "Liberty/Liberté" Tells Us About Slavery, Black History, and Raw Nerves

Louise Mirrer | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: American Revolution, Sojourner Truth, George Washington, Modern Art, Slavery, Venice Biennale, Founding Fathers, Fred Wilson, Toussaint L?Ouverture, Napoleon Bonaparte, Black Voices News
Louise Mirrer

Why has a work by the African-American artist Fred Wilson -- an installation piece that riffs on the topic by assembling authentic slave shackles, slave chains and Revolutionary-era icons -- been such a sore point with critics? We must have struck a raw nerve.

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"You Don't Own Frederick Douglass"

Alan Singer | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: American History, New York Historical Society, New York Historical Society Exhibits, N-Y Historical Society, American Revolution, Frederick Douglass, New York News
Alan Singer

I believe that it is okay for historians to disagree without getting nasty with each other, and that our disagreements are an essential part of making meaning out of the past.

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Lincoln and Douglass Would Be Angry

Alan Singer | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: History, American Revolution, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, George Washington, Great Britain, Haiti, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Racism, Black History, New York Historical Society, Frederick Douglass, African Americans, French Revolution, New York News
Alan Singer

Life sized bronze statues of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass stand at the entrances to the New-York Historical Society (N-YHS) greeting visitor...

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Revolutions Take Time: Reading Reactions to Re-ignited Egyptian Protests

Maytha Alhassen | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Egypt Protests, American Revolution, Egypt Revolution, Arab Revolutions, Egypt, Revolution, Donald Trump, World News
Maytha Alhassen

On November 21, Donald Trump's tweet "Egypt is turning into a hot bed of radical Islam. The current protest is another coup attempt. We should never h...

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Job Description: Servant of the People

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Royalty, American Revolution, Republic, Democracy, Congress, Obama, 2012 Election, Washington, Politics News
Stephen Gyllenhaal

Our leaders were supposed to be our servants. They were elected "to serve". I'm not claiming the thing ever worked perfectly, but who among us now even imagines that our representatives serve any of us?

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Afghanistan: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham II

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.13.2011

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Reese Schonfeld

Two years ago, I contributed a piece, "Afghanistan: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham," to the Huffington Post. This week, I saw a news clip o...

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The Revolution Will Be Televised, Googled, Tweeted... Etc.

Lowell Thompson | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: American Revolution, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Millenials, Occupy Wall Street Protesters, Millenial Generation, Occupy Wall Street New York, Black Voices News
Lowell Thompson

When I first heard of the Occupy Wall Street initiative, I thought it was just a group of overfed and overeducated and underemployed "white" boys trying to get their own generational street cred. But that was just the cynic in me talking.

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Bashing the European Union in the United States

Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: State-Building, American Revolution, Margaret Thatcher, European Union, Democracy, United States, Thomas Jefferson, Iraq, World News
Franz-Stefan Gady

Since the recession, bashing the European Union has become a sport for U.S. commentators. Just skim the most recent headlines, and one is led to believe that the old continent is on the brink of economic, political and social collapse.

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Ten Years Later: Keeping The Spirit Of The American Revolution

DeeDee Garcia Blase | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: September 11, Fair, American Revolution, Cis, Numbersusa, 10 Year Anniversary 9/11, John Tanton, Politics News
DeeDee Garcia Blase

Have we allowed domestic and foreign terrorists to control our policies, and thus allowed them to create a deep-seated fear within us? And have these policies continued to chip away at our freedoms?

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Patriotism vs. Nationalism in a Post 9/11 World

Grant Lyon | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Winston Churchill, Nationalism, American Revolution, Fundamentalism, Islam, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamaphobia, Bill of Rights, Troops, George Orwell, 9/11 Anniversary, Yankee Doodle Dandy, 9/11, Fbi, Freedom of Religion, Sikhism, 9/11 Memorial, Patriotism, Westboro Baptist Church, American Flag, Socialism, Muslim, National Anthem, Gettysburg Address, September 11 Anniversary, Comedy News
Grant Lyon

If you believe in freedom of religion but don't understand the irony behind your anger at a mosque being built near ground zero, then you are the number one culprit of dumb nationalism in 2011.

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Jon Ward

Mitt Romney Compares Obama Administration To British Monarchy During Revolutionary War

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Mitt Romney Obama, American Revolution, Video, Mitt Romney 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama King George, Barack Obama, King George, Politics News

CONCORD, N.H. - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday compared the federal government under President Obama to the British governmen...

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The Plight of Marco Sauceda

John W. Whitehead | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Texas, American Revolution, Marco Sauceda, Revolutionary War, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SWAT Team, Fourth Amendment, Constitution, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

Too often, we elevate the events of the American Revolution to near-mythic status and forget that the real revolutionaries were people just like you and me.

