The Violent Legacy Of The British Empire (1 Viewer)

[Deadmanposting]

Interesting looking doco on this weekend about how the level of cruelty and violence the Brits waged in Kenya
And of course the cover up

All done in the name of the current queen

Police chief quit after abuse by British colonial troops in Kenya covered up

Documentary reveals how Britain was not only involved in rape and torture but tried to suppress evidence

www.theguardian.com

I may have my dates screwed up and it was last weekend

 

[Deadmanposting]

Not sure the title of this book review holds true if you are Irish and have read a history book, but it does seem to hold for most people

The British Empire Was Much Worse Than You Realize

The world’s biggest colonial power prided itself on being a liberal democracy. Was this part of the problem?

www.newyorker.com

 

[Unicron]

I thought this thread was going to be about a new band that have an excellent name.

 

[Deadmanposting]

I thought this thread was going to be about a new band that have an excellent name.

I guess we could show solidarity and listen to The Mau-Maus?

 

[Space]

I thought this thread was going to be about a new band that have an excellent name.

Yoink

 

[JohnnyRaz]

I thought this thread was going to be about a new band that have an excellent name.

Side project of British Sea Power

 

[Lili Marlene]

Fascinating bit of recent history here

Revealed: UK ignored Chechnya war crimes to push BP’s oil interests as it worked to get Vladimir Putin elected in 2000

The British government sought, in 2000, to integrate Putin’s Russia into the Western-ruled economic system, despite its brutal military campaign in Chechnya, documents obtained by Declassified show.

declassifieduk.org

 

[Cormcolash]

 

[Deadmanposting]

One of the British Museum's main rationales for not giving all the shit it stole back to the countries it stole from is that the British know how to take care of these things; that to trust them to their rightful owner (Johnny Foreigner) would be to endanger them

Turns out these cunts can't even do that right

Hundreds of items âmissingâ from British Museum since 2013

Police investigating after exhibits including gold coins and silver necklaces disappear

www.theguardian.com

The English - a bunch of ratfucks of the first order

 

[seanc]

One of the British Museum's main rationales for not giving all the shit it stole back to the countries it stole from is that the British know how to take care of these things; that to trust them to their rightful owner (Johnny Foreigner) would be to endanger them

Turns out these cunts can't even do that right

Hundreds of items âmissingâ from British Museum since 2013

Police investigating after exhibits including gold coins and silver necklaces disappear

www.theguardian.com

The English - a bunch of ratfucks of the first order

When I first heard about this in passing I thought "stolen items at the British Museum? That's not news". But then there was more.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

When I first heard about this in passing I thought "stolen items at the British Museum? That's not news". But then there was more.

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