January 2012
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A bunch of useful articles about the situation in...
Alastair Crooke: Unfolding the Syrian Paradox
http://conflictsforum.org/2011/unfolding-the-syrian-paradox/
Asia Times: A mistaken case for Syrian regime change
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NA05Ak03.html
Michel Chossudovsky: The Destabilization of Syria and the Broader Middle East War
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25312
RT: Mainstream media skewed on...
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Democracy, Human Rights and the White Man's Burden
This is the text of the speech I made at the event ‘Western Democracy: Is It Worth Killing For?’, held at Bolivar Hall, London, on Monday 16 January 2012. You can watch the full event on Youtube.
What I want to talk about is the old idea of the white man’s burden, and how it relates to more fashionable ideas of ‘human rights’ and ‘democracy’ that we talk...
Books on my list for 2012
I really want to read these books in 2012. Doubt I’ll get through all of them, but feel free to add recommendations in the comments!
Samir Amin - Beyond US Hegemony: Assessing the Prospects for a Multipolar World
Kwame Ture - Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
Piri Thomas - Down These Mean Streets
Marta Harnecker - Understanding the...
