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history

Why lockdowns don’t necessarily infringe on freedom

Annelien de Dijn covid-19, history, philosophy, political philosophy, the conversation 13 November 2020

Is a second wave of coronavirus the price of freedom?

Peterloo and Amritsar – 100 Years Apart but United in the Bloody History of Britain’s Empire

Deana Heath colonialism, empire, history, india, the conversation 16 August 2019

Published by J.Evans and Sons, 42 Long Lane West, Smithfield.

The Peterloo massacre was one of the worst atrocities committed on British soil, but across the empire there were many such acts.

Letters Reveal Africanist Hero Robert Sobukwe’s Moral Courage, and Pain

Derek Hook apartheid, history, politics, south africa, the conversation 4 March 2019

Between 1963 and 1969 Robert Sobukwe spent six years of near-complete solitary confinement on Robben Island. Book cover

A collection of prison letters provides a peek into the suffering of South African liberation hero, Robert Sobukwe.

British Empire is Still Being Whitewashed by the School Curriculum – Historian on Why This Must Change

Deana Heath colonialism, education, empire, history, imperialism, the conversation 2 November 2018

Imperial Federation Map of the World showing the extent of the British Empire. The Empire in red in 1886, by Walter Crane

Students need to be taught about colonialism’s dark past.