– an emphasis on discipline, manliness and militarism – linked to authoritarianism and often involving the use of paramilitary forces ( #PeteHegseth's #PulpFiction speech, his #antisecularism/ #theocracy, connections to #Manosphere ideology/ #WarriorEthos, #ICE)
– #irredentism (Canada)/ #imperialism (Venezula, #Iran)
– #Corporatism ( #ElonMusk, #Palantir, #AI companies, etc.)
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Elaine Lin: How a Chinese pirate’s son muddled Taiwanese identity. In 1661, the first Chinese general seized #Taiwan, replacing its inhabitants with his army’s descendants. Now, his legacy is used to support the Chinese unification narrative.
#history #irredentism #China
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-a-chinese-pirates-son-muddled
"Having endured repression, invasion, famine, and genocide, Ukrainians justifiably want Russia to finally leave them alone. Whether this will happen depends first and foremost on Russian society and its willingness to respect Ukrainian sovereignty, abandon irredentist dreams, and shed its widespread belief in the unity of the two nations."
Eugene Finkel, 2024
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/22/russia-war-ukraine-peace-putin-history-identity-sovereignty/
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In response to desperate saber-rattling imperialism from Venezuela, Guyana has appealed to the international community for defense of its sovereignty: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/06/venezuela-annex-guyana-maduro
#guyana #venezuela #imperialism #irredentism #nationalism #authoritarianism #theivery #theft #corruption #guardian #theguardian #nicolasmaduro #nicolásmaduro #irfaanali #luketaylor
Now it's #Yemen in addition to #Syria, #Iran, & #Turkiye ⬆️
#Houthis draw #Iran closer to #Hamas-#Israel War of 2023 with missile attacks targeting Israel. The whole region is now a tinderbox.
SoS #Blinken & DefSec #Austin testified today that conflict in Israel triggered by Hamas-launched rockets is *LINKED* to conflict in #Ukraine that's been ongoing since #Russia annexed Ukrainian territory of #Crimea in 2014 and escalated it in 2022 as part of Russian #irredentism.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have for the first time claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel. That draws their main sponsor Iran closer into the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and further raises the risks of a regional conflict erupting. The Houthis had been suspected in an attack earlier this month targeting Israel by sending missiles and drones over the crucial shipping lane of the Red Sea, an assault that saw the U.S. Navy shoot down the projectiles. This time on Tuesday, however, Israel said its own fighter jets and its new Arrow missile defense system shot down two salvos of incoming fire hours apart as it approached the country’s key Red Sea shipping port of Eilat.
Besides being almost certain not to result in any actual transfer of land, #Lesotho politician's proposal to claim large parts of #SouthAfrica is also not expected to pass in legislature, and is reportedly "not especially popular" among the country's people. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/why-lesotho-parliament-is-debating-reclaiming-land-south-africa-2023-03-30/
#irredentism #borders #geography #politicalgeography #geopolitics #selfdetermination #territorialdispute #disputedterritories
via @giocomai :
"In the latest issue of his newsletter - always a recommended read - #SamGreene has some thoughts on the long-term political usefulness of perennially unsatisfied #irredentism, taking clues from #Serbia."
Well, As I am a history lover I think I have a lot of interesting things to read! ☺️
- Mussolini’s Political Testament (1945)
- The Constitution of the Italian Regency of Carnaro and other papers from D’Annunzio (1919-1920)
- The Constitution of the Kingdom of Sardinia (and later Italy) (1848)
- The Constitution of the Roman Republic (1849)
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