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Jeremy Kuzmarov - October Surprise - CIA Director William Casey Committed Treason to Help Ronald Reagan Win the 1980 ElectionReagan's worshippers, however, fail to acknowledge the rise of massive inequality in the 1980s, Reagan's support for death squad operations in Central America, and the fact that Reagan only won the 1980 election after his campaign manager, William Casey, who was subsequently appointed CIA Director, committed a treasonous act known as “The October Surprise.”“The October Surprise” involved Casey's secret meeting with Iranian revolutionary leaders who agreed to withhold the release of 52 American hostages taken after the Iranian Revolution unseated the U.S. client regime of the Shah until after the election.But did the future head of the CIA hold off on releasing the hostages simply for Political power?Jeremy Kuzmarov holds a Ph.D. in American history from Brandeis University and has taught at numerous colleges across the United States. He is regularly sought out as an expert on U.S. history and politics for radio and TV programs and co-hosts a radio show on New York Public Radio and on Progressive Radio News Network called "Left on Left." He is Managing Editor of CovertAction Magazine and is the author of five books on U.S. foreign policy, including Obama's Unending Wars (Clarity Press, 2019), The Russians Are Coming, Again, with John Marciano (Monthly Review Press, 2018), and Warmonger. How Clinton's Malign Foreign Policy Launched the U.S. Trajectory From Bush II to Biden (Clarity Press, 2023). Besides these books, Kuzmarov has published hundreds of articles and contributed to numerous edited volumes, including one in the prestigious Oxford History of Counterinsurgency . He can be reached at jkuzmarov2@gmail.com and found on substack here.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

In part three of his series on the unifications of Germany and Italy, Dan talks about the turbulent 1850s and early 60s. In Germany, this is a time of mass industrialization. With the regional economy growing at a record pace, Prussia and Austria engage in saber-rattling diplomacy over the future of the German Confederation.   Meanwhile, the new King of Piedmont-Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel II, aims to do what his father could not: conquer all of Italy. Taking advantage of Austrian weakness – and a burgeoning alliance with France – he and three other men will engineer a revolution that unites the Apennine Peninsula for the first time since the Roman Empire.   TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter One: The German Question – 00:04:22 Chapter Two: The Erfurt Union – 00:30:15 Chapter Three: The (Austrian) Empire Strikes Back – 00:42:24 Chapter Four: Enter Bismarck – 01:03:59 Chapter Five: Goodbye, Friedrich Wilhelm – 01:32:59 Chapter Six: Repression in Lombardy – 01:41:19 Chapter Seven: Enter Camillo Cavour – 01:51:20 Chapter Eight: Enter Victor Emmanuel – 02:04:32 Chapter Nine: The Crimean War – 02:17:48 Chapter Ten: Engineering a Revolution – 02:39:34 Chapter Eleven: The War for Northern Italy – 03:05:02 Chapter Twelve: The Expedition of the Thousand – 03:34:34 Chapter Thirteen: The Dictator of Sicily – 04:14:24 Chapter Fourteen: The Conquest of Southern Italy – 04:28:49 Chapter Fifteen: The Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy – 04:51:04 Chapter Sixteen: Rome and the Risorgimento – 05:13:43   SUBSCRIBE TO RELEVANT HISTORY, AND NEVER MISS AN EPISODE! Relevant History Patreon: https://bit.ly/3vLeSpF Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/38bzOvo Subscribe on Apple Music (iTunes): https://apple.co/2SQnw4q Subscribe on Any Platform: https://bit.ly/RelHistSub Relevant History on Twitter/X: https://bit.ly/3eRhdtk Relevant History on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Qk05mm Official website: https://bit.ly/3btvha4 Episode transcript (90% accurate): https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTILtf6-xAur_LTmOc_UJ7iH-H3L0l_O_jUjd2CwhN9q3CWJV6zM2UCbss4HP1saanj2jSurstKqKX0/pub/ Music credit: Sergey Cheremisinov - Black Swan   SOURCES: Derek Beales and Eugenio F. Biagini, The Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy David Blackbourn, The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany 1780-1918 – https://www.scribd.com/document/261666797/Long-Nineteenth-Century-History-of-Germany-1780-1918-the-David-Blackbourn Carlo Bossoli, The War in Italy Tim Chapman, The Risorgimento: Italy 1815-71 – https://read.amazon.com/?asin=B003SNK19G&ref_=dbs_t_r_kcr Gordon A. Craig, Germany 1866-1945 Erich Eyck, Bismarck and the German Empire Charles Stuart Forbes, The Campaign of Garibaldi in the Two Sicilies: A Personal Narrative Giuseppe Garibaldi, Autobiography of Giuseppe Garibaldi – -Volume 1: https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofg0001gari/page/n3/mode/2up -Volume 2: https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofg0002gari/page/n3/mode/2up  -Supplement by Jesse White Mario: https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofg0003gari/page/4/mode/2up E.E.Y. Hales, Pio Nono: A Masterful Study of Pius IX and His Role in Nineteenth-Century European Politics and Religion Denis Mack Smith, Cavour, a Biography Denis Mack Smith, Cavour and Garibaldi, 1860: A Study in Political Conflict Denis Mack Smith, The Making of Italy, 1796-1870 – https://archive.org/details/makingofitaly1790000mack/page/n3/mode/2up Denis Mack Smith, Mazzini Denis Mack Smith, Modern Italy, A Political History Denis Mack Smith, Victor Emanuel, Cavour, and the Risorgimento Giuseppe Mazzini, Address to Pope Pius IX, On His Encyclical Letter – https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=YURTAAAAcAAJ&pg=GBS.PP4&hl=en Damian McElrath, The Syllabus of Pius IX: Some Reactions in England The New York Times, The Attempted Assassination of the Emperor of the French - https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1858/02/09/78528596.pdf Robin Okey, The Habsburg Monarchy: From Enlightenment to Eclipse – https://archive.org/details/habsburgmonarchy0000okey/page/n5/mode/2up Jürgen Osterhammel, The Transformation of the World, A Global History of the Nineteenth Century – https://www.everand.com/read/261688401/The-Transformation-of-the-World-A-Global-History-of-the-Nineteenth-Century Alan Palmer, Twilight of the Habsburgs: The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph – https://archive.org/details/twilightofhabsbu0000palm Pope Pius IX, The Syllabus of Errors: https://www.papalencyclicals.net/pius09/p9syll.htm Trevor Royle, Crimea, The Great Crimean War 1854-1856 Frederick C. Schneid, The Second War of Italian Unification 1859-61 James J. Sheehan, German History, 1770-1866 (Oxford History of Modern Europe) Jonathan Steinberg, Bismarck: A Life

This week's episode of then & now is part of an occasional series exploring the past, present, and future of U.S. foreign policy and the U.S.-led international order. Guest host Dr. Ben Zdencanovic is joined by Bruce Schulman, Professor of History at Boston University, to discuss the Trump administration's selective use of history, especially its nods to the McKinley era's embrace of tariffs and imperialism. President Trump's invocation of slogans like "Make America Great Again" reflects a broader effort to revive a tried-and-true Gilded Age cultural vision, framing America as a nation betrayed by outsiders and internal dissenters. Bruce argues that Trump's idiosyncratic historical references signal a return to an older, culturally resonant political strategy. To conclude, Bruce examines the roots and ramifications of this vision, challenging the nostalgia surrounding late 19th-century U.S. policy and its relevance today.Bruce Schulman is the William E. Huntington Professor of History at Boston University. Bruce also directs the Institute for American Political History at Boston University. The Institute seeks to establish Boston University as a leading center for the study of America's political past. He is also a contributor to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Christian Science Monitor, as well as websites such as Politico and Reuters. Bruce's teaching and research concentrate on the history of the modern United States, particularly on the relationships between politics and broader cultural change. He is currently at work on a volume for the Oxford History of the United States covering the years 1896-1929.Ben Zdencanovic is a Postdoctoral Associate at the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy. Ben is a historian of the United States in the world, domestic and international politics, and economic and social policy. He has a particular interest in the relationship between U.S. global power and the politics of redistribution and welfare state. Ben earned his doctorate with distinction from the Department of History at Yale in 2019, where his dissertation was the winner of the Edwin W. Small Prize for outstanding work in United States history. Prior to coming to UCLA, Ben was a postdoctoral fellow at the Yale Jackson School for Global Affairs and an Assistant Instructional Professor at the University of Chicago. Further ReadingTime Magazine, "Tariffs Don't Have to Make Economic Sense to Appeal to Trump Voters"

(**spoiler alert below**) Hilary Mantel's novel A Place Of Greater Safety is, according to Oxford History of the French Revolution author William Doyle, one of the two greatest books about those turbulent years in Paris and France. Its exploration of the fascinating relationships between three of the revolution's most important figures - Georges-Jacques Danton, Camille Desmoulins and Maximilien Robespierre -  reveals so much about the importance of personality to politics during periods of crisis. Prof Doyle discusses what motivates these characters and indeed what drove the revolution itself forwards through all its tempestuous phases.  Spoiler alert: You don't need to have read A Place Of Greater Safety to enjoy listening to this episode, because the novel is really a starting point for a discussion about its three protagonists rather than being the primary subject of this conversation. This episode anyhow reveals very little about the plot given it is a largely historical, chronological-based treatment. However, there is some discussion about the timing of the ending of the novel which might be viewed by some as a mild spoiler of sorts. To be honest it wouldn't have put me off listening to this before finishing the book, but others might feel differently - you have been warned! Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeys Check out our merch store: https://llbdmerch.com/ A King has a fever dream and launches the 7th crusade, following the exact same battle plan as a previous failed crusade because he thinks he's built different. He isn't. Sources: Jonathan Riley-Smith. The Oxford History of the Crusades Alexander Mikaberidze. Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World A Historical Encyclopedia Christopher Marshall, Warfare in the Latin East, 1192–1291 Douglas Sterling. The Battle of Al Mansourah and the Seventh Crusade, 1251

The war for Ta-Wer. The Thebans had seized the sacred city of Abdju (Abydos) in the district of Ta-Wer. The northern rulers, from the House of Khety, contested this violently. Inscriptions and art reveal the movements of armies, the clashes on field and river, and the sieging of major towns. Soon, things going downright apocalyptic. Also… dogs! Music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net. Music and interludes by Jeffrey Goodman www.jeffreygoodman.com. Interludes by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com. Logo image: Intef II, from a stela in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Intro: Saruman's Speech from The Two Towers (2002), adapted by Dominic Perry. Fawlty Towers excerpts via Britbox Don't Mention the War | Fawlty Towers (youtube.com). The History of Egypt Podcast: Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Partial Bibliography: M. D. Adams, ‘Community and Society in Egypt in the First Intermediate Period: An Archaeological Investigation of the Abydos Settlement Site', Unpublished PhD. Thesis, University of Michigan (2005). D. Arnold, Gräber des Alten und Mittleren Reiches in El-Tarif (Mainz, 1976). D. D. Baker, Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300 - 1069 BC (Cairo, 2008). H. Brunner, Die Texte aus den Gräbern der Herakleopolitenzeit von Siut mit Übersetzung und Erläuterungen (Glückstadt, 1937). J. J. Clère and J. Vandier, Textes de la Première Période Intermédiare et de la XIeme Dynastie (Brussels, 1948). J. C. Darnell and D. Darnell, ‘New Inscriptions of the Late First Intermediate Period from the Theban Western Desert and the Beginnings of the Northern Expansion of the Eleventh Dynasty', Journal of Near Eastern Studies 56 (1997), 241--258. W. Ejsmond, ‘The Nubian Mercenaries of Gebelein in Light of Recent Field Research', Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 14 (2017), 11--13. N. Fields, Soldier of the Pharaoh: Middle Kingdom Egypt 2055--1650 BC (2007). H. G. Fischer, Inscriptions from the Coptite Nome: Dynasties VI-XI (Analecta orientalia 40; Rome, 1964). H. G. Fischer, ‘Provincial Inscriptions of the Heracleopolitan Period', Varia Nova, Egyptian Studies 3 (New York, 1996), 79--90. G. P. Gilbert, Weapons, Warriors, and Warfare in Early Egypt (Oxford, 2004). H. Goedicke, ‘The Inscription of Dmi', Journal of Near Eastern Studies 19 (1960), 288--291. W. Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (London, 2006 & 2024). R. Landgráfová, It Is My Good Name That You Should Remember: Egyptian Biographical Texts on Middle Kingdom Stelae (Prague, 2011). M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms (Los Angeles, 1973). M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies Chiefly of the Middle Kingdom: A Study and an Anthology (Freiburg, 1988). D. O'Connor, Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris (London, 2009). S. Seidlmayer, ‘The First Intermediate Period (c. 2160--2055 BC)', in I. Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford, 2000), 108--136. I. Shaw, Ancient Egyptian Warfare (Oxford, 2019). J. Wegner, ‘The Stela of Idudju-Iker, Foremost-One of the Chiefs of Wawat: New Evidence on the Conquest of Thinis Under Wahankh Antef II', Revue d'égyptologie 68 (2018), 153--209. T. Wilkinson, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra (London, 2010). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Intef the Great (c.2050—2000 BCE). The reign of Intef II, ruler of Waset (Thebes) shows a sudden surge in expansion and conflict. Seeking absolute power over the south, Intef brought major districts like Abu (Elephantine) into his territory. He made alliances with the rulers of Wawat (Nubia). Then, he sent his armies north to seize a sacred city… Episode details: Music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net. Music and interludes by Jeffrey Goodman www.jeffreygoodman.com. Interludes by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com. Logo image: Intef II, from a stela in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The History of Egypt Podcast: Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Select Bibligraphy: M. D. Adams, ‘Community and Society in Egypt in the First Intermediate Period: An Archaeological Investigation of the Abydos Settlement Site', Unpublished PhD. Thesis, University of Michigan (2005). D. Arnold, Gräber des Alten und Mittleren Reiches in El-Tarif (Mainz, 1976). D. D. Baker, Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300 - 1069 BC (Cairo, 2008). H. Brunner, Die Texte aus den Gräbern der Herakleopolitenzeit von Siut mit Übersetzung und Erläuterungen (Glückstadt, 1937). J. J. Clère and J. Vandier, Textes de la Première Période Intermédiare et de la XIeme Dynastie (Brussels, 1948). J. C. Darnell and D. Darnell, ‘New Inscriptions of the Late First Intermediate Period from the Theban Western Desert and the Beginnings of the Northern Expansion of the Eleventh Dynasty', Journal of Near Eastern Studies 56 (1997), 241--258. W. Ejsmond, ‘The Nubian Mercenaries of Gebelein in Light of Recent Field Research', Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 14 (2017), 11--13. N. Fields, Soldier of the Pharaoh: Middle Kingdom Egypt 2055--1650 BC (2007). H. G. Fischer, Inscriptions from the Coptite Nome: Dynasties VI-XI (Analecta orientalia 40; Rome, 1964). H. G. Fischer, ‘Provincial Inscriptions of the Heracleopolitan Period', Varia Nova, Egyptian Studies 3 (New York, 1996), 79--90. G. P. Gilbert, Weapons, Warriors, and Warfare in Early Egypt (Oxford, 2004). H. Goedicke, ‘The Inscription of Dmi', Journal of Near Eastern Studies 19 (1960), 288--291. W. Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (London, 2006 & 2024). R. Landgráfová, It Is My Good Name That You Should Remember: Egyptian Biographical Texts on Middle Kingdom Stelae (Prague, 2011). M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms (Los Angeles, 1973). M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies Chiefly of the Middle Kingdom: A Study and an Anthology (Freiburg, 1988). D. O'Connor, Abydos: Egypt's First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris (London, 2009). S. Seidlmayer, ‘The First Intermediate Period (c. 2160--2055 BC)', in I. Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford, 2000), 108--136. I. Shaw, Ancient Egyptian Warfare (Oxford, 2019). J. Wegner, ‘The Stela of Idudju-Iker, Foremost-One of the Chiefs of Wawat: New Evidence on the Conquest of Thinis Under Wahankh Antef II', Revue d'égyptologie 68 (2018), 153--209. T. Wilkinson, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra (London, 2010). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first phase is over, and the war is heating up. Around 2055 BCE (approximately), a lord of Waset/Thebes/Luxor named Intef I promotes himself far above the established norms. Sending representatives to treat with the other rulers, Intef nonetheless begins to push his military power further afield. Soon, he begins to isolate and attack the loyalist governors nearby… Episode details: The Qena Bend and locations referenced in this episode. “Godfather” Walz theme by Andrea Giuffredi. “Declare Independence” by Björk, instrumental version. Music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net. Music and interludes by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com. The History of Egypt Podcast: Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Select Bibliography: D. D. Baker, Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300 - 1069 BC (2008). E. Brovarski, ‘Overseers of Upper Egypt in the Old to Middle Kingdoms', Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 140 (2013), 91—111. Available online. J. J. Clère and J. Vandier, Textes de la Première Période Intermédiare et de la XIeme Dynastie (1948). J. C. Darnell, Theban Desert Road Survey in the Egyptian Western Desert, I: Gebel Tjauti Rock Inscriptions 1-45 and Wadi el-Hôl Rock Inscriptions 1-45 (2002). J. C. Darnell and D. Darnell, ‘New Inscriptions of the Late First Intermediate Period from the Theban Western Desert and the Beginnings of the Northern Expansion of the Eleventh Dynasty', Journal of Near Eastern Studies 56 (1997), 241—258. JSTOR. A. E. Demidchik, ‘The History of the Heracleopolitan Kings' Domain', in H.-W. Fischer-Elfert and R. B. Parkinson (eds), Studies on the Middle Kingdom in Memory of Detlef Franke (2013), 93—106. Online. H. G. Fischer, Inscriptions from the Coptite Nome: Dynasties VI-XI (1964). H. G. Fischer, Dendera in the Third Millennium BC Down to the Theban Domination of Upper Egypt (1968). W. Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (2006 & 2024). R. J. Leprohon, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (2013). M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms (1973). S. Seidlmayer, ‘The First Intermediate Period (c. 2160--2055 BC)', in I. Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (2000), 108—136. N. Strudwick, Texts from the Pyramid Age (2005). T. Wilkinson, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra (2010). T. Wilkinson, Lives of the Ancient Egyptians (2019). H. Willems, ‘The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom', in A. B. Lloyd (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Egypt, 1 (2010), 81—100. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1741, amidst the treacherous waters of Cape Horn, on the southernmost tip of South America, the British warship HMS Wager pushed through a violent storm, hoping to carry out a mission against the Spanish to alleviate them of one it's trade ships, enriched with gold and silver, and bring the bounty home to England. It was a time of great pomp amongst the British Navy, whose continual wars with the Spanish were prompting the great rise of British Sea Power. Surely nothing could possibly go wrong. Years later, the same men sent out to fight the Spanish, were arriving back on English shores, after making a perilous escape attempt from a deserted island, following a harrowing ordeal of starvation, disease, and mutiny and murder. Far from the great victory that the admiralty had imagined, it had instead turned into a nightmarish tale of human endurance in the face of the bleakest of situations. SOURCES Grann, David (2023) The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny & Murder. Simon & Schuster Ltd. NY, USA. Marshall, P. J. (1998) Rodger, N. A. M., 'Sea-Power and Empire, 1688–1793 in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume II: The Eighteenth Century. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK. River Editors, Charles (2016) The HMS Wager: The History of the 18th Century's Most Famous Shipwreck and Mutiny. Createspace Independent Publishing. USA. Bulkeley, John & Cummins, John (1757) A voyage to the South Seas. Jacob Robinson, London, UK. Byron, John (1768) Narrative of the Hon. John Byron; Being an Account of the Shipwreck of The Wager; and the Subsequent Adventures of Her Crew. London, UK. ------- This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp, check out betterhelp.com/darkhistories to get 10% off your first month.   ------- For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories Dark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9 Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.      

