A Communist Party supporter holds a portrait of Josef Stalin in Red Square in Moscow.
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The whitewashing of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and his crimes is crucial for understanding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s imperialist ideology and goals.
A Tristram’s starling (Onychognathus tristramii) in flight over the Eilat mountains.
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H.B. Tristram was a Victorian clergyman and ornithologist who categorised a list of birds he’d found in Palestine.
Mau Mau suspects are rounded up by police outside a camp in Manyani, Kenya in 1955.
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Thousands of Kenyans were held in detention camps, and the British imperialist government tried to cover up brutal violations that occurred there.
A storyline in the forthcoming ‘Wonka’ movie is that the central character can change a dutiful young girl’s life.
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The original storyline for Road Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” contained some stunning parallels to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Indian visitors look at a painting depicting the Amritsar Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh.
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Fewer than a quarter of once-colonized countries make official government-to-government requests for an apology or reparations.
A newly commissioned air-conditioned first class coach in Ebute-Meta, Lagos, Nigeria.
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More efforts are needed to restore railways in Nigeria. It was a mainstay of the country’s economy in years gone by.
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The rarely explained term is nebulous at best, and can mean many things – negative and positive – to different groups of people.
King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla pose for a photo with representatives of the Commonwealth countries during the annual Commonwealth Day reception at Buckingham Palace in May 2022.
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The coronation is a critical moment for King Charles to show that the monarchy can be more efficient and more sensitive to the legacy of British imperialism.
Conference attendees, from top left: Sir Syed Sultan Ahmed, Mahatma Gandhi, Sir Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner, Sarojini Naidu, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Radhabai Subbarayan, Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala, Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Dr BS Moonje, Jahan Ara Shahnawaz, J Ramsay MacDonald, Sir Jai Singh Prabhakar, Maharaja of Alwar.
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Britain wanted to showcase its imperial power to the world, through official business in ancient palaces and socialising in the dazzling West End.
Tanzanian opposition politician Freeman Mbowe (left) flashes a victory sign at a public rally in January 2023.
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Tanzania’s six-year ban on political rallies shows how the president’s power can override the constitution.
Pope Francis in Nairobi, Kenya, during his first papal visit to the African continent in 2015.
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African Catholics are growing in number. They are also reinventing and reinterpreting Christianity.
An artefact is returned to the king of Benin in Nigeria.
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Art stolen from African kingdoms is a knowledge system plundered by colonialists, who must take historical responsibility.
People attend an exhibition of Russian equipment destroyed by the armed forces of Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine, Aug. 11, 2022.
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Democratic nation-states were supposed to be the legitimate successors of empires. It hasn’t quite worked out that way in the past century, and Russia’s war on Ukraine is a reflection of that.
U.S. banana growers heavily influenced several Central American governments in the early 20th century.
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The US grows hardly any tropical fruit. So why are politicians and political commentators saying the country is at risk of devolving into a banana republic?
President Ronald Reagan, shown here speaking in Moscow in 1980, was an early adopter of neoliberalism in the U.S.
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The word ‘neoliberal’ gets thrown around a lot, often with differing and even contradictory meanings. Here, a political economist explains the origins and evolution of this complex concept.
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Tariq Ali’s scathing new book assessing Winston Churchill’s life and legacy paints him as a racist opportunist but overstates Churchill’s enduring influence on politics today.
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and Belgian King Philippe toast at an official banquet in Kinshasa.
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For relations with the DRC to truly improve, the Belgian state must acknowledge its historical responsibility more strongly.
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From the tax we pay to the wine we drink, many policies in Britain today have their roots in imperialism.
Campaigners have long argued for recognising colonialism as a climate-shaping force.
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The IPCC’s latest climate report discusses how colonialism has shaped climate, a breakthrough for the climate justice movement.
Territorial ambitions: in his speeches and writings, Vladimir Putin has indicated an ‘empire complex’.
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Putin is following a strategy used by other imperial countries, particularly 19th-century China and Japan.