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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!

1 min readNov 1, 2020

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Alex Goodall

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…

8 min readJul 1, 2020

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British History and #BlackLivesMatter

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Alex Goodall

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…

7 min readJun 30, 2020

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Alex Goodall

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…

5 min readMay 12, 2020

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Martin, Malcolm and Americanism

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Alex Goodall

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…

7 min readJun 2, 2019

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Alex Goodall

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…

5 min readSep 11, 2018

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Alex Goodall

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…

8 min readJun 13, 2017

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

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Alex Goodall

“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…

7 min readNov 1, 2016

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

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Alex Goodall

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…

5 min readAug 8, 2016

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Alex Goodall

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…

6 min readJul 26, 2016

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Why would a Corbyn supporter change their mind?

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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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