4 FEBRUARY

THE SPECTATOR – ‘NEGROES ARE MADE ON PURPOSE TO SERVE THE WHITES.’ [ 16 September 1865 ] In the 1860s, The Spectator was one of Britain’s leading weekly magazines with a relatively progressive reputation. It had, among other liberal causes, supported the Federalists and the principle of emancipation during the American Civil War. Despite such…

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GENERAL ERSKINE WARNS AGAINST INQUIRY INTO BRITISH CRIMES IN KENYA [ 10 December 1953 ] On 10 December 1953, in a letter to the War Office, General George Erskine, who commanded British forces in Kenya, admitted that he was aware that the police and army in the colony frequently resorted to summary executions and torture…

MI6 ARRANGES THE ASSASSINATION OF CONGO’S FIRST PRIME MINISTER. On 17 January 1961, Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister, was abducted, tortured and then shot dead in a coup masterminded by MI6.  Please feel welcome to post comments below.  If you have any questions please email alisdare@gmail.com © 2020 Alisdare Hickson All rights reserved

VICTORIOUS BRITISH TROOPS TAKE NO PRISONERS [ 12 July 1857 ] On this day in 1857 hundreds of Indian mutineers, including many seriously wounded, were denied any possibility of surrender after loosing the battle of Fatehpur and were shot or bayoneted by the victorious British redcoats under the command of Brigadier-General Sir Henry Havelock.  The…

BLAIR FRUSTRATED AT LEGAL CONCERNS OVER KILLING INNOCENT AFGHANS. [ 19 October 2001 ] On 19 October 2001, during the American and British bombing of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Tony Blair became agitated over legal objections to some of the targeting on the basis that innocent civilians might be killed. MEMBERS OF SINN FEIN BANNED…