Anthony Conwright

Anthony Conwright

@aconwrites.bsky.social

I condense & integrate history into essays about contemporary issues w/o revising history. Words in Mother Jones, The Nation, The New Republic.

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Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

I spoke with @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social for my latest essay in @thenation.com about AIPAC’s relationship with the Congressional Black Caucus. Check it out: “The Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPAC” www.thenation.com/article/soci...

thenation.comThe Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPACThe influential group of lawmakers has damaged its reputation as “conscience of the Congress” by staying silent on the Gaza genocide.
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

As usual @chrislehmann.bsky.social does not miss. If you live in Ohio or know people in Ohio, give them this article.

chrislehmann@chrislehmann.bsky.social

Vivek Ramaswamy and the depravity party: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comVivek Ramaswamy’s New Attack Ad Should Be a National ScandalThe Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate has accused his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, of lying about being raped when she was 12 years old.

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Joe Walsh
@walshfreedom.bsky.social

Very interesting, thought-provoking piece here by @aconwrites.bsky.social. Give it a read. I’d like to have him on my show to discuss.👇

New York Times Opinion@nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The linguistic whitewashing of the Confederacy is more than a manufactured myth of Southern redemption,” Anthony Conwright writes. “It is a ritual of national forgetting.”

nyti.msOpinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again.To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

I love this dialogue! Thank you @psheridanhistory.bsky.social for generating a healthy space for discussion. Feel free to contribute to this conversation!

Patrick Sheridan@psheridanhistory.bsky.social

I'm curious about what my fellow U.S. historians think about this essay. For me, it makes a compelling argument and goes hand-in-hand with recent efforts to refer to the Union Army as the "U.S. Army." #skystorians www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

My latest for @thenation.com is about @demsocialists.bsky.social and Black politics. “Establishment Democrats’ response to the electoral victories of candidates endorsed by the DSA should be of concern to anyone invested in the future of Black politics” tinyurl.com/44nwt6y9

thenation.comEstablishment Democrats’ Response to DSA’s Electoral Wins Should Be of Concern to Anyone Invested in the Future of Black PoliticsWhatever happened to “big tent” politics?

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Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️
@phdrachel.bsky.social

Be right back. Going to change one of my lecture titles now…

Manisha Sinha@profmsinha.bsky.social

Historian of abolition here 💯Garrison always called it the slaveholders rebellion, that’s the correct term. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

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Omar Wasow
@owasow.bsky.social

“We should return to an older and more accurate name for the Civil War: the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. If a country unquestioningly adopts language that obscures its bloodiest crimes to absolve their worst perpetrators, how can we expect successive generations to remember the new assaults on democracy

nytimes.comOpinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

Check out my latest, “Don’t Call It The Civil War” for @nytopinion.nytimes.com if you have never thought about why we call the American Civil War the civil war, this is for you!

New York Times Opinion@nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The linguistic whitewashing of the Confederacy is more than a manufactured myth of Southern redemption,” Anthony Conwright writes. “It is a ritual of national forgetting.”

nyti.msOpinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again.To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

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Zinn Education Project
@zinnedproject.bsky.social

Great text for discussion in U.S. history classes. What to call the "Civil War"? Names have meaning. Could apply the same question to use of "civil war" in other countries. When is it the correct term? When is it masking a primary perpetrator? (Similar to the both-sidism of "race riot.")

Anthony Conwright@aconwrites.bsky.social

Check out my latest “Don’t Call It The Civil War” for @nytopinion.nytimes.com I explain how the Civil War got its name, and why we should call it “The Slaveholders’ Rebellion.” tinyurl.com/4yk634pc

tinyurl.comOpinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

My latest for @thenation.com “No athlete or Black American should participate in the Out of Bounds boycott unless the CBC and NAACP also boycott AIPAC, unequivocally condemn Israel’s genocide of Palestinians…” www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comThe Blatant Hypocrisy of the Congressional Black Caucus’s Out of Bounds BoycottThe new initiative enlists Black college students and athletes to face down Jim Crow rule in the South, while the group remains silent on boycotts targeting Israel’s apartheid rule.
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

Read my latest for @thenation.com “The SAVE Act deserves our swift repudiation, in principle, because it imposes procedural distance between the voter and the exercise of the ballot—hallowed ground that, in any viable democracy, shall not be infringed.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comHow the SAVE Act Seeks to Undermine the Right to VoteAfter you strip away the lies about rampant voter fraud, the GOP bill is a frontal assault on hard-won protections of the franchise
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

Check out my latest essay and first for @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump Misunderstands the Education Department’s History.”