Show Notes and Transcript Mike Yardley joins Hearts of Oak to discuss his varied background, including military service and journalism, addressing censorship in contemporary Britain, particularly concerning vaccines and lockdowns. We examine the impact of censorship on free speech, social media algorithms, and the consequences of opposing mainstream narratives.  The conversation delves into declining democracy, globalist agendas, and the suppression of individual liberties.  Mike highlights concerns about powerful entities controlling public discourse and a lack of open debate on critical issues.  We end on political changes in Europe and the necessity of open discussions to tackle societal issues, particularly the significance of critical thinking, diverse perspectives, and unrestricted dialogue to shape a better future. Mike Yardley is well known as a sporting journalist, shooting instructor, and hunter and has written and broadcast extensively on all aspects of guns and their use. His articles (2000+) have appeared in many journals as well as in the national press. He has appeared as an expert witness in cases which relate to firearms and firearms safety. He is a founding fellow of the Association of Professional Shooting Instructors, and has formal instructing qualifications from a variety of other bodies. He is listed one of The Field's ‘Top Shots.' He retired from the press competition at the CLA Game Fair after winning it three times. As well as his shooting activities he has written books on other subjects including an account of the independent Polish trade union Solidarity, a biography of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), and a history of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst itself. He is a contributing author and ‘Special Researcher' to the Oxford History of the British Army (in which he wrote the concluding chapter and essays on the army in Northern Ireland and the SAS). He is also a frequent broadcaster and has made and presented documentaries for the BBC. Mike has also been involved as a specialist ballistic consultant, and presenter, in many productions for various TV companies including the Discovery and History Channels. He has re-enacted on location worldwide the death of the Red Baron, the Trojan Horse incident from ancient history, and some of the most infamous assassinations, including those of JFK, RFK and Abe Lincoln. Michael has worked a photojournalist and war reporter in Syria, Lebanon, Albania/Kosovo, Africa, and Afghanistan. He was seized off the street in Beirut in 1982 (before Terry Waite and John McCarthy) but released shortly afterwards having befriended one of his captors. In 1986 he made 3 clandestine crossings into Afghanistan with the Mujahedin putting his cameras aside and working as a medic on one mission. In the late 1990s, he ran aid convoys to Kosovan Refugees in Albania and on the Albanian/Kosovo border. The charity he co-founded, ‘Just Help,' was honoured for this work which took 300 tons of relief to desperately needy people. Connect with Mike... X/TWITTER        twitter.com/YardleyShooting WEBSITE            positiveshooting.com Interview recorded 2.5.24 Connect with Hearts of Oak... X/TWITTER        x.com/HeartsofOakUK WEBSITE            heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS        heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA  heartsofoak.org/connect/ SHOP                 heartsofoak.org/shop/ *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com and follow him on X/Twitter twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin  (Hearts of Oak) Hello Hearts of Oak, thank you so much for joining us once again and I'm joined by someone who I've been enjoying watching on Twitter for the last couple of years and delighted that he can join us today and that's Mike Yardley. Mike, thank you so much for your time today. (Mike Yardley) Yeah, great to be here and thank you very much for asking me Peter. Not at all, thoroughly enjoyed. I thought I would But let our audience also enjoy your input. And we had a good chat on the phone the other week about all different issues. And people can find you @YardleyShooting, which introduces the question, Yardley Shooting. Maybe you want to give just a one or two minute introduction of your background. I know you've written. You have a deep passion and understanding of history, along with many other things. But maybe give the viewer just a little bit of your background. Well, I've had a wide and varied career. I studied psychology at university. I went to the army. Wasn't really, you know, content in the army. And I resigned my commission in 1980. But I was in the army at a very interesting time. Height of the Cold War. I was on what was then the West German and East German border watching the East Germans and Russians watching us. So an intriguing place. And I really left the army to become a war reporter, a photographer, particularly initially. And also I went to Poland. I was in Poland for the rise of solidarity. I brought an exhibition back to the UK, which opened at the National Theatre. And memorably with Peggy Ashcroft doing the honours at that event, and Sir John Gielgud as patron. And then I've sort of made my way as an author and as a freelance. And I've also had a parallel career as an arms specialist. I've written a, probably millions of words in that area, but I've also written the final chapter of the Oxford History of the British Army, essays within that, books on the history of Sandhurst and co-written with another ex-officer, a book about the army, lots of technical stuff, a number of technical books. And I'm very interested in mass communication. I have made in the deep and distant past, some documentaries for the BBC. I made one on the history of terrorism for the BBC World Service. I made another on the media and the monarchy for the BBC World Service. And I think they actually let me broadcast once on another subject I'm very interested in, which is doubt. So since then, I've made my living with my pen and my camera. I was in Lebanon in the the early 1980s, again, not a good place to be there. And I made several sneaky beaky trips into Afghanistan, not as a soldier, but as a journalist when the Russians were there. And that was a very interesting time too. And, you know, gave me some ideas that perhaps other people didn't have the advantage of that experience. So yeah, quite an interesting career. I'm still a columnist for one well-known field sports magazine, The Field. And I am still at it. I don't know how long I'm going to be at it for. But one of the interesting things, I suppose, for me has been the advent of social media. And I thought social media was going to give me a chance to see what other people were thinking. But as well as what other people were thinking, to give me a chance for unfettered expression. Because I think it would be fair to say that I do feel that you cannot really say what you think in modern Britain. It comes with all sorts of disadvantages. As you get older and maybe you don't need the income as much, then perhaps not as important. You know, you can harder to cancel you as you get older and you don't really care. But I do think that's an issue in modern Britain. I think since the whole advent of lockdown and all the propaganda that was associated with it, and indeed with the Ukraine war, although I'm a supporter of the Ukrainians, I was rather horrified by the extent of the propaganda campaign to get us involved, as I have been rather shocked by all the propaganda surrounding lockdown and COVID, et cetera. And one other key point of my background is that I got very badly injured after I had the vaccine. I collapsed the next day. I had the worst headache of my life. I was in bed for a month or six weeks. I got a thrombosis in my leg, tinnitus, all sorts of other shingles, all sorts of other horrible stuff. I couldn't really walk. And even as I speak to you now, I've got shingles. I've got this blessed tinnitus ringing in my head, which a lot of other people have had post-vaccination and constant headaches. So I just have to live with that now, which means that you're always having to go through that to talk to people and to get your point across. Well, I've got a feeling that we may have you on a number of times, Mike, because there's so much to unpack there. But maybe we can start with a comment you made on censorship. And certainly we've seen this over the last four years. I've noticed in different areas, but specifically since being in the media space, I think since 2020, I've certainly seen it, had seen a little bit back in my days with UKIP during the Brexit campaign also but we have the BBC in the UK I guess they are the gatekeepers of information or have been up until this point and I know they've just the BBC have just done a series on misinformation or extremism and they of someone they employ full-time to actually cover what they see as misinformation and that kind of re-galvanizes their position as gatekeepers. But what are your thoughts on censorship? And I guess where state media fit into that? Yeah, I've been listening to that BBC series, and there's quite a lot of BBC stuff in that area at the moment. I think the first thing I'd say is this. I used to be one of the main voices heard in the media talking about security and terrorism. I hardly ever broadcast now. I don't get the opportunity because I'm not on narrative. And I think that's often because I present a nuanced position. And that doesn't seem to be popular in the modern media. Is censorship a problem now? Yes, it is. It's a problem because I can't easily broadcast anymore, having spent many years broadcasting and making lots of stuff for all sorts of different programs, as well as making a few programs of my own. I can't do that anymore. I think I may have made half a dozen or seven Discovery shows as well, but the phone no longer rings. And I'm pretty sure it doesn't ring particularly because I took up a vaccine sceptical position. And this is where it starts to get, this is the stuff we should unpack because it's really interesting. I was just listening before we started broadcasting to a BBC program that was talking about Russian operations promoting the anti-vaccine position. Well, I get that. I can see that the Russians have been involved in that. And we can come back to my own Twitter account, where I see clearly that if I put up a comment that is in any way critical of the Russians, it gets no support at all. But it might get probably half a dozen or 10 times as much pro-Russian support. And I've been trying to work out what's going on with that. It's almost as if the Russians have some way of manipulating that particular platform. But on the other hand, coming back to this point about vaccine scepticism, it's not just the Russians who are promoting that. Maybe it was in their interest to do that. But there are people in the UK, myself included, who were genuinely injured by the vaccines and who want to talk about it and feel that their point of view has completely been suppressed by these big social media platforms and by the BBC. It is just a non-subject. They don't really talk about excess deaths. They don't talk about widespread vaccine injury. You hear occasionally about VITT thrombosis with young women who've had these terrible thrombosis in their brains, but you do not hear about quite widespread vaccine injury. Now, I put up a comment on Twitter, do you know of anyone who's had a vaccine injury? I had something like, well, I think two, it depends on how you count them, but something like two million views, but 6,000 replies, and listing a lot more than 6,000 injuries. Now, I'm sure you can't necessarily take that as absolute gospel, but it is indicative of the fact that many people think they have been damaged by the vaccines, but also they can't talk about it. Their doctors aren't interested in it. The BBC don't seem to be interested in it. What in a free country are we meant to do? Well, we do this. We try and get our message out by other means, but it shouldn't be like that. And this seems to be a trend, this big state authoritarianism with a much more controlled media, which is facilitated by all the digitization that's going on. That is a real issue in modern Britain? Certainly, we came across that with YouTube putting videos up, and you daren't put a video up on YouTube critiquing the vaccine narrative or the COVID narrative. But recently, there has been some change. I know that there is legal action against AstraZeneca. I think in the last two days, there have been reports of AstraZeneca admitting that it did in in a tiny amount of cases but they haven't mentioned this before there were side effects. It does seem as though either it's the chipping away of those who've been vaccine injured demanding a voice, either it's been MPs becoming a little bit more vocal, obviously Andrew Bridgen, or it's been maybe a change in Twitter and the information out. I mean how do you see that because it does seem as though the message is slowly getting out? Well, Facebook's interesting because they've changed their policy, obviously, because before I couldn't say anything, it had come up with a note. And I have in the past had blocks from both Facebook and from Twitter. And I've also had apologies from both. I've done my best, because I don't think I ever say anything that is inappropriate or improper. That still doesn't prevent you being censored today. But twice, once with Facebook and once with Twitter, I've managed to get an apology out of them and been reinstated. So this is very disturbing stuff. And we're talking about this small number of injuries that are being acknowledged are about these brain thrombosis, the VITT thrombosis, which is an extremely rare condition, to quote an Oxford medic friend of mine. You know, rare as hen's teeth, hardly affects anyone. But it seems that thrombosis more generally, DVT and pulmonary embolism, and other things like myocarditis are comparatively common, and the re-ignition of possibly dormant cancers, which Professor Angus Dalgleish has been talking about at great length. And these are subjects which should be debated freely. I mean, when you see Andrew Bridgen in the House of Commons talking about excess deaths and he's almost talking to an empty Commons chamber. Albeit you can hear some fairly vociferous shouting coming from or cheering coming from the gallery, which the Speaker or the Assistant Speaker tried to close down, but that is a bit worrying. What has happened to British democracy? What has happened to our birth right of free speech? I mean, it isn't what it used to be. In fact, not only is it not what it used to be, on many subjects, we are not free to speak anymore. Not just the ones I discussed, there are all sorts of other things which might fall within the boundaries of PC and woke, which you simply can't talk about. You might even get prosecuted in some circumstances. I mean, we're living in some sort of mad upside down world at the moment. We've watched in Scotland the SNP collapsing, not least because of some of their very wacky legislation, which has also been enormously expensive. Meantime, I'm of the opinion, and I'm not particularly right wing, but I am of the opinion that ordinary people, sometimes they just want to see the potholes mended. You know, they don't want this sort of bit of PC legislation or another. There are far greater national priorities. And I'm not saying that there aren't small groups in society that haven't been badly treated in the past. They have. I can see that. and there has been real prejudice. But I think we have very immediate problems now. And they were all exacerbated by the COVID calamity and the government's reaction to it. I mean, I'm not afraid to say, did we really do the right thing? Should we have locked down? Should we have gone ahead with the vaccines? Or would it have made more sense to have given everybody in Britain a supply of vitamin C and vitamin D and maybe just vaccinated some people? But we don't talk about these things openly. It's a very controlled environment. And I was talking to a close friend of mine who's across the water in Northern Ireland and who's a very wise and sensible guy and involved in quite a lot of official stuff there. And I said to him, what is it? What is going on now? And he said, well, if I was to sum it up simply, Michael, I'd say that I don't feel free anymore. Well, I don't feel particularly free anymore. Peter, do you feel particularly free anymore? Have you sensed a change in the last 25 years, 20 years? Certainly in the last 10 years, I have. Well, I've certainly sensed a change, and I think that some of us actually want to speak what we believe is true, in spite of what happens, and other people cower away. And I always wonder why some of us accepted the COVID narrative and some didn't. And I mean, in the UK, I've been intrigued with the, I guess, few high profile people who are willing to talk. So you've got Andrew Bridgen in politics, but in the U.S. you've got many politicians. Or in the U.K. you've got Professor Dalgleish, on with us a few weeks ago. In the U.S. you've got much higher profile people like Dr. McCullough or Dr. Malone. And even with the statisticians, you've got Professor Norman Fenton doing the stats. But in the U.S. you've got people like Steve Kirsch who are very high profile. And I'm kind of intrigued at why in the US, those who are opposing the narrative maybe get more free reign, but are lauded more, I think. And those in the UK seem to be really pushing up a brick wall every time. I don't know if you've seen that as well. Of course I have seen that, yes. And in some senses, the US is freer than the UK, and they do have a First Amendment, which means a bit. There is a lot of, America's a strange society and I went to school there so I know it quite well and although America is free on paper and although they do have a first amendment traditionally there has been something of a tyranny of public opinion, but the people that have spoken out, as far as the vaccine is concerned, and indeed about the war in Ukraine. And I think often they're saying the wrong thing on that, but we can come on to that later. But those people have been speaking out in a way that we haven't really seen in the UK, sadly. And you have to ask, what is going on? Why is that? I heard a comment by Ahmed Malik the other day. Do you know how many doctors there are in the UK, qualified medical doctors? I was stunned when I discovered how many, but I believe it's about 300,000. And I think it's something like 75,000 GPs, which is quite a lot. But do you know how many doctors have spoken up and gone counter-narrative? I believe the correct number is 10. I mean, that is extraordinary, isn't it? 10. And I mean, just from our own experience of social media. It's very, very few. And those doctors who risk it, risk everything. They risk being cancelled. They're on comfortable livings. They're on £100,000 a year plus in most cases, sometimes quite a lot more than that. If they speak out, they risk being struck off. They risk losing a comfortable lifestyle, the mortgage, possibly the family and whatever. And the result that hardly any at all have spoken out. But what we can assume is that there are many, like one particular friend I'm thinking of, who are very sceptical of what's been happening, very sceptical of the way the vaccine was launched, the lack of testing, all this stuff that we might draw attention to. And they're not necessarily anti-vaxxers. They're just people that are normally sceptical. But it seems that we're not allowed to be normally sceptical anymore. You have to follow this big state, Big Brother, 1984 line or watch out. And that really does disturb me. And I was listening, as I said, just before we came on with this program to a BBC thing on censorship, where the BBC is chastising the Russians and the Iranians, and, all sorts, the Chinese and talking about the billions that the Russians and the Chinese spread on info spend on information now, which they do. And much of it is mis and disinformation, but they do not talk about their own authoritarianism. And how they limited discussion on anything to do with COVID and indeed on the Ukraine war. And my own position, I'll just interject very briefly. I mean, I think that, Putin has to be stopped and I'm fully with the Ukraine people in what they're doing. But it's also a fact that Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in Europe, arguably more corrupt than Russia. And if we're giving them billions and billions and lots of military materiel, some of that is going to go missing. Some of that's going to go to the wrong places. And we never really discuss that. And it's not a particularly democratic place. And it's also the case that we probably pushed it politically in a particular direction because it was to our strategic interest, which is probably the right thing to do. But we can't discuss any of this anymore. And that does disturb me. Open discussion, open intellectual discussion on military matters, on health matters is becoming more and more difficult. And that's not a healthy sign, Peter. It certainly is. And actually, it's intriguing because my line would be, actually, these are, when I was younger, it would be interventionist. No, actually, it's, well, it's a separate country. They can do what they want. And if they want to have a war, they can have a war. But talking to people who have been very supportive, maybe more of the Ukraine side, talking to Krzysztof Bosak, MP in Poland yesterday. Yesterday and he was saying that Poland have given so much actually now Poland have very little to defend themselves and you look at the UK military, we didn't have much before and now it seems that we're short of munitions, short of many items and it seems that the west have poured so much into this without thinking of how to defend themselves. I mean, you understand the military side. What are your thoughts on that? Well, my thoughts at the moment, and it's been something I've been thinking about a lot recently, is that Britain is hopelessly under-defended. Our army is probably half the size it needs to be. Our navy is incapable of undertaking independent operations. It's probably just generally incapable. I think we're down to tiny numbers of jet fighters, tiny numbers of main asset ships. And we're saying, we're being told the army's around 72,000, something like that now. I think in real terms, it's actually smaller than that. And it's not big enough to meet the threat. And what's quite clear from what's going on in Ukraine is that you have to have a supply of ammunition, of missiles, of men. And this is worrying because if they came to a global conflict, it would go nuclear very quickly now, if it did go nuclear, because would our politicians actually ultimately press the button or not? I don't know. But it would have to go nuclear or something because we don't have the conventional resources. You know, they're just not there anymore. And most people have no idea of this. They have no experience of the military. But I would say that, they're talking about increasing defence spending to, you know, something under 3%. I would say that our defence spending at the moment should be probably at least 5% and maybe quite a lot more than that. This is a very, very unstable period in the history of the world. And we are not ready to meet the threat that exists. And of course, the Russians, I mean, they're routinely saying on their media that they're going to sink, you know, they'd sink Britain. They talk about sinking Britain specifically. And I don't think that they could do that. I don't think they would act on that. But we are incredibly vulnerable. We are essentially one big, you know, landing strip and It's not a good situation at all. And most people just block it. It's not that they're not worried about it, but they don't want to be worried about it. It's just one thing more and too much to think about. And they don't have any experience of the military anyway. But we're now looking to Ukraine and we're wondering, will the Ukrainians manage to hold off the Russians before the increased aid reaches them? I don't know. I don't know. No, I think the situation is not as positive for the Russians as some people might think. They do have problems. They can act at a small level. They can act operationally, but they can't necessarily act strategically. They don't have the resources to that, but they are building up resources. And I think something like, is it 30 or 40% of their available national resources are now going into defence, which is a remarkable figure. Now, they've lost a lot of men. we don't know really how many people have died in the Ukraine. It's certainly tens of thousands and maybe into the hundreds of thousands. It's a meat grinder. And the Russians, of course, just threw all their troops into this sort of first world war-like encounter. And they didn't really care about losses initially. It's not the Russian style, but also they were throwing people who'd been recruited from prisons, Pezhorin, the Wagner group, you know, many of those people were sacrificed, and I don't think anyone really cared about them in Russia very much. A dreadful situation. We won't go into the ethics and morality of that. Pretty scary, though. They will want to try and overwhelm those Ukrainian lines, and it's a huge front line. I mean, we're talking a front line, I think it's extending over a thousand kilometres or something. It's massive. They will try and overwhelm that line, and probably with the help of US and our own intelligence and a few other things, they'll probably stem the tide. But it's a 50-50. It's by no means a given. And that is worrying, because what would happen then? What would happen to the Poles? What indeed would happen to us? So yeah, good question. I was, it was fun watching the response from NATO members to Trump's call for them to actually pay the bills. Because I think it was, I remember watching Desert Storm and being just, consumed by it I guess as a young teenager and you've got the cameras following it all, now we come to whenever Britain sent tornadoes supposedly to help Israel and we were just told that's what happened, there was very little independent reporting, who knows if it happened or not. I think it was probably, it hit me, the reduction size of our military, whenever we bought, it was 67 apache attack helicopters, I think 67, wow, what are we going to do with those, I mean, half of them won't work half the time if they're in the desert with sand in their engines. But you realize that if the West do not have a strong military, then that deterrent basically is removed. And it means that other countries like Russia, who will spend more in defence, actually think, well, we can do what we like. They can do what they like because the West just aren't, one, aren't able to intervene, I guess, because of weakness in leadership, which we see in the EU, the US, Europe and in the UK, but also because of lack of military firepower. And I guess that's just a changing of the guard from the power of the West over to other centres of power. Well, I think the strategic implications of the weakness and the perceived weakness of our leadership are big. And, you know, that is in looking from Moscow. I mean, the farce we've seen in Westminster in recent years must be very encouraging to you where, you know, they have the strong, the classic Soviet era and now Russian era strongman. Putin is developing this aura as the strong man, which is a popular one in Russia. He has complete dominance of his home media, so he manages to mislead people as to what's actually going on elsewhere as well. He's looking for an external foe, an external threat, a long-time ploy of any authoritarian leader trying to make sure he stays in power. And of course, Putin doesn't have much choice, does he? If he doesn't succeed in staying in power, he's got a very scary future ahead of him. So that's another intriguing issue. The only good thing I would say, and this is, I don't think I'd like to fight the Poles or indeed the Ukrainians. They're both very, very tough nations. But where this now leads, and this is another critical question, we don't really know what's going on. When this conflict started, and I was a reporter in Lebanon, for Time, I was a photojournalist for Time in the Lebanon and we were sending stuff back that was really from the front line and it was really interesting and people, what I noticed when I went there, intriguingly to Lebanon in the 80s, was I was familiar with it all because i'd seen it all on the evening news. But I wasn't familiar with the feeling and the smell. Now, I can't say that with Ukraine, because for most of this conflict, I didn't know, and most people didn't know what the hell was going on. The quality of the reporting, I thought, was very, very poor. I've seen some better reporting since, but generally, I thought the reporting initially was awful. And there was also a tremendous amount of pro-war propaganda. I know somebody who went to the theatre in London and apparently, you know, when it came to the intermission or something, a huge Ukrainian flag came down and the whole audience were expected to cheer as we're all expected to cheer for the NHS or for all the vaccine stuff. I'm just temperamentally opposed to that sort of control, that sort of psychological manipulation. It concerns me that people should be made to support anything unthinkingly and that seems to be what's happening now and you've got Facebook for example, I mean they were at one stage I think advertising how they could turn opinion to potential advertisers and we've seen all the Cambridge Analytica stuff, we're incredibly vulnerable now to all this online stuff and the thing that bothers me if I go back to Twitter where I have something of a presence, is I can't really tell my stuff now because nobody sees it, there is some sort of censorship algorithm or something in place. I've got 77 000 followers there allegedly, I don't know how many of them are bots but sometimes it's clear that hardly anybody sees something that I put out particularly if it concerns the vaccines or if I'm making critical comment about Mr Putin. I think I blocked 2000 odd, what I thought were probably Russian accounts. But ironically, I'm actually getting taken down myself sometimes by the Twitter algorithms. I don't know who's controlling them. I don't know if they're controlled by Twitter Central or they're controlled somewhere else. But hey, I hope so. I think I'm one of the good guys. But you're not allowed to be a good guy. You've got to be a black and white guy now. That's the thing I think you see on social media, which is also meantime, in a very unhealthy way, polarizing people. It encourages the extremes. You can't be a traditional conservative very easily. You can't be a moderate very easily or a classical liberal very easily. You've got to go to one pole or the other pole. I think that's just very unhealthy. It's unhealthy apart from anything else as far as intellectual debate's concerned. Let me pick up on that with where we fit in and the ability to, I guess, speak your mind and have a position where you put your country first, which I thought was always a normal position, but now supposedly is an extremist position. But how, I mean, I'm curious watching what's happening in Europe which is me slightly separate, the European parliamentary elections and the wave of putting nations first and it's called nationalism. I think it's putting your country first which actually should be what a nation is about and the second thing is your neighbour and those around you, but we haven't really seen that in the UK. I mean do you think that will be a change of how your because Europe is really a declining force in the world, not only economically, but militarily. And of course, we haven't made the best of leaving the EU at all. We've cocked up big time on that. But then you look across to Europe and it is a declining power. And I'm wondering whether this new change, this opposition to unfair immigration. Opposition to control, central control from Brussels, wanting to put the nations first, whether that actually will be a change in Europe's fortunes. Bring me back to central control. But before we say anything else, just look at Norway. They had the wonderful resource of their oil reserves, and they spent it well. They created a sovereign national fund. And I think it means that everyone in Norway's got half a million quid or something like that. We, on the other hand, have squandered our national resources. And the country appears to be in tatters at the moment, and they can't even mend the potholes. Going to this business of Europe and the decline, yes, it's worrying that, Europe almost is losing the will to defend itself, or it seems to. But beyond that, if you look at Brexit, I mean, I was a Brexiteer, and I was a Brexiteer who could see some of the economic arguments for Remain. So again, I had a nuanced position on it. But overall, I wanted to preserve British sovereignty and democracy, and I thought it was disgraceful that we should be turning over that to some body in Brussels. But what we didn't realize, those of us who were pushing for Brexit, that the real threat wasn't Brussels, but the real threat probably was some globalist entity that we didn't even understand. And nobody was really much talking about globalism at that point. They weren't talking about Davos and all that sort of stuff. They were talking about the threat from Brussels but what we've seen since Brexit I think is an even greater threat from, I think what that Greek ex-foreign minister calls techno feudalism and the sort of, the onward march of somewhat Marxist influenced, capitalism facilitated by the whole digital deal, And you have WEF stuff where, you'll own nothing and you'll be happy, although they're withdrawing from that comment now. But who are these people? Did we elect them? We had a sort of interest in the people in Brussels, sort of, but as far as these globalist characters are concerned, they have no democratic mandate whatsoever. And that is pretty scary. Their only mandate is enormous wealth and a sort of arrogance that they know best for us, the peons, what our future should be. I do find that a bit terrifying, but I also, this is where it gets interesting, Peter, because I see where it came from. If you look at the era after the Second World War, the Americans and us, we were very worried about Soviet influencing operations. So we started to do stuff. And one of the things, the European community was perhaps one of those things, NATO was the most obvious, but there were also all sorts of influencing operations to counter the then very common, prolific, and increasingly dangerous Soviet influencing operations directed at Europe, directed at Latin America. So, for example, at Harvard, and I found this out from reading a biography of Henry Kissinger recently. At Harvard in the early 50s, they were running young leaders courses for foreign influencers. And it looked very much like the same sort of deal that the WEF was doing with everyone's Trudeau et al. They've all been a WEF young leader. Now, I would guess that that comes, that WEF stuff probably comes from Harvard or something like that via the State Department pushing into academia and then creating the WEF, maybe or having a hand in it as an influencing op. But this is where it gets really interesting. Has somebody penetrated that influencing op? Has it been turned? Whose interests does it actually operate in now? We know big money. Yeah, big money. But is it really in our individual interest as citizens of these countries and as customers of these massive corporations that seek to influence so much now and trespass onto the realm of politics and social engineering? By what right? You know, what happened to democracy? Aren't we meant to be deciding what's going on in our country, what our values are? It seems not. Democracy seems less important, I mean you look at Andrew Bridgen lecturing to an almost empty House of Commons on excess deaths and you think what on earth is going on there, what is this? I don't get it and I don't get why there is not free discussion on many other subjects in parliament now and it disturbs me. We developed this system, it's a pretty good system with faults as Churchill said, the problem with it is more the case that all the other systems are worse. And I think that's probably true. I mean, I'm a believer in democracy, but our democracy is in a pretty bad way. And it's not just our democracy, all over the Western world. We seem to have rolled over. And I do wonder to what extent the Russians, the Chinese and others have deliberately undermined us, captured our institutions, maybe captured our media. You know, these are things that one isn't allowed to say normally, but I'm saying them now. I mean, to what extent have we been captured and who by? If you saw the Yuri Bezmenov film from the 70s and 80s, have you seen that? Oh, you must, Yuri Bezmenov, about subversion and the long-term KGB operations to subvert the West. Very interesting, and it all seems to have come true. Yuri Bezmenov, you'll find it on YouTube. Yeah. What has happened to us? Our society is almost unrecognizable. Go back 20 years. I mean, think of the restrictions on driving in London, on smoking, let alone lockdown and vaccines, and thou shalt do this, and you must do that, and if you don't, we'll fine you, and you've got no power at all, and we've got complete control over your life, and it's a 200-pound fine for this and for whatever. We are so controlled and put down now. And again, I have an interesting theory and I don't get the chance to talk about it much, but I wonder if when you see a lot of crime and you see a lot of crime, particularly amongst young people, and you see a lot of strange, violent crime, I wonder if that is a consequence of too much central control. I wonder if that's a psychological and sociological consequence of a society which is becoming too controlled. And that's a subject I never hear discussed, but it's a very interesting one because I think a lot of us are concerned about crime, street crime, you know, mad people on the roads, which you see, I noticed personally, a lot more crazy driving than I was aware of maybe five or 10 years ago. But we don't discuss this stuff. We don't discuss the fact that the average person isn't really very happy now, that the average kid, this does get discussed a bit, is very anxious, maybe having treatment for this or that sort of psychological problem, that what used to be the normal tribulations of life now become things that you need to seek out treatment for. Well, maybe what you really need to do is seek out treatment for your society because your society is creating people that just aren't happy. And we should explore that. But again, that's another big subject. Well, I've been intrigued talking to friends growing up behind the Iron Curtain and talking about the Stasi or the state police reporting on people, turning everyone into informers, and then having Xi Van Fleet on the other day. And she was talking about the Red Guards, who were Mao's army, in effect, in communist China. And you realize that control whenever individuals are called out by the media because they go against the narrative. We've seen that under the COVID tyranny or seen that when Andrew Bridgen spoke the last time, the leader of the House, Penny Mordaunt, warned him to be very careful of the dangerous language he is using on social media. She meant that he is saying something which is different than government, and that's not accepted. And in effect, it's the same, I guess, control as you saw under communism that we are now seeing here, where people are called out for having a different opinion and being threatened that if they continue, there will be consequences. Would you have seen that sort of control 50 years ago or before the Second World War? I mean, you know, I'm no communist, but there used to be communist members of parliament. There used to be an extremely wide range of opinion represented in parliament. Now it seems we're entering the age of the monoculture and the mono-party, and alternative opinions just aren't acceptable anymore. There is one canonized text, and you've got to repeat that mantra, and if not, you're a non-person. I mean, where did that come from? That isn't our tradition. But is that the push of the woke agenda, is it the decline of Christianity, is it weak leadership, I mean you kind of look and I want to understand where this is coming from, because if you understand where it's coming from then you can begin to tackle it. But it does seem to be many different facets of it from different angles. I think, was it GK Chesterton 'once we stop believing in anything, we'll start believing in everything' I think that is part of it, I think people don't believe in very much so they just believe in their own selfish bubble and materialism and I think this actually goes back to Oxford, I think there is actually some school of philosophy that encouraged this idea that as the old authorities declined, whether that was the the monarchy or whatever it might be, a faith in authority that you would have to find a new way of controlling the public and that the simplest way to do that was by their material self-interest and this is what Thatcher and Reagan essentially appeared to do, well actually looking back at Reagan now I actually think he said some very sensible stuff, but it appears that we were manipulated by our material desires. That replaced the old world. But it's meant that we're living in a rather scary, chaotic, morally upside down and confused world now. And it's certainly not the world that you and I remember. And it must be very scary for kids. I mean, I was speaking to a young person the other day, and I was really surprised because they told me that they didn't watch the news and they were a bright kid. And they said, well, why? They said, well, I don't want to. I don't want to have anything to do with it. And I don't want to have anything to do with history either. And I thought to myself, my God, if you have a young person who was soon to be a voting age, who's not watching any news, who doesn't want to have anything to do with history, how are they going to be able to make the right decisions for our future? And what sort of world are they living in? You know, where's their thought space now? Yeah, I thought that was very worrying. But that's, I mean, to finish on that, that's really just part of the information war because now young people get, I don't know how to define young people, but they get their information, their worldview from TikTok. So you've got the Chinese government actually pushing that and forcing that. And it is concerning whenever, from a 60 second video someone can decide what the world is and how they fit into it and that's the depth of knowledge they're going to find and I think that shallowness is where we are with the next generation coming. Yeah I mean I've got to hope that there's some young people that aren't as shallow as that and I certainly do talk to to some who aren't, I mean I've got kids of my own, four kids, and generally speaking, they're pretty switched on. We don't have the same views, generally speaking, but they're pretty switched on. But it is scary that there's a whole generation of young people that, I mean, you see them, you wander down the street, you see every kid has got, there they are, they've got the mobile phone and they're like zombies looking at the mobile phone. And it's not just kids for that matter. It's, you see middle-aged people doing the same thing. You see them sitting at tables in a restaurant and they're still tapping at the screen. Whoever controls this controls you, controls your mind, controls what you think are your opinions, because many of your opinions are not really your opinions. They're things that have been implanted in you by these massively influential modern means. Now, television always did that to a degree. The newspapers always did it to a degree. But this seems to be a more direct route into people's heads, particularly young people's heads. And that is genuinely disturbing. Now, if you look to Europe, you mentioned Europe earlier. If you look at Europe, it seems to be swaying to the right. My guess is that, Britain will probably sway to the left until maybe there's a failure of the Starmer dream after probably, they might run for two terms. And then our future is very uncertain and again, rather scary. But what I don't see is enough discussion, enough activity. I don't see a dynamic middle. Hopefully, I mean, very intriguing, isn't it? Who is Starmer? What does he represent? Is he a Blairite? So is that some sort of globalist, centrist, capitalized position? I don't know. I tend to think it is. I tend to think that's where it's coming from. It's not the traditional left. But of course, Starmer has some history of being on the left, not to a great extreme. But it is worrying that the left could still creep into power via Starmer's government. It's also a bit frightening, and am I saying this, that what happens if Starmer's government fails? I mean, as it probably will. The economics are against it. Britain is not looking in a good place at all. But what I think we need, the one thing that will save us is open discussion, proper, unfettered, open discussion about politics, about health, about philosophy, about everything else. And I try in my life in a small way to start those conversations with people. And I do it across politics. I do it across religion. I talk to almost everyone I meet, if I can, and I think I get away with it, and start bringing up some of these difficult subjects. Mike, I really do appreciate coming on. As I said at the beginning, I've really enjoyed your Twitter handle. And I know we've touched on many things on censorship, military and politics. And I'm sure we will have you back on again soon. So thank you so much for your time today. Well, I've really enjoyed the opportunity. And I'll just say this in conclusion. I've actually managed this. I've had the tinnitus and this terrible migraine all through the interview, but we got through it, which is great. I do say to people out there, do take seriously the people who tell you they've been vaccine injured because it's a big deal if you have. God bless you Peter.

