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Dale Kretz

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The Gilded Age Roots of American Austerity

Both Trump and Cleveland employed the rhetoric of worthiness and efficiency, anti-fraud and anti-corruption, as justifications for their austerity measures.

by Dale Kretz via Jacobin
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on July 17, 2025
The Abolitionist Legacy of the Civil War Belongs to the Left

The US Civil War was a revolutionary upheaval that crushed slavery and stoked hopes of a broader emancipation against the rule of property.

by Dale Kretz via Jacobin
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on April 6, 2022
Juneteenth Is About Freedom

On Juneteenth, we should remember both the struggle against chattel slavery and the struggle for radical freedom during Reconstruction.

by Dale Kretz via Jacobin
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on June 19, 2021
People, Not “Voices” or “Bodies,” Make History

We need to do far more than “give voice to the voiceless" to win justice.

by Dale Kretz via Jacobin
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on June 18, 2021

Administering Freedom: The State of Emancipation after the Freedmen's Bureau

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Framed photograph of an African-American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters, circa 1863–1865.

Means-Testing Is the Foe of Freedom

After Emancipation, Black people fought for public benefits like pensions that would make their newly won citizenship meaningful.

by Matthew E. Stanley via Jacobin on April 17, 2023

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