#Britishempire

Thread: Coventry for first vaccine was symbolic, why? A quick dig found saying 'Send them to Coventry' meaning 'executions' (hangings) from the 'Covin' tree. From there I find Alice in
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Thread: Coventry for first vaccine was symbolic, why? A quick dig found saying 'Send them to Coventry' meaning 'executions' (hangings) from the 'Covin' tree. From there I find Alice in
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About 100 years ago, when the British Empire was at its peak, it covered about a quarter of the world’s land mass and dominated over 412 million people, a quarter
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1/Four years later Maurice Collis was born across the bay in Dalkey, one of the few Irish colonial servants to use his position to challenge the power of imperial rule.
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Establishment Psychopathy: a selection of evidence setting out some of the ways in which colonial violence & structural racism continue to privilege our “ruling class”... [thread of threads] #ColonialViolence
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British empireSe le denomina al periodo histórico del Reino Unido entre los siglos XVII y XX.Supero los 33 millones de kilómetros cuadrados y casi 460 millones de personas que en
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A thread about Establishment wealth, reparations, & why the Tories will *always* defend the statues of slavers & Empire racists… #Colston #reparations #ColonialViolence #resist #slavery #BlackLivesMatter This chap
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A thread about #COVID19, colonial violence, and how the English class system is wrecking the country. #coronavirus #ToriesOut #history #SystemChange #JohnsonMustGo This chap is Hugh Trenchard, or “viscount” Trenchard*,
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A thread about the English Establishment, state psychopathy, #COVID19… and why it really matters how people in power think. #history #ToriesOut #resist The popular idea of a colonial official
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Starting a thread on #BritishEmpireinIndia. Will add to it as and when find other relevant things. Preface of Will Durant's book "The Case for India" 1930: I went to India
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