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Season 12 premiered October 20, 2024 – a nonfictional account of The Martian Revolution of 2247.
Mike Duncan is taking everything he’s learned from 12 seasons of historical revolutions – the repeating arcs, characters, ideas, events, and patterns which all revolutions seem to follow – and created a fictional history of the Martian Revolution of 2247. The series is written from the point of view of a historian working hundreds of years after the Martian Revolution and will be presented in the style and format of previous seasons of Revolutions. It will look, sound, and feel like a Mike Duncan history podcast…but will instead be a fictional narrative of a gripping science-fiction epic.
Revolutions is a podcast that covers the great political revolutions that have defined the modern world. Each season is a long-form narrative covering a different defining revolutionary epoch across three hundred years of history. It explores in great detail the people, ideas, and events that challenged and toppled outdated regimes and replaced them with new governments. After more than 350 episodes over ten seasons of narrative nonfiction, the 12th season is a fictional account of the Martian Revolution of 2247.
*BREAKING NEWS*
In the fall of 2025, the Revolutions podcast will return to its roots by diving into the great revolutions of the 20th century. The new run of episodes begins with the story of Irish Independence, a dramatic upheaval in the wake of WWI that saw Ireland free itself from centuries of English rule. Full of inspiring personalities, tragic events, and thrilling triumphs, Irish Independence is one of the most gripping events in revolutionary history. Future seasons will plunge ahead through the turbulent 20th century, and include the Spanish Civil War, the Cuban Revolution, and the Algerian War of Independence.
The podcast Revolutions is created by Mike Duncan. The podcast and the artwork on this page are embedded on this page using the public podcast feed (RSS).
Isn't it great when everyone is in agreement?
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When both kids take their balls and go home.
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It was a week where decades happen.
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After the Three Days of Red, the Martians made some new friends.
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When you have to make a change, it's important to wait too long...
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If people rise up, they must be put down...
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Why make things better when you can make things worse?
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Sometimes you just gotta throw something
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After becoming CEO of Omnicorps, Timothy Werner rolled out the New Protocols. It did not go well.
Mars wanted a voice. Then they learned no one was listening.
It's springtime for the Martian people
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What do you want to do? Live forever?
Sometimes you have to look to heaven for salvation.
A revolution on Mars??? A revolution on Mars!
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See you on the other side my friends.
The revolution has revolved.
Not necessarily the same as the old boss...
Somebody is getting eaten. Just depends who.
Surfs up, it's a radical wave.
Nothing lets slip the dogs of war like a Revolution.
The enemy of my enemy was my friend.
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Every victory implies a defeat. Every defeat implies a victory.
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[insert obligatory joke about being triggered]
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Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way...
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Probably wouldn't be a revolution if everything just kept on being cool and stable.
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Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater
Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts
Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall
Oct. 25 Chicago @ Vic Theater
Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur
The word revolution means coming full circle, so it seems like the best way to begin the end.
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Sept. 6 Madison -- Mystery to Me
Sept. 7 Chicago -- Seminary Co-Op
Sept. 8 Portland -- Powell's Books
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Sept. 12 Boulder -- Boulder Book Store
Sept. 13 Denver -- Tattered Cover (Aspen Grove)
Sept. 14 Dallas -- Interrobang Books
Sept. 15 Austin -- Bookpeople
Sept. 16 Houston -- Brazos Books
Sept. 19 New Orleans -- Garden District Book Shop
Sept. 20 Atlanta -- Carter Center w/ A Capella Books
Sept. 21 Chapel Hill -- Flyleaf Books
Sept. 22 Raleigh -- Quail Ridge Books
Please enjoy this chapter about Lafayette's tour of America on the eve of my own tour of America.
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Sept. 6 Madison -- Mystery to Me
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Sept. 8 Portland -- Powell's Books
Sept. 9 Seattle -- Elliott Bay Book Company
Sept. 12 Boulder -- Boulder Book Store
Sept. 13 Denver -- Tattered Cover (Aspen Grove)
Sept. 14 Dallas -- Interrobang Books
Sept. 15 Austin -- Bookpeople
Sept. 16 Houston -- Brazos Books
Sept. 19 New Orleans -- Garden District Book Shop
Sept. 20 Atlanta -- Carter Center w/ A Capella Books
Sept. 21 Chapel Hill -- Flyleaf Books
Sept. 22 Raleigh -- Quail Ridge Books
Please enjoy this one-man table read of the pilot script I've been writing for a proposed TV series based on Hero of Two Worlds.
