Senate repeals Cesar Chavez namesake day after heated debate over victims and history After hours of debate over whether to rename or repeal the holiday, the Arizona Senate voted to repeal the state holiday that honored Cesar Chavez; supporters said repeal honors survivors, while opponents said repeal erases the farm workers' movement. The measure passed with the emergency clause and was transmitted to the House.

The Arizona Senate has sparked controversy by voting to repeal the holiday honoring Cesar Chavez, igniting a fierce debate about accountability and the legacy of the farm workers' movement.

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#AZ #CivicAccountability #CitizenPortal #HistoricalMemory #SurvivorVoices

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Historical image of Museo del Prado

Today, we remember Charles I not as the failed monarch who lost his head, but as Van Dyck's elegant, eternal sovereign. The painter didn't just document history—he rewrote it with oil and canvas, proving art's power to shape memory itself. #VanDyck #HistoricalMemory

Seeing my role-playing game La Desbandá 1937 being used in other countries at historical memory events about the Spanish Civil War is a great way to start the week.
#ladesbandá #rpg #italy #HistoricalMemory

A vitally important piece on the importance of collective memory in an era marked by historical erasure.

Using this piece in my Peace & Conflict Communication course this week.

#Education #SocialJustice #HistoricalMemory

Martinez presents bill to designate Nov. 7 as Victims of Communism Day and require 45 minutes of instruction Representative Martinez introduced House Bill 1082 to designate November 7 as Victims of Communism Day in Georgia and require 45 minutes of instruction in certain high-school civics courses; two witnesses who experienced life under communist regimes supported the bill but cautioned that instruction needs curriculum guidance to be effective.

Georgia may soon honor victims of communism with a dedicated day and required classroom instruction, but experts warn that meaningful education is key to its success.

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#GA #CitizenPortal #CivicEducation #HistoricalMemory #GeorgiaVictimsOfCommunism #CurriculumDevelopment

Decisions made from the Oval Office have shaped systems of inequality, exclusion, and violence that continue to impact communities today.

#UCLA #LCHP #history #policy #OnThisDayInHistory #PresidentsDay #HistoricalMemory #PowerAndAccountability #PresidentialHistory

Страсбурзька різанина: погром на тлі страху і забобонів. — Сусіди. Post by Сусіди.

Страсбурзька різанина: погром на тлі страху і забобонів.
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#СтрасбурзькаРізанина #ЧорнаСмерть #АнтиєврейськіПогроми #СередньовічнаІсторія #ІсторичнаПамять
#StrasbourgMassacre #BlackDeath #JewishPersecution #MedievalHistory #HistoricalMemory

Council urges return of Stonewall pride flag, passes resolution calling on Congress to 'respect the true history' The City Council passed Resolution 2-69 calling on Congress to respect the history and significance of national park sites, including the Stonewall National Monument, after several members spoke about the site’s role in LGBTQ history.

New York City Council has taken a stand, urging Congress to honor the legacy of the Stonewall National Monument and restore its pride flag!

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#NY #CitizenPortal #HistoricalMemory #FederalStewardship #LGBTQRights #NewYorkLGBTQ

Why Islamabad’s World War I Memorial Matters? - Stratheia World War I memorial in Islamabad highlights Pakistan’s ongoing struggle with heritage, memory, and responsible urban development.

Colonial-era memorials are not symbols of empire alone. They tell stories of local lives shaped by global wars. Ignoring them means silencing history.
#WW1 #ColonialLegacy #HistoricalMemory
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El 2 De Febrero No Se Olvida
February 2, 1848
178 Years of Yankee Colonial Subjugation
#HistoricalMemory
#PoliticalEducation
#MexicoIsAnIndigenousNation
#OursIsAnIndigenousStruggle
#LiberacionExigeOrganizacion
#UnionDelBarrio

#AcademicResearch #Antisemitism #Balkans #Canonization #ChurchHistory #EasternEurope #ElieWieselInstitute #FaithAndPolitics #Fascism #HistoricalMemory #Historiography #HolocaustStudies #IonutBiliuta #IronGuard #MemoryPolitics #OrthodoxChurch #Orthodoxy #PublicOrthodoxy #ReligionAndPolitics (5/6)

The Lost Cause wasn't memory or tradition. It was an organized campaign to rewrite why the Confederacy existed and why Reconstruction ended. #LostCause #CivilWarHistory #Reconstruction #HistoricalMemory #ConfederateMonuments

Babi Yar shows how atrocity begins: classification, obedience, silence. Nearly 34,000 people were erased in two days. This is why memory matters. Silence is not neutral.

