Category: imperialism

Harris’ Attack on ‘Shameful Past’ of US a Monumental Misreading of History

Commentary U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has called America’s period of colonisation a “shameful past.” According to Harris’ recent address to the National Congress of American Indians commemorating Columbus Day, those Americans descended from European settlers should be ashamed about their nation’s history. She said the settlement of North America was based on land theft…


On America’s Experience With Empires

Commentary Twice over the course of their history, Americans have faced the tribulations of life under imperial management. In the first case, it was the mercantilist empire of Great Britain. In the 1760s, to recoup the costs of several decades of imperial wars, Britain began taking extraordinary measures to consolidate control over its subjects in…