On the attack at the Capitol
I’m continuing to write in Spanish for Nueva Sociedad on U.S. politics. Here is an interpretation of the attack on the Capitol building. In short: don’t say “this is not […]
Category Archives: United States
Election 2020 Analysis
Continuing my tradition of doing some U.S. electoral analysis for Nueva Sociedad, I did an interview with Pablo Stefanoni and Mariano Schuster to talk about what we know (and still […]
Fall 2020 syllabus: History 102, U.S. History since 1865
PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER History 102 History of the United States since 1865 Professor Patrick Iber Fall 2020 / MWF 9:55-10:45 Course description and objectives: This […]
Review of Rick Perlstein’s Reaganland
I have a review of Rick Perlstein’s new book Reaganland, the final book in his four-volume history. I look at all of the books, and take on issues in the […]
No Room
I wrote a review of John Bolton’s The Room Where it Happened. It’s a bad book, which is convincing in its condemnation of Trump but also reveals the limitations of […]
After Sanders, what’s next?
In Spanish, for Nueva Sociedad, I wrote about what is next for the U.S. left after Sanders. I mentioned a few aspects of my work for the campaign. (It’s in French […]
Syllabus Fall 2019: History of Now, advanced seminar
History 600: The History of Now Professor Patrick Iber History is the study of change over time, and requires hindsight to generate insight. Most history courses stop […]
El populismo de minorías de Donald Trump
As part of efforts to contribute to intellectual and political internationalism, I am trying to write about U.S. politics for Nueva Sociedad on a regular basis. At the link, in Spanish, is […]
Explaining Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
For Nueva Sociedad, I wrote about the victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Since it was for an international audience, I tried to place her in the context of broader social movements […]
Teachers and guns, in the Washington Post
Somehow something I tweeted, purely in my capacity as someone who was once a classroom teacher, ended up quoted in the Washington Post.