Forty years ago, a twinkly-eyed incumbent president ran for re-election despite concerns about his age. He did so by running a campaign steeped in the idea that America was the last, best hope of earth. Ronald Reagan was no Joe Biden, and no one today expects a landslide victory. Yet there are echoes in today's divided politics in the 1984 election, especially within the Democratic Party, which, back then, just as now, was struggling to keep together its warring constituencies. And might there be lessons for today's fractious politics from Reagan's famous campaign ad, "It's morning again in America"? Adam talks to Bruce Schulman, William E. Huntington Professor at Boston University who was the Harmsworth Professor of American history at Oxford last year and the author of many books on twentieth-century America including a forthcoming volume of the Oxford History of the United States – and Dan Rowe, lecturer in American history at the Rothermere American Institute and the author of the forthcoming, State of Development: Preserving the American Economic Century in an Era of Anxious Capitalism to be published by Columbia University Press. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on Biblical News Source we dive into the encouraging influx of bills against diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and discuss why DEI is a problem, then we talk about the “Christ is King” debacle that has been trending over the weekend and what the phrase “Christ is King” truly means, and later we begin our exploration of the Book of Exodus by looking into the Pharaoh who enslaved the Israelites and why his actions were deemed as an affront to God's creation.Sources:https://www.wjfw.com/news/regional/they-may-not-agree-on-how-to-define-dei-but-thats-no-problem-for-kansas/article_52d459f5-4a5e-53e6-9662-9f206abe12e3.html?fbclid=IwAR2qKFRyM4rtMfod7sNFN_X8fUhJpJX2ITMepiLmg7HSSUL5lvxushpPiyAhttps://twitter.com/BillboardChris/status/1770902071887200362https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames/status/1771974673468989657https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames/status/1772015211349770433Ian Shaw, The Oxford History of Ancient EgyptSave on healthcare with Crossway Connect today: https://app.crosswayconnect.org/enroll...Build your own library of resources for biblical study with Logos Bible Software: https://logos.refr.cc/10minutechurchDeck yourself out with some Jesus swag and bear his name with apparel and accessories from SeekJesus.co:https://seekjesus.co/pages/_go_?ref=7491:646327&discount=CHRISW92Get a copy of my new devotional journal Centering Prayer: Sit and Give Your Troubles to God: https://a.co/d/39pw2eEWebsite: 10minute.churchConvos With Dad: https://www.spreaker.com/show/convos-with-dadX (formerly Twitter): @TheChrisW92Recommended Sources:Michael S. Heiser, The Unseen Realm; Supernatural; Angels; Demons; Reversing Hermon; and The Divine Council in Late Canonical and Non-Canonical Second Temple Jewish Literature, a dissertation. Ronn A. Johnson, The Old Testament Background for Paul's Use of "Principalities and Powers," a dissertation.Heiser, Michael S. “Divine Council.” Edited by John D. Barry, David Bomar, Derek R. Brown, Rachel Klippenstein, Douglas Mangum, Carrie Sinclair Wolcott, Lazarus Wentz, Elliot Ritzema, and Wendy Widder. The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.Peterson, Brian Neil. “Nephilim.” Edited by John D. Barry, David Bomar, Derek R. Brown, Rachel Klippenstein, Douglas Mangum, Carrie Sinclair Wolcott, Lazarus Wentz, Elliot Ritzema, and Wendy Widder. The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.Amar Annus, "On the Origin of the Watchers: A Comparative Study of the Antediluvian Wisdom in Mesopotamian and Jewish Traditions," Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 19.4 (2010), 277-320.Faruq Zamani, Origin of the Nephilim in MesopotamiaHarkins, Bautch, and Endres, The Watchers in Jewish and Christian Traditions