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Oct. 3 Austin TX @ Paramount Theater
Oct. 4 San Francisco @ Palace of Fine Arts
Oct. 5 Seattle @ Town Hall
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Oct. 25 Chicago @ Vic Theater
Oct. 26 Boston @ The Wilbur
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More info on the October speaking performances as soon as we have firm dates/times/tickets.
See you on the other side.
So dizzy. So much success.
To be in power, or not to be in power, that is the question...
After one hundred episodes, you might agree!
It's a faaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.
Forward in the USSR
There's no business like show business.
You know we're covering an upbeat period of history when the title of the episode is "Starving To Death"
Tbh, it's bit like one of those "circle five differences in these two pictures that otherwise seem identical" games.
When the old policies aren't working...try new policies!
Poetically, or ominously, coinciding with the 50th Anniversary of the Paris Commune...
[Insert Spider-Man meme here]
So close yet so far away.
Why stop fighting when you can keep fighting?
Spoiler Alert in the title.
To Moscow!
All power to the Soviets!*
*The Communist Party
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There *was* a revolution in Germany. But it wasn't like the revolution in Russia.
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The end of WWI was a pretty big deal all things considered.
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But is it though?
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Time to tie up some loose ends.
Hey it was worth a shot. Well, actually, probably not.
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Time to play the wild card.
Time to head into the final lap...
What's better than war and peace? Neither war nor peace!
Dance dance revolution.
Can anyone guess which one Lenin and the Bolsheviks will choose?
The Bolsheviks caught the car. Now they had to figure out what to do with it.
We made it.
Wherein we keep moving toward the October Revolution by progressing halfway to halfway to halfway to halfway...
Link: Event w/ Dr. Faith Hillis for her book Utopia's Discontents.
Comrade Lenin says don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Links to tour details...
Minneapolis Oct 11: Magers and Quinn
Naperville Oct 12: Anderson's Bookshop
Madison/Verona Oct 13: Kismet Books
Milwaukee Oct 14: Boswells Book Company
Pasadena Oct 27: Vromans Bookstore
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Not a political plot. A sitcom plot.
When you come at the king, best not miss.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket, folks.
April 1917 reminds us sometimes foreign affairs DO matter in domestic politics.
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The H2W related podcast appearances I mentioned:
Wherein the Bolsheviks call for an Uber.
The New Yorker Article by Adam Gopnick
The New Republic Article by David Klion (Hi David!)
CBS This Morning Segment Look ma I'm on the tee-vee.
The February Revolution succeeded! Everything is great now!
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Aug 20 Politics and Prose with Jamelle Bouie
Aug 23 Midtown Scholar with Ben Rhodes
The Duma is about to get a new roommate: The Petrograd Soviet
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Aug 20 Politics and Prose with Jamelle Bouie
Aug 23 Midtown Scholar with Ben Rhodes
Good riddance to Dear Nicky.
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Aug 20 Politics and Prose with Jamelle Bouie
Aug 23 Midtown Scholar with Ben Rhodes
The February Revolution began on International Women's Day
Meanwhile...Lafayette Events!
Aug 20 Politics and Prose with Jamelle Bouie
Aug 23 Midtown Scholar with Ben Rhodes
Really should have called this episode The Verge.
Come hang out with Patrick Wyman and Me on July 22 to celbrate the launch of his book The Verge!
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Why get off the road to ruin when you can just stay on it?
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Inflation and scarcity are not exactly solid foundations to base the stability of a regime.
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Ok, maybe it wasn't a great war, but it *was* a great offensive.
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Lafayette comes to America! Enjoy!
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When it started, everyone thought it was gonna be a regular war. But it turned out to be a *great* war.
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Wherein we finally talk about the Second International just so we can watch it die.
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War will cause another revolution? No! War will prevent another revolution.
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Confused by how events Balkans could spark a world war? Good news, you're not alone. All the Great Powers of Europe are right there with you.
