The Cynical Historian

A History of US Insurrections (2021x4)

Air date: Feb 01, 2021

Given recent events, I think it's time to grasp a bit of history about US insurrections. Far from being exceptional, these events are almost commonplace in American history, the problem is, we all thought we were done with this kind of unrest. ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 0:05 - last week's episode: https://youtu.be/rUGIHFdx5CA 5:55 - 1920 vs. 2020: https://youtu.be/A-ulRXuxw3c 6:05 - race riots: https://youtu.be/tAbkCU5nBhM 6:05 - police: https://youtu.be/HehnDHNoItk 8:55 - filibusters: https://youtu.be/3oWFi8XLVhc 8:55 - Walker: https://youtu.be/DqOC2f4zee4 8:55 - vigilantism: https://youtu.be/RfceCvtEMJ4 18.55 - Philippines: https://youtu.be/mmYk0xxjDDA 20:50 - filibusters: https://youtu.be/3oWFi8XLVhc 20:50 - stars on flags: https://youtu.be/natx2c0kkXs 23:15 - Philippines: https://youtu.be/mmYk0xxjDDA 24:25 - Lost Cause: https://youtu.be/5EOhXF5lNgQ 25:15 - Sectional Crisis: https://youtu.be/Ff2AKILyi0o 26:45 - police: https://youtu.be/HehnDHNoItk 28:15 - bury my heart at wounded knee: https://youtu.be/4CwNgWCSA90 29:10 - Lincoln County: https://youtu.be/thDLWcWcFtc 32:15 - Lost Cause: https://youtu.be/5EOhXF5lNgQ 38:10 - US veterans history: https://youtu.be/ANUqaNykuRs ------------------------------------------------------------ Lists of US insurrection-adjacent stuff: Civil unrest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_the_United_States Rebellions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rebellions_in_the_United_States Racial upheavals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_racial_violence_in_the_United_States Conflicts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jlkz3eIQ0dH4SwzfezuZJw7ypUQ3QyReIliePi91Acg/edit?usp=sharing Just a few books out of many that influenced this: Hugh Davis Graham and Ted Robert Gurr eds., _Violence in America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives; A Report to the National Commission on the Causes and Preventi