Indians angry about the #AmritsarMassacre the day before (aka #JallianwalaBaghMassacre) set fire to railway stations & warehouses on #ThisDayInHistory in 1919. Because property is worth more than people to the #BritishEmpire, aircraft were used to bomb & strafe crowds & a school.
The Mahdist War (1881-99) in Sudan was led by the inspirational Muhammad Ahmad, an Islamic holy man who declared himself the Mahdi (the Messiah). #History #MahdistWar #Africa #BattleOfOmdurman #BritishEmpire #Mahdi #MuhammadAhmad #SiegeOfKhartoum #Sudan #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-26130-en/
Mahdist War: Holy War in Sudan, 1881-99

The Mahdist War (1881-99) in Sudan was led by the inspirational Muhammad Ahmad, an Islamic holy man who declared himself the Mahdi (the Messiah). The Mahdists wanted to overthrow Ottoman-Egyptian rule...

World History Encyclopedia

"The British Empire legally cannot take your artifacts if your artifact does not consent"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1981295/the-british-empire-legally-cannot-take-your-artifacts-if-your-artifact-does-not-consent

English colony of Jamestown in North America

The #RoyalNavy has 6 Type-45 destroyers, ½ of the originally-planned 12. Design+build cost £6.5 billion at 2009 prices. Running costs more billions.

As the #USA & #Israel started a war on #Iran, the UK had only one ship available, the #Type45 #HMSDragon, sent to Cyprus.

Only 6 weeks later, it broke: https://archive.is/u5qjt

Billions blown on a fake #blueWater navy, as the #UK cosplays a #GreatPower. The #BritishEmpire ended >50 years ago.

Grow up Brits! Sell the ships, stop the waste.

#ukpol

6 Books That Tell The Version Of History You Were Never Taught

History often feels settled until you encounter voices left out of the record. These books revisit familiar events with sharper detail and overlooked perspectives, revealing how power shapes what is remembered. They offer a deeper, more complex understanding of the past that challenges what many of us were taught.

Times Now

Thoughtful. The insistence of western powers on an eastern Mediterranean colony ruled by Likkud and the right appears to reflect early 20th C imperial fantasies and disrespect for human rights of the people living there, even including Immigrants lured from difficult and discouraging western countries. It’s time to revive the priorities of human rights protections in world diplomacy.
#Lebanon #Shia #Israel #Palestine #USA #BritishEmpire

https://open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/israel-latest-genocide-shia-lebanon?r=ct3l&utm_medium=ios

Israel’s Latest Genocide Is Against the Shias of Lebanon. Why Is the World Silent?

Lebanon’s Christians are being told by the Israeli military to get rid of any displaced Shias hiding in their homes or villages. Haven’t we seen this story before, and don’t we all know how it ends?

Zeteo
Anglo-Egyptian cavalryman and mount (camel), 1900-1920