Derek, our executive director, sent me three books from the Consortium News’s Robert Parry, the site’s founder and lead investigative journalist. The books are: Lost History, Neck Deep, and Secrecy and Privilege. In the coming weeks and months, you’ll see material from those books finding their way into the Civil Liberties, Iraq, Iran-Contra, Domestic Propaganda, and other projects.
Have you read any of these? Let us know what you think.
@karoli, as she’s called on Twitter:
Gave me an EXCELLENT link to a research project that links the John Birch Society and Freedomworks. That info will be posted very soon. Thanks, Karoli.
If you have links to info that you think HC should cover, post them in here or email them to me: mtuck AT historycommons DOT org.
Most on the “birther” issue in Domestic Propaganda, but some new football entries in Miscellaneous (new project for European Football coming soon!), a few in Domestic Terrorism, and one in Torture and Prisoner Abuse.
9 new entries, one for Domestic Terrorism and 8 on the “birther” controversy in Domestic Propaganda.
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8 new entries, all in Domestic Propaganda. We’re starting to trace the history of the “birther” controversy.
Hm, I thought “biweekly” meant twice a week, not once every two weeks. Sorry about that.
Many more entries in the Plame-Niger timeline.
1 new entry in the Complete 9/11 Timeline; look for more in this project coming soon.
Tons more in the Domestic Terrorism timeline, one of my personal pet projects at the moment.
Many more entries in the Domestic Propaganda timeline.
After a hiatus, the Kosovar Albanian Self-Determination timeline is active again.
And finally, lots of entries related to football (soccer to the Yanks out there) and football-related economics in the Miscellaneous timeline. These will form the basis of a new, standalone project soon.
Let us know what you think, what you’d like to see, and most importantly, if you’d like to step up and start contributing.
Second in a biweekly series of updates. Like last week, we’ve posted lots of new material on WikiLeaks, domestic terrorism, the Plame-Niger and the finances behind European football.
We’ve added half a dozen or so WikiLeaks entries in the Domestic Propaganda project, with one crossposted in Iraq under US Occupation.
Several new entries are now in the Iraq-Uranium subproject.
Lots of new entries are in the Domestic Terrorism project, including material on US militias, environmental and animal-rights activists, and early entries in the Branch Davidian subproject.
And we’ve done a fistful of entries on the finances behind European football (soccer for the Americans) in the Miscellaneous project. Still pondering over the best permanent home for these.
If you’re not writing for the History Commons, give it a spin, we’d love to have you. And we are always financially strapped, so anything you can donate will be very welcome.
First in a new and hopefully daily (or at least biweekly) series. This weekend, we’ve posted a good bit of new material. Lots of material on WikiLeaks, domestic terrorism, and the finances behind European football.
Almost a dozen new WikiLeaks entries in the Domestic Propaganda project, with one crossposted in Iraq under US Occupation.
Two new entries in the Iraq-Uranium subproject.
Lots of new entries in the Domestic Terrorism project, including material on US militias, environmental and animal-rights activists, and early entries in the Branch Davidian subproject.
Finally, a fistful of entries on the finances behind European football (soccer for the Americans) in the Miscellaneous project. We’re still pondering over the best permanent home for these.
If you’re not writing for the History Commons, give it a spin, we’d love to have you. And we are always financially strapped, so anything you can donate will be very welcome.
In recent weeks, we’ve been featuring two projects in addition to the 9/11 project: the Prisoner Abuse and the US Health Care projects. The Prisoner Abuse project is currently focusing on issues centering around the recent Justice Department documents released by the Obama administration and the Senate Armed Service Committee’s recent report. The US Health Care, in conjunction with the Domestic Propaganda project, is focusing on the recent health care debate. (We’re also moving forward with other projects as well, particularly the War in Afghanistan and Kosovar Albanian projects.)
What are your thoughts? Would you like to see more extensive coverage of these topics? Would you rather see other projects focused on and these given less attention? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Update: I’m “stickying” this post to the top of the page. I see this as a key element of the evolution towards HC 2.0. So folks, let your voice be heard.
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately writing on the various events and issues surrounding the health care reform controversy. You haven’t seen any of those entries yet, though I’ve written (by my count) 54 so far, with plenty more coming. I haven’t posted any of them yet, and probably won’t for a few days yet. It is truly astonishing.
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