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The whitewashing of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and his crimes is crucial for understanding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s imperialist ideology and goals.
H.B. Tristram was a Victorian clergyman and ornithologist who categorised a list of birds he’d found in Palestine.
Thousands of Kenyans were held in detention camps, and the British imperialist government tried to cover up brutal violations that occurred there.
The original storyline for Road Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” contained some stunning parallels to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Fewer than a quarter of once-colonized countries make official government-to-government requests for an apology or reparations.
More efforts are needed to restore railways in Nigeria. It was a mainstay of the country’s economy in years gone by.
The rarely explained term is nebulous at best, and can mean many things – negative and positive – to different groups of people.
The coronation is a critical moment for King Charles to show that the monarchy can be more efficient and more sensitive to the legacy of British imperialism.
Britain wanted to showcase its imperial power to the world, through official business in ancient palaces and socialising in the dazzling West End.
Tanzania’s six-year ban on political rallies shows how the president’s power can override the constitution.
African Catholics are growing in number. They are also reinventing and reinterpreting Christianity.
Art stolen from African kingdoms is a knowledge system plundered by colonialists, who must take historical responsibility.
Democratic nation-states were supposed to be the legitimate successors of empires. It hasn’t quite worked out that way in the past century, and Russia’s war on Ukraine is a reflection of that.
The US grows hardly any tropical fruit. So why are politicians and political commentators saying the country is at risk of devolving into a banana republic?
The word ‘neoliberal’ gets thrown around a lot, often with differing and even contradictory meanings. Here, a political economist explains the origins and evolution of this complex concept.
Tariq Ali’s scathing new book assessing Winston Churchill’s life and legacy paints him as a racist opportunist but overstates Churchill’s enduring influence on politics today.
For relations with the DRC to truly improve, the Belgian state must acknowledge its historical responsibility more strongly.
From the tax we pay to the wine we drink, many policies in Britain today have their roots in imperialism.
The IPCC’s latest climate report discusses how colonialism has shaped climate, a breakthrough for the climate justice movement.
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Lecturer in South Asian History, University of Reading
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Regents' Professor Emeritus of English, Georgia State University
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