Category: Empire
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More ↗: Normalising Atrocity
Normalising Atrocity
Things that should be unthinkable or unspeakable are constant now. How it happened, and something we can do about it.
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More ↗: It’s Their Territory
It’s Their Territory
What Trump’s comments tell us about the US empire, and why we need to resist all imperialism if we want a future with justice and…
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More ↗: International JusticeInternational Justice
There are debts owed by most of the richest and most powerful nations in the world. Those of us with privilege and power should accept…
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More ↗: The Masks of EmpireThe Masks of Empire
Empire wears masks to protect what it really is – a short poem.
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More ↗: History isn’t Inevitable
History isn’t Inevitable
It might sound compelling, but when human decisions don’t create history, redressing historical wrongs can be impossible.
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More ↗: Building Trust
Building Trust
We should resist the urge to retreat inward in the face of tragedy or uncertainty – challenging power means reaching outward and building trust and…
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More ↗: There are no ‘Good’ Empires
There are no ‘Good’ Empires
You ever watch much Monty Python? I watched it sometimes growing up. In Life of Brian, there’s a scene of Judean rebels who want to…
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More ↗: The Imperial ProjectThe Imperial Project
For Five hundred years, our world has been shaped and defined by the fortunes of empires, entities founded on subjugation. But the time of Empire…