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You already know a lot actually!
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Au revoir Paris.
A rapist protected by powerful friends? Who has ever heard of such a thing?
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Why be an illiterate Siberian peasant when you can be a sought after curiosity in St. Petersburg.
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Wherein the gods hate me, but they hated Alexei Romanov even more...
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Stolypin's reforms died. Then Stolypin died.
After re-writing election laws to ensure a Duma he could work with, Prime Minister Stolypin finally had a Duma he could work with.
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Why have two revolutions when you can have one big long revolution?
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Unity Congress more like DISunity Congress, amirite?
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Who expropriates the expropriators?
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Wherein we ask the ask the eternal question: Was it really a coup?
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To celebrate his new reform program, Prime Minster Stolypin handed out commemorative neckties.
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They didn't get dubbed "The Duma of National Anger" because they were quiescent and complacent.
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Last time on the Revolutions Podcast...
Wherein I explain what the heck happened to me.
Maybe if Nicholas hadn't been so set on rejecting the verdict of 1905, there wouldn't be a Part II to look forward to.
The Days of Freedom could be numbered in days.
That time everyone stayed home from work.
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When you think you're out in the front of the pack, but really you're being lapped.
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When you pray for a miracle and all God sends is a metaphor.
Bloody Sunday triggered the largest popular protests the Russian Empire had ever seen.
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When people are crying out for help, maybe don't murder them in the streets.
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The Russian Revolution of 1905 actually began in 1904.
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What happens when you think victory will be easy, defeat will be catastrophic...and then you start to lose?
When you can't decide whether to cultivate the revolutionary potential of the peasants or assassinate government officials, the SRs say: why not both?
When you have a majority, flaunt it.
To build a fire one first needs a spark.
Is the end nigh? Not really. But it will be soon!
As factional disputes arose, radical Russians attempt to forge larger alliances.
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In the 1890s Russia expanded its influence in the far east, which put them on a collision course with Japan.
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Someone was having senseless dreams alright.
Relationship Status: Lenin, Plekhanov, and Martov are all on the same side. This won't always be the case.
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Why propagandize when you can agitate?
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The great Marxist meet cute.
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Narodism didn't die after 1881. It just went into hibernation.
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If it's not radical and it's not reactionary, it must be liberal.
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When Nicky met Alix...
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If your nascent bourgeoisie isn't big enough or rich enough to industrialize your Empire, just call Sergei Witte. He'll know what to do.
Everyone know Marxism isn't applicable to Russia. What my theory presupposes is...what if it did?
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Time to start mixing the baking soda and vinegar.
Kids today have no respect.
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After the disaster of the Crimean War, it was time for an era of Great Reform.
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Really missed a chance to call this episode "The Three Pillars of Russian Absolutism.
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In December 1825, the Decembrists became the Decembrists.
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This week, it's nothing less than The Divine Savior vs. The Antichrist
Peter the Great and Catherine the Great made the Russian Empire great.
Two Romes have fallen. The third stands. And there will be no fourth. No one shall replace your Christian Tsardom!
In 1872, the First International fractured into rival camps led by Marx and Bakunin.
An earlier version of this episode had terrible metronome clicking. The file has been replaced, but if you're podcast app won't download the corrected version use this one instead.
Wherein we revisit the Paris Commune.
All Mikhail Bakunin wanted was a world without bosses.
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Mikhail Bakunin circumnavigated the globe and came back convinced that coercive authority was the pits.
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The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles?
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According to Lenin, Karl Marx was, "the genius who continued and consummated the three main ideological currents of the 19th century, as represented by the three most advanced countries of mankind: classical German philosophy, classical English political economy, and French socialism combined with French revolutionary doctrines in general.”
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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels dreamed of revolution. But what happens when the revolution comes and then goes?
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Recommendation: The Once and Future King
In 1864, a group of working men formed an international association called The International Working Men's Association.
The winds have now swept Mexico. To what end?
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It's time to bring the Mexican Revolution to a close
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In 1918 and 1919, it was hard to tell whether the Mexican Revolution was heating up or cooling down.
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In 1917, Villa said he would fight on until Carranza was swinging from a tree.
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In 1917 Mexico got a new constitution.
