conservative history 
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SOURCE: NY Times
1/24/20
Scandalize! Minimize! Repeat as Necessary
by Nicole Hemmer
Right-wing media have been laying the groundwork for Trump’s acquittal for half a century.
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8/18/19
Democrats Must Offer Americans "Bread and Roses" to Counter National Conservatism
by Ed Simon
Any party, politician, or perspective which offers meaning, which gives us roses, will have an advantage as we face the inevitable economic and social collapse of the neo-liberal paradigm.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
7/22/19
When the American right loved Mexico
by Mario Del Pero and Vanni Pettinà
Back when conservatives exalted free markets, our neighbor to the south was a vital ally.
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SOURCE: NY Times
7/3/19
The Surprising History of Nationalist Internationalism
by David Motadel
Internationalism, a concept that, after all, implicitly presumes the existence of the nation, and extreme nationalism are not necessarily incompatible. The far right is less parochial than we think — and that’s dangerous.
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