From the Islamic Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, from the British Empire to the Berlin Wall, this video series looks at momentous events that shaped the world we know today
Dan Poulton
Dan is a writer, broadcaster and campaigner. His most recent documentary was The New Scramble For Africa and his documentaries have appeared regularly on the Islam Channel. He is an organiser for Counterfire and a regular contributor to Counterfire site.
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Iran Army Day parade, 2019, in Tabriz. Photo: CC BY 4.0
03 Oct 2024
Waving them on to war. Why the West is backing Israel’s escalation.
Opinion
Photo: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
03 Oct 2024
When Labour attacks working people, what’s next?
Analysis
South of the border of Lebanon. Photo: CC BY 2.5
03 Oct 2024
When is an invasion not an invasion? When the British media report on Israel…
History
Beirut from airplane window, 2015. Source: marviikad - wikicommons / cropped from original / CC BY-SA 2.0
03 Oct 2024
Lebanon: a country created, divided and destroyed by Western imperial interests
Analysis
Egyptian revolution, 2011. Photo: Mahmoud Yakut / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
02 Oct 2024