Robert Zaretsky

Robert Zaretsky is a professor of history at the University of Houston’s Honors College and the author of Victories Never Last: Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague.

Articles by Robert Zaretsky
French presidential election candidate for the far-right then-National Front party Marine Le Pen delivers a speech in Hénin-Beaumont, France, on April 23, 2017.
French presidential election candidate for the far-right then-National Front party Marine Le Pen delivers a speech in Hénin-Beaumont, France, on April 23, 2017.

Is Marine Le Pen a Fascist?
Analysis |
Robert Zaretsky
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade was a group of volunteers from the United States who served in the Spanish Civil War as soldiers, technicians, medical personnel and aviators fighting for Spanish Republican forces as part of the International Brigade.
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade was a group of volunteers from the United States who served in the Spanish Civil War as soldiers, technicians, medical personnel and aviators fighting for Spanish Republican forces as part of the International Brigade.

The International Brigade 2.0
Analysis |
Robert Zaretsky
An illustration of French President Emmanuel Macron and the word emmerder.
An illustration of French President Emmanuel Macron and the word emmerder.

Macron’s Vulgarity Is a Big Deal
Decoder |
Robert Zaretsky
An inflatable craft carrying migrant men, women, and children crosses the shipping lane in the English Channel on July 22.
An inflatable craft carrying migrant men, women, and children crosses the shipping lane in the English Channel on July 22.

The Channel Is Now a Charnel House
Argument |
Robert Zaretsky
Foreign Policy illustration/Zach Gibson/Dominique Berretty/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images
Foreign Policy illustration/Zach Gibson/Dominique Berretty/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images

Make America Existentialist Again
Argument |
Robert Zaretsky
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