An American Tragedy: Empire at Home and Abroad

This article originally appeared at TruthDig. Empires in decline tend to behave badly. Indeed, whether British, French or Russian, the twilight years of imperialism often brought brutal repression of subjects abroad, the suppression of civil liberties at home and general varieties of brutality toward foreigners, be they refugees or migrants. The British built concentration camps … Continue reading "An American Tragedy: Empire at Home and Abroad"
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