(by Gary Moore) Tlatelolco was a "turning point in Mexican life" (historian Enrique Krauze), a "watershed of the country`s political life" (Stratfor intel group). A two-hour urban volcano found troops firing thunderously into thousands of protesting students and others, on the eve of Mexico`s big show, just ten days before the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. As documentation of the massacre fell under deep official secrecy, the trauma was huge.
I hope, as a grateful and loving pupil, to be the first to deliver this great news to WAIS: Professor Paul Preston has been knighted in the 2018 Queen`s Birthday Honours:
I have been fascinated by the recent postings by various WAIS colleagues about genealogy. For me, research into one´s family background is a means of feeling a personal connection with history--enabling me to relate to historical events that my own flesh and blood participated in. Imaginatively stepping into an ancestor´s shoes (or armour, as you will read below).
The Dean of WAISers, David W. Pike, has published five new books on WAISworld. Not only are the e-books free and universally available, but they are also the first titles since the Prof. Hilton days to carry the WAIS imprimatur.
(Nigel Jones, UK, 10/21/18 5:22 am) After our recent disagreements over Brexit, it is pleasant to record my complete agreement with Istvan Simon's account of Khashoggi's gruesome murder (October 20th). Saudi Arabia's a ...
Read more(Edward Jajko, USA, 10/20/18 4:18 pm) As of today, Saturday October 20, the Saudis have admitted to the death, within their Istanbul consulate, of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, supposedly during a fight, and have arrested more than 20 i ...
Read more(Cameron Sawyer, Russia, 10/20/18 11:44 am) To answer Gary Moore's question (19 October) about whether killing off millions of people did something useful for the Soviet war effort: In my opinion, definitely not. Human resou ...
Read more(Tor Guimaraes, USA, 10/20/18 5:11 am) Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich's latest post posed some facts logically devastating about the probably good intentions for imposing sanctions. Consider the grim reality of the results, such as the death ...
Read more(Istvan Simon, USA, 10/20/18 4:11 am) I am somewhat baffled by the speculation around Jamal Khashoggi's murder in WAIS. Unless the reports in the press are completely inaccurate and fake, which I find very unlikely, it is fairly clear ...
Read more(John Eipper, USA, 10/19/18 4:13 am) Gary Moore writes: My quest to demystify some Large Historical Numbers takes me back to Cameron Sawyer's valuable statement (September 26) on Stalin-era productiv ...
Read more(Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, USA, 10/19/18 3:23 am) I am delighted to see that topic of sanctions has gained some traction on WAIS. Sanctions have been described as many things by various players. Alternate to war, prelude to war, war itself, ...
Read more(Vincent Littrell, USA, 10/19/18 3:06 am) On 9 October John Eipper asked, "Are there ‘living English' versions of [Baha'I scripture]--say, to make them more accessible to children?" The short answer to ...
Read more(Paul Levine, Denmark, 10/18/18 2:32 pm) The question of who is history's greatest monster (see Gary Moore, 18 October) is macabre, like a bizarre Oscar or a demented Nobel. Ian Johnson takes up the challenge in the New York Re ...
Read more(A. J. Cave, USA, 10/18/18 8:02 am) I think we have to wait for some sort of official Saudi and Turkish reports on what has happened to Khashoggi. They are investigating on the scene now and should have something soon. Without solid ev ...
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