The Brits should probably get that looked at
Chris Hedges: Decline and Fall
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The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of World War I, is a cautionary tale for a decayed U.S. Empire a century later. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost At the start of the 20th century, the British Empire was, like our…
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Chris Hedges: Decline and Fall

The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of World War I, is a cautionary tale for a decayed U.S. Empire a century later. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost   At the start of the 20th century, the British Empire was, like our own, in terminal decline. Sixty percent of Englishmen were physical

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The UK is a pioneer of brutal #ConcentrationCamps for civilians. #ThisDayInHistory in 1900, #LordKitchener proclaimed that surrendering #BoerWar fighters could live safely in state camps. The next day he gave orders to round up the population and to starve families of militants.

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✧ battle of Bronkhorstspruit ✧

The battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the Bronkhorstspruit river near Bronkhorstspruit in Transvaal on 20 December 1880. Threatened by the growing numbers of militant Boers in the Pretoria region, the British recalled the 94th Regiment of Foot...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bronkhorstspruit

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1901, #AlfredMilner admitted Britain's inhumane #ConcentrationCamps from the #BoerWar were monstrous. 28,000 Afrikaners & 20,000 black Africans died in them; 22,000 were children. #LordMilner stayed in government until 1921, still overseeing the colonies.

"13 days of siege for a supply dump? Should've just ordered takeout! Guess we're just not cut out for long-term commitment. #SiegedAndDizzy #BoerWar"
β€” Paul Kruger

Aug 16, 1900 - The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elands_River_(1900)

Battle of Elands River (1900) - Wikipedia

"Just as resistance against British imperialism once proved a key bond, now invented oppression at the hands of black peopleβ€”whether the majority of South African citizens or the nebulous forces of American wokenessβ€”works to unite the two nations under the banner of a whiteness supposedly under siege."

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#USpol #UShistory #whiteSupremacism #settlerColonialism #Boers #BoerWar @histodons

Gimme Boer | Charlie Dulik

The recent resettlement of a few dozen Afrikaner β€œrefugees” points to a longer history of U.S. fascination with these Dutch-descended white South Africans.

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112 The Boer War

On this episode of the Irish History Show we spoke to Dr. Spencer Jones about the Boer War. The Boer War, also known as the Second Boer War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the…

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