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In March 1916, the United States invaded Mexico. Again.
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In November, 1915 Pancho Villa declared death to the gringos.
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Wherein Pancho Villa is infected with a fatal case of hubris.
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In the summer of 1914, the armies of Obregón, Villa, and Zapata drove Huerta into exile.
In April 1914 the United States invaded Mexico.
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Was Pancho Villa an Avenging Angel, Robin Hood, or King of the Bandits? Yes.
Let us begin Phase II of the Mexican Revolution...
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Actually it was more like 13, but who's counting.
After becoming President, Madero decided to alienate his old friends.
After being elected President of Mexico, Francisco Madero enjoyed no peace.
In the summer of 1911, Francisco Madero was not quite President. And that was a bit of a problem.
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How Porfirian politics helped destroy the Porfiriato
Sulla died believing he had saved the Roman Republic. Boy was he ever wrong.
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In the spring of 1911, Francisco Madero unleashed the tiger. Let's see if he can control it.
Choose Your Own Adventure Game: Can You Save The Republic?
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Francisco Madero had a plan, but it didn't really work.
Choose Your Own Adventure Game: Can You Save The Republic?
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Welcome to Morelos. I'd like to introduce you to your host, Emiliano Zapata.
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After Porfirio Diaz said he welcomed a democratic opposition, many foolishly took him at his word.
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Just as Mexico was being kicked around by an economic crisis, Porfirio Diaz dropped a political bombshell.
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Porfirio Diaz ruled Mexico for so long they named a whole section of Mexican history after him.
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In the years after independence, Mexico was a bit unstable.
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In 1810, Father Hidalgo let forth the Cry of Dolores.
Just by way of refresher, since I know everyone took such good notes during episode 5.1 and 5.2
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The last week of May 1871 was indeed a very bloody week.
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The Paris Commune was formally inaugurated on March 28, 1871. Unfortunately no one could agree on what that meant.
On March 18, 1871 the government of Adolphe Thiers attempted to seize control of the National Guard's cannons. It didn't go well.
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In September 1870, everyone in Paris prepared for a siege. Some of them also prepared for revolution.
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Napoleon III hoped a war with Prussia would save his Empire. Instead it destroyed his Empire.
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Hardball Times Article: Shohei Ohtani, The Bambino, and Bullet Joe
This Week In Baseball History: Episode 47 - Leon Day Plays Two Ways
First as tragedy, then as farce.
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Let's figure out what the heck happened in 1848
The bitter end of the Revolutions of 1848 arrived in the summer of 1849.
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As the walls close in on the Revolutions of 1848, the final loose ends will be ground up by millstones, but still stamp the future with fertile soil to grow new liberty trees.
Wherein the King of Prussia is offered a dog's collar.
In Dec 1848, the Austrian Empire got a new Emperor.
In Dec 1848, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte was elected president of France.
In November 1848, the Pope took flight.
After the Emperor declared war on Hungary, Vienna launched an uprising in October 1848.
The Frankfurt Parliament is the symbol of the liberal German Revolution of 1848. That's not a compliment.
In the summer of 1848, the forces of counter-revolution began to get the upper hand in central Europe.
On March 23, 1848 the Kingdom of Piedmont declared war on Austria.
In April 1848, the Hungarians won the right to national self-government. But what about the other nations of the Kingdom of Hungary?
The Austrian Imperial Ministry had a habit of cracking down, but then backing down.
With German unification on the way, the question became who exactly was going to be unified anyway?
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In June 1848, France discovered class conflict.
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The Provisional Government of France wanted a political revolution NOT a social revolution.
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12/4/17 LOS ANGELES, CA Barnes & Noble -- The Grove, 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 12/5/17 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Book Passage, 6:00 PM Reading + Signing 12/6/17 PORTLAND, OR Powell's Books, 7:30 PM Back where it all began 12/7/17 SEATTLE, WA Elliott Bay Book Company, 7:00 PM Reading + SigningIn March 1848, both Milan and Venice revolted against Austrian rule.
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The fall of the July Monarchy set off a chain reaction throughout Germany that climaxed with intense fighting in Berlin.
