President Putin hailed troops for their "arduous combat work," framing the ongoing offensive as a fight for Russia's historical survival.  #Putin #Russia2026 #FrontLine #HistoricalJustice #NationalSecurity #MilitaryAddress

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President Putin hailed troops for their “arduous combat work,” framing the ongoing offensive as a fight for Russia’s historical survival.  #Putin #Russia2026 #FrontLine #Historica…

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Africa: Algeria to Host Landmark Conference On Crimes of Colonialism in Africa: [Nile Post] Algeria will host the International Conference on the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa to consolidate a unified position on reparations, historical justice, and the criminalisation of colonialism. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPM52l #Africa #Colonialism #Reparations #HistoricalJustice #Conference
"Why defend Medals for Wounded Knee massacre?" Heather Cox Richardson exposes Defense Secretary Hegseth’s choice to uphold 20 controversial honors amid long calls for justice. The 1890 tragedy unfolded through political greed, mishandling, and Lakota suffering. This decision echoes a troubling cycle of ignoring accountability for political expediency. Read the full analysis here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-26-2025 #WoundedKnee #HistoricalJustice #MilitaryHonors #HeatherCoxRichardson
September 26, 2025

Today Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that twenty men who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their participation in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre would keep their medals, despite more than a century of controversy over them.

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🕸glané sur le net🕸 Changing Narratives about Croatia's Jasenovac concentration camp: The last Serbian, Roma and Jewish inmates rose up and rushed the gate 80 years ago. In the last weeks of WWII, as partisan units advanced, Croatia's fascist… #Jasenovac #WWII #Genocide #HistoricalJustice #Croatia

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The government plans to reshape the El Valle de los Caídos site to honor those affected by Franco’s dictatorship rather than commemorate him.

This and more in the latest episode of the Rorshok Spain Update. Click on the link in bio to listen to the full story!

#RorshokSpainUpdate #Spain #ValleDeLosCaídos #HistoricalJustice #MemoryAndDemocracy #SpainHistory

Critics say that these apologies are window dressing. They don’t produce the structural change that’s needed.

But laying bare the history is a necessary step, and victims, in some cases, will say: “The truth is itself reparative.”

#historicaljustice #histodons

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Biden formally apologizes for Indian boarding schools: ‘a blot on US history’

President’s historic remarks, alongside Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, given at Gila Crossing school near Phoenix

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"Fifteen Colonial Thefts: A Guide to Looted African Heritage in Museums"
- Sela K. Adjei and Yann LeGall

The book explores the theft of African artifacts during colonialism and their display in Western museums. The book delves into the cultural damage caused and advocates for restitution to address historical injustices.

Learn more: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349527/fifteen-colonial-thefts/

Read the review: https://theconversation.com/looting-of-african-heritage-a-powerful-new-book-explores-the-damage-done-by-colonial-theft-237242

#Colonialism #AfricanHeritage #Restitution #CulturalLooting #HistoricalJustice #bookreview

Fifteen Colonial Thefts

'Eloquent and powerful' - Françoise Vergès Debates around restitution and decolonising museums continue to rage across the world. Artefacts, effigies an...

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"The Lancet Commission on medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust: historical evidence, implications for today, teaching for tomorrow"

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If you’re not looking at museums through a critical lens, then you’re choosing to look away from a history of colonial injustice and violence which continues to produce harm. But are museums irredeemably bad? I thought this article by Stephen Nash offered a thoughtful take. #museums #HistoricalJustice #colonialism #postcolonial #decolonizing https://www.sapiens.org/culture/museum-collection-ethics/
In Defense of Museums

In response to news of ethical violations by museums, a curator reflects on the past and future missions of such institutions.

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A Prominent Museum Obtained Items From a Massacre of Native Americans in 1895. The Survivors’ Descendants Want Them Back.

After the mass killing at Wounded Knee, the American Museum of Natural History received children’s toys taken from the site. A 1990 law was meant to “expeditiously return” such items to Native Americans, but descendants are still waiting.

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