Shannon M. Smith
Shannon Smith is an associate professor of history at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in Minnesota, where she teaches courses on the Civil War and Reconstruction in American culture, gender and race in US history, and protest and rebellion. She holds a PhD from Indiana University (2013) and a master’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her scholarship focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, African American history, and riots in the nineteenth-century United States, particularly relating to issues of gender and citizenship.
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“We are unstoppable!” Some of the lessons from Occupy Wallstreet, 10 years later
“One of the main contributions of Occupy was ‘the 99 percent.’”
What to do with America’s nonconformist anti-vaxxers?
Final thought and a warning for nonconformists: understand that the greatest threat to your freedoms will not come from government mandates, but when the deadly virus comes after you.
China – Cultural revolution 2.0 and great leap backward?
Young people in China and America face similar problems. Both countries need a profound revolution but it must be real and ground up, not a populist sham from those in power.
How an ancient irrigation method makes sustainable life possible in the U.S. Southwest
Time-proven acequia irrigation systems already in use in New Mexico make it possible for people to thrive in arid regions.
The never ending cycle of nuclear insanity
Please repeat after me: No excuses. No compromise. No fear.