History
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Anchors for hope: The uses of nostalgia
Nostalgia can inspire action towards a more just society, says Siobhan McGuirk, if we remember without romanticising socialist victories past
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Our finest forever: Britain’s World War Two nostalgia
Peter Mitchell on the great national myth of World War Two
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Nowhere to retvrn: how far-right revisionism spreads online
The right has always tried to control historical narratives to uphold its values, says Eleanor Janega. Now ‘trads’ are taking it online
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The future is now: rethinking public ownership
Hilary Wainwright introduces ‘prefigurative politics’ and Ursula Huws explains how community ownership can encourage a fruitful rethink of public ownership amid a cost-of-living crisis
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Different Class – review
Duncan Stone’s fastidiously researched history of English cricket offers a valuable alternative view of the sport, writes Sanaa Qureshi
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Learning from David Graeber
Activists, academics and friends explain what David Graeber’s work meant to them – and the salient message it still carries today
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From colonialism to fascism: A history of Spain’s elite forces
Uma Arruga i López explains how the violence used by Franco’s forces during the Spanish Civil War was shaped by their earlier colonial endeavours.