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The New War of Independence -- Against Corporate Politics

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Social Security, 4th of July, Kicks, American Revolution, Bill Clinton, Tea Party, Austerity Economics, Bank Reform, Paul Revere, Corporate Politics, Keith Olbermann, Barack Obama, Corporate Corruption, Election Reform, Goldman Sachs, American Politics, Ortega Y Gasset, John Lennon, Wall Street, Independence Day, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Political Corruption, Medicare, John Stossel, Jon Weiner, Chris Hedges, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

This July 4, politics is too important to be left to the politicians. The stakes are too high and the system is too broken. Citizen action is everyone's job now.

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'God Of Liberty': The Role Of Religion In American Independence

Anil Mundra | Posted 09.01.2011

Read More: God of Liberty, Thomas Paine, Independence Day, 4th of July, Revolutionary War, American Religious History, Founding Fathers, July 4, Founding Fathers Religion, American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson, Religion News
Anil Mundra

America has always been religious -- and also religiously diverse. The historical narrative suggests that it's this special combination to which the United States owes its existence.

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Thomas Jefferson, The American Mind and the Cosmic System

John W. Whitehead | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: John Adams, Declaration of Independence, American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson, Preamble, Benjamin Franklin, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

On May 26, 1776, John Adams, who represented Massachusetts at the Second Continental Congress, wrote exultantly to his friend James Warren that "every...

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Could Egypt Become the World's Most Advanced Democracy?

Keith Harrington | Posted 08.12.2011

Read More: American Revolution, Neo-Feudalism, Egypt Revolution, Richard Wolff, David Korten, Democracy, Economic-Democracy, Local-Living-Economy, Shareholder Value, Capitalism, Corporatocracy, World News
Keith Harrington

True democracy will fail to emerge in Egypt unless its people turn their attention to one critical factor that is going largely ignored amidst all the transitional hubbub -- the economy.

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Today In History: June 9

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: American Revolution, Today in History, June 6, June 6 History, Cole Porter, June 6 Today in History, This Day in History, Heidi Fleiss, Home News

There's no denying it: the digital age is unforgivingly fast-paced. But how can we move forward if we never take a moment to reflect on where we've...

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Sarah Palin the Entertainer vs. Sarah Palin the Politician

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: American Revolution, John McCain, Alaska, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Energizer Bunny, Dan Savage, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, 2012 Republican Primary, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Howard Dean, Sonny Bono, Donald Trump, Herman Cain, Russia, Republican Party, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Occupying the grey area between politics and entertainment has helped Sarah Palin turn what should have been her greatest vulnerability, a lack of familiarity with the basics of American history or policy, into something of a strength.

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Obama Views Queen's American Art

The Guardian | Jonathan Jones | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Photography, American Revolution, Buffalo Bill, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Museums, The Guardian, England, Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, American Art, Painting, Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, Arts News

It is a custom of state visits for the Queen to show the visiting dignitary a specially chosen selection of highlights that may be of interest to them...

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The Clean Economist: A Quiet Revolution

Alison Wise | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Regional Planning, American Revolution, Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, Civil War, Clean Economy Network, Denver News
Alison Wise

I am writing this on April 12th, 150 years to the day the second American Revolution started with years of tragedy, loss of life, and a broken nationa...

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Ethiopia: Broken Contract, Broken Faith, Broken Country

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Revolution, Ethiopia Land Grabbing, Ethiopia Proclamation No. 272/2002, Ethiopia Land Speculation, Ethiopia Independent Judiciary, DLA Piper Ethiopia, Ethiopia Leaseholds, Moamar Gadhafi, Gambella Land Grab, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, Meles Zenawi Contract, Ethiopia Five Year Contract, Addis Ababa Land Grab, EPDRF Contract, French Revolution, C?Est Moi, Saudi Star Agriculture Development Company, Ethiopia Social Contract, Ethiopia Mephistopheles., Ethiopia Indian Investors, Ethiopia Urban Land, Ethiopia Dick Armey, Contract With America, Thomas Hobbes, Ethiopia Contract, American Declaration of Independence, L?ÉTat, World News
Alemayehu G. Mariam

It isn't clear what Zenawi means in his repeated use of the word "contract" to describe the relationship between the people of Ethiopia and his party.

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How to Spread Revolution Without the Internet

Louise Mirrer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jean-Baptiste Belley, Equality, Yemen, Middle East Protests, Bahrain, American Revolution, Facebook, Abbe Raynal, Social Media, North Africa, Human Rights, Tunisia Protests, Middle East, Egypt, Revolution, Slavery, Freedom, Haiti, Political Uprisings, Liberation, North America, Haitian Revolution, French Revolution, World News
Louise Mirrer

Two centuries ago, news of revolution -- and revolution itself -- reverberated back and forth across the Atlantic at astonishing speed. The social media of the day? Word-of-mouth information, rumor, and opinion.

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The Revolution Isn't Over for the Women of Tahrir Square

Ehsan Zaffar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women in Politics, Egypt Protests, American Revolution, Women, Women's Suffrage, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Liberation, Hosni Mubarak, Ashoka, World News
Ehsan Zaffar

Though women played a critical role during last month's protests, their future as stakeholders in Egypt's political process is being marginalized.

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