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The Fight Against Racist Statues Goes Global

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 8, 2020

The decision to tear down the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond builds on a decade or more of activists seeking to purge the racist monuments at the core of American historical memory. People are increasingly taking action in their own hands. Richmond activists took...

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#WorldCupSyllabus

By Melissa Byrnes

On July 9, 2018

I have been unusually transfixed by this year's World Cup, where histories of European identity and empire are so clearly on display. [updated 15 July] We're headed into the last.

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Onward to Paris

By Erik Loomis

On May 19, 2018

I will be largely away for the.

European Violence versus American Violence

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 22, 2016

Terrible, awful, no good stuff in Brussels. But for context. Estimated number of deaths in Paris and Brussels attacks combined: 158 Estimated number of deaths due to gun violence in the United States so far in 2016: 2,788.

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Peak Belgium

By Erik Loomis

On December 30, 2015

This really should just be labelled #Belgium: Soldiers and police officers in Brussels held an orgy while the city was in lockdown over fears of a Paris-style attack by Islamist.

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U.S-Belgium Open Thread

By Erik Loomis

On July 1, 2014

Remember the Congo.

Evil Personified

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 18, 2013

It's always useful to remember the true depraved evil of King Leopold II and the horrors of Belgian rule over the Congo, a legacy that goes far to define the lives of the people of central Africa today.

Robert Farley

Doing What We Can to Save a Country

By Robert Farley

On January 12, 2011

Do it for Belgium! One of Belgium's best-known actors, Benoit Poelvoorde, has urged his fellow citizens not to shave again until the country finally forms a government. Poelvoorde, star of.