Knut A. Jacobsen's edited volume The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Diaspora (Oxford UP, 2023) presents the histories and religious traditions of Hindus with a South Asian ancestral background living outside of South Asia. Hinduism is a global religion with a significant presence in many countries throughout the world. The most important cause of this global expansion is migration. This book presents and analyses the most important of the geographies, migration histories, religious traditions and developments, rituals, places, institutions, and representations of Hinduism in the diasporas, capturing some of the great plurality of Hindu religious traditions.  The first part of the book concentrates on the major regions in the world in which Hindu diasporas are found. The main focus is the modern period, but the book discusses also the possibility of premodern Hindu diasporas in Southeast Asia. The second part focuses on specific central themes such as Vaishnava, Shaiva, and Shakta traditions in diasporas, temples, and traditions of sacred sites and pilgrimage outside of South Asia, Hindutva organizations and the diaspora, as well as relations between Hindu diasporas and new followers of Hindu traditions. The chapters in this book show some of the global presence of the Hindu diasporas and some of the dynamic developments in multiple geographical spaces. Analysing specific spaces and themes, the chapters of the book offer a foundation for understanding the Hindu traditions in its most important global diasporic contexts and the dynamic developments around the world. Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative texts. He teaches at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and at his own virtual School of Indian Wisdom. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Knut A. Jacobsen's edited volume The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Diaspora (Oxford UP, 2023) presents the histories and religious traditions of Hindus with a South Asian ancestral background living outside of South Asia. Hinduism is a global religion with a significant presence in many countries throughout the world. The most important cause of this global expansion is migration. This book presents and analyses the most important of the geographies, migration histories, religious traditions and developments, rituals, places, institutions, and representations of Hinduism in the diasporas, capturing some of the great plurality of Hindu religious traditions.  The first part of the book concentrates on the major regions in the world in which Hindu diasporas are found. The main focus is the modern period, but the book discusses also the possibility of premodern Hindu diasporas in Southeast Asia. The second part focuses on specific central themes such as Vaishnava, Shaiva, and Shakta traditions in diasporas, temples, and traditions of sacred sites and pilgrimage outside of South Asia, Hindutva organizations and the diaspora, as well as relations between Hindu diasporas and new followers of Hindu traditions. The chapters in this book show some of the global presence of the Hindu diasporas and some of the dynamic developments in multiple geographical spaces. Analysing specific spaces and themes, the chapters of the book offer a foundation for understanding the Hindu traditions in its most important global diasporic contexts and the dynamic developments around the world. Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative texts. He teaches at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and at his own virtual School of Indian Wisdom. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Knut A. Jacobsen's edited volume The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Diaspora (Oxford UP, 2023) presents the histories and religious traditions of Hindus with a South Asian ancestral background living outside of South Asia. Hinduism is a global religion with a significant presence in many countries throughout the world. The most important cause of this global expansion is migration. This book presents and analyses the most important of the geographies, migration histories, religious traditions and developments, rituals, places, institutions, and representations of Hinduism in the diasporas, capturing some of the great plurality of Hindu religious traditions.  The first part of the book concentrates on the major regions in the world in which Hindu diasporas are found. The main focus is the modern period, but the book discusses also the possibility of premodern Hindu diasporas in Southeast Asia. The second part focuses on specific central themes such as Vaishnava, Shaiva, and Shakta traditions in diasporas, temples, and traditions of sacred sites and pilgrimage outside of South Asia, Hindutva organizations and the diaspora, as well as relations between Hindu diasporas and new followers of Hindu traditions. The chapters in this book show some of the global presence of the Hindu diasporas and some of the dynamic developments in multiple geographical spaces. Analysing specific spaces and themes, the chapters of the book offer a foundation for understanding the Hindu traditions in its most important global diasporic contexts and the dynamic developments around the world. Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative texts. He teaches at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and at his own virtual School of Indian Wisdom. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Knut A. Jacobsen's edited volume The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Diaspora (Oxford UP, 2023) presents the histories and religious traditions of Hindus with a South Asian ancestral background living outside of South Asia. Hinduism is a global religion with a significant presence in many countries throughout the world. The most important cause of this global expansion is migration. This book presents and analyses the most important of the geographies, migration histories, religious traditions and developments, rituals, places, institutions, and representations of Hinduism in the diasporas, capturing some of the great plurality of Hindu religious traditions.  The first part of the book concentrates on the major regions in the world in which Hindu diasporas are found. The main focus is the modern period, but the book discusses also the possibility of premodern Hindu diasporas in Southeast Asia. The second part focuses on specific central themes such as Vaishnava, Shaiva, and Shakta traditions in diasporas, temples, and traditions of sacred sites and pilgrimage outside of South Asia, Hindutva organizations and the diaspora, as well as relations between Hindu diasporas and new followers of Hindu traditions. The chapters in this book show some of the global presence of the Hindu diasporas and some of the dynamic developments in multiple geographical spaces. Analysing specific spaces and themes, the chapters of the book offer a foundation for understanding the Hindu traditions in its most important global diasporic contexts and the dynamic developments around the world. Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative texts. He teaches at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and at his own virtual School of Indian Wisdom. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions

