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Category Archives: BBC
Enoch Powell
Apropos of the histrionic tone towards immigration that Italy’s runoff elections took recently, it’s interesting to take a look at how the issue was approached in Britain 43 years ago by Enoch Powell, the conservative firebrand best remembered for his … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Bossi, decline of empire, immigration, italy, lega nord, the italian right, the right in europe
Tagged england, enoch powell, identity politics, immigration, italy, james walston, lega nord, racism, Umberto Bossi
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The Trap
I first encountered Adam Curtis via 2004′s The Power of Nightmares, which I watched while I was a graduate student. It was an interesting and provocative thesis — that the rise of the neocons had a parallel in the rise of … Continue reading
Posted in Adam Curtis, america, BBC, freedom, il cav
Tagged Adam Curtis, BBC, economics, Nash, neocons, political economy, political philosophy, prozac, The Power of Nightmares, The Trap
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