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There is a peculiar asymmetry in how the world discusses imperial and colonial history. Western nations—and England in particular—are routinely placed in the docket of historical judgement, expected to issue formal apologies, pay reparations, and carry the moral weight of empires long dissolved. (more…)
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If there ever was a wrong choice of director for a movie, it was David Lean in his 1984 adaptation of EM Forster’s 1924 novel A Passage to India. By no means does this make A Passage to India a bad movie. In many respects it is a better movie than the novel is a novel. Lean applies his characteristic vision and vastness of scope to the story of interracial friendship within the British Raj, and the result is a pure delight for the eyes. (more…)
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There is quite a bit to recommend about E. M. Forster’s 1924 novel A Passage to India despite the fact that as a novel it is not very good. It keeps a lazy, middling pace throughout and seems to rely upon its post-First World War readership’s hunger for detail about everything Indian — from the landscape to the wildlife to the people and customs — for much of its appeal. If you’re already familiar with most of this — or if you just don’t care — then the plot and characters will make up for it, but just barely. It’s as if Forster found it distasteful to produce anything as vulgar as suspense — or, Heaven forfend, a cliffhanger. (more…)
The Fall of Baghdad, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The Fall of Baghdad, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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Iran today is widely recognized as one of the most important scientific centers in the Middle East. In fields such as advanced materials and medicine it has developed a significant research base. The country ranks sixth in the world in nanotechnology output and its biopharmaceutical sector stands among the most advanced in Asia, currently placed fifth on the continent. These achievements are not simply the result of natural resources or temporary policy decisions. (more…)
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If civilizations change over millennia, why does the modern world believe they can change in decades? Part of the answer lies in how difficult it is to understand societies fundamentally different from one’s own. Another lies in human psychology: intelligent people struggle to understand stupidity, and compassionate people struggle to understand malice. And modern Westerners approach the Third World with intellectual handicaps—many of them newly acquired. (more…)
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Richard W. Maass
The Picky Eagle: How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited US Territorial Expansion
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020
Along with supporting or joining the Department of Homeland Security and working to end the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Immigration Act, American white advocates should do everything possible to ensure Greenland is NOT annexed by the United States. (more…)
Hurricane Melissa
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Hurricane Melissa
In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, a chorus of voices has emerged insisting that England should do more to help Jamaica rebuild. These demands often come wrapped in the familiar rhetoric of historical responsibility, climate reparations, and the moral obligations of former colonial powers. (more…)
Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha, the Irish writer who most explicitly linked Ireland’s struggle for independence to ethnonationalism.
Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha, the Irish writer who most explicitly linked Ireland’s struggle for independence to ethnonationalism.
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Micheál Martin, the Irish Tánaiste and leader of Fianna Fáil, recently uploaded a speech delivered to the Dáil on his conception of Irish nationalism. Martin wrote that:
The people who fought for and founded our state saw it as a place with multiple identities, open to the world and embodying the most important republican principle of all, to reflect the diversity of its people. (more…)
Gearóid Murphy
Gearóid Murphy
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Guest host Angelo Plume (Telegram, YouTube) was joined by Gearóid Murphy (website, Twitter/X, YouTube) on last weekend’s broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio, where they discussed Irish nationalism, resistance to immigration, and of course answered listener questions. (more…)
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Although we’ve been through worse, 2023 was one of those years I’m happy to see in the rear-view mirror at last. Since the plandemic began, Clown World mutated into Scary as Hell Clown Like John Wayne Gacy World, and it hasn’t improved much. Throughout the past year, my browser’s start page never failed to bring in digital flotsam proving the point. There’s much clowning to be had, but it’s not so funny anymore. (more…)
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Engelskt original här
Än en gång visar palestinier och judar på Levantens stränder den moderna krigföringens värsta kännetecken: Den löser ingenting, eftersom den sällan dödar de människor som verkligen är skyldiga. Faktum är att ingen av sidorna egentligen försöker. I stället dödar de glatt oskyldiga, medan legioner av moraliskt dementa åskådare frenetiskt hejar på dem.
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Translations: Russian, Swedish
Once again, Palestinians and Jews on the shores of the Levant are demonstrating the worst feature of modern warfare: It solves nothing, because it seldom kills the people who are really at fault. In fact, neither side is really trying. Instead, they are gleefully killing innocents, while legions of morally demented bystanders frantically cheer them on.
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English original here
В очередной раз палестинцы и евреи на берегах Леванта демонстрируют худшую черту современной войны: она ничего не решает, потому что редко убивает людей, которые действительно виноваты. На самом деле ни одна из сторон не прилагает особых усилий в этом плане. Вместо этого они радостно массово убивают невинных, в то время как легионы морально безумных людей со стороны отчаянно подбадривают их. (more…)