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Harold Pinter cutting through the official lies

• July 30, 2015 • 2 Comments

Posted in essays, history, social theory
Tags: Blair, bombing civilians, Bush, Harold Pinter, Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize speech, Iraq invasion, Iraq war, language and politics, Neruda, political propaganda, state terrorism, truth and politics, US imperialism, Western propaganda, western war crimes

Iraq 3: War and Occupation 2003 ff

• July 25, 2015 • Leave a Comment

Posted in essays, history, social theory
Tags: Abu Ghraib, black sites, Cheney, erosion of civil liberties, Falluja, friendly fascism, George Bush Jr, Guantanamo Bay, Haditha, Iraq invasion 2003, Iraq occupation, Iraq war, John Howard, Project for a New American Century, renditions, Rumsfeld, Tony Blair, torture, US imperialism, war on terror, western war crimes, Wolfowitz

Iraq 2: Sanctions and Bombing 1990-2003

• July 22, 2015 • 11 Comments

Posted in critical theory, essays, history, social theory
Tags: Albright 'the price is worth it', Clinton, Denis Halliday, genocide in Iraq, Hans von Sponeck, human rights in Iraq, Iraq, Iraq sanctions, Madelaine Albright, sanctions against Iraq, war crimes in Iraq

Iraq 1: The First Gulf War 1991

• July 21, 2015 • Leave a Comment

Posted in critical theory, essays, history, social theory
Tags: Colin Powell, depleted uranium, First Gulf War, George Bush Snr, imperialism, Iraq, Iraq war, Ramsey Clark, war crimes in Iraq