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Women’s Rights

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Neo-liberalism and women's lives

Neo-liberalism and women's lives

"Merciless Indian Savages": Cherokee Podcaster on Racist Slur in the Declaration of Independence

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July Fourth, we speak to award-winning Cherokee author and journalist Rebecca Nagle about what’s missing from the conventional story of the American Revolution. “The last grievance in the Declaration of Independence is about 'merciless Indian savages,'” says Rebecca Nagle. “According to our founders, in their own words, the thing that they were most angry about was Native people.” She also argues that the “biggest myth” is that the founders built a democracy, “because they also built an empire,” and that the two can’t coexist. Nagle partnered with leading Indigenous scholars on a new documentary podcast called First America. The series challenges the conventional U.S. origin story by examining the experiences of Indigenous peoples, and traces how laws and legal doctrines first used to dispossess Indigenous nations continue to impact questions of executive power, immigration, xenophobia, citizenship, territorial expansion and U.S. foreign policy today. Nagle links the dark history of the United States’ founding to ongoing oppression in the country. “I would be reporting on America’s past, and then the same thing would happen in our present,” she says. “Rounding people up, putting people in detention, even shooting anybody who gets in the way, these are things that our government has done before — not once, not twice, but many, many times.”

Nigel Farage lays wreath and pays emotional tribute to Ann Widdecombe

Nigel Farage has paid a tribute to the “remarkable” Ann Widdecombe after her death.The Reform UK leader arrived at her home, in which she was found dead, to lay a floral wreath.“Her patriotism was deep within her family. She was immensely proud of the work her father had done with the Royal Navy in the war.“She was so much more than just a politician. Suddenly Ann Widdecombe the socially conservative, Christian politician, suddenly appears on Strictly Come Dancing, Big Brother, doing theatre tours around the country, writing novels, quite remarkable, he said.“Then in 2019 when it turned out the Brexit vote wasn’t going to carried out by the Government, I took a phonecall, ‘Ann Widdecombe here’, I stood to attention, She announced she wanted to run for us in the European elections. She joined a brand new party.“She played a very major role in getting Brexit over the line. That being said, she wasn’t happy with the Brexit deal, it wasn’t what she wanted.“Unlike modern politicians, Ann never needed notes. She never sought popularity for the sake of it, she stood up and fought what she believed in.“I’ve come here today to lay this wreath on behalf of many millions around this country that admired her, loved her.”