Peoples Geography — Reclaiming space

Creating people's geographies

Category Archives: War crimes

No bravery

There are several videos set to James Blunt’s ‘No Bravery’. I have picked two, run-times 4:32 and 4:02 respectively. Lest we forget the people of Iraq and the human dimension … Continue reading

11 March, 2007 · Leave a comment

Who is in Iraq?

While the coalition of “the willing” in Iraq has turned into the coalition of the leaving (troops from Italy, Spain, Ukraine, Japan and New Zealand have already wisely left), three … Continue reading

10 March, 2007 · 2 Comments

Why We Fight – Update on the Empire

Three recent interrelated pieces on US Empire vs Republic worth a look. The first is Democracy Now’s interview with Chalmers Johnson, in which this scholar and CIA analyst argues in … Continue reading

1 March, 2007 · Leave a comment

Is the neocon project on its last legs?

Sandy Huffaker An article in the weekend Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) asks, ‘Does the neocon parrot have a pulse?’ Let’s hope the rumours of the demise of this ghastly Imperial … Continue reading

25 February, 2007 · 7 Comments

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


Categories