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Dr. Erika L. Briesacher

@HistoryInShort

My own commentary & retweets, "tweets" from classes. Modern Germany, Europe, nationalism, material culture. Opinions all mine.

 Central MA
Joined June 2013
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Dr. Erika L. Briesacher retweeted
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) profile picture
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
@ruthbenghiatApr 7
When historians write about this time they will explore why no one stopped him: why no one in his govt or the GOP or the elites in finance that prop him back pretending they don't see the disintegration or not caring as long as they make $ did anything meaningful.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) profile pictureAaron Rupar
@atruparApr 7
I feel sick to my stomach waiting around today to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom that our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's really an indictment not just of the electorate but of our whole system of government. We're ruled by a mad king.
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Daniel Denvir@DanielDenvirApr 7
It’s incredible how absent Democratic Party leadership is in the face of Trump blowing up the entire fucking world.
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Nina Turner
@ninaturnerApr 7
Calling for the eradication of a civilization is a call for genocide.
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It's been awhile since I've been here--cheers friends. Looking forward to the upcoming Boston Labor Conference and presenting with awesome colleagues! umb.edu/lrc/the-boston-labor…
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Took a break. Back now, and not certain I want to be. #NewYearNewMe?
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Push back against this attempt to quash free speech on campus--please sign!
Jeff Melnick (@melnickjeffrey1) profile pictureJeff Melnick@melnickjeffrey112 Nov 2025
More college campus McCarthyism: please join me in this effort to support CU Boulder students jewishvoiceforpeace.org/reso…
Tell CU Boulder: Drop All Charges and Protect Free Speech! - JVP

Tell CU Boulder: Drop All Charges and Protect Free Speech! - JVP

Email CU Boulder administrators now to demand that students protesting Lockheed Martin be cleared of these trumped-up charges.

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Dr. Mia Brett@QueenMab8719 Oct 2025
Israel isn’t “testing” the ceasefire with strikes. It’s violating the ceasefire
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Dr. Robert Greene II@robgreeneII13 Oct 2025
A few weeks left to apply!
Black Perspectives (@BlkPerspectives) profile pictureBlack Perspectives@BlkPerspectives12 Oct 2025
👉🏾The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is now accepting submissions for the 2026 C.L.R. James Research Fellowship to support research towards the completion of a dissertation or publication of a book. Deadline: November 1, 2025. aaihs.org/accepting-submissi…
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Effin' Birds (@EffinBirds) profile picture
Effin' Birds
@EffinBirds7 Sep 2025
A woodcut of a bird beside the text "THERE IS NO SCENARIO WHERE I WANT MORE OF THIS SHIT"

ALT A woodcut of a bird beside the text "THERE IS NO SCENARIO WHERE I WANT MORE OF THIS SHIT"

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Genocide is ongoing in Gaza. Excellent piece from an esteemed colleague.
Jeff Melnick (@melnickjeffrey1) profile pictureJeff Melnick@melnickjeffrey12 Sep 2025
As the new semester starts, I want to keep the focus on the ongoing genocide in Gaza (and US complicity in it). Honored to have the chance to co-write this with another parent whose child was suspended from Barnard/Columbia for protest activity. theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
Columbia punished our kids for protesting against the genocide in Gaza. We condemn the university’s...

Columbia punished our kids for protesting against the genocide in Gaza. We condemn the university’s...

We are the parents of students who faced disciplinary actions for pro-Palestine activism. The struggle for liberation will not end with suspensions and expulsions

theguardian.com
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Louder in the back: lots of expensive programs (ahem, nursing) would not be financially feasible or viable without the humanities and social sciences. Full stop.
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Dr. Mia Brett@QueenMab8713 Jul 2025
Indigenous people were rounded up and sent to reservations, Black ppl were rounded up and sent to plantations, Japanese ppl were rounded up & sent to internment camps, Black ppl during Jim Crow were rounded up for crimes like loitering & sent to prison
Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep (@RossKneeDeep) profile pictureWillie Ross Jr. Knee Deep
@RossKneeDeep13 Jul 2025
Here's a question. Did you ever in your wildest dreams think that people in America could be rounded up and sent to concentration camps?
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Dr. Allison Wiltz (@queenie4rmnola) profile picture
Dr. Allison Wiltz
@queenie4rmnola14 Jul 2025
Failing to properly punish the Confederacy
Fred Fella (@FredFellaIMO) profile pictureFred Fella@FredFellaIMO14 Jul 2025
My American friends, how did America become such a political cesspool?
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EH@Etel_Haxhiaj15 Jul 2025
🧵Public participation in civic life needs to be preserved. In tonight's City Council agenda, there are two items that pertain to whether the Worcester City Council should vote to allow residents to file petitions ONLY THROUGH their city councilor.
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There is no both sides to this one folks. The government is saying the senator “lunged” at the Secretary and did not identify himself. We have a video where we can see and hear the opposite.
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Mona Eltahawy
@monaeltahawy6 Jun 2025
“The girls are fighting” to describe Trump vs Elon is an insult to girls.
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Jessica Malone Grider (@mrs_g_rider) profile picture
Jessica Malone Grider@mrs_g_rider6 Jun 2025
A hill I will die on. Literacy has always been determined by politics. Access to literacy has never been neutral. It’s intentionally been shaped by systems of power, privilege, and exclusion.
Jessica Malone Grider (@mrs_g_rider) profile pictureJessica Malone Grider@mrs_g_rider30 May 2025
Just your friendly neighborhood English teacher turned librarian here to remind you that literacy has always been political.
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I've finally made it through my Nationalism class's case studies. Y'all . . . they overall did a great job. Lots of creativity, lots of thought. There were some who didn't turn anything in (which . . . was way more in number than any other semester). #HappySunday
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Unconscionable decision by MassArt. Solidarity with Peggy and Isaac. Stop Massachusetts College of Art and Design from Repressing Free Speech and Anti-Genocide - Sign the Petition! chng.it/wMcK5fqWMk via @Change
Sign the Petition

Sign the Petition

Stop Massachusetts College of Art and Design from Repressing Free Speech and Anti-Genocide

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Jonathan Fine (@jonathanbfine) profile picture
Jonathan Fine@jonathanbfine26 Apr 2025
German has two words for education: Erziehung and Bildung. Erziehung is goal-oriented pedagogy, and Bildung is individual improvement and expanding horizons. Erziehung without Bildung is sterile. Bildung without Erziehung is hermetic. Artificial Intelligence divorces the two.
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