#NeverAgain #HistoricalMemory

Reconstruction is called a failure because admitting it was dismantled would force an uncomfortable truth. Democracy in the U.S. expanded once before and was rolled back on purpose. #Reconstruction #BlackHistory #LostCauseMyth #AmericanHistory #Democracy #CivilRights #HistoricalMemory

Department of Labor under fire for messaging A social media post from the Department of Labor is attracting critici

This isn’t the first time the administration has used language and imagery reminiscent of white nationalist and Nazi-linked propaganda.

#DepartmentOfLabor #NaziSlogan #USPolitics #Controversy #HistoricalMemory #SocialMediaBacklash #NewsAlert #CurrentEvents

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History Isn’t Objective — and Pretending It Is Is Dangerous — JOHN E. REES I’ve recently completed my second historical fiction novel,  The Silence of the White Shadow , set in Victorian Britain. That means my desk — and my head — are cluttered with research: industrial...

Who decides what counts as history?

I revisited E.H. Carr while finishing a historical novel and found his ideas disturbingly relevant to our present moment.
#history #writing #criticalThinking #MediaLiteracy #HistoricalMemory #politics #ideas

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The Making, Meaning, and Myths of Mount Rushmore December 15, 2025

Mount Rushmore isn’t just carved in stone — it’s carved in myth. This morning we’re reckoning with what we’ve chosen to remember… and what we’ve ignored.
#MountRushmore #PublicHistory #AmericanMyth #HistoricalMemory #USHistory

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Film Recommendations: OCTOBER 2023: October Sky (1999) Rocketing to Inspiration… October Sky is a compelling biographical drama directed by Joe Johnston, based on the memoir of the same name by …

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#FilmHistory #HistoricalMemory #PearlHarbor #ReelVsReal

The civil rights movement is remembered as moral victory, but that story is mythology. When history is flattened into triumph, it loses its power to explain why the systems still behave the same. #CivilRights #HistoricalMemory

A House in Dresden: War poem (and audio) A grand house went. The street fell silent. #poetry #spokenword #historicalmemory #warpoem #minimalistverse #elegiac #sombercadence #artandpoetry #creativewriting #instapoetry

A House in Dresden: War poem (and audio)

A grand house went. The street fell silent. #poetry #spokenword #historicalmemory #warpoem #minimalistverse #elegiac #sombercadence #artandpoetry #creativewriting #instapoetry

Book Review - Chequered Past, Uncertain Future: The History of Pakistan - Stratheia A nuanced review of Tahir Kamran’s book tracing Pakistan’s political evolution, structural imbalances, and the role of elite decision-making.

The 1947 partition wasn’t just a moment—it set in motion refugee crises, ethnic frictions, and identity struggles that still shape Pakistan today. History’s ruptures continue to echo.
#Partition1947 #HistoricalMemory #IdentityPolitics
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Review alert! ✍️ ‘Confronting the Irish Past' by Séamus Murphy was reviewed in ‘CHOICE.' Get your copy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/48z7z442 #CHOICE #AnthemPress #bookreview @loyolachicago.bsky.social #ConfrontingHistory #HistoricalMemory #grabyourcopy

#memoriahistorica
#nazis
#sevilla
#republica
#historia
#andalucia
#españa
#historicalmemory
#Seville
#Republic
#history
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#Spain

Apparently Franco is “cool” again. Yes… really.
In my new column I dig into Spain’s strangest revival trend.
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#OpinionColumn #SpanishHistory #HistoricalMemory #memoriahistorica #conFrancosevivamejor

The Reacting Consortium - Argentina, 1985

Also found this Reacting to the Past game to be a pretty amazing game to run: reactingconsortium.org/games/argent... #reacting #latinamericanhistory #historicalmemory

The #HistoricalMemory movement is also very strong in Catalunya, 87 years after the end of la Guerra Civil, w/major effort to match DNA from mass graves with ancestors (like me). Just returned from a memorial ceremony where an uncle's name - with many others - was read aloud and added to plaques.

This is an excellent article by @danhancox.bsky.social on the @casadelamemoria.bsky.social and the legacies of francoist terror:

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#HistoricalMemory #MemoriaHistoria

Long erased from textbooks, this event remains crucial to understanding systemic racism and democracy today.

#WilmingtonMassacre #1898Coup #RacialTerrorism #USHistory #SystemicRacism #DemocracyUndermined #TruthInHistory #BlackHistory #HistoricalMemory

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨My new article, ”Defeat into Victory: Remediating the 1879 Battle of Canchas Blancas in Bolivia, 2015–2018”, is now published in the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. #WarMemory #HistoricalMemory

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