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History and the “woke ” onslaught

1) Robert Tomns, “Western civilisation is surrendering to the woke totalitarian onslaught; This year has given little reason to hope that the push to rewrite our history might soon be defeated,” The Telegraph, December 21, 2022 (9:00 p.m.);

Robert Tombs is co-editor of the website History Reclaimed

Robert Toombs describes examples of what he describes as rhe “woke” onslaught on history andcWestern Civilization. The examples he cites are extraordinary. He makes a powerful casevthatnwe all need to be vigilant and resist thevrewriting of historybto conform to the precepts of a new “woke” orthodoxy.

By James Rowles

James Rowles is a writer, teacher, international lawyer, and international development expert.

He is particularly interested in the Epistemology of Truth, and how mass propaganda, social media, and other phenomena shape the nature of consciousness and the ascertainment of facts in the world today.

James holds an undergraduate degree in History (Modern Europe) and law degrees from Stanford University, and a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) in International Law from Harvard Law School, where he has also taught as a Lecturer on Law.

James is a polyglot, who speaks fluent French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish, and also knows other languages. His regular if not daily reading includes U.S. newspapers, the Guardian, die Welt, Le Monde, El País, and Veja.

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