The day after the terror attacks in Paris, there is understandable anger and grief. There are, as has become the custom, calls for revenge against ISIS and the entire region that they inhabit. While all of this is understandable, it is exactly what groups that practice terrorism want and are counting on. Former U.S. President…
If You Download the Terrorists Win
Jennifer Van Evra at Radio 3 has a talent for finding laughably ridiculous studies that people actually paid for and devoted part of their professional lives to. Last week it was the one about sexy music leading to promiscuity, this week she’s found a study from the Motion Picture Association and the RAND corporation that…
War Resisters, Stephen Harper and Gerard Kennedy
So it’s come to this. US Military deserter Robin Long has been deported. “Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minority Conservative government has ignored a nonbinding motion passed by opposition parties in the House of Commons last month that would have allowed the Iraq deserters to stay.“ This coming right on the heels of evidence of the…
Stuff Happens…
Stuff Happens is an angry, potent, fast piece of theatre that convincingly explores the players and events leading up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq by US forces. Key players in this David Hare-penned piece are Presidents, Prime Ministers, and other politicos whose influence, motives, personality, and histories all intertwine to give a theoretical…
Terror misplaced?
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