Knut A. Jacobsen's edited volume The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Diaspora (Oxford UP, 2023) presents the histories and religious traditions of Hindus with a South Asian ancestral background living outside of South Asia. Hinduism is a global religion with a significant presence in many countries throughout the world. The most important cause of this global expansion is migration. This book presents and analyses the most important of the geographies, migration histories, religious traditions and developments, rituals, places, institutions, and representations of Hinduism in the diasporas, capturing some of the great plurality of Hindu religious traditions.  The first part of the book concentrates on the major regions in the world in which Hindu diasporas are found. The main focus is the modern period, but the book discusses also the possibility of premodern Hindu diasporas in Southeast Asia. The second part focuses on specific central themes such as Vaishnava, Shaiva, and Shakta traditions in diasporas, temples, and traditions of sacred sites and pilgrimage outside of South Asia, Hindutva organizations and the diaspora, as well as relations between Hindu diasporas and new followers of Hindu traditions. The chapters in this book show some of the global presence of the Hindu diasporas and some of the dynamic developments in multiple geographical spaces. Analysing specific spaces and themes, the chapters of the book offer a foundation for understanding the Hindu traditions in its most important global diasporic contexts and the dynamic developments around the world. Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative texts. He teaches at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and at his own virtual School of Indian Wisdom. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Knut A. Jacobsen's edited volume The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Diaspora (Oxford UP, 2023) presents the histories and religious traditions of Hindus with a South Asian ancestral background living outside of South Asia. Hinduism is a global religion with a significant presence in many countries throughout the world. The most important cause of this global expansion is migration. This book presents and analyses the most important of the geographies, migration histories, religious traditions and developments, rituals, places, institutions, and representations of Hinduism in the diasporas, capturing some of the great plurality of Hindu religious traditions.  The first part of the book concentrates on the major regions in the world in which Hindu diasporas are found. The main focus is the modern period, but the book discusses also the possibility of premodern Hindu diasporas in Southeast Asia. The second part focuses on specific central themes such as Vaishnava, Shaiva, and Shakta traditions in diasporas, temples, and traditions of sacred sites and pilgrimage outside of South Asia, Hindutva organizations and the diaspora, as well as relations between Hindu diasporas and new followers of Hindu traditions. The chapters in this book show some of the global presence of the Hindu diasporas and some of the dynamic developments in multiple geographical spaces. Analysing specific spaces and themes, the chapters of the book offer a foundation for understanding the Hindu traditions in its most important global diasporic contexts and the dynamic developments around the world. Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative texts. He teaches at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and at his own virtual School of Indian Wisdom. For information see rajbalkaran.com.

 Zachary Leader is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Roehampton. He grew up in California but has lived in Britain for over fifty years and has dual US/UK citizenship. He was educated at Northwestern University, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Harvard and is the biographer of Kingsley Amis and edited the Letters of Kingsley Amis. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and General Editor of The Oxford History of Life-Writing, a 7-volume series published by OUP. PLS Trustee Daniel Vince is a soon-to-be graduate of the University of York, where he earned his MA by Research on the post-war working class novel. He has recently started work on his PhD entitled ‘The New University in Post-War British Literature', in which Larkin and the University of Hull play a significant role – other writers include Malcolm Bradbury, David Lodge and Kingsley Amis. A trustee of The Philip Larkin Society, our e-newsletter editor and a member of our events committee,.  Today's conversation focuses on John Wain's Hurry On Down (1953) and Philip Larkin's Jill (1946). Notes and further reading and event links The Life of Saul Bellow by Zachary Leader (Cape, 2015) The Oxford Handbook of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Oxford Handbooks)  by Michael O'Neill (Editor) (Oxford Handbooks, 2017) The Life of Kingsley Amis by Zachary Leader (Vintage, 2007) The Letters of Kingsley Amis by Zachary Leader (Editor), (Harper Collins, 2001) Cultural Nationalism and Modern Manuscripts: Kingsley Amis, Saul Bellow, Franz Kafka Zachary Leader https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/cultural-nationalism-and-modern-manuscripts-kingsley-amis-saul-be 2013 Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh (1928) Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis (1954) Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (1881) Jill by Philip Larkin (1946) Hurry on Down by John Wain (1953) Changing Places by David Lodge (1975) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937) The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger (1951) The Movement: English Poetry and Fiction of the 1950's by Blake Morrison (1980) The Movement Reconsidered: Essays on Larkin, Amis, Gunn, Davie and Their Contemporaries by Zachary Leader (OUP, 2011) The Importance of Philip Larkin by John Wain, The American Scholar, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Summer 1986), pp. 349-364  Interviews with Britain's Angry Young Men: Kingsley Amis, John Braine, Bill Hopkins, John Wain and Colin Wilson: 2 (Milford Series) by Dale Salwak (Borgo Press, 2007) Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love by James Booth (2015, Bloomsbury) Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life by Andrew Motion (Faber, 1994) Philip Larkin Selected Letters ed. Anthony Thwaite (Faber and Faber, 1993) Out of Reach: The Poetry of Philip Larkin by Andrew Swarbrick (1997) Larkin poems mentioned: Livings, The Importance of Elsewhere, The Whitsun Weddings, High Windows, Absences, If, My Darling, This Be The Verse Other references: The Sun (British tabloid newspaper, founded 1964), John Braine (English novelist 1922-1986), Ben Johnson (English playwright- 1597-1637), Franz Kafka (Czech novelist, 1883- 1924) Book tickets for Chichester event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/philip-larkin-society-members-event-at-chichester-cathedral-tickets-781230199557?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Register for schools event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/higher-windows-post-16-english-enrichment-day-at-the-university-of-hull-tickets-737140074807?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Register for Conference 2024 here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/philip-larkin-society-conference-2024-tickets-769584597247?aff=oddtdtcreator

Friends, Romans, and podcast listeners! Lend me your ears for about 27 and a bit minutes! Listener Sam (https://www.instagram.com/britishbondfan), asked me to look into Pre-Roman and Pre-Christian Britain, and I kind of allowed this little rabbit hole to go wherever. I am very keen on written texts when it comes to history, archeology, less so (sorry Indiana Jones). I hope you all enjoy the highways and byways this took me down.I read from a 1908 translation of 'De Bello Gallico' (original by Julius Caeser aka The Roman Geezer), and also 'Anglo-Saxon England' by Sir Frank Stenton, part of the 'Oxford History of England' series. I hope you enjoy the former with my comments interluded, and the later without.Message me anytime on Instagram, or e-mail: AlbionNeverDies@gmail.comCheck out my https://www.youtube.com/britishcultureCheck out my Red Bubble shopSubscribe to my newsletter for update e-mails, random postcards, and stickers: https://youtube.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=b3afdae99897eebbf8ca022c8&id=5165536616Support the show

PREVIEW: From a two-hour conversation later with Oxford history scholar Jonathan Healey, author of the new book, THE BLAZING WORLD, re the contest between the monarchy and the Parliament during the Stuarts. Parliament learned to defy (thanks to the eloquence of Edward Coke) the King on arbitrary arrests and imprisonment, on taxation without consent, on personnel.  Is this the origin of 'No taxation without representation?' Many of the arguments of the 17th Century in England will come back as guidelines for the late 18th Century dissenters in the colonies who are now regarded as the Founders. Here's Professor Healey to explain: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 Hardcover – Deckle Edge, April 11, 2023.  by  Jonathan Healey (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Blazing-World-History-Revolutionary-1603-1689/dp/0593318358 1640 Virginia Colony

We examine five centuries of Catholicism and it's many surprising truths with UCD Professor John McCafferty in a new book 'The Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism'

William Doyle is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Bristol. As the author of the Oxford History of the French Revolution he is also the rescuer of many an undergraduate essay crisis. William's new book Napoleon At Peace, however, sees him examine Bonaparte's performance in the top job in those first years of the 19th century. Its subtitle, 'How To End A Revolution', gives you a sense of the scale of the task he faced Prof Doyle on Bonaparte: "What hit me is the sheer ability of the man - how able he actually was, how many balls he was able to keep in the air at any particular time. Whatever you think of him morally - and he's a very nasty type in all sorts of ways - nevertheless, the sheer ability of the man cannot fail to be impressive." How much of the Revolution was over by the time Napoleon Bonaparte came to power? Prof Doyle: "None of it."

Ebbene sì, è già passato un anno da quella prima, esitante puntata che ha dato inizio a tutto! Oggi, 22 settembre 2023, Kheru compie un anno! E come celebrare al meglio questa giornata, se non con una puntata speciale dedicata al Tempo?! Com'era il calendario nell'Antico Egitto? Perché gli egittologi devono spesso scontrarsi con problemi legati alla cronologia? Si precisa che per la trattazione del tema legato all'osservazione astronomica della levata eliaca della stella Sirio e sulle questioni circa la cronologia assoluta ci si è bastati su quanto indicato da Ian Shaw nell'Introduzione di The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (ancora un manuale di riferimento, seppur a distanza di tempo). Bibliografia: I. SHAW (a cura di), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000, 1-15. P. GRANDET E B. MATHIEU, Cours d'Égyptien Hiéroglyphique, Paris, Khéops, 2003 ( tr. it. a cura di Christian Orsenigo, Corso di Egiziano geroglifico, Torino, Ananke, 2007), 237-239. Musiche: Crescent Moon by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; MANTRA by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Suoni: http://bigsoundbank.com by Joseph Sardin; http://freesound.org; https://www.chosic.com

On this episode, Theresa and Cody chip away at the behemoth that is the French Revolution and talk about why running away from your problems isn't a solution.Podcast to recommend: Age of Napoleon (https://ageofnapoleon.com/)SourcesDavidson, Ian. The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2016.Doyle, William. The Oxford History of the French Revolution (3rd ed). Oxford, UK: Oxford U. Press, 2018.Hardman, John. Louis XVI: The Silent King (2nd ed). New Haven, CT: Yale U. Press, 2016.McPhee, Peter. The French Revolution, 1789-99. Oxford, UK: Oxford U. Press, 2002.Price, Munro. The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the Baron de Breteuil. London, UK: Macmillan, 2011. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, we explore the fascinating history of trade and commerce in Britain, starting from prehistoric times and ending in Shakespeare's era. This episode topic was chosen by our by our Patreon patrons at the Gentry, Noble, and Royal Patron levels. Special thanks to Collective Action Comics Podcast, Claire Sharp, Elizabeth Sharman and Katie Smith! Discover how the monetization of England's economy fueled the growth of trade and commerce, and how merchant guilds helped shape trade regulation and the urban landscape of England's bustling port towns. From the wool trade to the spice trade, Elyse and Kourtney examine the impact of commerce on everyday life, and how it challenged traditional notions of identity and community. In addition, the episode will explain how joint-stock companies transformed the world of trade and investment, and how they contributed to the growth of England's global empire. Drawing on Shakespeare's plays and contemporary accounts, Elyse and Kourtney examine the legacy of early modern commerce on modern-day economies and societies. Whether you're a Shakespeare enthusiast, a history buff, or just curious about the origins of global capitalism, this is an episode not to be missed! Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Follow us on Instagram at @shakespeareanyonepod for updates or visit our website at shakespeareanyone.com You can support the podcast at patreon.com/shakespeareanyone Works referenced: Anievas, Alexander, and Kerem Nişancioğlu. “Rethinking the Origins of Capitalism: The Theory of Uneven and Combined Development.” How the West Came to Rule: The Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism, Pluto Press, 2015, pp. 43–63. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt183pb6f.7. Accessed 21 Apr. 2023. Brunton, Deborah. “6.3 Work and Trade.” Early Modern Europe: An Introduction, 2016, www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/early-modern-europe-introduction/content-section-6.3. Grafe, Regina, and Oscar Gelderblom. “The Rise and Fall of the Merchant Guilds: Re-Thinking the Comparative Study of Commercial Institutions in Premodern Europe.” The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, vol. 40, no. 4, 2010, pp. 477–511. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20685545. Accessed 27 Apr. 2023. Hair, Paul; Law, Robin (1998). "The English in western Africa to 1700". In Nicholas Canny (ed.). Oxford History of the British Empire volume 1: The Origins of Empire. British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth century. Oxford: Oxford university press. pp. 241–263. ISBN 978-0-19-164734-5. Janega, Eleanor. and Waters, Luke, “Historical Materialism 5: Feudalism, Finally”, We're Not So Different Podcast, WNSD Podcast, 15 Nov. 2021. Accessed 24 Apr. 2023. Janega, Eleanor and Waters, Luke, “Historical Materialism 11: Colonialism”, We're Not So Different Podcast, WNSD Podcast, 19 Jan. 2022. Accessed 24 Apr. 2023. Jarman, Cat. “Britain After Rome”, Gone Medieval, performance by Robin Fleming, History Hit, 29 Aug. 2022, Accessed 24 Apr. 2023. Palma, N. (2018). Money and modernization in early modern England. Financial History Review, 25(3), 231–261. doi:10.1017/s0968565018000185 Picard, Liza. “Exploration and Trade in Elizabethan England.” British Library, 15 Mar. 2016, www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/exploration-and-trade-in-elizabethan-england. “Prehistoric Britain: Visit Resource for Teachers”, British Museum, The British Museum, Background Information pp. 4-11, https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/visit-resource_prehistoric-britain-KS2.pdf, Accessed 21 Apr. 2023 Schmitthoff, M. “The Origin of the Joint-Stock Company.” The University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 1939, pp. 74–96. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/824598. Accessed 29 Apr. 2023.

This podcast features alumnus author Cyrus R. K. Patell, class of 1979. Cyrus is professor of English at New York University in New York. He received his AB, AM, and PhD in English and American literature and language from Harvard University. His scholarship and teaching centers on the theory and practice of world literature; cosmopolitanism; Global Shakespeare; “Star Wars;” minority discourse theory; literary historiography; and US literary history. He is the author of “Emergent U.S. Literatures” and “Cosmopolitanism and the Literary Imagination.” He is presently at work on “What in the World is a Global Text?” as well as a study of the ways in which Shakespeare's “Hamlet” became a part of global cultural heritage. He is coediting volume eight of the twelve-volume “Oxford History of the Novel in English” on the American novel after 1940. His most recent book is “Lucasfilm: Filmmaking, Philosophy, and the Star Wars Universe.”

