50 Interesting Historical Photos That Might Change Your Perspective On The Past

This is something I just don't understand. I left America over 25 years ago, and I'm constantly wondering what happened over there. Did everybody just lose their minds? I honestly don't get American politics anymore.

I think you mistyped, they started doing that with the Roe v. Wade- under Diaper Don, and project 2025 includes trying to stop women from voting

Not at all. Muslim fundamentalists overthrew the Communist government that had previously overthrown the secular and blatantly inefficient secular monarchy. They did it with the help of the USA who thought they were less evil than Communists. It fired back. I hope anyone in the USA who reads his understand they should stop to meddle in other countries' affairs

There's a difference. The Ayatollahs took over a popular uprising against the brutal CIA-sponsored dictatorship that was the "secular monarchy". Nobody got to (seriously) vote for them. In the US they get to vote, and guess how large numbers of women vote? Along with men. For the wannabe theocrats.

I agree, this election is critical

It’s not all that simple. The Shah spend decades culling and targeting moderates. He wanted his glossy royal tenure to be untarnished by any suggestion that he was overdoing it. When push came to shove, the fundamental forces were in a stronger position. In the US the right has brainwashed the middle class into supporting the billionaire class. Billionaires have no interest in totalitarianism when they have it so good now. Sure a few spout off (elon), but they quietly enter the housing market and buy it up, fund stock buy backs, etc. Meanwhile poor American evangelical fundies gallump along hating the govt, thinking Chump will save them, and getting screwed sideways over stuff like medical care.

In 1979 Muslim fundamentalists came into power when the people overthrew a US puppet regime, installed in 1953 after a popular leader nationalized their oil industry for the benefit of the people.

Not quite. You are good at misinformation but even Trump says "let the states decide" as the Constitution originally wanted it.

Indeed, the rise of the ayatollahs in Iran occurred to counter the corrupt power of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who with a coup d'état in 1953 had deposed the democratically elected prime minister, the nationalist Mohammad Mossadeq, who had recently nationalized the oil industry. The coup was aided and planned by the governments of the United Kingdom (codenamed Operation Boot) and the United States of America (codenamed Operation Ajax or TP-AJAX). Obviously, today's theocratic regime is a disaster, but we should also know the causes.

That is such a gross exaggeration. The self pity it requires to look at this picture and twist it into a pity party for yourself is embarrassing. I am a woman and I'm more than happy to live in the US, nothing we endure is even comparable to the atrocities the women in Muslim fundamentalists countries face. Grow up.

GOP = American Taliban

Yes, after overthrowing Roe vs Wade, if orange 45 wins on November 5, God only knows what further fascist decisions involving women that deranged wannabe dictator and his brain dead cronies will make...!!

Why 2025?

Ha, ha, ha.... Ha, ha, ha... etc...

Why the USA?

There is no “might”, it’s already well on its way.

1979 likely wouldn't have happened without the 1953 coup (operation Ajax, orchestrated by USA and UK). As usual the normal people play the price. Religious rule obviously must be fought against, this one of the best things the enlightenment resulted into, religion losing its monopoly on truth

I agree. It's sad that so many people think "fundamentalist" means "traditional". On average, the treatment of women has gotten worse over millennia. We used to all live in egalitarian societies, to the best of our knowledge. THAT is the tradition.

i think it already is in many states

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Not even close to what those savages did. Can't blame Trump for everything.

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The yank religious fanatics plan far worse things like legalizing rape and slavery, legalize killing anyone that isn't white.

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It's not going to happen here.. quit fear mongering. If you don't like the abortion laws - fine but it doesn't mean anyone is dehumanizing anyone! They don't want babies to be murdered- and yes before any one says, our country NEEDS to do better with the foster care and adoption system- we adopted unwanted baby boy through foster care.

Some in the so called "Freedom Caucus" are advocating limiting who can vote based on age or gender here in the USA. Before you ask, Eric Hovde is advocating for ending the right to vote for anyone on Medicaid and, Katie Britt, a woman, has indicated that women's right to vote should be restricted.

Under the excuse that it's in whatever religious writings, they're trying to interpret for their own agenda.

There are plenty of people alive in the USA right now who would undo all of this. We can't let that happen.

She's far braver than me

I don’t understand how those women don’t feel any remorse in the moment. Regardless of what the times were like, you know when something feels wrong. How would screaming at this woman feel right?

Especially for the whites who were harrasing her. 50/60 years later they have to live with those memories. She was brave enough at the time. Think as to how you would feel had you been there.

I recently went to the visitor's center at Central in Little Rock. Highly recommend.

Sadly, students in red states will likely NEVER see this photo and hear her story.

So stunningly brave. So absolutely admirable. Such a damned difficult thing to do.

This is the reality of childhood - you don't even see color, and it's of zero importance. I grew up this this way; 80% of my classmates were brown, multiple ethnicities - we utterly did not care. Just before puberty - vicious racist adults start to call nasty names - and everybody is in pain. And many friendships become- impossible.