Jeremy Scahill

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1,582 appearances 10 recordings 6 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 15 Jul

Jeremy Scahill’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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It also helps to explain how a small series of protests became a national revolution.

And one of the things we see is that the Northern colonies joined the movement more quickly.

The Southern colonies joined more slowly.

One of the reasons is there are fewer printing presses.

So the news didn't circulate as quickly.

but these pamphlets were also read aloud.

So people didn't just read them, they heard them.

Ironically, because they were patriotic.

They were British subjects.

They felt an attachment to the king.

Some of them had been born in the British Isles or their parents had been.

They felt a strong connection there.

They were worried.

They knew that the British Empire had done a lot for them.

The British Empire was the root of the economy.

So that is the political argument.

That is the economic argument.

All these benefits they'd gotten from the British Empire.

Why would you give any of that up?

It was an uncivil war because it was so hard fought.

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