This week on Sinica, something different: Kaiser asks over a dozen scholars of various facets of China studies to talk about their work and make some recommendations! You'll hear from a variety of scholars, from MA students to tenured professors, talking about a bewildering range of fascinating work they're doing. Enjoy!3:00 – Kristin Shi-Kupfer — recommendations: this essay (in Chinese) by Teng Biao on Chinese Trump supporters; Han Rongbin's work on digital society; and Yang Guobin's work on digital expression on the internet in China.7:48 – Lev Nachman — recommendation: Ian Rowen, One China, Many Taiwans: The Geopolitics of Cross-Strait Tourism; and the city of Taichung, and especially its night market food on Yizhong Street and the Fang Chia Night market.9:27 – Lin Zhang — recommendation: Victor Seow, Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia; and Gary Gertle, American Crucible: Race and Nation in the 20th Century15:32 – Maura Dykstra — recommendation: Richard von Glahn's contribution to the Oxford History of Modern China about registration in imperial China19:00 – Jonathan Elkobi — a Rand Corporation study on economic cooperation between Israel and China; the fusion band Snarky Puppy22:22 – Seiji Shirane — Seediq Bale (Warriors of the Rainbow) and Lust, Caution25:18 – Zhu Qian — Rebecca Karl, Staging the World: Chinese Nationalism at the Turn of the 20th Century, and two films: Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness and Jia Zhangke's A Touch of Sin31:23– Fabio Lanza — Sarah Mellors Rodriguez, Reproductive Realities in Modern China: Birth Control and Abortion, 1911–2021; and Leopoldina Fortunati, The Arcane of Reproduction: Housework, Prostitution, Labor and Capital by Leopoldina Fortunati 33:04 – Catherine Tsai —:Hiroko Matsuda's The Liminality of the Japanese Empire34:46– Lena Kaufmann — Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China and other works by Francesca Bray39:05 – Josh Freeman — Works of Uyghur poetry by Ghojimuhemmed Muhemmed, Ekhmetjan Osman, Tahir Hamut Izgil, Perhat Tursun, Dilkhumar Imin, Abide Abbas Nesrin, Erkan Qadir, and Muyesser Abdul'ehed Hendan.41:32 – Susan McCarthy — Joanna Handlin Smith, The Art of Doing Good: Charity in Late Ming China49:18 – Brian DeMare — William Hinton, Fanshen50:47 – Juliet Lu — Maria Repnikova, Chinese Soft Power, and Samuel L. Jackson reading Adam Mansbach's Go the F--k to Sleep 58:29 – Sabina Knight — Wu Ming-Yi, The Man with the Compound Eyes, translated by Darryl SterkA complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with him. Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud cast a shadow over them, then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” When the disciples heard this, they fell prostrate and were very much afraid. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and do not be afraid.” And when the disciples raised their eyes, they saw no one else but Jesus alone. As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, “Do not tell the vision to anyone until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” Matthew 17:1-9   Heaven on Earth The Transfiguration is a foretaste of heavenly glory. In this event, Jesus is taken up into the heavens and clothed in a dazzling white garment. When Jesus is in this exalted state, he dialogues with Moses and Elijah. The former represents the law—for it was to Moses that God revealed his law (see Exodus 31:18). The latter, Elijah, represents the prophets—for this prophet was taken up into the celestial body by a fiery chariot in a whirlwind (see 2 Kings 2:11). More than the law and the prophets, the operation of the Trinity is manifest at the Transfiguration. Concerning this event, St. Thomas Aquinas says, “the whole Trinity appears—the Father in the voice, the Son in the man, the Holy Spirit in the bright cloud.”1 Thus, when Jesus was taken up into the heavens, and an unearthly splendor filled that place, the Trinity, the law, and the prophets were all made manifest. Although we do not see Jesus shining like the sun, we can experience a foretaste of heaven while we are still here on earth. Today, we will reflect on two of these foretastes of heaven. The first is in our relationship with God and the second is in his sacred liturgy.  At the end of time, there will be a new heaven and a new earth; the holy city—the new Jerusalem—will come out of heaven from God (see Revelation 20:1-2). We cannot be in heaven—the New Jerusalem—until the end. However, the vital essence of heaven is that we are with God. Every good deed, every act of asceticism, every scriptural reading, every encounter with God, all of these are a kind of foreshadowing of heaven because all of these deepen our relationship with God.  When we do these good deeds, we should happily think of the heavenly kingdom, the end of time, and our death. Thinking about heaven is deeply related to thinking about death. Centuries ago, it was common for people to meditate on the four last things: heaven, hell, death, and judgment. Our Christian ancestors did not want death to befall them quickly because they wanted the time to prepare themselves spiritually before their individual judgment. They were ready to embrace suffering in reparation for their sins—even the sufferings that accompany death. The saints embraced any suffering as an opportunity to share in the cross of Christ so that they, and others, might come to the glory of heaven. All of their asceticisms and good deeds were foretastes of heaven as they formed the saints' relationship with God.  The second type of heavenly foretaste is the sacred liturgy, the Holy  Mass. In the liturgy, we partake in the sacrificial action of eternity. Every sign and symbol at the Mass and in the church should point us to think about the heavenly reality. The union of the signs of the earthly liturgy and the heavenly liturgy was well illustrated in a report that was brought to Vladimir I, Grand prince of Kiev, by his emissaries returning from Mass in the Great Church of Constantinople. Vladimir's emissaries recounted this Mass saying:  We know not whether we were in heaven or on earth. For on earth, there is no such splendor or such beauty, and we are at a loss how to describe it. We know only that God dwells among men, and their service is fairer than the ceremonies of the other nations. For we cannot forget that beauty.2 Hopefully, you have the same experience at Mass and see that the action you are participating in is a heavenly reality. In your holy hour today, reflect on these earthly foretastes of heaven. Do you see how your good deeds point to heaven and how the Mass touches the heavenly reality? Allow the grace of these moments to change your life so that you can spend eternity with God in heaven.         1Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae, 3, 45, 4 ad 2  2Samuel H Cross and Olgerd P. Scherbowtz-Wetzor, eds. and trans., The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text (Cambridge, Mass.: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1953) in Alexander Rentel, “Byzantine and Slavic Orthodoxy” in The Oxford History of Christian Worship, eds. Ceoffrey Wainwright and Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000). Also see: René Marichal, Premiers Chrétiens de Russie: Introducion, choix et traduction des textes, Chrétiens de tous les temps 16 (Paris: Cref, 1966) 52-53, in Marcel Metzger, The History of the Liturgy The Major Stages, trans. Madeleine Beaumont, (Collegeville, Liturgical Press, 1997), 86.

The Victorians didn't actually travel to the moon. But they were the first people, observes my guest Iwan Morus, to think that travel to the Moon was not only possible, but that “their science already possessed – or would soon possess – the means of getting there.” This confidence was based on the cascades of “new technologies, new ways of making knowledge and new visions about the future came together during the nineteenth century to create a new kind of world.” In an important sense, then, it was indeed the Victorians who took us to the moon. Iwan Rhys Morus is professor of history at Aberystwyth University in Aberystwyth, Wales. Among his recent books are Michael Faraday and the Electrical Century (20127) and Nikola Tesla and the Electrical Future (2019); his most recent book is How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon.  For Further Investigation For a related conversations, see Episode 251 on the history of technology, from the early modern world to the present; and Episode 258 with Simon Heffer on the early Victorian era as the "pursuit of perfection" The Public Domain Review offers "A 19th Century Vision of the year 2000" An excellent website devoted to the Wright brothers and their achievement Collections at the Oxford History of Science Museum "On Verticality": a blog about "the innate human need to leave the surface of the earth"

Timothy Larsen is an authority of Victorian Christianity. On today's podcast we talk about his books People of One Book, The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions, and The Oxford Handbook of Christmas.Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FXUb3f_U9gAudio - https://andymilleriii.com/media/podcastApple -  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-to-the-story-with-dr-andy-miller/id1569988895?uo=4 Links to Tim's Books:A People of One Book - https://www.amazon.com/People-One-Book-Bible-Victorians/dp/0199667810The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-history-of-protestant-dissenting-traditions-volume-iii-9780199683710?cc=us&lang=en&The Oxford Handbook of Christmas - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-christmas-9780198831464?q=the%20oxford%20handbook%20of%20christmas&lang=en&cc=usContender: Going Deeper in the Book of Jude - This all-inclusive small group study on the book of Jude is out now. Check it out on the course page: http://courses.andymilleriii.com Five Steps to Deeper Teaching and Preaching - I'm excited to share some news with you.  Recently, I updated this PDF document and added a 45-minute teaching video with slides, explaining this tool. It's like a mini-course. If you sign up for my list, I will send this free resource to you. Sign up here - www.AndyMillerIII.com or Five Steps to Deeper Teaching and Preaching. Today's episode is brought to you by these two sponsors: Bill Roberts is a financial advisor, who has been serving the retirement planning and investment needs of individuals, families, non-profits, and churches for 25 years. He is a Certified Financial Planner and accredited investment fiduciary. Bill specializes in working with Salvation Army employees and officers by helping them realize their financial goals.  You can find out more about Bill's business at www.WilliamHRoberts.comANDWesley Biblical Seminary - Interested in going deeper in your faith? Check out our certificate programs, B.A., M.A.s, M.Div., and D.Min degrees. You will study with world-class faculty and the most racially diverse student body in the country. www.wbs.eduThanks too to Phil Laeger for the new podcast music. You can find out about Phil's music at https://www.laeger.net

This episode, Sebastian takes you on a crash-course of Eastern Christianity - truly obscure and little-known stories about the faithfulness of God's church in the Far East. Roman Catholics have manipulated history ever since they battled Eastern Orthodox (and eventually Protestants) - they have long labelled Eastern Christians 'heretics' and discounted the expansion of the Gospel far beyond the reach of the Vatican. However, we show that this view of history is unbalanced, biased, and makes God's story throughout the world seem unduly Western, sudden, and modern. Sources below:   Frykenberg, R. (2008). Christianity in India: From Beginnings to the Present. Oxford History of the Christian Church. Oxford University Press.   Godwin, T. (2018). Persian Christians at the Chinese Court: The Xi'an Stele and the Early Medieval Church of the East. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.   Herman, G. (2016) Persian Martyr Acts under King Yazdgird I. Persian Martyr Acts in Syriac: Texts and Translation, 5. Gorgias Press.   Jenkins, P. (2008) The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand Year Gold Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia–and How It Died. Harper Collins Publishers.   Kozah, M., et al (eds.). (2014). The Syriac Writers of Qatar in the Seventh Century. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies, vol 38. Gorgias Press.   Kozah, M., et al (eds.). (2015). An Anthology of Syriac Writers from Qatar in the Seventh Century. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies, vol 39. Gorgias Press   McClean, N., Kiraz, G. (ed.). (1899). An Eastern Embassy to Europe in the Years 1287-8. Analecta Gorgiana, 957. Gorgias Press.   Mingana, A., Kiraz, G. (ed.). (1925) The Early Spread of Christianity in Central Asia: A New Document. Analecta Gorgiana, 640. Gorgias Press.   Mingana, A. (1928). Timothy's Apology for Christianity. Christian Documents in Syriac, Arabic, and Garshuni, vol 2. Cambridge Heffer & Sons Limited. Tertullian.org   Palmer, M. (2001). The Jesus Sutras: Rediscovering the Lost Scrolls of Taoist Christianity. Ballantine Publishing Group.   Rossabi, M. (2010). Voyager from Xanadu: Rabban Bar Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West. University of California Press.   Soro, B. (2007) The Church of the East: Apostolic and Orthodox. Adiabene Publications.   Tang, L., Winkler, D. (eds.). (2013). From the Oxus River to the Chinse Shores: Studies on East Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia. University of Salzburg, vol 5.

This episode starts at the end of the story of the Pilgrims at Plymouth by looking at the famous "Mayflower Compact," and how Americans have spoken and written about it for more than 200 years. Was it a "document that ranks with the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution as a seminal American text," or merely an expediency for heading off the possibility of mutiny? Everybody from John Adams to historians writing today - and now the History of the Americans Podcast! - have debated that first grassroots American social contract. Twitter: @TheHistoryOfTh2 Facebook: The History of the Americans Podcast Selected references for this episode (If you buy any of these books, please click through the links on the episode notes on the website.) Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: Voyage, Community, War George Bancroft, A History of the United States From the Discovery of the American Continent to the Present Time (Vol 1) Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: The New World Samuel Eliot Morison, The Oxford History of the American People Paul Johnson, History of the American People Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States Alan Taylor, American Colonies: The Settling of North America Walter A. McDougall, Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History 1585-1828 Jill Lepore, These Truths: A History of the United States Louis P. Masur, The Sum of Our Dreams: A Concise History of America Wilfred M. McClay, Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story The American Yawp (Vol 1) Mark L. Sargent, "The Conservative Covenant: The Rise of the Mayflower Compact in American Myth," The New England Quarterly, June 1988.

Gavin Flood is the Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion at Oxford University, and Senior Research Fellow at Campion Hall. He is a Fellow of the British Academy. Gavin read Religious Studies and Social Anthropology at Lancaster University and taught at the universities of Wales (Lampeter) and Stirling before coming to Oxford in 2005. His research interests are in medieval Hindu texts (especially from the traditions of Shiva), comparative religion, and phenomenology. Recent books are Religion and the Philosophy of Life (Oxford University Press, 2019); Hindu Monotheism (Cambridge University Press, 2021); and The Truth Within, a History of Inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2013). He is interested in Tantric Knowledge and is currently working on an edition and translation of a Sanskrit text called the Netra Tantra and a book, A Phenomenology of Holiness. He is general series editor of the Oxford History of Hinduism. In this episode, we discuss: How to approach Hinduism as both a monotheism and polytheism. Unpacking the distinction between monotheism, monism, and emanationism. How one extracts an ethical perspective from Śaivism. Why philology has received a bad reputation and how we might reconsider it. Hinduism as an orthopraxy rather than an orthodoxy. The theological significance of Śaiva-Śākta and the 13 Kālīs. Śaiva-Śākta Meditation as expanded awareness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Raymond Red is an award-winning, independent film director. He has directed critically-acclaimed independent Filipino films such as “Bayani”, “Sakay”, “Kamera Obskura” and “Himpapawid” (which was released in the US in 2009). He also directed the music video for Wolfgang's song, “Meckam” in 2001. Red has also earned the distinction of being one of the first Filipinos to receive a Rotterdam Hubert Bals Memorial grant, one of only two Filipino filmmakers mentioned in the Oxford History of World Cinema, and the first and so far only Filipino to have won the prestigious Palme d'Or award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his short film "Anino". We talk about our favorite films and why “Citizen Kane” is arguably the best film ever made. ENJOY! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdrs/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wdrs/support

