Chris England

@chrisengland.bsky.social

Historian. Author of "Land and Liberty: Henry George and the Crafting of Modern Liberalism."

The Georgist Louis Post became a focal point for the first red scare when he dismissed charges against immigrants slated for deportation because of their radical politics. His observations about shallow "pagan patriots" wrapping themselves in the flag remain sadly relevant today.

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"Our new nationalist world order would look all too familiar to the left-wing free traders" of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Something I wrote for @lpeblog.bsky.social @lpeproject.bsky.social coalition.https://lpeproject.org/blog/recovering-the-left-wing-free-trade-tradition/

Recovering the Left-Wing Free Trade Tradition

Since the late 20th century, free trade has been defended primarily by neoliberals who cared little about social justice or democracy. However, a longer examination of free trade'

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