Opinion
Learning from the past is hard enough; it is impossible when we distort it
According to Michael Sexton in these pages, “since the Monroe Doctrine was proclaimed in 1823 by the US, it has designated both North and South America to be US spheres of influence” (“Only US and ...
London Review of Books2d
Nandini Das: Opium Inc. Opium Inc.
The amount of opium imported into China increased from about two hundred chests a year in the 1730s to sixty thousand a year in the 1880s. The industry had two ... anything like those created by ...
TheCollector on MSN5d
William Gladstone: Britain’s Record-Breaking Prime Minister
The Victorian era featured many political giants. Robert Peel, Benjamin Disraeli, and Lord Salisbury are some obvious ...
Counterfire1d
Raising the Red Flag: Marxism, Labourism, and the Roots of British Communism 1884-1921 – book review
Collins’ history of the origins of the British revolutionary left is full of interest, and lessons of which to take heed, ...
The New York Times1d
The Learning Network
We invite students to write public-facing letters to people or groups about issues that matter to them. Contest dates: March 12 to April 16, 2025. By The Learning Network What can we learn from ...
The Varsity4d
U of T community members reflect on third anniversary of Russia’s war on Ukraine
“Imperialism in the twenty-first century” “This is not a ‘conflict’ or a ‘territorial dispute,’ it’s genocide and imperialism in the [twenty-first] century.” Yuliia Vatsyk Alexander Zamer — a ...