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India must get rid of its hatred for the Raj
British Empire Conservatism Corrective History History Debates India Men and Ideas Politically Corrective History Public History Statue-Toppling
India must get rid of its hatred for the Raj. It’s very much part of our history, writes author and Mumbai businessman Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao.
L’Affaire Dundas in Toronto: Falling for a Hoax
1619 Project Canada Colonial Era Corrective History Egerton Ryerson History Debates History Wars Patrice Dutil Slavery Statue-Toppling Woke Hypocrisy
Henry Dundas was actually a hero of the Anti-Slavery Movement, writes Dr. Patrice Dutil. The City of Toronto must reverse its stupid plan to change the name of Dundas Street.
Israel and Palestine: Exploding the Myths
Corrective History History Debates History Wars Hymie Rubenstein Israel Men and Ideas Middle East Palestinians War & Weaponry
Historical denial, Arab propaganda, liberal guilt, and anti-Semitism serve to legitimize a demand for a sovereign Palestinian state where none has ever existed. The claim of "apartheid" is only the latest charge in the effort to delegitimize Israel.
Is Indigenous knowledge infallible? Yes, says Marc Miller
1619 Project British Columbia Cancel Culture First Nations Genocide Myth History Debates History Wars Indian Residential Schools Indigenous Kamloops
"Mr. Miller ignores the well-known fallibility and embellishment of oral accounts, called 'tall tales' when they are known to be exaggerated, and suggests that evidentiary concerns don’t apply" By Hymie Rubenstein Corpses of SS victims in a mass grave at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany in April 1945. After years of searching based on phantasmagoric rumours, no remotely comparable evidence has ever been found at a residential school in Canada. THE 16 Tweets simultaneously posted by the Hon. Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, on Jan. 27, 2022, were not independent tweets. Instead, they form a single 580-word opinion piece (that can...
Myths of Ireland's Easter Rising
Colonial Era Contentions Corrective History Easter Rising of 1916 History Debates History Wars Home Rule for Ireland Ireland Irish Free State Kevin Myers Politically Corrective History
The belief that the 1916 Easter insurrection in Ireland was in resistance to British oppression is completely inaccurate, writes Kevin Myers