#Counterfire | #Poppies and the Purpose of #Remembrance
"Despite the traditional narrative of Britain fighting Nazi Germany for the sake of persecuted European communities and/or for Poland’s freedom, the Second World War was more to do with maintaining imperial hegemony and securing markets, although fighting a greater evil."
https://www.counterfire.org/article/poppies-and-the-purpose-of-remembrance/
#RemembranceDay #ArmisticeDay
"Despite the traditional narrative of Britain fighting Nazi Germany for the sake of persecuted European communities and/or for Poland’s freedom, the Second World War was more to do with maintaining imperial hegemony and securing markets, although fighting a greater evil."
https://www.counterfire.org/article/poppies-and-the-purpose-of-remembrance/
#RemembranceDay #ArmisticeDay
Poppies and the Purpose of Remembrance
Remembrance Day has become a militaristic celebration of war supporting the imperial agenda, and papers over the real horror of war, argues Zahid Rahman Unless you have been living under a rock for the last couple of weeks, you will have seen many…Counterfire
