A World to Win with Grace Blakeley

Who Benefited from Britain's Empire? w/ Kojo Koram

Apr 13, 2022

41:46

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Is There a Relationship Between Race and Empire?

04:41

The Government Wants to Rewrite the Curriculum

02:46

The Importance of Forging a National Identity

05:48

Introduction

3min

The Government Wants to Rewrite the Curriculum

3min

The Importance of Forging a National Identity

6min

What Is the British Empire?

5min

Is There a Relationship Between Race and Empire?

5min

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Empire

5min

Social Democracy in the United Kingdom

2min

Is There a Boomerang Affair in the Global Economy?

4min

Is There a Benefit From Empire?

2min

10.

Are We Trying to Build a Movement That Can Facilitate Progressive Identification With the Nation?

4min

11.

I Think That the Conservatives in the British Establishment Are Very Unpopular

4min

Grace talks to Kojo Koram, who teaches in the School of Law at Birkbeck College and is the author of Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire, about why the government is trying to change the curriculum to include a more 'balanced' perspective on Britain's empire. We ask who actually benefited from the days of formal empire, how imperialism continues to this day, and why the right are so keen to keep the culture wars alive.

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