EPISODE · Jun 7, 2026 · 15 MIN
#12 The Theater of Memory: D-Day, Migration, and the Weaponization of the Past
from Dead Reckoning
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day commemoration speech in Normandy to attack European migration policies, framing migrants as an 'invasion.' We examine how political language transforms memory into propaganda, and how the dead are conscripted to fight battles they never knew.
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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day commemoration speech in Normandy to attack European migration policies, framing migrants as an 'invasion.' We examine how political language transforms memory into propaganda, and how the dead are conscripted to fight battles they never knew.
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#12 The Theater of Memory: D-Day, Migration, and the Weaponization of the Past
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