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Unsafe History is about the 21st Century fight for democracy, human rights and the rules-based order. It highlights historians who are applying historical thinking to the daily rush of events and who help us to understand the real issues at stake.

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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
When it comes to nuclear weapons, Australians have a right to know – and a right to say No. Sign the petition to Prime Minister Albanese. petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/no... @getup.org.au
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No Nuclear Weapons in Australia
When it comes to nuclear weapons, Australians have a right to know – and a right to say No.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
‘We must all now urgently spread the word to the public and to political leaders that there is a rational, multilateral alternative to the madness of war.’ - Melissa Parke www.rfp.org/there-is-a-r...
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There is a rational, multilateral alternative to the madness of war
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is simply genocidal language and is a horror in itself.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
HCR always gives a clear explanation of the post‑WWII rules‑based order. Trump’s second term has weakened it through tariffs, unilateral war and abandoned allies, destabilising global norms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYmM...
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Politics Chat, March 26, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Renee Good's last words and ICE agent's response after shooting her.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Trump's rewriting of the history of Jan is chilling, explains Peter McLaren in this excellent article in the LA Times. Every history teacher and history educator should be especially concerned about this. (See the sections near the end on this) www.laprogressive.com/progressive-...
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Rewriting American History: Competing Narratives of January 6
Trump’s narrative victory—the rewriting of January 6—is a chilling reminder of the power of stories to override the evidence of our own eyes.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
HCR - '‘They are demanding that the people accept a lie for reality. A demonstration of authoritarian power.’ January 7, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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January 7, 2026
This morning, a federal agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good as she was driving away from ICE agents on a residential street in Minneapoli...
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Very true. substack.com/@carolecadwa...
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Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla)
A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US and what, if anything survives it, will be a lesson for our times. The attack on Venezuela is going to break the US news cycle. But it’s what the re...
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Bob Rae's short article nails it. This is where we are at in 2026. 'Leaders unhinged from the rule of law and morality pose a threat to us all, in real ways we shall experience. It is a truly somber moment for the world.' - Bob Rae open.substack.com/pub/bobrae59...
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Words of wisdom. ‘You never know when you're about to win. ...Like that's another historical lesson. ...And you have to recognize that the future is open. The ultimate historical lesson is that the horizon of possibilities is much broader than we see.'
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Now that the US has changed sides history will be more unsafe than ever! Thanks to Phillips O'Brien for this excellent article. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/2025-in-re...
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2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides
Amongst many stories, one stands out
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Nick Bryant is a historian who helps people understand the historical forces at play today in the US, Australia and the world. His books are particularly useful for history educators for teaching American history up to the present. nickbryant454396.substack.com?r=hclck&utm_...
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Nick Bryant | Substack
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Nice!
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
It's official, according to HCR. The rules-based order is over, at least as far as the USA is concerned. The National Security Council Report (NSC) 8 reorients the U.S. away from traditional European allies toward Russia and commits the U.S. and spheres of interest. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
'Unsafe History - The 21st Century fight for human rights and democracy.' 1:50-2.45 pm on Friday 5 December at Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Unsafe History has endorsed the “Call to Reverse the Nuclear Arms Race.” 80 years since the start of the nuclear age, nuclear danger is growing. We must move away from the brink and get back on the path to a nuke free world: ReversetheArmsRace.org reversethearmsrace.wordpress.com/share-the-ca...
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
History always feels a little bit safer when HCR is explaining it. Great song! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHWW...
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Heather Cox Richardson Tells It Like It Is – A Smart, Funny Hip-Hop Tribute to Truth and History
YouTube video by The Resistance
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
ICAN'S MEDIA RELEASE: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO RESUME NUCLEAR TESTING – 30 October 2025 Putin and Trump are now restarting the nuclear arms race. The 1985 Reagan Gorbachev warning that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought” has been forgotten. icanw.org.au/media-releas...
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Our indispensable historian shining light in these dark times.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Spot on!