The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions: The Post-Reformation Era, 1559-1689 (Oxford UP, 2020) traces the emergence of Anglophone Protestant Dissent in the post-Reformation era between the Act of Uniformity (1559) and the Act of Toleration (1689). It reassesses the relationship between establishment and Dissent, emphasising that Presbyterians and Congregationalists were serious contenders in the struggle for religious hegemony. Under Elizabeth I and the early Stuarts, separatists were few in number, and Dissent was largely contained within the Church of England, as nonconformists sought to reform the national Church from within. During the English Revolution (1640-60), Puritan reformers seized control of the state but splintered into rival factions with competing programmes of ecclesiastical reform. Only after the Restoration, following the ejection of two thousand Puritan clergy from the Church, did most Puritans become Dissenters, often with great reluctance. Dissent was not the inevitable terminus of Puritanism, but the contingent and unintended consequence of the Puritan drive for further reformation. The story of Dissent is thus bound up with the contest for the established Church, not simply a heroic tale of persecuted minorities contending for religious toleration. Nevertheless, in the half century after 1640, religious pluralism became a fact of English life, as denominations formed and toleration was widely advocated. The volume explores how Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, and Quakers began to forge distinct identities as the four major denominational traditions of English Dissent. It tracks the proliferation of Anglophone Protestant Dissent beyond England—in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Dutch Republic, New England, Pennsylvania, and the Caribbean. And it presents the latest research on the culture of Dissenting congregations, including their relations with the parish, their worship, preaching, gender relations, and lay experience. Zach McCulley (@zamccull) is a historian of religion and literary cultures in early modern England and PhD candidate in History at Queen's University Belfast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  لمشاهدة الحلقة علي يوتيوب مع الصور و الخرائط التوضيحية، يمكنكم الضغط هنا https://youtu.be/9yQpqYdy0f4   هذه الحلقة هي الجزء الأول من سلسلة تتناول تاريخ الثورة الفرنسية بداية من الأسباب التي أدت لقيامها، مرورا بأهم أحداثها و رموزها، و حتى ظهور نابليون بونابرت علي الساحة السياسية في فرنسا.   أهم النقاط في هذه الحلقة :-   - منظومة الحكم في أوروبا في العصور الوسطى. - سلطة الملك المطلقة و نظريات (الحق الإلهي في الحكم). - طبقة النبلاء و مفهوم النظام الإقطاعي. - الحقوق الإقطاعية و نظام أقنان الأرض. - دور الكنيسة في موازنة العلاقة بين الملوك و النبلاء. - ظهور وباء الموت الأسود في القرن الرابع عشر. - تأثير وباء الموت الأسود على الأيدي العاملة في أوروبا و تحسين أوضاع الطبقة الدنيا. - نشأة الطبقة الوسطى أو الطبقة البرجوازية. - انعدام تمثيل الطبقة البرجوازية في منظومة الحكم في فرنسا. - أسرة البوربون الحاكمة في فرنسا، و مرحلة الملك لويس الرابع عشر. - سيطرة الملك لويس الرابع عشر على النبلاء و تحجيم نفوذهم. - الحركة الفكرية في فرنسا في القرن الثامن عشر. - مونتسكيو و كتاب (روح القوانين) و ظهور مفهوم (فصل السلطات). - جان جاك روسو و نظرية (العقد الاجتماعي). - فولتير و انتقاد الدولة و المجتمع. - مسرحية (زواج فيجارو) و انتقاد طبقة النبلاء و الرأي العام السائد ضدهم. - الأوضاع الاقتصادية في فرنسا في القرن الثامن عشر. - تملك النبلاء و الكنيسة لثلث مساحة الأرض في فرنسا مع إعفائهم من الضرائب. - زيادة عدد سكان فرنسا إلى 25 مليون نسمة مع محدودية الموارد الزراعية. - مشاركة فرنسا في حرب الإستقلال الأمريكية و انتصارها علي بريطانيا و تحملها نفقات ضخمة جدا. - فرنسا علي وشك الإفلاس و استدعاء لويس السادس عشر للاقتصادي الفرنسي جاك نكر لإنقاذ الاقتصاد الفرنسي. - محاولات الإنقاذ المتعددة تتعثر و الرغبة في إيجاد حل جذري. - وزير المالية الفرنسي يستدعي مجلس الأعيان ليشارك في حل الأزمة. - مجلس الأعيان يرفض تحمل النبلاء لأي أعباء اقتصادية و يطالب بتشكيل مجلس يمثل طبقات الأمة الفرنسية. - طبقات الأمة الثلاث، و مفهوم الطبقة الثالثة. - كتاب (ما هي الطبقة الثالثة؟) لمؤلفه ايمانويل سييز.   ....................................................................   المصادر:-    الثورة الفرنسية - آخر كتاب للدكتور لويس عوض تأليف: د. لويس عوض طباعة الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب طبعة 1992   التاريخ الاوربى الحديث من عصر النهضه إلى الحرب العالميه الأولى تأليف :عبد العزيز نوار/محمود محمد جمال الدين الناشر :دار الفكر العربى تاريخ الطبعة:1999   تاريخ القرن التاسع عشر في أوروبا - منذ عهد الثورة الفرنسية حتى نهاية الحرب العظمى تأليف: محمد قاسم/ حسين حسني الناشر: مطبعة دار الكتب المصرية بالقاهرة تاريخ الطبعة 1929   The Oxford History of the French Revolution by: William Doyle Third Edition   .......................................................  هوامش علي فيسبوك: https://www.facebook.com/Margins2020 ..................................................... شكر خاص: - تصميم اللوجو: أحمد الباز.

  لمشاهدة الحلقة علي يوتيوب مع الصور و الخرائط التوضيحية، يمكنكم الضغط هنا https://youtu.be/yqkdwnl5D8s    هذه الحلقة هي الجزء الثالث من سلسلة تتناول تاريخ الثورة الفرنسية بداية من الأسباب التي أدت لقيامها، مرورا بأهم أحداثها و رموزها، و حتى ظهور نابليون بونابرت علي الساحة السياسية في فرنسا.   أهم النقاط في هذه الحلقة :-   - اندلاع الثورات في الأقاليم و المقاطعات الفرنسية بعد اقتحام الباستيل. - الجمعية الوطنية تجتمع و تصدر مراسيم أغسطس 1789. - إلغاء الإقطاع و تحرير مليون من أقنان الأرض الفرنسيين بشكل فوري. - الجمعية الوطنية تصدر إعلان حقوق الإنسان و المواطن. - رفض الملك للتصديق علي القرارات و اشتعال الثورة بشكل أكبر. - نقص إمدادات الخبز في باريس و توقف الأقاليم عن دفع الضرائب. - مسيرة النساء إلى قصر فرساي. - تدخل الماركيز لافاييت و موافقة الملك لويس السادس عشر على التصديق علي قرارات الجمعية الوطنية. - انتقال الملك من قصر فرساي إلى قصر التويلري. - نشأة مصطلح اليمين و اليسار في عالم السياسة. - إلغاء الجمعية الوطنية لسلطة الكنيسة في جمع العشور. - تأميم ممتلكات الكنيسة في فرنسا، ثم تشجيع الرهبان علي ترك الأديرة. - إعلان جميع رجال الدين في فرنسا موظفين حكوميين، و مطالبة الجمعية الوطنية لهم بيمين الولاء المدنى للثورة. - رفض رجال الدين و صدامهم مع الجمعية الوطنية. - غضب الملك لويس السادس عشر من تطورات الأحداث، و محاولة استمالة ميرابو لصفه. - فترة شباب ميرابو، و انتخابه في الجمعية الوطنية ممثلا عن الطبقة الثالثة. - اختيار الملكة ماري أنطوانيت لتتفاوض مع ميرابو. - موافقة ميرابو علي دعم القصر الملكي، ثم وفاته بعدها بشهر واحد. - دفن ميرابو في مقبرة العظماء، ثم نبش قبره بعد اكتشاف علاقته بالقصر الملكي. - محاولة الملك لويس السادس عشر الهروب من باريس. - فشل المحاولة و إعادة الملك مرة أخرى إلى باريس. - تسرب خبر المحاولة الفاشلة و احتشاد الجماهير في ميدان (شان دي مارس). - إخماد الاحتجاجات و نهاية نفوذ لافاييت. - الجمعية الوطنية تنتهي من الدستور الفرنسي، و إقراره في سبتمبر 1791   ....................................................................   المصادر:-    الثورة الفرنسية - آخر كتاب للدكتور لويس عوض تأليف: د. لويس عوض طباعة الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب طبعة 1992   التاريخ الاوربى الحديث من عصر النهضه إلى الحرب العالميه الأولى تأليف :عبد العزيز نوار/محمود محمد جمال الدين الناشر :دار الفكر العربى تاريخ الطبعة:1999   تاريخ القرن التاسع عشر في أوروبا - منذ عهد الثورة الفرنسية حتى نهاية الحرب العظمى تأليف: محمد قاسم/ حسين حسني الناشر: مطبعة دار الكتب المصرية بالقاهرة تاريخ الطبعة 1929   The Oxford History of the French Revolution by: William Doyle Third Edition   .......................................................  هوامش علي فيسبوك: https://www.facebook.com/Margins2020

  لمشاهدة الحلقة علي يوتيوب مع الصور و الخرائط التوضيحية، يمكنكم الضغط هنا https://youtu.be/ZXdMU7n3Pfw    هذه الحلقة هي الجزء الرابع من سلسلة تتناول تاريخ الثورة الفرنسية بداية من الأسباب التي أدت لقيامها، مرورا بأهم أحداثها و رموزها، و حتى ظهور نابليون بونابرت علي الساحة السياسية في فرنسا.   أهم النقاط في هذه الحلقة :-   - انتخاب الجمعية التشريعية و التكتلات الموجودة داخلها. - قدرة الملك علي رفض تمرير القوانين، و دخول البلاد في حالة من الشلل. - غضب الملك من القوانين المعادية لرجال الدين، و صدامه مع الجماهير. - التهديد النمساوي و البروسي للثورة الفرنسية. - بيان بيلينتز. - وفاة الإمبراطور ليوبولد الثاني حاكم الإمبراطورية الرومانية المقدسة. - استعداد النمسا للحرب و إعلان فرنسا الحرب في أبريل 1792. - نشيد المارسييز و حماس الفرنسيين. - هزائم فرنسا المتتالية علي الجبهة. - ظهور مقترحات بعزل الملك لويس السادس عشر. - رفض الجمعية التشريعية للمقترح. - تدخل ملوك أوروبا و تهديد الثوار في بيان كوبلنتز (بيان برونزويك). - رد فعل الجماهير الفرنسية على البيان و اقتحام القصر الملكي. - تعليق النظام الملكي و القبض علي لويس السادس عشر. - أول انتصار فرنسي كبير في معركة فالمي. - إلغاء النظام الملكي و إعلان الجمهورية. - انتصارات فرنسا في بلجيكا و هولندا. - محاكمة الملك لويس السادس عشر و إدانته. - إعدام الملك لويس السادس عشر   ....................................................................   المصادر:-    الثورة الفرنسية - آخر كتاب للدكتور لويس عوض تأليف: د. لويس عوض طباعة الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب طبعة 1992   التاريخ الاوربى الحديث من عصر النهضه إلى الحرب العالميه الأولى تأليف :عبد العزيز نوار/محمود محمد جمال الدين الناشر :دار الفكر العربى تاريخ الطبعة:1999   تاريخ القرن التاسع عشر في أوروبا - منذ عهد الثورة الفرنسية حتى نهاية الحرب العظمى تأليف: محمد قاسم/ حسين حسني الناشر: مطبعة دار الكتب المصرية بالقاهرة تاريخ الطبعة 1929   The Oxford History of the French Revolution by: William Doyle Third Edition   .......................................................  هوامش علي فيسبوك: https://www.facebook.com/Margins2020

  لمشاهدة الحلقة علي يوتيوب مع الصور و الخرائط التوضيحية، يمكنكم الضغط هنا https://youtu.be/XyEkq6NYvtE    هذه الحلقة هي الجزء الخامس من سلسلة تتناول تاريخ الثورة الفرنسية بداية من الأسباب التي أدت لقيامها، مرورا بأهم أحداثها و رموزها، و حتى ظهور نابليون بونابرت علي الساحة السياسية في فرنسا.   أهم النقاط في هذه الحلقة :-   - وجود العديد من التيارات المختلفة داخل الثورة الفرنسية. - توحد هذه التيارات بفعل وجود عدو مشترك هو الملكيين. - انقلاب تيارات الثورة ضد بعضها البعض بمجرد سقوط لويس السادس عشر. - ظهور مفهوم النوادي السياسية و اختلافها عن الأحزاب السياسية. - نادي الكوردلييه و دوره في بدايات الثورة الفرنسية. - جورج دانتون و دوره في إسقاط لويس السادس عشر. - سقوط جورج دانتون. - نادي اليعاقبة و أهميته في بدايات الثورة. - فراغ الساحة السياسية الفرنسية بعد وفاة ميرابو و تضاؤل نفوذ لافاييت. - الحرب ضد النمسا و بداية ظهور انقسام داخل صفوف اليعاقبة. - ظهور كتلة الجيرونديين و تمثيلها للطبقة البرجوازية. - أهم مواقف الجيرونديين و أفكارهم. - طبقة السان كيلوت (الصان كيلوت) و دورهم في الحياة السياسية. - ظهور حزب الجبل و انحياز ممثليه للطبقات الأفقر و السان كيلوت. - أهم أفكار و مواقف حزب الجبل.   ....................................................................   المصادر:-    الثورة الفرنسية - آخر كتاب للدكتور لويس عوض تأليف: د. لويس عوض طباعة الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب طبعة 1992   التاريخ الاوربى الحديث من عصر النهضه إلى الحرب العالميه الأولى تأليف :عبد العزيز نوار/محمود محمد جمال الدين الناشر :دار الفكر العربى تاريخ الطبعة:1999   تاريخ القرن التاسع عشر في أوروبا - منذ عهد الثورة الفرنسية حتى نهاية الحرب العظمى تأليف: محمد قاسم/ حسين حسني الناشر: مطبعة دار الكتب المصرية بالقاهرة تاريخ الطبعة 1929   The Oxford History of the French Revolution by: William Doyle Third Edition     .......................................................  هوامش علي فيسبوك: https://www.facebook.com/Margins2020

  لمشاهدة الحلقة علي يوتيوب مع الصور و الخرائط التوضيحية، يمكنكم الضغط هنا https://youtu.be/UZdVyGqQcjk    هذه الحلقة هي الجزء السادس من سلسلة تتناول تاريخ الثورة الفرنسية بداية من الأسباب التي أدت لقيامها، مرورا بأهم أحداثها و رموزها، و حتى ظهور نابليون بونابرت علي الساحة السياسية في فرنسا.   أهم النقاط في هذه الحلقة :-   - بيان برونزويك و رد فعل الجماهير الفرنسية عليه و اقتحام قصر التويلري. - تعليق النظام الملكي و القبض علي الملك. - الجمعية التشريعية الضيعفة و عدم قدرتها علي الانفراد بالحكم. - انتخاب المؤتمر الوطني. - شخصية جان بول مارا. - مذابح سبتمبر 1792. - انتصار فالمي و انعقاد أول جلسة للمؤتمر الوطني - إعلان الجمهورية و إسقاط النظام الملكي. - انتصارات علي الجبهة. - محاكمة و إعدام الملك لويس السادس عشر. - رد فعل أوروبا و اشتعال الحرب. - هزائم علي الجبهة و تمرد الفندي. - انشقاق الجنرال دومورييه. - تصاعد المطالبة بالإجراءات الاستئنائية و زيادة نفوذ حزب الجبل - إنشاء محاكم الثورة و لجنة السلامة العامة. - محاكمة مارا و براءته. - ضغط حزب الجبل من أجل المزيد من الإجراءات الاستثنائية. - المطالبة بجيش من السان كيلوت و تحديد أسعار السلع جبريا. - رفض الجيرونديين و صدامهم مع كوميونة باريس. - القبض علي قيادات الجيرونديين و إعدامهم. - انفراد روبسبيير و دانتون و مارا بالسلطة.   ....................................................................   المصادر:-    الثورة الفرنسية - آخر كتاب للدكتور لويس عوض تأليف: د. لويس عوض طباعة الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب طبعة 1992   التاريخ الاوربى الحديث من عصر النهضه إلى الحرب العالميه الأولى تأليف :عبد العزيز نوار/محمود محمد جمال الدين الناشر :دار الفكر العربى تاريخ الطبعة:1999   تاريخ القرن التاسع عشر في أوروبا - منذ عهد الثورة الفرنسية حتى نهاية الحرب العظمى تأليف: محمد قاسم/ حسين حسني الناشر: مطبعة دار الكتب المصرية بالقاهرة تاريخ الطبعة 1929   The Oxford History of the French Revolution by: William Doyle Third Edition   .......................................................  هوامش علي فيسبوك: https://www.facebook.com/Margins2020 

