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In the late 1980s I lived in Brixton, South London. The London in England, that is, not the one in Kentucky or the dozen or so other Londons that are dotted across North America. Occasionally, on a Saturday night after the pubs closed, my friends and I would pile over to the all-night movie show. The famous cinema there was called The Ritzy—formerly The Little Bit Ritzy—and it was a flea-bitten old pit, a relic from the pre-TV golden age of British cinemas. (more…)
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The familiar narrative surrounding World War Two involves a main theater of war in Europe and Russia, with a late intervention from the USA. But it was, of course, a World War, with fighting taking place across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Much of the world was involved in some way. Even former socialist utopia Sweden, who supposedly remained neutral throughout the war, was not really as uninvolved as it would like to have the world believe. (more…)
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In America, Jews and commercial interests have made it taboo for whites to express any solidarity with their race or ethnicity. In this vacuum, a weird sort of career-based tribalism has emerged. Foremost of these is solidarity among police officers. It’s not exactly an implicit white identity since minorities except for Asians are just about as likely to be cops. (more…)
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Paul Fussell
Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
New York: Oxford University Press, 1989
Most readers know Paul Fussell from his satiric Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, which, intended as a humorous study of American mores, has been accepted as a legitimate guideline to what H. L. Mencken called Boobis americanus. (more…)