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AER 129: Truth to the Powerless, on Canadian Foreign Policy
Support for Apartheid South Africa, for dismantling democracy in Haiti and Honduras, destabilizing the Middle East, occupying Afghanistan, financing …
3 years, 4 months ago
World War Civ 19: Morocco 1911 Agadir Crisis
The short Hafiziyya period in Morocco leads to the Treaty of Fez and annexation; Morocco’s lost its sovereignty but it’s Germany that feels aggrieved…
3 years, 4 months ago
AER 128: CAUKUZians speak out!
Arama Rata, independent Maori researcher, and Carl Zha of Silk & Steel podcast are both back! Carl reports on his lived experience as a survivor of t…
3 years, 4 months ago
World War Civ 18: Japan annexes Korea 1910
Japan’s annexation of Korea in 1910 is scramble-like colonial behavior; it is the beginning of a long and bold resistance by Korean patriots whose na…
3 years, 4 months ago
World War Civ 17b: Yuan Shikai makes his move
The 1911 Chinese Revolution ends with Yuan Shikai in charge. He is ready to take the throne and become emperor except that he can’t sweep the foreign…
3 years, 4 months ago
In Real Time with Stan Cox 12: India dilemmas and how tech won’t save us
Stan Cox is back to talk about two essays. One, co-written with Priti Gulati Cox, “Between a Yoga Mat and a Hard Place”, about where India is headed.…
3 years, 4 months ago
World War Civ 17a: The 1911 Chinese Revolution pt1
The Qing dynasty desperately tries a reform to stay in power while secret societies plot against them; intellectuals debate how to modernize China wh…
3 years, 4 months ago
AER 127: Has Imran Khan lost the battle with Pakistan’s Army?
On May 9 2023 ousted president Imran Khan was detained by the Pakistan army, who were forced immediately to release him. But in the month since, the …
3 years, 4 months ago
WWCiv 16: Persia and Portugal get constitutions, 1909 and 1910
Timeline of the constitutional revolutions that took place in Persia from 1905-1909 and Portugal in 1910. They weren’t social revolutions but shared …
3 years, 5 months ago
World War Civ 15: Sufragettes and Pacifists
“Deeds Not Words!” was the slogan of the militant sufragettes who fought for the vote. We get into some of their dramatic acts and some of the reason…
3 years, 5 months ago