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graveyard at memorial to Srebrenica

Srebrenica

In July 1995, over 8,000 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys were killed in the Srebrenica massacre.
… … Europe … Bosnia and Herzegovina … Military/War/Peace … Genocide … International Organizations … Srebrenica …
Ajax, The Dutch, The War: the Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour, by Simon Kuper Book cover.

Is It Only A Game?

Review of Ajax, The Dutch, The War: the Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour, by Simon Kuper (New York: Nation Books, 2012)
… Sports … Netherlands … World War II / WWII … Antisemitism … Genocide … Is It Only A Game? …
Protester opposing gay marriage in Boston, 2007. The sign compares gay rights in the U.S. to Nazi, Germany.

Gays, Nazis, and the GOP

… … Sexuality & Reproductive Rights … LGBTQ+ … Germany … Genocide … U.S. Politics … Gays, Nazis, and the GOP …
Cover of Wounded Knee Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre by Heather Cox Richardson

Where Our Hearts Are Still Buried

Review of Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre, by Heather Cox Richardson (New York: Basic Books, 2010)
… Reviews … United States … Native America … U.S. Politics … Genocide … Indigenous Communities … Where Our Hearts Are …
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, pictured in 2002

Apologizing for History

… Service … Global/Transnational … Economics/Business/Trade … Genocide … Apologizing for History …
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag by Yevgeny Khaldei (1945).

The Living Ghosts of the Second World War and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

… Ukraine and join Russia were experiencing “ humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the Kiev regime.” His mission, he … Patriotic War (1941-1945), protecting the world from Nazi genocide. Putin called the Ukrainians, whose territory … who, backed by their NATO allies, were committing “genocide” against Russians.  In justifying the timing of the …
a couple in a wedding dress and soldier dress uniform

Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust

… introduces us to the Jewish women who lived through genocide and went on to wed American, Canadian, and British … will introduce us to the Jewish women who lived through the genocide, and went on to wed American, Canadian and British … Governor Mike DeWine appointed her to Ohio's Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission in 2021. Robin is …
Nationalist poster depicting Pakistani atrocities during the war

The Bangladesh Liberation War

… of Pakistan committed war crimes that reached the level of genocide. What began as an internecine conflict soon became … futilely sounded the alarm over the ongoing “selective genocide,” the White House illegally transferred weapons to … debated whether the Pakistani army’s actions qualify as genocide and who should be held responsible. Exhibition at …

'The World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis': Understanding the Darfur Conflict

… crisis" and the United States government called it "genocide." The violence and destruction is often compared to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. These tragic events have riveted the … and prompted the U.S. government to describe it as "genocide." However, the rhetoric of the international …
Aurangzeb in a pavilion with courtiers below.

Aurangzeb: Mughal Emperor

… of non-Islamic monuments and temples, and committing genocide.  To some South Asian Muslims, he was an exemplary … sectarian whole. He did not ban music, nor did he commit genocide. While he would not meet modern definitions of a …

Canada’s Dark Side: Indigenous Peoples and Canada’s 150th Celebration

… want to get rid of the Indian problem” and the Question of Genocide "This year, the federal government plans to spend … cake in Canada's 150th celebration will be paid for by the genocide of Indigenous peoples and cultures."  – Pamela … but you don’t actually physically kill people, is it genocide? When we call it something else— assimilation , …

Policing the Police: A Civil Rights Story

… chapter in law enforcement in this country.” “We Charge Genocide” Following the end of  World War II , the U.S. … group with roots in organized labor—presented “We Charge Genocide” to the United Nations in Paris. The book-length … accountable for the deaths under the terms of the  UN’s Genocide Convention . Among these assertions, it drew a …
1943 poster for the Allies of World War II--two years before the founding of the United Nations.

The UN Follows the League’s Long Trail to Impotence

… Korea to flout international nuclear norms, permitting genocide in Darfur, and watching Iraq crumble into chaos, … thousand. Yet the UN refuses to declare these actions to be genocide. This is nothing new for such an organization. In …
A shopkeeper sits outside his store in the Cardo waiting for tourists and residents to stop in.

A Postcard from Jerusalem

… outside a restaurant to remind passersby of the Armenian genocide. Nestled in the southwest quarter of the Old City, … The quarter also acknowledges more recent history: the genocide of 1915-1917 . After the genocide , Jerusalem experienced an influx of Armenian …

Erasing Indigenous History, Then and Now

… criticized as being dismissive of a long history of genocide in the United States against Native peoples and … of “nothing,” there is also the story of dispossession and genocide. Indigenous nations dwelled in those territories …
Soldiers in Kosovo

Kosovo: The Lessons of History?

… were in Bosnia?” He added, “We have to take a stand against genocide.” Others brought up the American record during the … “While what is going on in Kosovo is terrible, is it really genocide? Is the Serbian policy in Kosovo a final solution …