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Trump's protectionism heralds a return to USA's imperial roots. Some historical context. academic.oup.com/dh/article-… #twitterstorians @shgape
.@DrDuncanBell on how Brexiteers are reviving dreams of empire in looking for Anglosphere alternatives to Europe goo.gl/UoIxuc
"Germany has not had the same luxury of self-deception and self-glorification" about its past—in general—as Britain goo.gl/FWPYwi
.@ishaantharoor on an unerexamined part of the Western far-right's recent political surge: its nostalgia for empire goo.gl/jCPBgX
India's academic culture of rote exams: a product of colonial policy focused on finding good staff, not education goo.gl/rKsMvJ
"Courts+not history faculties are the primary place historical debate takes place about colonies in the Netherlands" goo.gl/cySnfz
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Millions of People in U.S. Colonies Won't Be Able to Cast a Vote for President This Year. alternet.org/election-2016/a…
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"the lesson of the history of banana republics is that such is...the way Americans conduct politics -but over there" thebaffler.com/blog/banana-r…
the scramble for arctica xitter.cf/nytimesworld/status/79…
Canada and Denmark fight over disputed Arctic island with whisky, schnapps and dueling flag-raising ceremonies: nyti.ms/2eGDuux
"The empire comes home," some say about US police militarization...but what does that mean when "home" was always an empire? xitter.cf/refocusedmedia/status/…
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if you need any more proof international organizations often took over where colonial empires left off, check out this new remake of "zulu"
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amazing in context of current refugee crisis: decolonizing portugal put up 30k+ evacuated settlers in nice hotels goo.gl/SKxjVB
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"HINDOSTAN is ye lande of opportunitie for England as she efcapes ye clutches of Catholick EUROPE"—premium coffeehouse debate, 1616, prob'ly
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scratch almost any post-brexit plan, find a fantasy about reviving the empire in some way xitter.cf/telegraph/status/79533…
India is the land of opportunity for Britain as it leaves the European Union #Premium telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11…
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"the UK plan is for human rights not to apply to soldiers sent off to liberate people or secure their human rights" 😂goo.gl/hQ3sZR
that would be the star in turkey. make ottomania great again? xitter.cf/nords41/status/7840809…
Star today asks several law professors about possibly annexing Mosul. They say yes, current conditions allow it.
star.com.tr/politika/musula-…
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imagine, historians who worked whole lives in postcolonial archives now know much of their work could be based on lies—but don't know which!
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most people have heard about the burning by now but had no idea documents were faked in archives handed over to former colonies xitter.cf/ruthbenghiat/status/78…












