#British

Shabnam

thebrownbronte

#thread #armedforcesweek Reading to Remember Black British Troops: In the1790s the British Army was the single largest purchaser of slaves in the West Indies, with over 6000 people being bought

Philosopher Kin

rogerahicks

Britain is not a genuine nation, but a mercenary "patron state" deceitfully posing as a nation, in order to legitimise itself, its ruling elites & the immense wealth & power

Iona Italia, PhD

IonaItalia

I woke to a follower writing to tell me that, if the British had never colonised the world, slavery would never have ended because the Brits are the only ones

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gindaanis

Evolving thoughts. I read @DavidTreuer 's fine book Heartbeat of Wounded Knee and in it he gives a broad history of the original peoples of NA. He traces various groups

Xenia

xmahsud

Allah Buksh Yusufi wrote a book called ‘The Frontier Tragedy’ following the Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre. The book was smuggled in the diplomatic luggage of the Nawab of Bhophal, published,

Archbishop of Canterbury

JustinWelby

The deliberate shooting of unarmed protestors in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria last week was an outrage. I say this as a human being, as a Christian, and as

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SpookyGhost32

122,010 signatures to Release the Home Office's (Islamic) Grooming Gang (Child rape) Review in fullTheir pathetic response."Extremists may seek to exploit legitimate concerns to sow further division"More concerned with diversity

amy & rhianon

yourangelsonly

open this thread if you’re a human non-black moots: please educate yourself on blm with the stuff i’ve attached below. it is our duty to amplify black voices. as two

Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

lottelydia

We should be deeply ashamed of these statistics, as a nation.https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1293196614266507267 Sure, you can look at how these statistics break down by party or by Brexit position or whatever, but

Dr Subroto Roy

subyroy

My thinking over more than 30 yrs on the Kashmir problem has been elemental: there was "British India" and "Indian India": Britain recognized in international law first India then Pakistan

Sztehlo

sztehlocomics

This article has annoyed me so much. Paul Grist isn’t a fan but a consummate professional who has decades of experience, has worked with @artofmmignola and created several acclaimed original

James Heilman

WikiDocJames

So BC is basically declaring the pandemic over... Crazy. If people can work from home they should. I wonder if they will not require them to wear masks?https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-civil-servants-ordere

Matt Haig

matthaig1

Office. Everyone is saying ‘why are you wearing socks?’ And I can assure you that despite what other countries are doing I have followed the best British science on this

Flying_Rodent

flying_rodent

Since everyone is thanking Jeremy Corbyn, the thing I’d like to thank him for is making the nature of British politics absolutely crystal clear. I think they tried explicitly to

Eleanor Robertson

marrowing

I watched withnail & I this arvo and it was so grimy and so british that I can't really remember the plot, just the filth and the shit weather ah,

Rutger Bregman

rcbregman

WOOOW. A Canadian research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — the results were 'beautifully surprising'.Turns out: basic income for the homeless pays for itself. It's free money, because 'the