Marty Kassowitz

Recognizing History While It Is Happening

Recognizing History While It Is Happening

Understanding politics and history and how they are inextricably bound together is vital for our society to survive and avoid another onset of oppression, slaughter and slavery.
An Open Letter to Elon Musk: Advice From the Cheap Seats

An Open Letter to Elon Musk: Advice From the Cheap Seats

People should believe in your humanity, Elon. You have accomplished a lot that could not have happened in the absence of that humanity. But as you are no doubt already finding out, Twitter is a different creature.
January 6th Tourists Brought Along a Gallows for Fun

January 6th Tourists Brought Along a Gallows for Fun

The appearance of the gallows at the January 6th Insurrection had a similar impact on America as the second airliner hitting the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001: the realization that this was a planned attack.
Why the Far Right Hates History Lessons

Why the Far Right Hates History Lessons

Their fear and loathing of history lessons in schools has far-right Nazis either running for local offices on school boards or backing those they see as malleable enough to influence on those boards or other local positions.