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On the centenary of the death of the leader of the world proletariat and founder of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin, RT is re-publishing his article addressed to the workers of the United States. In the late 1910s, the document played a major role in changing public opinion in the US …

An internal committee commissioned by Harvard University has published an exhaustive inquiry into the prestigious school’s history and ties to slavery and the study of eugenics, university president Lawrence Bacow announced on Tuesday, adding that the school was setting aside $100 million to “make amends” for its past transgressions. Harvard …

France has hit back at the UK over the ongoing English Channel crossing row after London urged Paris to do more to prevent migrants casting off from its shores. Speaking on Monday to France Inter TV, French Europe Minister Clement Beaune claimed that Britain’s economic model allows for the exploitation …

The project, reportedly paid for by a £80,633 grant from the taxpayer-funded UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, will apparently expose authors who have been “offensive to historically enslaved, colonised or denigrated people”. It is being conducted jointly with the University of Florida, and has also received funds from the …

“White Male for Sale” – a short video of a white man standing on an auction block in New York City – was created by 56-year-old American artist Dead Scott and will be auctioned by Christie’s and the Cristin Tierney Gallery on October 1. In an Instagram post advertising the …

Max Keiser discusses these tools and the concept of digital integrity with Alexis Roussel, a fierce lobbyist for bitcoin in Switzerland and founder of Nym, a multipurpose mix network that prevents traffic analysis by third parties. For more stories on economy & finance visit RT’s business section

Speaking at a gathering outside the US Capitol on Wednesday, Waters demanded asylum for over 14,000 Haitians that have illegally crossed the US-Mexican border in Del Rio, Texas. “What we witnessed takes us back hundreds of years… worse than what we witnessed in slavery,” said Waters. “Cowboys with their reins …

Yorkshire parkin cake is delicious. The sweet and sticky mix of treacle, oats and ginger is a firm favourite right across the north of England. To many, it is synonymous with autumn and Bonfire Night celebrations, but it is also a school dinner staple enjoyed by countless children every day.  …

On Thursday afternoon, Biden signed a law establishing “Juneteenth National Independence Day” as a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Its date, June 19, refers to the day when African-Americans in Galveston, Texas were informed slavery was over in 1865. It was adopted unanimously in the Senate and with …

What good does it do anyway, all this picking away at the past? ‘Pride and Prejudice’ author Jane Austen and her characters often drank tea and plopped sugar into their cups. They also wore cotton. All products linked to the slave trade. Yup, that’s true. So what? Ah, but her …