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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results67 Connexions Library8 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 8 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 11 Sources Library 3 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAfghan media respond to Taliban threats against TV channels Article 2015 In an alarming statement published on the group's website on Monday 12 October, 2015, the Taliban said the two TV channels are legitimate targets and no employee, anchor, office, news team or reporter... Afghan Young Women Protest Killing Women Article 2012 Afghan Young Women for Change (YWC) activists, holding placards which read 'where is justice?', take part in a protest denouncing violence against women in Afghanistan in Kabul on April 14, 2012. Some... Afghanistan 1979-1992: America's Jihad Blum, William Article 1995 An account of CIA and American involvement in Afghanistan since 1979 Afghanistan is Collapsing. Get Out: Now! Cloughley, Brian Article 2018 A look at the disastrous results of US and NATO intervention in Afghanistan, a conflict which has little to do with eliminating international terrorism. Afghanistan: the Smell of Defeat: Cut-and-Run Time Whitney, Mike Article 2012 The United States hasn’t liberated Afghanistan. It hasn’t rebuilt Afghanistan. It hasn’t removed the warlords from power, curtailed opium production, established strong democratic institutions, or imp... Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914 - 1991  Hobsbawm, Eric Book 1994 A overview of the history of the years 1914 - 1991. America's Latest War Crime Lindorff, Dave Article 2015 The best that Nobel Peace Laureate President Obama can do after the US bombs and destroys a hospital in Afghanistan, killing 22 people, including 12 volunteer doctors from Doctors Without Borders, is ... Another World is Possible: Globalization and Anti-capitalism McNally, David Book 2002 A call-to-arms for progressive activists. McNally argues that capitalism is synonymous with imperialism and fundamentally incompatible with democracy. An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto Callinicos, Alex Book 2003 An extended argument about what the anti-capitalist movement should stand for. Bombing Hospitals: 22 People Killed by US Airstrike on Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan Kelly, Kathy Unclassified 2015 A group of activists living in Baghdad would regularly go to city sites and string large vinyl banners between the trees outside these buildings which read: "To Bomb This Site Would Be A War Crime." ... Breaking The Silence: Truth And Lies In The War On Terror Pilger, John Film/Video 2003 'Breaking The Silence: Truth And Lies In The War On Terror' was screened six months after the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and two years after the invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. The film d... Britain's Own Pravda-Style Propaganda: Ten Years Of 'Involvement' In Afghanistan Article 2011 Imagine Britain had been invaded and occupied by armed forces from another region of the world with China, for example, as a significant ‘partner’ in the ‘coalition’. Imagine tens of thousands of Brit... CNN and the NYT Are Deliberately Obscuring Who Perpetrated the Afghan Hospital Attack Greenwald, Glenn Article 2015 Much of the world spent the last 48 hours expressing revulsion at the U.S. airstrike on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. It was quite clear early on that the perpetrator of the attack was the U.S., ... A Cosmetic Cover for Occupation: Against The Current vol. 142 Bose, Purnima Article 2009 Following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October of 2001, the Bush administration belatedly latched on to the plight of Afghan women under the Taliban as a rationale for military action. As part ... The Crimes of Seal Team 6 Cole, Matthew Article 2017 Officially known as the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, SEAL Team 6 is today the most celebrated of the U.S. military's special mission units. But hidden behind the heroic narratives is a dar... The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire McCoy, Alfred Article 2010 The demise of the United States as the global superpower could come far more quickly than anyone imagines. If Washington is dreaming of 2040 or 2050 as the end of the American Century, a more realisti... Dilemmas of Domination: The Unmaking of the American Empire Bello, Walden Book 2005 Argues that in a not-too-distant future the American empire's hidden weaknesses will pose fatal challenges to American supremacy. Dirty Wars: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam Curtis, Mark Book 2008 Historian Mark Curtis, presents the history of the British government's sponsorship of radical Islamic terrorism, from Iran, Afghanistan and Libya to the July 7 bombings. Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing out of Catastrophe Loewenstein, Anthony Book 2015 Journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea, the United States, Britain, Greece, and Australia to witness the reality of disaster capitalism. Double standards: Do all journalist lives matter? Mandhai, Shafik Article 2017 Little attention is paid to reporters from the Global South who are killed, abused, or left stranded by foreign media. Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 2010-2011: Capital devours lives, labor, land; masses seek paths to freedom Article 2010 A revolutionary organization can no longer allow any separation between theory and practice, philosophy and revolution, workers and intellectuals, "inside" and "outside." Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States and the Rise of the New Imperialism Grandin, Greg Book 2006 Looks at U.S. foreign policy post 9/11 and its antecedents. Equality: New Internationalist January/February 2004 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2004 A look at theories on the thought of equality and its progress in society. Even Wars Have Rules: a Fact Sheet on the Bombing of Kunduz Hospital Kone, Jason Article 2015 Doctors Without Borders is calling for an independent fact-finding investigation to ascertain the truth about the events that led to the killing of our colleagues and patients by US.airstrikes on one ... The Fog of Intelligence: Or How to Be Eternally "Caught Off Guard" in the Greater Middle East Englehardt, Tom Article 2015 The phrase "the fog of war" stands in for the inability of commanders to truly grasp what's happening in the chaos that is any battlefield. Perhaps it's time to introduce a companion phrase: the fog ... Gen. John Campbell, Commander in Afghanistan and Serial Liar Lindorff, Dave Article 2015 After weeks of lies, the Obama administration and the Pentagon, unable to find any way to explain their murderous hour-long AC-130 gunship assault on and destruction of a Doctors Without Borders-run h... Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance Chomsky, Noam Book 2003 Chomsky documents how, for more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of dominating the globe. 'I Would Have Refused Such An Order' - Former RAF Pilot Gives His View of US Bombing Of MSF Hospital In Kunduz Article 2015 In our previous media alert, 'Sick Sophistry', we examined media coverage of the deliberate US bombing of a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan on October 3, 2015. In particular, ... Imperial Crusades: Iraq, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia: A Diary of Three Wars Cockburn, Alexander; St. Clair, Jeffrey Book 2004 Iraq was just one of three major imperial crusades in the decade after 1992, orchestrated by a new generation of American politicians, both Democrat and Republican, who backed pre-emptive strikes to o... Imperialism, the Cold War and the Creation of Pakistan Article 2012 The true intent of the partition was to detach Pakistan from India, create a militarily strategic foothold aimed at the Soviet Union and maintain control over the oil fields of the Middle East. Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II Blum, William Book 2008 Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Ch... Kunduz Killers Go Free Article 2016 On the night of October 3, 2015, a United States Air Force AC-130 gunship repeatedly attacked a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Forty-two people were killed and dozens ... Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Herman, Edward S.; Chomsky, Noam Book 1988 Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets... Media Are Blamed as US Bombing of Afghan Hospital Is Covered Up Norton, Ben Article 2015 After the US airstrikes that hit an MSF (Medecins Sans Frontières) hospital, many news outlets have depicted the event in a way that evades any American responsibility. Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies Chomsky, