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Soldiers burning books.

How We Roasted Donald Duck, Disney's Agent of Imperialism

Why a 47-year old anti-colonialist critique by Chilean dissidents may be newly relevant in the Trump era.

by Ariel Dorfman via The Guardian on October 5, 2018

Hands holding vials of chemicals.

The Empire’s Amnesia

When it comes to imperialism, Latin America never forgets, and the United States never remembers.

by Greg Grandin, Jacobin via Jacobin on May 19, 2017

Yes, We’ve Done It Too

A history of the United States meddling in the elections of other countries.

by Jess Engebretson via KQED on March 2, 2017

Prince Wichaichan, also known as Prince George Washington

George Washington at the Siamese Court

Ross Bullen explores the curious case of Prince George Washington, a 19th-century Siamese prince.

by Ross Bullen via The Public Domain Review on April 21, 2016

Engraving of Hawaiian high chief Ka‘iana

When Hawaii Was Ruled by Shark-Like Gods

19th century Hawai‘i attracted traders, entrepreneurs, and capitalists, who displaced, a flourishing and elaborate culture.

by Patrick Vinton Kirch via New York Review of Books on December 3, 2015

The War to Start All Wars

How the U.S. invasion of Panama ushered in the post-Cold War era of military unilateralism and preemptive war.

by Greg Grandin via Common Dreams on December 22, 2014

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

The Mastermind

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the making of 9/11.

by Terry McDermott via The New Yorker on September 6, 2010

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