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Category: Political History

Discussion of the history of politics, from ancient times to the early 21st century

How France Regained its International Status After the Second World War

How did France, with a crippled economy and weakened military, gain the status of a superpower?

Bart van der Wal, Economy, France, French, international, International Relations, Second World War, The UN, World War II

Conspiracy Theories and the Fall of the USSR

How did factors from the Soviet and post-Soviet periods combine to create conspiracies, and how do these conspiracies live on in modern Russia?

Bolsheviks, Cold War, Conspiracy, conspiracy theories, europe, Matthew Beylinson, Russia

Trinidad & Tobago’s Politics are Marked by a Racial and Cultural Divide—Here’s Why

Two large political parties in Trinidad and Tobago are largely separated by race—an outcome of centuries of European colonization.

1-3, Culture, Healthcare, Race, Rachael Ali, Rhea Da Costa, Tobago, Trinidad

SCOTUS Reform: Historical Attempts

With the recent Dobbs v. Jackson decision that overturned the previous abortion rulings in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, calls for structural reform to the Supreme Court have increased.

Barrett, Biden, Congress, court packing, Dobbs, Garland, Ginsburg, Gorsuch, judicial reform, McConnell, Roe v. wade, Scalia, Supreme Court, Tim Martinson, United States

A Marxist Explanation: Historical Fascism vs. Right Populism

This is the first installment of Colin’s column “A Marxist Explanation,” in which he illustrates modern political concepts through a lens of Marxist theory.

Authoritarian, Colin Mangan, Communism, dictatorship, Fascism, Germany, Italy, Marxism, Nazi Germany, Weimar Republic

New Yorkers Who Held Power and Made History in Congress

With the midterm elections around the corner, we look back at some of the most influential and groundbreaking politicians that New York has sent to Washington.

1-1, civil rights, Congress, Hillary Clinton, midterms, New York, Representatives, Robert Kennedy, Tim Martinson, United States

Palestine, Settler Colonialism, and the National Question: Part II – Historical Backgrounds

This is the second installment of an opinion series by Colin Mangan focusing on the history of the Palestine-Israel conflict.

Colin Mangan, Colonialism, Federalism, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian Conflict

Viral Division: The Politicization of COVID-19 in America

By election day in 2020, despite the universal impact of COVID-19 and the subsequent regulations (i.e. mask mandates and lockdowns), perceptions of the pandemic differed wildly between Democrats and Republicans. How did such a universal problem as the COVID-19 pandemic become politicized?

America, Biden, China, corona, coronavirus, COVID-19, democrats, election, Republicans, Skylar Yerdon, Trump, virus

The Dead Political Parties of America

By looking at failed American political parties, what they stood for, who made up their voter base, and why they fell, we can better understand our two-party system.

1-1, America, Congress, Democracy, Democratic Republican, election, Eric Wang, Federalist, History, Libertarian, Parties, party, Reform, Republican, Supreme Court, United States
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