nationalism

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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  7/21/2021
  

  Why Japan Forfeited Hosting the 1940 Games

  by Paul Droubie

  Japan's forfeiture of the games amid rising international and internal tensions shows that the Olympics have always been a vehicle for the promotion of national elites' agendas, often at the expense of popular domestic concerns. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  7/18/2021
  

  ‘Historical Distortions’ Test South Korea’s Commitment to Free Speech

  The South Korean government's efforts to police discussion of historical events, aimed at suppressing right-wing theories about the country's democratization movement, are an exceptional example of the tension between allowing free debate and the corrosive effects of conspiracy theories. 

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• 5/9/2021
  

  Reflections on Russia's "Victory Day"

  by Nadya Williams

  Russia's observance of Victory Day prompts reflection on the ways Holocaust survivors and their descendants lived lives shaped by this trauma. 

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• 5/2/2021
  

  Aidez Madrid!

  by Andy Robinson

  The embrace of the far-right Vox party by Madrid's conservative coalition promises to drive the region's politics toward nativism, climate denialism, and reckless COVID policies. 

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  4/4/2021
  

  How a Chicago Teacher Sparked a 'Memory War,' Forcing Lithuania to Confront its Nazi Past

  Siliva Foti's family history project became a book that challeged Lithuania's official narrative about its role in the Holocaust, and exposed her grandfather's active role in the extermination of thousands of Lithuanian Jews. 

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  2/16/2021
  

  Russian Court Rejects Jailed Gulag Historian's Appeal Against Long Sentence

  Yuri Dmitriev's appeal of a 13-year sentence was denied. He and his supporters contend that the charges were fabricated to punish him for writing about Stalinist atrocities in defiance of Russian nationalism. 

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  2/9/2021
  

  Holocaust Scholars Ordered to Apologize in Polish Libel Case

  "The Polish League Against Defamation is ideologically aligned with the country’s ruling party, and the scholars see that as an indication the case is part of a government-backed effort to promote its historical narrative."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/3/2021
  

  In the Battle over India’s History, Hindu Nationalists Square off Against a Respected Historian

  Romila Thapar's studies of the complexities of religion and ethnicity in India's history have made her a target for the nation's ruling right-wing ethnonationalist government. 

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• SOURCE: ZNet
  11/29/2020
  

  Is the Nationalist Tide Receding?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  The author contends, with hope, that the Trump presidency was a brief blip in the long decline of nationalistic conflict that will allow international cooperation for global challenges.

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• 11/8/2020
  

  Blaming the Messenger: Trump, the KKK, and the War on Historians

  by David Welky

  Conservative demands for "patriotic" history education echo the culture war fought by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. 

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• 11/1/2020
  

  Mythologies Without End: The U.S., Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1917-2020

  by Jerome Slater

  The author of a new history of the Israel-Palestine conflict argues that a myth of national innocence crafted by Israel and embraced by the United States impedes pragmatic compromise and costs lives through ongoing violence. 

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• 10/11/2020
  

  Who Owns Churchill?: Three Mythic Configurations

  by Steven Fielding, Bill Schwarz, and Richard Toye

  A new book examines the ways that Winston Churchill's image has been used in British politics, not least by Churchill himself.

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• 9/20/2020
  

  Trump's "Patriotic Education" Commission Yet Another Battle Over the Meaning of Those Words

  by Ben Railton

  In practice, as we see today with Trump and company, American celebratory patriotism has often been wedded to a second and far more divisive form: exclusionary mythologizing patriotism. There are alternatives that also deserve recognition as patriotism.

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• SOURCE: BBC
  7/22/2020
  

  Russian Historian Jailed In Controversial Sex Abuse Case

  In May, more than 150 Russians, including artists, actors and writers wrote an open letter to the court in support of the historian, saying they were "sure the accusations… are unfair and should be dismissed by the court".

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• 6/28/2020
  

  Newest Born of Nations: European Nationalism and the Confederate States of America

  by Ann Tucker

  White southerners looked to contemporary European nationalist movements and compared the South to aspiring nations abroad. This allowed them to conceive of the South as a potential nation, distinct from the North and separate from the United States, and to justify secession and the creation of the Confederacy.

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• 6/14/2020
  

  Hungarian-American Relations in 1849 and Today: Why We Need Another Lajos Kossuth

  by Tim Roberts

  A Hungarian nationalist visited the United States in 1849 to plead the case for an independent, democratic state, inspiring the cause of abolition in America. Today Hungarian-American relations are running in the direction of authoritarianism. 

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  5/8/2020
  

  Russia Was Ready to Celebrate a Glorious Past. The Present Intervened.

  As the coronavirus began its inexorable march across the country’s 11 time zones, it robbed the capital of lives, and also its chance to come together over a shared victory.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  5/8/2020
  

  World War II in Europe Ended 75 Years Ago—But the World Is Still Fighting Over Who Gets to Say What Happened

  The Polish historian Jan Grabowski is one of many scholars whose work has been challenged and attacked by right-wing nationalists who wish to present a purely heroic version of how Poles acted during World War II. 

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• SOURCE: Foreign Policy
  4/29/2020
  

  As Putin Seeks to Reinvent History, Russia-Czech Relations Hit a New Low

  The dispute over a statue of a Soviet Army officer in Prague reflects Russian efforts to claim a heroic role in defeating fascism, eastern European nationalism, and contemporary power dynamics in the region. 

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  4/10/2020
  

  A New Front for Nationalism: The Global Battle Against a Virus

  Every country needs the same lifesaving tools. But a zero-sum mind-set among world leaders is jeopardizing access for all.