Nationalism

Ukrainian Nazis were spared from trial and punishment so they could serve the CIA and other Western intelligence services. — In the early years of the Cold War, prisoner swaps between the US and the Soviet Union were a regular occurrence. The events that unfold in the film “Bridge of Spies” actually happened, whenever one side wanted to get someone back from the other side. And each side had people…

“I better pass my neighbor’’ This is the street name of the popular 1.1kva power generating set that epitomizes all that is wrong with the Nigerian State. …

How a nation forms a national identity that can be related to a sense of nationalism may take different methods as varied as a shared history, culture and language, and political institutions. But how does a whole new type of nation build nationalism when they have overthrown the previous incumbents…

Dutch East Indies Writers’ Background In the pre-revolutionary period that was raging in the Dutch East Indies, where there were still far from movements for the youth oath or the name of Indonesia being echoed, writers who lived in the midst of the colonial era, especially in the Dutch East Indies, were tightened to the…

I write this in response to Extremely Triggered Leftist’s Discourse on the Brain Cancer that is Nationalism, as well as several other pieces they have written. I believe there is a thread that connects their writing on nationalism with other articles, e.g., on democracy and pacifism. …

A Journey Towards Freedom and Renewal The day of liberation, when freedom unfurls, Like a cooler and glass, no longer bound by whirls. On that blessed day, our society will be free, And embark on a journey where progress we’ll see. A nation, united, called “free” we’ll proclaim, As individuals…

Dear Readers, Once upon a time, in a land where resilience echoed through the ages, a nation rose from the depths of adversity to claim its rightful place on the global stage. …

George Orwell’s notes on Nationalism summarized — I have recently finished George Orwell’s 1945 book “Notes on Nationalism”. It was a short but insightful read. I highlighted certain passages in this book and I will comprise the most interesting ones in this post. Redefining Nationalism “As the nearest existing equivalent I have chosen the word ‘nationalism’, but it will…

Nothing exceptional about American exceptionalism — This is part 5 of a six-part series. Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4. The Great Plains promised to supply innumerable signs of America’s patriotism and what I like to call — as a foreigner, and not without occasionally raising American eyebrows — cult of the nation…