  لمشاهدة الحلقة علي يوتيوب مع الصور و الخرائط التوضيحية، يمكنكم الضغط هنا https://youtu.be/Z_y7fTmcMvc    هذه الحلقة هي الجزء السابع من سلسلة تتناول تاريخ الثورة الفرنسية بداية من الأسباب التي أدت لقيامها، مرورا بأهم أحداثها و رموزها، و حتى ظهور نابليون بونابرت علي الساحة السياسية في فرنسا.   أهم النقاط في هذه الحلقة :- سيطرة حزب الجبل على فرنسا  مرض مارا  شارلوت كورديه و اغتيال مارا  دستور 1793  عهد الإرهاب  تقويم الثورة الفرنسية  عبادة الكائن الأسمى محاكم الثورة و المقصلة  إعدام جورج دانتون  معركة فلوروس و تراجع موقف روبسبيير  معارك روبسبيير داخل المؤتمر الوطني  إعدام روبسبيير    ......................................................   المصادر:-    الثورة الفرنسية - آخر كتاب للدكتور لويس عوض تأليف: د. لويس عوض طباعة الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب طبعة 1992   التاريخ الاوربى الحديث من عصر النهضه إلى الحرب العالميه الأولى تأليف :عبد العزيز نوار/محمود محمد جمال الدين الناشر :دار الفكر العربى تاريخ الطبعة:1999   تاريخ القرن التاسع عشر في أوروبا - منذ عهد الثورة الفرنسية حتى نهاية الحرب العظمى تأليف: محمد قاسم/ حسين حسني الناشر: مطبعة دار الكتب المصرية بالقاهرة تاريخ الطبعة 1929   The Oxford History of the French Revolution by: William Doyle Third Edition   .......................................................  هوامش علي فيسبوك: https://www.facebook.com/Margins2020

  لمشاهدة الحلقة علي يوتيوب مع الصور و الخرائط التوضيحية، يمكنكم الضغط هنا https://youtu.be/m-c1QHjJdLA    هذه الحلقة هي الجزء الثامن من سلسلة تتناول تاريخ الثورة الفرنسية بداية من الأسباب التي أدت لقيامها، مرورا بأهم أحداثها و رموزها، و حتى ظهور نابليون بونابرت علي الساحة السياسية في فرنسا.   أهم النقاط في هذه الحلقة :-   إعدام روبسبيير و رد فعل ترميدور  سياسات حكومة ترميدور  المسكيين  معاهدة السلام في الفندي  انسحاب بروسيا و أسبانيا من الحرب  انتفاضات السان كيلوت  إلغاء المحاكم الثورية و عهد الإرهاب الأبيض  وفاة لويس تشارلز و ثورة الملكيين  دستور 1795  الكونت دارتوا و آخر محاولة لاستعادة الملكية  جيش الملكيين يزحف علي باريس و تكليف الجنرال مينو بالدفاع عنها حرج الموقف و عزل الجنرال مينو  وصول نابليون بونابرت  انتصار نابليون بونابرت   .......................................................   المصادر:-    الثورة الفرنسية - آخر كتاب للدكتور لويس عوض تأليف: د. لويس عوض طباعة الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب طبعة 1992   التاريخ الاوربى الحديث من عصر النهضه إلى الحرب العالميه الأولى تأليف :عبد العزيز نوار/محمود محمد جمال الدين الناشر :دار الفكر العربى تاريخ الطبعة:1999   تاريخ القرن التاسع عشر في أوروبا - منذ عهد الثورة الفرنسية حتى نهاية الحرب العظمى تأليف: محمد قاسم/ حسين حسني الناشر: مطبعة دار الكتب المصرية بالقاهرة تاريخ الطبعة 1929   The Oxford History of the French Revolution by: William Doyle Third Edition   .......................................................  هوامش علي فيسبوك: https://www.facebook.com/Margins2020

  لمشاهدة الحلقة علي يوتيوب مع الصور و الخرائط التوضيحية، يمكنكم الضغط هنا https://youtu.be/2gilR65vW80  هذه الحلقة هي الجزء التاسع من سلسلة تتناول تاريخ الثورة الفرنسية بداية من الأسباب التي أدت لقيامها، مرورا بأهم أحداثها و رموزها، و حتى ظهور نابليون بونابرت علي الساحة السياسية في فرنسا.   أهم النقاط في هذه الحلقة :- - تشكيل مجلس الخمسمائة و مجلس الشيوخ كبرلمان للثورة الفرنسية - اختيار أعضاء حكومة الإدارة أو المديرين الخمسة، و لماذا رفض سييز أن يتولى منصب أحد المديرين؟ - معاناة الفرنسيين من التضخم و زيادة الأسعار المرتبط بالإفراط في طباعة العملات الورقية - قرار حكومة الإدارة بصك عملات معدنية و استقرار الأسعار - مؤامرة المتساوين بقيادة بابيف، و إفشال أول مؤامرة شيوعية في فرنسا - استمرار النمسا في الحرب مع فرنسا و تقسيم الجيوش الفرنسية إلى ثلاث جبهات - اختيار نابليون بونابرت لقيادة القوات الفرنسية على الجبهة الإيطالية  نابليون بونابرت يحقق انتصارات مبهرة، و يجبر النمسا على طلب الصلح، و تدعيم الخزانة الفرنسية بالذهب من إيطاليا  - ظهور طبقة عليا جديدة في المجتمع الفرنسي Incroyables - أول انتخابات تجديد للبرلمان الفرنسي و فوز واضح للملكيين - تحالف حكومة الإدارة مع البرلمان مع الجيوش الفرنسية للإطاحة بالملكيين قبل زيادة نفوذهم، و دور نابليون بونابرت     ....................................................................   المصادر:-    الثورة الفرنسية - آخر كتاب للدكتور لويس عوض تأليف: د. لويس عوض طباعة الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب طبعة 1992   التاريخ الاوربى الحديث من عصر النهضه إلى الحرب العالميه الأولى تأليف :عبد العزيز نوار/محمود محمد جمال الدين الناشر :دار الفكر العربى تاريخ الطبعة:1999   تاريخ القرن التاسع عشر في أوروبا - منذ عهد الثورة الفرنسية حتى نهاية الحرب العظمى تأليف: محمد قاسم/ حسين حسني الناشر: مطبعة دار الكتب المصرية بالقاهرة تاريخ الطبعة 1929   The Oxford History of the French Revolution by: William Doyle Third Edition   .......................................................  هوامش علي فيسبوك: https://www.facebook.com/Margins2020

  لمشاهدة الحلقة علي يوتيوب مع الصور و الخرائط التوضيحية، يمكنكم الضغط هنا https://youtu.be/37q9qerJIRc  هذه الحلقة هي الجزء العاشر و الأخير من سلسلة تتناول تاريخ الثورة الفرنسية بداية من الأسباب التي أدت لقيامها، مرورا بأهم أحداثها و رموزها، و حتى ظهور نابليون بونابرت علي الساحة السياسية في فرنسا.   أهم النقاط في هذه الحلقة :- - ما هي حكومة القناصل؟ - كيف انتهت الثورة الفرنسية؟ - كيف انتهت حكومة الإدارة؟ - كيف فاز اليعاقبة الجدد في انتخابات البرلمان الفرنسي؟ - كيف اشتعلت حرب التحالف الثاني؟ - كيف وصل نابليون بونابرت للحكم؟ - لماذا رفض اليعاقبة انضمام نابليون بونابرت إلى حكومة الإدارة؟   كما يوضح طبيعة الدور الذي لعبه ايمانويل سييز في الثورة الفرنسية و الخطة التي وضعها بالتعاون مع تاليران و فوشيه و لوسيان بونابرت و نابليون بونابرت للتخلص من اليعاقبة الجدد و منع انزلاق فرنسا مرة أخرى إلى عهد إرهاب جديد و تكوين حكومة القناصل التي مهدت لاحقا لإعلان الإمبراطورية الفرنسية و تتويج نابليون بونابرت كأول إمبراطور لفرنسا.   ............................................   المصادر:-    الثورة الفرنسية - آخر كتاب للدكتور لويس عوض تأليف: د. لويس عوض طباعة الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب طبعة 1992   التاريخ الاوربى الحديث من عصر النهضه إلى الحرب العالميه الأولى تأليف :عبد العزيز نوار/محمود محمد جمال الدين الناشر :دار الفكر العربى تاريخ الطبعة:1999   تاريخ القرن التاسع عشر في أوروبا - منذ عهد الثورة الفرنسية حتى نهاية الحرب العظمى تأليف: محمد قاسم/ حسين حسني الناشر: مطبعة دار الكتب المصرية بالقاهرة تاريخ الطبعة 1929   The Oxford History of the French Revolution by: William Doyle Third Edition   .......................................................  هوامش علي فيسبوك: https://www.facebook.com/Margins2020

    لمشاهدة الحلقة علي يوتيوب مع الصور و الخرائط التوضيحية، يمكنكم الضغط هنا https://youtu.be/iCUI2YnTEyk   هذه الحلقة هي الجزء الثاني من سلسلة تتناول تاريخ الثورة الفرنسية بداية من الأسباب التي أدت لقيامها، مرورا بأهم أحداثها و رموزها، و حتى ظهور نابليون بونابرت علي الساحة السياسية في فرنسا.  أهم النقاط في هذه الحلقة :   - انتخاب مجلس الطبقات في أبريل 1789. - تخصيص ربع عدد المقاعد لطبقة رجال الدين. - تنوع الأطياف السياسية لرجال الدين في المجلس، من تأييد الملكية المطلقة مثل مونتسكيو، إلى تأييد الطبقة الثالثة مثل تاليران. - تخصيص ربع عدد المقاعد لطبقة النبلاء، و دفاع النبلاء المستميت عن امتيازاتهم. - تخصيص نصف عدد المقاعد للطبقة الثالثة. - الخلاف حول طريقة التصويت، و رغبة البعض في استنساخ النموذج البريطاني و تشكيل مجلس للعموم بشكل مستقل. - رغبة النبلاء في تقسيم المجلس لضمان إضعاف نفوذ الطبقة الثالثة. - الطبقة الثالثة تتحالف مع رجال الدين و مجلس الطبقات يعلن أنه سيد قراره. - تغيير اسم مجلس الطبقات إلى (الجمعية الوطنية) و رفض تقسيمه لمجالس منفصلة. - رفض النبلاء و تدخل الملك لصالحهم و تعليق اجتماعات الجمعية. - الصدام بين أعضاء الجمعية و حرس القاعة و انتقالهم لعقد اجتماعهم في ملعب التنس. - أعضاء الطبقة الثالثة يقسمون يمين الولاء في ملعب التنس. - الملك لويس السادس عشر يقرر توجيه خطاب لأعضاء الجمعية الوطنية. - الملك يأمر الطبقة الثالثة بالاجتماع بشكل منفرد. - أعضاء الطبقة الثالثة يرفضون، و موقف ميرابو. - موقف عبدالسلام باشا المويلحي عضو مجلس شورى النواب المصري بعد 90 سنة. - الملك يجمع جيش أجنبي بالقرب من باريس. - وصول الصدام إلى ذروته و توجه الجماهير إلى الباستيل. - تاريخ الباستيل كقلعة ثم تاريخه كسجن. - أوامر الاعتقال في عهد لويس الرابع عشر، و اكتساب الباستيل للسمعة الوحشية - استمرار اعتقال الشخصيات الهامة و القضايا الشهيرة في الباستيل حتى عهد لويس السادس عشر - هجوم الجماهير الفرنسية على الباستيل في 14 يوليو 1789. - إطلاق الحرس السويسري النار على الجماهير و سقوط قتلى و جرحي. - سقوط القلعة في يد الجماهير و تحرير المعتلقين بها. - تشكيل مجلس ثوري (كوميونة باريس). - تشكيل ميليشيات الحرس الوطني بقيادة لافاييت. - انسحاب الجيش الأجنبي التابع للويس السادس عشر من مشارف باريس. - عودة نيكر للوزارة مرة أخرى.   ....................................................................   المصادر:-    الثورة الفرنسية - آخر كتاب للدكتور لويس عوض تأليف: د. لويس عوض طباعة الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب طبعة 1992   التاريخ الاوربى الحديث من عصر النهضه إلى الحرب العالميه الأولى تأليف :عبد العزيز نوار/محمود محمد جمال الدين الناشر :دار الفكر العربى تاريخ الطبعة:1999   تاريخ القرن التاسع عشر في أوروبا - منذ عهد الثورة الفرنسية حتى نهاية الحرب العظمى تأليف: محمد قاسم/ حسين حسني الناشر: مطبعة دار الكتب المصرية بالقاهرة تاريخ الطبعة 1929   The Oxford History of the French Revolution by: William Doyle Third Edition   .......................................................  هوامش علي فيسبوك: https://www.facebook.com/Margins2020

‘THOSE THAT DENY THEIR HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT!' So Tweeted the 45th President of the United States to his 80 million followers in June, as American streets once again were transformed into spaces of protest. It turns out that the President prefers one particular route between the American past and present, and has vowed to defend both it and its symbols against all comers. The once unifying power of the national narrative is now one of many of points of sharp and often violent division. This is also true of the United Kingdom as it seeks to balance its historical self-image with the realities of its colonizing past. Central to all of this is the question of how we rewrite and debate our constructions of the past, a collective human activity as hardwired into our cultures as music, dance, or art. Daniel Woolf is Professor of History at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He is the author and editor of many essays and books on history and historical thought in early modern Britain, including the prize-winning The Social Circulation of the Past. Woolf has also served as general editor of the 5 volume Oxford History of Historical Writing, and has published The Global History of History in 2012. All the while, he has held a number of senior administrative posts, most recently serving a ten year term as the 20th Principal and Vice Chancellor of Queen's University. His A Concise History of History: Global Historiography from Antiquity to the Present (Cambridge University Press) provides a cogent and compact survey of historical practice from ancient times to the present. Its point of departure is that those of us in ‘the west' could do with some consideration of historical traditions from other parts of the globe. Charles Prior is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hull (UK), who has written on the politics of religion in early modern Britain, and whose work has recently expanded to the intersection of colonial, indigenous, and imperial politics in early America. He co-leads the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘THOSE THAT DENY THEIR HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT!' So Tweeted the 45th President of the United States to his 80 million followers in June, as American streets once again were transformed into spaces of protest. It turns out that the President prefers one particular route between the American past and present, and has vowed to defend both it and its symbols against all comers. The once unifying power of the national narrative is now one of many of points of sharp and often violent division. This is also true of the United Kingdom as it seeks to balance its historical self-image with the realities of its colonizing past. Central to all of this is the question of how we rewrite and debate our constructions of the past, a collective human activity as hardwired into our cultures as music, dance, or art. Daniel Woolf is Professor of History at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He is the author and editor of many essays and books on history and historical thought in early modern Britain, including the prize-winning The Social Circulation of the Past. Woolf has also served as general editor of the 5 volume Oxford History of Historical Writing, and has published The Global History of History in 2012. All the while, he has held a number of senior administrative posts, most recently serving a ten year term as the 20th Principal and Vice Chancellor of Queen's University. His A Concise History of History: Global Historiography from Antiquity to the Present (Cambridge University Press) provides a cogent and compact survey of historical practice from ancient times to the present. Its point of departure is that those of us in ‘the west' could do with some consideration of historical traditions from other parts of the globe. Charles Prior is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hull (UK), who has written on the politics of religion in early modern Britain, and whose work has recently expanded to the intersection of colonial, indigenous, and imperial politics in early America. He co-leads the Treatied Spaces Research Cluster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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