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What’s British imperialism up to in Oman?
January 29, 2019Britain signed an ‘assistance’ treaty with Oman in 1798. In 2017 it was found to be instructing the monarchy on “how to deal with strikes and stifle protests,” a very long imperial engagement.
Read moreThe deported ghosts of Bisbee still haunt Arizona today
January 29, 2019Labor history is not a soap opera, and Arizona’s recent history of deportation shows the ghosts of Bisbee were never exorcized.
Read moreReview: “I Am the Night” scratches surface of bizarre Hollywood true crime
January 28, 2019The mystery of the Black Dahlia murder serves as a backdrop for what ends up being a more human interest tale.
Read more‘An Inspector Calls’: A super supernatural socialist show
January 28, 2019As the British emerged victoriously from WWII, having fought a “people’s war,” the masses wanted something to show for their six-year-long struggle.
Read more‘1776 The Musical’ vocalizes the urgency of the Declaration of Independence
January 16, 2019Now is your chance to “be in the room where it actually happened,” Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, in the stiflingly hot months from May 8 to July 4, 1776.
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