Show threadDave Muth1d ago

Jonah Raskin, on Counterpunch, says, "...Foner would like yet another American Revolution, one which would fulfill the promise of Reconstruction..."

I (like Foner) believe we need to have multiple MORE rounds of Reconstruction, more successfully. And different forms of reparations, to almost everyone. If we can stop affording senseless wars and genocides, we'll be able to start making up for them.

#History #Reparations #HumanRights #Reconstruction #EricFoner (2/2)
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Peter RileyNov 21

@workingclasshistory

The Political, the personal and the polemical Eric Foner on Freedom
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/the-political-the-personal-and-the-polemical-eric-foner-on-freedom/

#EricFoner #Workingclasshistory

The Political, the Personal and the Polemical: Eric Foner on Freedom

A student of historiography and the study of history, as well as history itself, Eric Foner would like yet another American Revolution, one which would fulfill the promise of Reconstruction when Blacks held public office and the nation made strides toward equality until a counterrevolution came along and installed Jim Crow.

CounterPunch.org
Paria sans portefeuilleSep 6, 2025

"My own work emphasizes the continuing relevance of the #Reconstruction period to the world in which we live. In the past two generations, no era of #AmericanHistory has undergone a more complete revision of historical interpretation."

The Education of a Historian

excerpted from #EricFoner's #OurFragileFreedoms: Essays

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/eric-foner-our-fragile-freedom-essay/

#UShistory #USpolitics #modernHistory #contemporaryHistory #civilRights #civilLiberties #books @histodons @bookstodon

Eric Foner’s Personal History

Reflecting on his decades-long career, the historian considers what his field of study owes to the public.

The Nation
Harry LitmanJan 23, 2023
Really interesting issue laid out by #EricFoner, one of the country's greatest historian and a guest on @[email protected] recent historians' episode. But it's VERY tricky legally. More to come.
The Constitution Has a 155-Year-Old Answer to the Debt Ceiling https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/opinion/fourteenth-amendment-debt-ceiling.html?smid=tw-share
Opinion | The Constitution Has a 155-Year-Old Answer to the Debt Ceiling

Congress has to get serious about the 14th Amendment. So does President Biden.

Harry LitmanJan 2, 2023
A New Year’s very special @[email protected] w/ a historical view. 3 of the country’s most prominent scholars--@[email protected] @[email protected] & #EricFoner-- discuss why this may be the most precarious time in US history. An unusual & important discussion. Link at https://bit.ly/HistoryTF
Special Year-End Episode: How Will We Go Down in History?

A special topical episode with 3 of the country’s most eminent historians & social critics–Eric Foner, Eddie Glaude, and Heather Cox Richardson. The group first discusses the degree to which our tempestuous period resembles prior flirtations with authoritarianism. We broaden the focus to those features of our democracy that expose us to the menaces of Trumpism and a critical examination of whether the yin & yang of our political system condemn us to repetitions of the struggles of recent years.

ART19
Paria sans portefeuilleDec 10, 2022

"Historian #ElizabethHinton explores #WEBDuBois’s 1935 magnum opus #BlackReconstruction. We also hear from #EricFoner, #ChadWilliams, #SueMobley, and #KendraField."

#Reconstruction #BlackHistory #ReconstructionEra #books #USHistory #AmericanHistory

https://www.historians.org/black-reconstruction

9. Black Reconstruction | AHR