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Europeana 1914-1918 - Explore stories - 6 views

www.europeana1914-1918.eu/...explore history europeanhistory new-zealand ushistory wwi primarysource germany france britain military-history
shared by David Korfhage on 02 Feb 14 - No Cached
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  • David Korfhage on 02 Feb 14
     
    An enormous, searchable archive of primary sources from the years of World War I--from Europe, the US, and New Zealand
  • Daniel Bernsen on 03 Feb 14
     
    Yes, it is a great project. If you are interested, here are some ideas how to start working with the collections in the classroom: http://geschichtsunterricht.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/working-with-the-europeana-1914-18-collections-in-the-history-classroom-part-13-scarcity-vs-abundance/
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Opinion | How the Far Right Conquered Sweden - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ar-right-conquered-sweden.html sweden right
shared by Javier E on 06 Sep 18 - No Cached
  • For decades, Sweden, once a racially and culturally homogeneous country with an expansive social welfare system, insisted that it could absorb large numbers of non-European migrants without considering how those migrants should be integrated into Swedish society.
  • As they did in cities across Western Europe, migrants tended to cluster in low-income neighborhoods; facing poor job prospects and rampant employment discrimination, they naturally turned inward. More young women have started wearing the hijab recently, Mr. Abdirahman tells me, and more young men “internalize the otherness” — rejected by their new society, they embrace the stereotypes imposed upon them. This can lead to a point where they reject gay rights or liberalism as “white, Western ideas,” and even attack firefighters because they represent the state.
  • As we walk around, Mr. Abdirahman, who is single and childless, confesses: “When I came here in 1998, to me this place was paradise. Today, I wouldn’t want my children to grow up here.”
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  • Not all immigrants get the same push at home, he says; some parents discouraged their youngsters from going to the city center to mix. Sweden, he is afraid, has entered a vicious circle of immigration, segregation and growing mutual hostility.
  • The situation grew worse with the latest mass influx of refugees, in 2015, after which a number of suburbs became almost exclusively migrant. Considered “no go” areas by some Swedes, these neighborhoods are known to outsiders only from horrific headlines. What people don’t get to see, Mr. Abdirahman worries, is the bus driver or the cleaning lady working themselves ragged to get their children into a university.
  • the government, dominated by the traditionally strong Social Democrats and the centrist Moderate Party, did far too little. That left an opening for the Sweden Democrats, until recently a group relegated to the racist fringe of Swedish politics. In the past few years, the party has recast itself; just like the populist Alternative für Deutschland party in Germany and the Five Star Movement in Italy, it has repositioned itself as anti-establishment and anti-immigrant.
  • The Sweden Democrats accuses all other political actors and the media of “destroying” Sweden, calls for a suspension of the right to asylum and promotes an exit of Sweden from the European Union.
  • Sweden always imagined itself as something different, a society bound by its unique brand of togetherness. But that self-satisfaction justified a myopic approach to the very complex problem of how to integrate vast numbers of foreigners. If you believe in giving everyone a state-of-the-art apartment, social welfare and child benefits, then it’s unlikely you will tackle the hurdles of the highly regulated Swedish labor market.
  • Sweden Democrats profit from the fact that they were often the first to point to the downsides of immigration. Yet as much as they despise wishful thinking, they replace it with simplistic thinking. No matter what problems there might be in Sweden — housing shortages, school closings, an overburdened health care system — in the view of the Sweden Democrats, it is always one group’s fault: migrants.
  • Even if the Sweden Democrats win big on Sunday, the election might be a force for good. The Moderate Party, which is likely to take second place, might split over the question of whether to rule with them. And the Social Democrats, already under pressure to move to the left, might likewise fall apart. Sweden’s party landscape, in other words, might be blown to pieces.If the country is lucky, some parts from this explosion will bind together as a new force — one that takes seriously the need for realism on immigration and integration, without falling for the siren song of right-wing populism.
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Computational Propaganda Worldwide: Executive Summary - 4 views

comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/...sestudies-ExecutiveSummary.pdf 8th Grade Unit 2: Civics Literacy propaganda
shared by Mr Maher on 14 Jun 18 - No Cached
  • Mr Maher on 14 Jun 18
     
    12 page article for Civics and History teachers to scan quickly and get a sense of the current world of propaganda. When teaching students about posters and slogans from World War I and II, we have to let students know if the infinitely more powerful tools of propaganda today
  • Walter Antoniotti on 15 Jun 18
     
    One comparison would be the political pamphlet of 16th Germany. The reformation resulted. The chart at the end was useful.

Is English Language So Popular because of the USA? - 0 views

started by puzznbuzzus on 17 Feb 17 no follow-up yet
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Kennan Institute (covering Russia and surrounding states) : Media : - 4 views

www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm modern europe america usa ussr russia germany russian sources primary sources audio interviews c20th cold war wwii stalin perestroika glasnost 1980s 1970s
shared by David Hilton on 12 Dec 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 12 Dec 09
     
    The Kennan Institute and National Public Radio in the USA has established an online audio archive of Soviet and Russian history. "The archive consists of recordings dating back to the earliest years of the Soviet state. Included are the voices and speeches of key political figures, including Lenin, Kerensky, Kirov, Beria, Stalin, Gorbachev, and others. Among the recorded interviews are Anna Larina (Bukharin's widow); Valentin Berezhkov, Stalin's wartime interpreter; Yelena Bonner, Sakharov's widow; and Lev Pevsner, a survivor of the Leningrad Blockade. There is also on-the-scene recorded sound of many events in Soviet history, including: the Russian and American armies meeting at the Elbe; Stalin's funeral; the August 1991 coup against Gorbachev. [...] The material comes from Soviet and Russian sources, the NPR archives, the archives of the BBC, and individual donors. Some of the material is in Russian, some in English. "
  • David Hilton on 12 Dec 09
     
    The bulk of the audio files are in Russian, however if you scroll down closely there are speeches by significant Western figures too. Yet another excellent set of resources from the Woodrow Wilson Center.
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World War II Web Sites - 4 views

www.lib.washington.edu/...war.html wwii world war ii c20th japan germany nazis fascism america usa us britain uk axis holocaust posters images hiroshima war crimes
shared by David Hilton on 06 Jul 09 - No Cached
  • David Hilton on 06 Jul 09
     
    An excellent collection of sources on all things World War II. Focusses on: life at the fronts; the holocaust; Japanese war crimes ("War crimes, what war crimes?"); photos & posters; and the nuclear bombing. With primary sources and well-organised.
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Digital Collections at Columbia - 1 views

www.columbia.edu/...collections ancient medieval modern europe america usa asia china india greece rome britain egypt germany russia japan sources documents images primary sources
shared by David Hilton on 28 Sep 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 28 Sep 09
     
    An excellent set of digital source collections run by Columbia Uni. I've been meaning to save all these collections individually but it's such a massive task that I'm just saving the root pages of the collections. If you have a look through these you'll find some gems. And if you save them to the group you will have my undying affection (just please use the same tagging standards - it keeps the information findable).
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