On your feet, Magyar, the homeland calls! The time is here, now or never! Shall we be slaves or free? This is the question, choose your answer.
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10/24/17 BOSTON, MA Harvard Book Store, 7:00 PM Book launch! 10/25/17 NEW YORK, NY Book Culture, 7:00 PM In Conversation with Jared Yates Sexton 10/26/17 BROOKLYN, NY Powerhouse Arena, 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 10/27/17 PHILADELPHIA, PA Barnes & Noble -- Rittenhouse Square, 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 10/28/17 WASHINGTON DC, DC Politics & Prose, 1:00 PM Oh nothing but living out a childhood fantasy 11/4/17 MADISON, WI Wisconsin Book Festival: Wisconsin Historical Society, 10:30 AM Reading + Signing 11/9/17 MILWAUKEE, WI Boswell Books, 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 11/16/17 CHICAGO, IL Barnes & Noble -- Skokie Old Orchard, 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 11/17/17 CHICAGO, IL Seminary Co-Op, 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 12/4/17 LOS ANGELES, CA Barnes & Noble -- The Grove, 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 12/5/17 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Book Passage, 6:00 PM Reading + Signing 12/6/17 PORTLAND, OR Powell's Books, 7:30 PM Back where it all began 12/7/17 SEATTLE, WA Elliott Bay Book Company, Time TBD Reading + SigningThere is a spectre haunting Europe....
10/24/17 BOSTON, MA Harvard Book Store, 7:00 PM Book launch! 10/25/17 NEW YORK, NY Book Culture, Time TBD In Conversation w/ Jared Yates Sexton 10/26/17 BROOKLYN, NY Powerhouse Arena, 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 10/27/17 PHILADELPHIA, PA Barnes & Noble Rittenhouse Square, Time TBD Reading + Signing 10/28/17 WASHINGTON DC, DC Politics & Prose, 1:00 PM Oh nothing, just living out a childhood fantasyIn 1848 there would be no replacing one Bourbon with another.
10/24/17 BOSTON, MA Harvard Book Store, 7:00 PM Book launch! 10/25/17 NEW YORK, NY Book Culture, Time TBD In Conversation w/ Jared Yates Sexton 10/26/17 BROOKLYN, NY Powerhouse Arena, 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 10/27/17 PHILADELPHIA, PA Barnes & Noble Rittenhouse Square, Time TBD Reading + Signing 10/28/17 WASHINGTON DC, DC Politics & Prose, 1:00 PM Oh nothing, just living out a childhood fantasyIn February 1848 the National Guard had finally had enough of the July Monarchy
Book Tour! 10/24/17 BOSTON, MA Harvard Book Store, 7:00 PM Book launch! 10/25/17 NEW YORK, NY Book Culture, Time TBD In Conversation w/ Jared Yates Sexton 10/26/17 BROOKLYN, NY Powerhouse Arena, 7:00 PM Reading + Signing 10/27/17 PHILADELPHIA, PA Barnes & Noble Rittenhouse Square, Time TBD Reading + Signing 10/28/17 WASHINGTON DC, DC Politics & Prose, 2:00 PM Oh nothing, just living out a childhood fantasyIn 1847 and 1848 opposition leaders spent good money to eat bad food while listening to bad speeches.
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The Revolutions of 1848 began in Italy
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Do you want a constitution? Well, too bad.
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The mid-1840s were a rotten time.
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1000 years of Hungarian history in 38 minutes.
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In the years after the Napoleonic conquest, the dream of Italian liberation and unification took root.
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In the years after the Napoleonic conquest, the dream of Italian liberation and unification took root.
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It may not be Holy or Roman anymore, but it was still an Empire...
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The long road to Germany has begun.
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The foundations of the July Monarchy were thin and shallow.
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In January 1848 Europe was sleeping on a volcano.
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In June 1832 a bunch of radical republicans spontaneously broke out in song.
In 1820 the Good Cousins staged a revolution in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
After the fall of Napoleon, Austrian Foreign Minister Metternich attempted to orchestrate a new conservative order in Europe.
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In 1830, the Belgians said we don't want to be a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands anymore.
What the heck did the rest of France think about the July Revolution?
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King Charles X should have never signed the Four Ordinances. You know. In hindsight.
