British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
Alan Lester
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I suspect that even after an eventual change of regime in Iran, this false hope, betrayal even, that led to thousands more deaths, will not be forgotten.
How far right, anti-Muslim “Tommy Robinson” adherents are Putin’s pawns.
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Our latest Current Debates essay is now out! "Trump Completely Misunderstands the Lessons of the British Empire" by @alanlester.bsky.social. It is free to read, share and download for a limited time.
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MAGA’s brand of hyper-nationalist, white supremacy was always going to be counterproductive in the USA’s struggle with China for global supremacy. With his hubristic folly in Iran & his falling into Netanyahu’s trap, Trump has accelerated the transition.
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Pretty good coverage of the Church of England’s Project Spire and the opposition from hard right activists opposed to reparative justice here. Conclusion: Christian justice is now at odds with the dominant right wing political atmosphere.
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Farage has now jumped off the tightrope he’s always walked between the overtly racist extreme right and mainstream politics. Clearly he judges that outright racist extremism is now safe enough for him to risk in an attempt to head off Restore.
Trump’s administration really do not understand soft power. Marco Rubio said it manifests in cage fighting spectacles like that at the White House. The dramatic failure to defeat the Iranian regime demonstrates what it really is, and how Trump has thrown it away.
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Pressured by the more explicitly racist Lowe, Farage’s facade that it’s all about immigration rather than race is cracking wide open
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2/2 Syed seems to think the root cause is governments allowing too many “Illegals” in, which alienates even “legal” immigrants. It doesn’t strike him that it’s about resurgent racism rather than immigration per se, even when he’s speaking to “legal” Pakistani students burnt out of their homes!
1/2 Here’s a radical idea. How about blaming the rioters? Or at least the politicians who egged them on, rather than the ones who didn’t?
