Posts tagged: war

The Profits of the American War Machine

In this excerpt from The Spoils of War, Andrew Cockburn outlines the internal politics of the US military and the lobbying that keeps the American war machine well-funded.
Notes on Exterminism, the Last Stage of Civilization

In the 1980s, E.P. Thompson dedicated much of his intellectual and political labor to the CND and other anti-nuclear causes. First published in New Left Review in 1980, "Notes on Exterminism" was Thompson's thoroughgoing effort to account for the challenges to socialist politics posed by the peace movement and the Second Cold War.
The Apocalypse and the End of History: a Letter from the Editor

"In her incisive and accessible study of Islamic jihad, Suzy shows how jihad is the ur-form of contemporary politics, no departure from western capitalism but rather an acceleration and crystallization of it."
Wars Don't Solve the Problem: they Make it Worse

A response to the debate on terrorism and war: the need to avoid escalating forms of repression in the face of attacks by using justice and the rule of law rather than violence.
Wars and Terrorism: End the Denial

This open letter, signed among others by Virginie Despentes, Adèle Haenel, Annie Ernaux, Jean-François Bayart and Alexis Jenni, deplores the fact that the link between Western military interventions and terrorist attacks is never questioned.
Tear gas: from the battlefield to the streets

In this excerpt from Tear Gas, Anna Feigenbaum describes the history of the Himsworth Report, used by governments around the world to justify the use of tear gas.
Dulce et Decorum Est: The cultural impact of World War I in the United Kingdom

On the latest Suite (212) on Resonance FM, Juliet Jacques talks to Charlotte Jones, Teaching Fellow in Victorian & Modern Literature at King's College London, about the cultural impact of World War I in the UK.
When Claude Lanzmann Made Propaganda for the Israeli Army

Claude Lanzmann's five-hour documentary on the Israeli Defence Forces, Tsahal (1994), is a nauseating tribute to an army that supposedly defends Israel but has become an instrument of conquest and oppression
Peace Regimes

In US–Korean relations, the language of peace has long been a strategy of disavowal, but it has also served as terrain for contestation.
Ending the Korean War: A Transnational Dialogue

Two scholars — Grace M. Cho in the US, and Hosu Kim in South Korea — reflect on the recent developments between the US and North Korea, the ghosts of the Korean War, and the need for peace on the Korean peninsula.
The Left in Syria: From Democratic National Change to Devastation

Syrian writer Thaer A. Deeb chronicles the miscalculations that have prevented the Syrian left from playing a decisive role in the uprising that began in 2011.
Hostages to Democracy

Focussing on the Indian government's counterinsurgency operations against Maoists in Bastar, Nandini Sundar examines how formal democracy works to subvert popular power.