Time to get this piece on the board.
On Wed July 28, 1830 the people of Paris proved that piles of rubble were the key to urban revolution.
On Monday July 26, 1830 the Four Ordinances were published. On Tuesday July 27 the July Revolution began.
In early 1830 King Charles X tried to beat back the liberal opposition. Instead they came back stronger than ever.
After ascending to the throne in 1824 Charles X wanted to impose his ultra-royalism on France, but his annoying subjects kept resisting.
After the fall of Napoleon, the Bourbon monarchy was restored.
In 1830, both Simon Bolivar and Gran Colombia died.
On Sept 25, 1828 Simón Bolívar went out the window.
At the end of 1826 Simon Bolivar returned to Colombia to deal with the revolt of Jose Antonio Paez.
In 1825 Upper Peru became the independent nation of Bolivia.
Wherein Gen. Sucre wins a very Bolivarian battle.
Simòn Bolívar and Jose de San Martin met for the first and only time in July 1822
In 1822, Antonio Jose Sucre and Simon Bolivar liberated Quito and made Gran Colombia whole.
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Lord Thomas Cochrane turned out to be the key to Peru.
José de San Martín gets zonked on opium and marches through the Andes.
On June 24, 1821 the Battle of Carabobo secured permanent independence for Venezuela.
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In 1820 a mutiny in Cádiz changed the course of Spanish American history.
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In July 1819 Bolívar led a legendary march into the mountains to liberate New Granada once and for all.
In January 1818 Simón Bolívar met José Antonio Páez. The War of Venezuelan Independence would never be the same.
With an assist from the Republic of Haiti, Simon Bolivar launched a new expedition to Venezuela in 1816.
Enter José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins.
The restoration of King Ferdinand VII spelled big trouble for Spanish American Independence.
In 1814 Simón Bolívar met the Legions of Hell. It wasn't pretty.
Simón Bolívar left Venezuela in 1812. He came back in 1813.
Things did not go well for the First Venezuelan Republic.
in 1810 Simón Bolívar brought Francisco de Miranda home.
Further unrest plagued Spanish America in 1809 as the situation deteriorated back in Spain.
In May 1808 Napoleon deposed the Spanish Monarchy.
1n 1806, two invasions of South America tested the waters of independence. Also, Bolívar swears to liberate his country or die trying.
Enter Bolívar.
After the Seven Years War the Spanish American Empire was hit with an array of revolts. Also six degrees of Francisco de Miranda.
After the Bourbons came to power they reformed the Spanish Empire and along the way created the Viceroyalty of New Granada.
After Columbus "discovered" America the Spanish built up an empire upon which the sun never set.
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After declaring independence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the extermination of the white French.
Done at the headquarters of Gonaives, the first day of January 1804, the first year of independence.
The new nation of Haiti was born on New Years Day 1804.
In the summer of 1802 the worst Yellow Fever epidemic on record hit Saint-Domingue--making it very difficult to re-impose slavery.
With the massive expedition he assembled, Bonaparte reckoned it would take three months to retake Saint-Domingue.
In 1801 Toussaint Louverture annexed Santo Domingo and promulgated a new constitution without permission from France. First Consul Bonaparte was not amused.
From 1799-1800 Toussaint Louverture and Andre Rigaud fought a civil war for control of Saint-Domingue.
Toussaint Louverture began to craft an independent foreign policy for Saint-Domingue in 1798.
In 1797, Touissant used the conservative victory in the elections of Year V to solidify his own position in Saint-Domingue.
By mid-1796, Toussaint Louverture had no rival on Saint-Domingue. Then Sonthonax came back.
From the summer of 1794 to the summer of 1795, the future of Saint-Domingue hung in the balance.
In February 1794, the National Convention not only ratified the emergency emancipation of the slaves, they extended it even further.
Le Cap burns. White colonial rule ends. The slaves are freed.
The Second Commission was supposed to implement the Law of April 4 and defeat the slave uprising. This turned out to be harder than they thought.
With slave revolts and civil war erupting in Saint-Domingue, the Legislative Assembly abolished all racial distinctions on April 4, 1792.
First the whites revolted. Then the free coloreds revolted. Then the slaves REALLY revolted.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen sure seemed to imply that men were born free and equal in rights. In fact, it explicitly said so.
