Historian (from below), award-winning author, filmmaker, playwright, Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh marcusrediker.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mq37r5ghoc2wWhen I was in Argentina in 2024 I asked a bunch of people, “Messi or Maradona?” Every single one of them said Maradona. I don’t know ….07 Jul 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq37r5ghoc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mpvhpljql22lA new book by my friend Sharon Salinger, just published by University of Virginia Press: *Perceived in Print: Indigenous American and French Ideas of the Other*. I have known Sharon for decades and she is truly an outstanding historian. Can’t wait to read it! www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10207/05 Jul 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpvhpljql22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mptjdsoxsc2gJuly 4th from below! How rebellious sailors, enslaved people, and the motley crew propelled the American Revolution, a condensed chapter of *The Many-Headed Hydra*, written by Peter Linebaugh and me, now published in *Economic and Political Weekly*, based in Mumbai. https://www.epw.in/journal/2026/26-27/web-exclusives/motley-crew-american-revolution.html04 Jul 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptjdsoxsc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mpodpl5mqs26As always, with thanks to the Zinn Education Project! @zinnedproject.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpodpl5mqs26https://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mpbccjx7i22qPlease mark your calendars! We will screen our film, *Becoming Benjamin Lay*, directed by Tony Buba, at Pittsburgh's City of Asylum (@cityofasylum.bsky.social) on Monday, August 31 at 7:00 pm. Join us! https://cityofasylum.org/program/tony-buba-marcus-rediker-present-becoming-benjamin-lay/27 Jun 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpbccjx7i22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mp6rql4kik2tMy film with Tony Buba, *Becoming Benjamin Lay*, will be screened tomorrow, June 27, in the Sam Yan Film Festival in Bangkok, Thailand. It is an honor to be able to bring the story of the radical abolitionist Lay to viewers in Thailand, thanks to Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal.26 Jun 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6rql4kik2thttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mp4cgntyqs2mJust finished one of the best novels I’ve read in years: *Ghost-Eye* by my friend @amitav.bsky.social. It’s riveting from beginning to end in its vivid storytelling, driving dramatic tension, and radical environmental message. Highly recommended! https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374298395/ghosteye/25 Jun 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4cgntyqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mozxdz3ets2r“Too little, too late." https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/lloyds-acknowledges-historic-role-in-slave-trade-with-new-requiem-mass24 Jun 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozxdz3ets2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3moobmwsi4k24Happy Juneteenth, everyone. Glad to see that @beaconpress.bsky.social is offering a 40% discount on several relevant books, including our own new *The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad, A Graphic Novel*, about the revolt on the Amistad slave schooner in 1839. https://www.beacon.org/The-Black-Schooner-P2490.aspx19 Jun 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3moobmwsi4k24https://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3moiljnxsi22mI just learned that Carlo Ginzburg, one of the great historians of our time, has passed away at age 87 in Bologna. I had the good fortune to work with Carlo several times. He was driven by a fierce curiosity. I will write about him in my forthcoming book on the history of “history from below."17 Jun 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiljnxsi22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mnzgq6aklk2lNow reading, a magnificent book by my friend and colleague Larry Glasco, a life’s work devoted to understanding one of the greatest American playwrights, *August Wilson’s American Century*, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Highly recommended! https://upittpress.org/books/9780822948544/11 Jun 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzgq6aklk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mnu2dyuinc23Publication day! Our new book, *The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad, A Graphic Novel*, is published today by @beaconpress.bsky.social — our fourth such “history from below.” It’s a dramatic, deeply human story, brilliantly illustrated, about the epic themes of slavery and resistance.09 Jun 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnu2dyuinc23https://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mnoyek4ysk2aHonored to work with New Orleans-based artist Marcus Brown on his new augmented reality art memorial entitled “Docks Noirs,” on the Black maritime workers who helped thousands escape slavery by sea, opening on Juneteenth in NYC, At right are sailor-abolitionist David Ruggles and Frederick Douglass.07 Jun 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnoyek4ysk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mnmiuiphrs2tThinking of my uncle, Ted Robertson (1942-1999), the coolest guy in the world, I thought as a kid. He rode big motorcycles, jumped out airplanes as a paratrooper, made money as a pool shark, and was a well-known Western artist, based in New Mexico. Here is a self-portrait from 1982.06 Jun 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnmiuiphrs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mnexkg7f6s2mI hope teachers at all levels will request a desk copy or an examination copy of our new graphic novel *The Black Schooner*, to be published next week, June 9, by Beacon Press. Follow the link below. https://penguinrandomhousehighereducation.com/book/?isbn=9780807016909&fbclid=IwY2xjawSM6PlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFKdW5vUjdGQm9CSm9WZ1R5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqIUizHD57cP8NkLCT5c_iW422HywtKOIKZ8-7wleaRvhFEIUezMZTrxj9Pe_aem_DpCxqtt-CHhmA91I1Cj4mQ03 Jun 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnexkg7f6s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mmlvxup77k24Calling all teachers, middle school, high school, community college, and universities: consider using our graphic novels in your teaching next fall. We have radical abolitionist Benjamin Lay; pirates; the New York Afro-Irish revolt of 1741; and the Amistad Rebellion. https://www.beacon.org/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=310&Name=Marcus+Rediker24 May 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmlvxup77k24https://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mmjf74lcd22gI was interviewed by Joan Cebrian about “history from below” for a new journal, *Ráfec,* published in the Catalán language. (Read it by using Google Translate.) I talk about themes from from my next book, “History from Below: The Making of a Radical Tradition.” https://revistarafec.com/entrevista-a-marcus-rediker-el-sentit-de-la-historia-des-de-baix/rafecadmin/23 May 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmjf74lcd22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mmhw3qafms25A thrilling memory. When I was 7 years-old I attended a baseball game with my father in Cleveland and got a foul ball by the great Cuban player Minnie Minoso, one of my favorite athletes of all time and later elected to the Hall of Fame. My father later got Minnie to sign it. Anyone remember him?22 May 2026 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhw3qafms25https://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mmeamuoq7c27Next week Tony Buba and I will screen our film, *Becoming Benjamin Lay*, four times in the Philadelphia area, from May 29-June 1; information below. All screenings are free and open to the public. Please join us and help spread the word!21 May 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmeamuoq7c27https://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mlxpuplx6s2gGrateful to Sam E. Anderson, former member of SNCC and the Black Panther Party, and the Pan-African *Pambazuka News*, for one of the best reviews of *Freedom Ship* so far: “an essential, inspiring, and necessary correction to the North American historical record.” https://www.pambazuka.org/index.php/Freedom-Ship-Review16 May 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxpuplx6s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mlqehxhww22sA few years ago Peter Linebaugh and I visited the Communards’ Wall at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, where 166 fighters for the Paris Commune were executed on May 28, 1871. Sacred ground.13 May 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqehxhww22shttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mlq7diwl622cWatch gifted artist David Lester at work on our book, *The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad, A Graphic Novel*, coming from Beacon Press June 9! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpc29e_ymxI13 May 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq7diwl622chttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mll5fyfctc2oI just found out about a fourth person who got a hydra tattoo after reading *The Many-Headed Hydra*. These might be the best “reviews” ever. I also heard from someone who got a tattoo of the radical abolitionist Benjamin Lay. Are there any others out there?11 May 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mll5fyfctc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marcusrediker.bsky.social/post/3mlj62t2we22nThe magnitude of the crime measured …. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/30/uk-stole-25-million-years-of-life-and-labour-through-slavery-in-barbados-research-finds?CMP=bsky_gu10 May 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:hss2ujwkcssduntvonxtv3ab/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlj62t2we22n