imperialism

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• SOURCE: The Baffler
  8/18/2022
  

  Ailing Empires: The Rhetoric of Decline in Britain and the US

  by Jed Esty

  If the US is following behind Great Britain in experiencing the strains of a collapsing empire, can Americans, their leaders, and their thinkers learn any lessons from the comparison and make a post-imperial society that is more humane and less nasty? 

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• SOURCE: Public Books
  6/7/2022
  

  The Best Classroom is the Struggle: Teaching Imperialism

  by Joshua Sooter

  Even students who are able to overcome the cognitive dissonance provoked by learning about American imperialism struggle to imagine how knowledge can support work for a more just and democratic world order. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  6/6/2022
  

  Ongoing US Territorial Possessions Perpetuate Colonialism and Racism

  by Anders Bo Rasmussen

  While much has changed over a century, the basic question of equal treatment for citizens in American territories has essentially remained the same.

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  5/22/2022
  

  Can We Condemn One Empire Without Affirming Another?

  by Moon-Ho Jung

  The experience of left-wing Japanese Americans, who rejected Japanese imperialism while being oppressed by American nationalism, shows that war forces an artificial binary of national allegiance. 

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• 5/8/2022
  

  The Dangerous Trend of Imperial Nostalgia – It's not Just Russia

  by Lawrence Wittner

  The embrace of the belief that nations are entitled to reclaim their past dominance underlies Russia's invasion of Ukraine but also is influencing the politics of Britain, France, China, and the United States. A renewed commitment to international cooperation is needed to thwart this dangerous turn. 

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  4/18/2022
  

  Is this the End of the Russian Empire?

  by Walter Russell Mead

  Historic empires have all ultimately faced a moment of reckoning when the reality of their fading power overcomes triumphal myths. The next phase of fighting in Ukraine will determine if that moment has come for Putin's Russia. 

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  4/18/2022
  

  American Militarism is the Key to Understanding Today's Violence Against Asian Women

  Since the Philippine-American war in the 1890s, the sexual exploitation of Asian women has gone hand in hand with American militarism in the Pacific. It's foolish to pretend that this history has nothing to do with attacks on Asian American women today. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/4/2022
  

  Richard Overy's New Book Tells WWII as Global History of Imperial Conflict

  by Daniel Immerwahr

  "Whatever else the Second World War was about, it was, on both sides, a war for empire."

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• SOURCE: Slate
  3/30/2022
  

  You Can't Teach "Pros and Cons" When it Comes to Empire

  by Priya Satia

  Far from encouraging critical thinking, the "balance sheet" approach to teaching historical atrocities like slavery or imperialism flatters the mythologies created by the powerful to excuse violence against others, says a historian of empire and parent of a high school student. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  3/4/2022
  

  Putin is Following the 19th Century US in Using Separatist Movements to Justify Empire

  by Elliott Young

  No American observers should use the term "unprecedented" to describe Putin's claim to support self-determination as a justification for invading another country. It's part of the toolkit of empire.

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• SOURCE: New Statesman
  3/9/2022
  

  A Tale of Two Dictators: Putin's Relationship to Stalin's Legacy

  by Simon Sebag Montefiore

  Despite their ideological incompatibility, Putin's nationalism depends on the cult of fear and repressive apparatus of the Stalinist era, which was never comprehensively demolished after the fall of Communism. 

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• SOURCE: Dissent
  3/2/2022
  

  The Seeds of War

  by Gregory Afinogenov

  Putin's actions belie the argument that Russia was provoked by NATO expansion; Russian imperialism is driving neighbors toward the western alliance, not the other way around. 

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• SOURCE: Jerusalem Post
  8/10/2008
  

  Read Historical Discussion of Putin's Imperial Ambitions from 2008

  by Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez

  Russian incursions into Georgia in 2008 gave strong clues to the playbook for the invasion of Ukraine and efforts to justify it.   

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  3/2/2022
  

  The Long History of Russian Empire Behind Putin's Territorial Goals

  by Lynne Hartnett

  "Putin understands the post-Soviet global order through the prism of Russia’s long history. And that history is inextricably tied to Russia’s dynamic imperial mission both in the past and today."

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• SOURCE: Substack
  2/3/2022
  

  The Lazy Bear's Guide to Anti-Imperialism

  by Gabriel Rosenberg

  Too much of the chatter about American military intervention skips over the core problem: the massive flow of resources into the military and weapons programs creates a preference for war.

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• SOURCE: MSNBC
  2/2/2022
  

  Jonathan Katz Talks "Gangsters of Capitalism" with Chris Hayes

  Jonathan Katz discusses his new biography of Smedley Butler, the Marine officer who pivoted from leading the fight for American empire to blowing the whistle on an alleged coup against FDR in 1934. 

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  12/9/2021
  

  Are We Forever Captives of the Forever Wars?

  by Karen J. Greenberg

  The Authorization for the Use of Military Force passed by Congress after 9/11 has been expanded from fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan to justify action in at least 19 countries. Repealing it is the first step to freeing Americans from the Pentagon's Forever Wars. 

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  8/23/2021
  

  The Phony Feminism of War Cheerleaders

  by Natalie Shure

  "The fact that Afghan women really do face immense oppression makes their cynical use for war-stoking purposes almost unfathomably galling," argues Natalie Shure.

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  8/20/2021
  

  The Disasters in Afghanistan and Haiti Share the Same Twisted Root

  by Jonathan M. Katz

  "Both Haiti and Afghanistan owe their sorry conditions to decades of direct U.S. control. Looking closely at the links between the two is essential for understanding how to respond to each in ways that help, rather than do more harm."

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• SOURCE: Public Books
  5/14/2021
  

  Imperialism: A Syllabus

  by Radhika Natarajan and John Munro

  Two historians present a public syllabus on imperialism that emphasizes the historical origins of contemporary struggles and the ways that ideas of difference are essential to the imperial work of control and exploitation.