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The French colony of Saint-Domingue was the single most lucrative colony in the New World.
One last look back at the pile of severed heads.
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Napoleon conquered Europe. Then he got beat and the Bourbons came back.
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After coming to power in 1799, First Consul Bonaparte achieved many of the Revolution's dreams and healed many of its open wounds. So he declared himself Emperor in 1804.
And his name is Napoleon Bonaparte.
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When the War of the Second Coalition got off to a terrible start for the French, the Triumvirate that had been running the Directory since 1797 was overthrown.
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While Bonaparte was off trying to conquer Egypt, the rest of Europe mobilized against France.
In July 1798 Bonaparte and his healthy, hopeful army arrived in Egypt. In August 1799 Bonaparte ditched his now demoralized, plague-ridden army and sailed for home.
The Directory manipulated the elections of Year VI to block left-wing candidates. Meanwhile Talleyrand provoked the Americans into war and Bonaparte sailed for Egypt.
After Fructidor the Directory cracked down on the conservatives. They also created more sister republicans to systematically loot.
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After taking a drubbing in the elections Year V, the Directory decided to just annul the results.
Bonaparte almost gets beat! But then he doesn't. Also don't invade Ireland in December.
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When the Thermidorean Convention introduced the Constitution of Year III, the political Right went a little nuts.
That's the slogan that rallied the last remnents of the sans culottes to action...right before they got crushed by the Thermidorean Convention.
The terrible winter of 1794-95 helped France push back all her enemies. Also...Poland!
After the events of 9 Thermidor, the Revolution began to swing back to the right.
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The events of 9 Thermidor II brought Act I of the French Revolution to a gruesome end.
If the mainspring of popular government in peacetime is virtue, amid revolution it is at once virtue and terror: virtue, without which terror is fatal; terror, without which virtue is impotent.
In the spring of 1794. the Revolution devoured a few of her most beloved children.
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At the end of 1793, the Committee of Public Safety completed it's consolidation of power.
Do not get into a popularity contest with George Washington.
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Marie Antoinette thought he was behind EVERYTHING
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In Oct 1793 the French Revolution took a stab at reforming time itself.
In October 1793 the Reign of Terror got started with the executions of Marie Antoinette and the Girondins.
In the fall of 1793, the French Republic started to gain traction against its enemies. Setting up the stage for the Reign of Terror.
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In the summer of 1793 a re-organized Committee of Public Safety began to consolidate power.
In the summer of 1793 the Revolutionaries in Paris were besieged from all sides.
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On May 31-June 2, 1793 Paris once again rose in armed insurrection against the national government.
In the spring of 1793 revolts against Paris started erupting all over France.
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After the Battle of Valmy the French armies advanced on all fronts.
King Louis XVI was put on trial by the National Convention and executed Jan 21, 1793.
The National Convention voted unanimously to abolish the monarchy on Sept 21, 1792. Then they proceeded to go at each others throats.
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With the Allied armies approaching Paris, the sans-culottes broke into all the prisoners and slaughtered the inmates.
On Aug 10, 1792 the radical sections of Paris overthrew the monarchy.
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In April 1792 France declared war on Austria.
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The new Legislative Assembly convened in October 1791 and quickly put France on the path to war.
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As the National Assembly drew to a close, the Triumvirate rose to power.
After the Flight to Varennes, populist agistators in Paris called for an end to the monarchy, leading to a bloody confrontation in July 1791.
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In June 1791 the royal family tried to escape from Paris, but they were busted while passing through Verennes.
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After the Feast of the Federation, Revolutionary France was outwardly calm, but internally divided.
In the leadup to the great Fête de la Fédération, the Marquis de Lafayette and a group of liberal nobles began to direct the course of the Revolution.
After the move to Paris, radical delegates from the National Assembly formed a new political club to help push their agenda.
In October 1789 some angry houswives changed the course of the French Revolution.
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After the Night of August 4th, the National Assembly divided into new political factions.
After a wave of chaos spread across France, the National Assembly abolished feudalism on the night of Aug. 4, 1789.
On July 14, 1789 a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille.
