On June 25, the World Socialist Web Site hosted an extraordinary panel of eminent historians at a webinar to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution.
The full webinar, “The American Revolution and Its Place in History: From the War Against Monarchy to ‘No Kings,’” can be accessed at wsws.org/1776.
The WSWS is now posting highlight clips from the webinar to all of our social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and X/Twitter. Follow us for more.
Below are several of the clips we’ve posted so far.
The challenge of our time is the fight for historical consciousness
The Declaration of Independence embraces everyone
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The fight against slavery was there at America’s founding
An international anti-slavery network looked to the American Revolution
Marx helped shape anti-slavery opinion in the British working class
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Frederick Douglass argued that the Constitution was an abolitionist document
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