10 SEPTEMBER

CHURCHILL ON THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF BARBARIAN BREEDING AND ATOM BOMBS. On 23 October 1938 the News of the World published an article by Winston Churchill, now widely acknowledged to be among the most admired Britons in history,  entitled “What Other Secrets Does the Inventor Hold ?”  In it he laments the invention of contraception,…

BAPTIST DEACON SAMUEL SHARPE HUNG FOR LEADING JAMAICAN SLAVE STRIKE 23 May 1832 – The Jamaican Baptist deacon Samuel Sharpe was hung by the British for leading a slave strike. He was the last of 326 slaves to be executed for the dangerous precedent of refusing to follow orders by not returning to work after…

MAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK AFTER BRITISH SOLDIERS SUBJECT HIM TO A MOCK EXECUTION. [ 11 August 1971 ] On this day in 1971, three civilians in West Belfast were killed by soldiers of the first battalion of the British Parachute Regiment, during a round up of men under emergency powers of detainment which were…

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PINOCHET CAN’T BE PROSECUTED FOR WHAT HE DID AS HEAD OF STATE On this day in 1998, Britain’s High Court cleared the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, responsible for the disappearance, torture and murder of thousands, on the bizarre grounds that he was head of state when he committed the crimes. Labour MP Tony Benn noted…

BRITISH ARMY MURDERS “EVERY NATIVE THAT APPEARED IN SIGHT.” [ 11 June 1857 ] On this day in 1857, Colonel James Neill, who had been ordered to crush the slightest sign of support for the Indian mutiny, seized the city of Allahabad. In the two days which followed he implemented a reign of terror, unprecedented…