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On Day 2 of the Estates General, the Third Estate went on strike.
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The debate over the coming Estates General awakened the political consciousness of the Third Estate. Also the weather was rotten.
The king's attempt to break the Parments in the summer of 1788 was was met by widespread resistence.
Round and round and round it goes...
King Louis called the Assembly of Notables in early 1787 to approve a major fincancial reform package. But intead of rubber stamping the initiatives, the Notables scrutinized every detail.
Just as the financial situation was about to explode the monarchy was hit by a public relations nightmare.
As power passed from Louis XV to Louis XVI, royal ministers attempted to implement reforms, but were thewarted at every turn.
The Ancien Regime was a mess in desperate need of reform.
The population of pre-Revolutionary France was divided into Three Estates: the Church, the Nobility and Everyone Else.
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The ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights marks the end of the Revolutionary Era.
Between the end of the War of Independence and the Constitutional Convention the new United States was plagued by problems. The Articles of Confederation were not up to solving them.
As the newly independent United States trasitioned from war to peace, it was tripped up by the ineffective Articles of Confederation.
Lord Cornwallis was trapped in Yorktown in October 1781. His surrender ended the American War of Independence.
Despite the thrashing he gave Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden, Lord Cornwallis found the Carolinas slipping out of his grasp.
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After Saratoga the French joined the war, the British changed strategies and Washington's army spent a miserable winter at Valley Forge.
Gentleman Johnny's Party Train ran into some trouble in 1777.
With the revolution on the line, George Washginton led his army to victory at Trenton. Unfortunately he would be unable to stop the British from taking Philadelphia in 1777.
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The American colonies declared independence in July 1776. Then their armies got chased around New York.
After the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, war between Britain and the colonies broke out. George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief and laid siege to Boston.
The Boston Tea Party led Parliament to pass the Intolerable Acts in 1774. The colonists were really super not amused.
After the failure of the Stamp Act, Parliament passed a new series of taxes known as the Townshend Acts. The colonists were not amused.
After the French and Indian War, the British Ministry started levying new taxes on the colonies. The colonists were not amused.
A brief tour of the Thirteen Colonies.
The English Monarchy was restored in 1660.
After serving in Parliament and the courts of both Charles I and Charles II, Edward Hyde wrote a massively influential history of the English Civil Wars.
Oliver Cromwell died on September 3, 1658. His son and heir Richard was iunable to hold the Protectorate together.
After the Puritans came to power they tried to abolish Christmas. Seriously.
The dissolution of the First Protectorate Parliament led to the brief and unpopular Rule of the Major Generals. When the Second Protectorate Parliament was finally called they tried to make Oliver Cromwell king.
The Instrument of Government was the first written constituion in English history.
In 1653 Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament and then Barebone's Parliament dissolved itself. The Commonwealth was not getting off to a great start.
God wanted me to tell you that property is theft.
For someone who was born free John Lilburne sure spent a lot of time in prison
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Charles II raised an army of Scots to help him claim the throne, but they were defeated by Oliver Cromwell at Dunbar and Worcester.
After Pride's Purge, Charles I was executed by the Rump Parliament on January 30, 1649. Then Cromwell invaded Ireland.
As the New Model Army debated the merits of constitutional democracy, King Charles was scheming to put himself back on the throne.
After the Battle of Naseby ended the King's chances for military victory, he became the frustrating center of post-war negotiations.
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After years of muddling along, Parliament created a more professional army. They finally defeated King Charles at Nasbay in June 1645.
In late 1643, Parliament sealed a military alliance with the Scots. Their combined force defeated the Royalists at Marston Moor.
After negotiations with Parliament broke down, King Charles raised his standard in August, 1642. The opening campaigns of the First Civil War tilted in the Royalists favor.
A brief description of the soldiers who fought in the English Civil Wars.
The Long Parliament convened in November 1640. Tensions ran high as Parliamentary leaders tried to assert control over the State.
The Scots revolted after Charles tried to impose the Book of Common Prayer, forcing the King to recall Parliament.
In the 1630s, King Charles ruled without Parliament. His financial policies and religious innovations annoyed many of his subjects.
In 1625 Charles Stuart became king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His relationship with Parliament immediately got off on the wrong foot.
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