New York Times Opinion@nytopinion.nytimes.com

President Trump’s plan to defund the Department of Education “echoes attacks by conservatives after the Civil War,” Anthony Conwright writes. “He has joined the fight against federal oversight of education as the latest steward of the Confederacy’s endeavor to preserve oligarchy.”

nyti.msOpinion | Trump Misunderstands the Education Department’s HistoryThe U.S. first had a federal education department in 1867 — not 1979. Its history is critical in understanding the federal role in schools.
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

Huge thank you to @perrybaconjr.bsky.social for including me in this piece. “The experience of Black Americans calls into question the institutions that this country holds most sacred,” Conwright said. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | Young Black voters are abandoning the Democratic establishmentMamdani and Trump elections show how Black voters are drifting from the Democratic establishment.
Perry Bacon@perrybaconjr.bsky.social

New poll shows Mamdani leading among Black voters, who are sometimes cast as centrist/moderate/anti-progressive. That's likely because of his strong support among younger black voters, who are more open to left wing causes and candidates. (And also Republicans, sadly.) wapo.st/46FpYSf

wapo.stOpinion | Young Black voters are trying out Republicans — and progressivesMamdani and Trump elections show how Black voters are drifting from the Democratic establishment.
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

My latest for @thenation.com: Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialist—Zohran Mamdani? “To put it plainly, the myth that Black Americans can only support establishment Democrats has conditioned us to take our suffering—which is a result of capitalism—for granted.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comWill Black Americans Vote for a Socialist—Zohran Mamdani?By demeaning the mayoral candidate’s agenda, Andrew Cuomo offends the Black tradition of community care.
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

Compassion and criticism are not mutually exclusive. Democrats can have compassion for Biden AND question how his healthcare policies impacted people suffering from cancer without his resources. After all, Democrats were quick to point out “white privilege” in every aspect of American life.

Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

It is inconsistent for Democrats to want to “set politics aside.” To pretend that politics has no place in the discourse regarding Biden’s diagnosis is disingenuous. When Republicans say “not a time to play politics” after a mass shooting, Democrats RIGHTFULLY condemn them.

Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comHow American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against Genocide
Erin Overbey@erinoverbey.bsky.social

there’s an apocalypse happening in Gaza rn & here on Bluesky it’s crickets—yt ppl so comfortable in their safe space forgive me, but white liberals leaving the so-called ‘nazi space’ & then spending 2 yrs never bothering to ask why there are so few Palestinian & arab voices here is problematic,guys

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Gabe K
@indominustortoise.bsky.social

Anthony Conwright continues to be one of my favorite authors. I know our current administration won’t take action on this, but I hope this continues to be a central issue for progressive leaders as they are elected. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comHow American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against GenocideThe international laws against genocide were deliberately crafted to prevent the US from being held accountable for its crimes against Black and Indigenous people.
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

In case you missed it: “How American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against Genocide” The US helped craft the international law against genocide to prevent lynchings from being used to charge the US with the genocide of Black Americans. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comHow American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against GenocideThe international laws against genocide were deliberately crafted to prevent the US from being held accountable for its crimes against Black and Indigenous people.
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

Indeed, @ibramxk.bsky.social history can be a blueprint. Wrote about here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comThe Jan. 6 insurrectionists begging for pardons sound an awful lot like Confederate soldiersThe historical resonances are astounding.
Ibram X. Kendi@ibramxk.bsky.social

As Trump pardoned almost all of the Jan. 6th insurrectionists, lest we forget that President Andrew Johnson pardoned almost all Confederates. And in due time, they regained power, framed antiracist Reconstruction policies as anti-White. . .1/2

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started
@gothamgirlblue.com

The fundamental problem with the Union was that it didn’t have the will to punish the Confederacy. So here we are. Again.

Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started@gothamgirlblue.com

What I’ve learned from being taught Black history from childhood is that It Did Happen Here. Not only have Black people lived under fascist structures for the vast majority of US history, but the Confederacy was the forerunner of fascist ideology and antidemocratic efforts before Europe tried.

Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social

In 2022, I wrote a piece for @motherjones.com about Trump pardoning Jan 6. insurrectionists. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... “The failure to eradicate the Confederate cause and punish its overseers has cast a shadow on the future of a country that has yet to emancipate itself from its history.”

motherjones.comThe Jan. 6 insurrectionists begging for pardons sound an awful lot like Confederate soldiersThe historical resonances are astounding.