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Heather Cox Richardson keeping us tethered to reality.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
This looks like another great book by Michael McFaul helping us to make sense of this era of unsafe history.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Great to see!
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
This song is relevant again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Epu...
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POWER TO THE PEOPLE. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (official music video HD)
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Power to the People!
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings Protest Rallies. A rousing speech by head of the American teacher union, Randi Weingarten, and author of WHY FASCISTS FEAR TEACHERS. See from 2:57:23 to 3:02:29 Making History Great Again! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNfJ...
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🔴 LIVE: No Kings Protests Across the US | Washington DC, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles
YouTube video by DawnNews English
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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‘Sign of weakness’: Prof. Snyder on the GOP tactic of demonizing anti-Trump protests
YouTube video by MSNBC
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Be part of this, show up for #NoKings on Saturday — and join up with an organization afterwards — do what you can, it matters.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee's description of Venezuela sounds suspiciously like what Trump is doing to the US: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Opponent of Maduro regime receives award and praise for keeping ‘flame of democracy burning’
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Now historians are being attacked by Trump and his lackeys. This is outrageous!
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This book helps explain one of the major reasons why history is so unsafe right now.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Attacking universities makes everything unsafe.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Randi Weingarten - I recommend Randi's substack to all history teachers, especially colleagues in Australia. What we teach in history matters. I have listened to her interview with Jim Acosta, read her article and now await the delivery of here book. randiweingarten.substack.com?r=hclck&utm_...
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Why Do Fascists Fear Teachers? www.aft.org/ae/fall2025/...
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Why Do Fascists Fear Teachers?
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Another essential book for teachers in these dark times.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Let's make history safe again. We need more leaders like this who are speaking truth to demagogues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I6h...
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Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock: Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Ukraine
YouTube video by GermanyDiplo
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We absolutely need everyone to watch this.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The latest film to warn us. Will any of the leaders of the nine nuclear-armed nations take note?
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The end of the world could come as easily as this. It's time to take notice of the nuclear threat and those who have been campaigning for years to end this threat. See ICAN's website for what you can do. See: icanw.org.au www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCyq...
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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE Official Trailer (2025)
YouTube video by Movie Trailers Source
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Hanna is lighting the path for Christians trying to navigate this unsafe history we're living through.
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Do you want to learn about British nuclear testing in Australia? If you do, this event is a good start. actionnetwork.org/events/what-...
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What Remains: Nuclear Legacies of the Montebello Islands
In the 1950s, the Montebello Islands off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia were the site of three British nuclear tests. The first, in 1952, detonated inside a warship anchored off Trimouille Isl...
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
'Fact, truth, trust. Without these three, you have no shared reality. We can't begin to have a conversation. We can't begin to solve any problems — and we have existential ones, like climate change. We can't have journalism. We can't have democracy.' www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Journalist who won the prize Trump wants says US democracy 'on the edge of a cliff'
Intentionally attacking civilians like aid and rescue workers, and journalists, is a violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/08/2025
Another successful cabinet meeting with Dear Leader
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
An amazing interview of Ken Burns (by Joe Rogan - who would believe it?) Burns oozes passion and mind blowing historical insight. Every history educator should watch this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAIi...
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Ken Burns on the Importance of the Revolutionary War and the Beauty of the Constitution
YouTube video by JRE Clips
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
This is the way history should be approached. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBTo...
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The American Revolution Extended Trailer | Premieres Nov. 16 on PBS | Ken Burns Documentary Series
YouTube video by WGCU Public Media
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UNSAFE HISTORY @unsafehistory.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Hiroshima 80th Anniversary. This article features two people who witnessed the destruction of atomic bombs - Teruko Yahata (an 8 year old in Hiroshima on 6 August) and Bill Plewright (an Australian serviceman who witnessed British atomic tests in Australia). www.smh.com.au/national/the...
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They were on opposing sides at Hiroshima in 1945. Now, they’re campaigning together
Nearly 80 years after the US dropped an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, two survivors warn of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war.
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