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the age of imperialism never ended; you've just been reading the wrong guidebook.

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Marc-William Palen (@mwpalen.bsky.social)@MWPalen
1 Feb 2017
Trump's protectionism heralds a return to USA's imperial roots. Some historical context. academic.oup.com/dh/article-… #twitterstorians @shgape
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.@DrDuncanBell on how Brexiteers are reviving dreams of empire in looking for Anglosphere alternatives to Europe goo.gl/UoIxuc

The Anglosphere: new enthusiasm for an old dream

Having cut Britain adrift of Europe, Brexiters are indulging in an old fantasy about a new national role in the world—as the hub of a far-flung Anglosphere

prospectmagazine.co.uk
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"Germany has not had the same luxury of self-deception and self-glorification" about its past—in general—as Britain goo.gl/FWPYwi

The Guardian view on the colonial past: a German lesson for Britain | Editorial

Editorial: In Berlin, the national museum of history is facing up to Germany’s colonial legacy. Why does Britain find such an exercise so hard?

theguardian.com
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.@ishaantharoor on an unerexamined part of the Western far-right's recent political surge: its nostalgia for empire goo.gl/jCPBgX

Analysis | The other side of the global right-wing surge: Nostalgia for empire

In the West, nationalism is cloaked in myths of an imperial past.

washingtonpost.com
India's academic culture of rote exams: a product of colonial policy focused on finding good staff, not education goo.gl/rKsMvJ

A brief history of the modern Indian university

Saikat Majumdar looks at how public universities and liberal arts education in India still bear the marks of colonialism

timeshighereducation.com
"Courts not history faculties are the primary place historical debate takes place about colonies in the Netherlands" goo.gl/cySnfz

Decolonizing Dutch History

Paul Doolan Zurich International School and the University of Konstanz Last month the academic year commenced at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) with speakers celebrating diversity and internatio…

imperialglobalexeter.com
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Sarah Lazare@sarahlazare
7 Nov 2016
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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Anna Su (theannasu@bsky.social)@theannasu
8 Nov 2016
"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…
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the scramble for arctica x.com/nytimesworld/status/79…

New York Times World
@nytimesworld
7 Nov 2016
Canada and Denmark fight over disputed Arctic island with whisky, schnapps and dueling flag-raising ceremonies: nyti.ms/2eGDuux
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"The empire comes home," some say about US police militarization...but what does that mean when "home" was always an empire? x.com/refocusedmedia/status/…

Look at the parking lot, Larry!@refocusedmedia
5 Nov 2016
This photo from Standing Rock is incredible
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csz@cszabla
11 Oct 2016
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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csz@cszabla
6 Nov 2016
amazing in context of current refugee crisis: decolonizing portugal put up 30k evacuated settlers in nice hotels goo.gl/SKxjVB

Hotels for Refugees: Colonialism, Migration, and Tourism in Lisbon

Christoph Kalter, University of California, Berkeley Lisbon is a peculiar metropolis. The city is the capital of a nation that one of its leading intellectuals, the sociologist Boaventura de Sousa …

globalurbanhistory.com
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csz@cszabla
6 Nov 2016
"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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csz@cszabla
6 Nov 2016
scratch almost any post-brexit plan, find a fantasy about reviving the empire in some way x.com/telegraph/status/79533…

The Telegraph
@Telegraph
6 Nov 2016
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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csz@cszabla
6 Oct 2016
"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

The Tories are using the army to take a shot at human rights | Conor Gearty

Theresa May and her party have a wider purpose: to repeal the Human Rights Act. Their proposal for the military might manoeuvre them into position

theguardian.com
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that would be the star in turkey. make ottomania great again? x.com/nords41/status/7840809…

Ryan Gingeras@nords41
6 Oct 2016
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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csz@cszabla
6 Oct 2016
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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csz@cszabla
6 Oct 2016
most people have heard about the burning by now but had no idea documents were faked in archives handed over to former colonies x.com/ruthbenghiat/status/78…

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