HeyJaredConsequences: History
Exploring how Historical narratives influence our understanding of the World today. Medieval, Early Modern, Modern
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Oppression and the Abuses of Policing in the British Empire: Two Case Studies (2 of 2) (opens the original)
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I have no objection to ex-Irish policemen of good character. But it would be most desirable, if it could be avoided, that no public announcement should be made connecting the Black and Tans with our Gendarmerie. Their reputation, as a Corps, had not been savoury and if any idea was created in the public mind in England or here that the Black and Tans, or any part of them, were being transferred as a body to Palestine, the new Gendarmerie might be discredited from the outset.Sir Herbert Samuel, H
Oppression and the Abuses of Policing in the British Empire: Two Case Studies (1 of 2) (opens the original)
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These men have undoubtedly been influenced by what they have taken to be the passive approval of their officers from Tudor downwards to believe they will never be punished for anything.— Mark Sturgis, assistant under-secretary, Dublin Castle, diary entry.The Black and Tans are often remembered as British criminals emptied from prison cells and turned loose to enact rapacious violence on a rebellious Ireland. This story simplifies the abuses of the British Empire, providing a recognisable embodim
Inequality by Design: Thatcher's Legacy in Britain (4 of 4) (opens the original)
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If there is no such thing as society, but only individuals and families oriented by markets and morals, then there is no such thing as social power generating hierarchies, exclusion, and violence. -Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of NeoliberalismOver the course of this series, we have examined the origins of Thatcher’s neoliberal project, surmised with her infamous remark in 1987 that“There is no such thing as society.” We argued that this was a summary, and a clear articulation of a political project
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