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The Independent: Churchill was a politically complex man – but he was certainly a racist

The Independent: Churchill was a politically complex man – but he was certainly a racist

"Many historians have tried to make sense of our former prime minister and his times. He was a racist, but also anti-fascist; he was anti-communist, yet carved up Europe and gifted much of it to Stalin" BY: Sean O'Grady PEJOURNAL - “Churchill was a racist” was the graffiti on the fine statue of the old man on Parliament square. In the big scheme of things, it’s a minor piece of vandalism – but an unfortunate one as, quite unlike the defenestration of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol, the wartime prime minister is an obviously revered national hero. The desecration…
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Danger of ‘miscalculation’ as global powers scramble for position in Libya

Danger of ‘miscalculation’ as global powers scramble for position in Libya

PEJOURNAL - War-ravaged Libya begins a new phase of armed conflict after forces loyal to the internationally recognised government in Tripoli besieged strongholds of warlord Khalifa Haftar in the country’s centre and south. At least 16,000 civilians were displaced in the recent weeks of fighting in which numerous military facilities, neighbourhoods and towns changed hands in western Libya, according to the United Nations. Now the battle has moved to the coastal city of Sirte, the hometown of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, and the remote airbase in Jufrah, where Russians have quartered a dozen war jets as well as mercenaries of…
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