by Gerald Therrien To properly view the Annexation crisis in the Province of Canada in 1849-1850, it is best to remember that the history of Canada isn’t only concerned with events and people in Canada, but is intimately connected to events and people in other areas of the world at that time – especially in Great Britain and in the United States. Nothing in Canada happens in a vacuum – although sometimes our cranial proclivities might suggest otherwise.
  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    I really worry when a site falls itself a patriot. I worry that somehow a flag around our shoulders is some kind of jingo dependency, and the best article written perfectly will still carry the doubt about its content because of its security blanket.

    • Old_Geezer@lemmy.caOP
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      7 months ago

      Yeah, it usually synonymous with ‘right wing’ but they are a bonafide left wing site. Not liberal or neoliberal tho. Same with Glenn Greenwald. The people that don’t agree with his writing are often fellow left-wingers, who claim he’s ultra-right. The funny thing is, to anyone who has known or followed him for several years, knows he’s the opposite. Politics isn’t black & white, or shouldn’t be, unless one is a party partisan — but often many shades of grey.

      • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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        7 months ago

        Revealing suppressed truths of deep history, geopolitics, and economics for Canadians and world citizens alike

        This also seems like a red flag