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No Kings Protest in Amsterdam
Singing "This Land is Your Land" on the Museumplein
Oct 19
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William Michael Schmidli
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“We Shall Overcome”: Teaching History with a Guitar
The first time I pulled out a guitar in my U.S.
Oct 11
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William Michael Schmidli
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June 2025
Dreaming of Regime Change in Tehran? Time to Wake Up
The US-Israeli war on Iran has opponents of the Islamic Republic dreaming of a regime change in Tehran. But Iranians deserve better.
Jun 24
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William Michael Schmidli
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Misleading from Behind: Trump, Israel, and the War with Iran
The decision to join Israel's war on Iran reflects Trump's rejection of foreign policy expertise and the capricious, intentionally uninformed approach…
Jun 22
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William Michael Schmidli
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What do the People Want?
While millions of Americans turned out for “No Kings” protests across the U.S., in the Netherlands, 150,000 people gathered in The Hague to demand an…
Jun 16
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William Michael Schmidli
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Scholars Against Scholasticide
A transnational campaign is raising awareness of Israel’s systematic destruction of higher education in Gaza
Jun 11
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William Michael Schmidli
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April 2025
Why is Bernie Sanders Drawing Huge Crowds?
Inequality, Hypocrisy, and the Lessons of History
Apr 18
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William Michael Schmidli
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We can’t let this happen here: the lessons of Trump for Dutch higher education
I am American citizen teaching U.S. history and politics at Leiden University. In this piece, published in Mare, I write that Trump’s attack on U.S…
Apr 8
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William Michael Schmidli
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March 2025
The Light Goes Out
Watching America’s travails from across the Atlantic elicits a special kind of horror.
Mar 24
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William Michael Schmidli
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The Racism in Trump’s Colorblind Conservatism
President Trump’s elimination of diversity programs in the US military is the latest offensive in the president’s war on so-called wokeism.
Mar 24
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William Michael Schmidli
Trump’s Casino Colonialism
Trump’s proposal to take over Gaza illuminates a worldview rooted in America’s history of settler colonialism and Trump's own record of shady real…
Mar 24
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William Michael Schmidli
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