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How Americans Are Seduced By War

A thoughtful and worthwhile video lecture delivered in 2005 by Andrew Bacevich, who argues in his most recent book The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War that … Continue reading

29 March, 2007 · 3 Comments

Meet Michael Leunig

By now you will know of the depth of my appreciation for political cartoonists and artists: David Baldinger, Andy Singer, Khalil Bendib and other luminaries who say it all so … Continue reading

25 March, 2007 · 7 Comments

A dozen Guernicas: western war crimes

Richard Neville features a striking and sobering photo-poem entitled Merciless Savagery From The Sky: The Future of Bombing. Behold western war crimes: Neville enumerates the trail of death and destruction … Continue reading

22 March, 2007 · 2 Comments

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"


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