Yesterday's episode of Atlas Obscura was about Africville, here in Halifax. The mistreatment and destruction of that community and the ongoing failure to make amends for the harm done by those actions are injustices my city still needs to address. The episode does shed light on the beautiful aspects of Africville too, sharing stories of the mutual aid, togetherness, and safety that Africville provided to its residents.
Tag: history
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Yesterday's episode of Atlas Obscura was about Africville, here in Halifax. The mistreatment and destruction of that community and the ongoing failure to make amends for the harm done by those actions are injustices my city still needs to address. The episode does shed light on the beautiful aspects of Africville too, sharing stories of the mutual aid, togetherness, and safety that Africville provided to its residents.
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Ray's latest episode of The History of World War II podcast feels timely in light of the US's emboldened fascist government and its stated goal to annex other countries. "Resist Today, Resist Tomorrow, Resist Until It’s Done" presents short accounts of resistance before and during the war.
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Ray's latest episode of The History of World War II podcast feels timely in light of the US's emboldened fascist government and its stated goal to annex other countries. "Resist Today, Resist Tomorrow, Resist Until It’s Done" presents short accounts of resistance before and during the war.
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Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast has been a constant for me since 2013. It's a wonderful history podcast that delves deep into revolutions from the English to the Russian Revolution. Before that, his History of Rome was a delight. Listening to the last episode today was tough. I will miss Mike's insights and exhaustive research. Mike's admission to being brought left by the work was heartening.
https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/revolutions_podcast/
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I grew up in the small community of Dean, here in Nova Scotia. Most of my paternal family lived in the area. In the local church hall framed bits of history can be found, like this one for the school.
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Offshore on the Hawaiian Diaspora
This season of Offshore Podcast, Far From Home, has been exploring the Hawaiian diaspora in history and the present. The throughlines of the harm caused by colonialism and capitalism and the resilience of Hawaiians as they are forced to leave home are prominent but so are the powerful small moments that bring these stories to life.
https://apollolemmon.com/2020/06/11/offshore-on-the-hawaiian-diaspora/
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Assorted Articles VIII
I have another batch of articles on politics, economics and history that I've collected and want to share.
https://apollolemmon.com/2019/12/14/assorted-articles-viii/
#Canada #history #infrastructure #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory #Russia #WWII
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Visiting Halifax’s Museum of Natural History
Today Tonet and I visited the Museum of Natural History here in Halifax. There were three exhibits I wanted to see before they end.
This Is What I Wish You Knew is a collection of contemporary Indigenous carvings on clay tiles that was stunning.
The tiles presented in this exhibit form part of a tile exposithttps://apollolemmon.com/2019/04/20/visiting-halifaxs-museum-of-natural-history/
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National Museums
Thursday we visited some of the national museums in Manila. We visited the National Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of Anthropology and the National Museum of Natural History in a day, but there was enough in each to fill a full day.
We first visited the National Museum of Fine Arts, where we saw countless sculptures, carvings, paintings and other works. Among the highlig