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Alex Goodall

Shifting to Substack…?

Take a look, let me know if you have any advice, and give us a subscribe if you like!

Nov 1, 2020

Nov 1, 2020

British History and #BlackLivesMatter

I was taught at school to be suspicious of the Whig interpretation of history: the approach that dominated British scholarship in the mid…

Jul 1, 2020

British History and #BlackLivesMatter

Jul 1, 2020

Donald Trump and the Emperor with No Clothes

We all know Hans Christian Andersen’s story of the Emperor with no clothes. In a far off town long ago, two swindlers arrive and promise…

Jun 30, 2020

Jun 30, 2020

Martin, Malcolm and Americanism

To get a sense of quite how far the United States’ myths of itself vary from the reality, consider the example of the Civil Rights…

May 12, 2020

Martin, Malcolm and Americanism

May 12, 2020

The Great Gamble

All politics is about making bets on the future. Right now, the Labour Party has gone all in. The kind of future that emerges will…

Jun 2, 2019

Jun 2, 2019

Half a theory, quietly argued.

This is possibly a silly thing to do, but I have half a theory about the dynamics of contemporary left anti-Semitism and I’m just putting…

Sep 11, 2018

Sep 11, 2018

Jezza, terror, and the guard dog that didn’t bark.

Given the issue is now firmly back in play, it’s perhaps not surprising that much digesting of the election result has focused on Brexit…

Jun 13, 2017

Jezza, terror, and the guard dog that didn’t bark.

Jun 13, 2017

“Not anti-Semitism but anti-Zionism”: A Few Brief Thoughts on Politics and Prejudice

Allegations of anti-Semitism are used to shut down legitimate criticism of the state of Israel, and to justify Islamophobia. In a free…

Nov 1, 2016

“Not anti-Semitism but anti-Zionism”: A Few Brief Thoughts on Politics and Prejudice

Nov 1, 2016

Between Pandering and Self-Pity: Thinking About Political Communication

Most people who have taught students at any level will be familiar with the experience of dealing with challenging or difficult texts…

Aug 8, 2016

Aug 8, 2016

Why would a Corbyn supporter change their mind?

I saw this tweet this morning. In response, here’s a bit of possibly ill-thought-through material that’s part of an effort to take the…

Jul 26, 2016

Why would a Corbyn supporter change their mind?

Jul 26, 2016

Alex Goodall

Alex Goodall

Historian of US, Latin America, & the world esp. revolutionaries, counter-revolutionaries & other shouty people. Resides on twitter as @dralexgoodall.

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