A History of the World EPISODE 16

Listen to episode 16 first, or start at the beginning with episode 1 at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld.

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  The Centers for Disease Control suspend evictions nationwide (“Don’t Pay the Rent”)

  
  


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  New Zealand/Aotearoa becomes one of the very few places on Earth free of Covid-19 (“Aotearoa”)

  
  


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  George Floyd is executed on camera, and protests and riots explode across the US (“As I Watch Minneapolis Burn”)

  
  


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  Sustained protests take place across the US for months and millions of people say that Black lives matter (“Say Their Names”)

  
  


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  The Trump administration declares Portland and Seattle to be “anarchist jurisdictions” (“Anarchist Jurisdiction”)

  
  


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  Israel bombs Gaza again, with even bigger bombs than the last time (“Watch the Buildings Crumble”)

  
  


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  Palestine Action forms in the UK and starts destroying Elbit Systems factories (“Smashing Elbit Systems”)

  
  


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  There is a Heat Dome over Portland, Oregon and the temperature hits 116F/47C (“116 Degrees”)

  
  


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  Russian invades Ukraine, and the US imposes sanctions on Russia (“This is Not a Trade War”)

  
  


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  Georgia state police kill an activist named Tortuguita in a hail of bullets for trespassing (“Tortuguita’s Playlist”)

  
  

This series basically ends here with 2022.  But for a lot of vitally important history on late 2023 and 2024, I have a three-part podcast series very much like this one which you can listen to at davidrovics.com/palestine.