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Jawaharlal Nehru sought first to free India, and then to ensure its independent voice on the world stage "At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and f … read more

Thomas Ashe's death in a British prison on this day in 1917 inspired the Irish Republican movement... The hunger strike has a long history in the Irish republican movement. … read more

Born on this day in 1804, Cobden spent much of his life calling out the horrors of the British Empire You hear a lot of nonsense about British ‘history’ these days. One of the most common nonse … read more

In 1789, the abolitionist leader William Wilberforce struck upon a vital truth of global economics – the West became developed by under-developing everywhere else. William Wilberforce ranks, al … read more

One of the favourite lies told by Britain's imperial apologists is that the decolonisation of the British Empire was 'bloodless'. If they were to tell that to the people of the Indian sub-cont … read more