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Back to SearchInterwar 20 Germany pt4: The 1923 Revolution that wasn’t
Sometimes the most significant moments in history are the things that didn’t happen. The anticipated, hoped for, worked-for, revolution in Germany fa…
21 hours ago
AER 154: How to Stop the Exterminating Empire, with Chris de Ploeg
Chris de Ploeg is the author of Exterminating Empire: Capitalism’s War on Life, From Palestine to the Burning Planet (Monthly Review 2026). We discus…
1 week, 6 days ago
Interwar 20 Germany pt3: The Kapp Putsch
Part 3/4 of our first visit to Interwar Germany. The Weimar Republic is briefly overthrown by a military dictatorship, but the putsch is foiled by th…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Interwar 19 Germany pt2: The Uprising of 1919
From the SPD perspective, with the Kaiser gone, the German Revolution was complete in 1918. But to the Spartacists, there was still a real revolution…
1 month, 1 week ago
Interwar 18 Germany pt1: The German Revolution of November 1918
The Kaiser abdicates. The Social Democratic Party arrives to power. Karl Liebknecht stands on a balcony and tells the workers: “The rule of capitalis…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Interwar 17: USA the wrap-up
A departure from our normal historical narration: Dave reacts to contemporary USA headlines and politics with a view to American Interwar history. A …
2 months ago
Interwar 16: The US Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934
The sordid and criminal US occupation of Haiti 1915-1934 with resistance heroes like Charlemagne Peralte, occupiers like Smedley Butler, a young FDR …
3 months ago
Interwar 15: Gunboat Diplomacy: Interwar USA in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Costa Rica
A roundup of Interwar US imperialism in four Central American countries
4 months, 1 week ago
Interwar 14: Sandino battles the Americans for Nicaragua, 1927-1933
We go way back, at first, to the rise and fall of the filibustering William Walker, who wanted to be king of Nicaragua. You’ll meet Smedley Butler as…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Interwar 13: America invades the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924
In the Interwar years America invaded many Central American and Caribbean countries. The major ones included Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Repu…
5 months ago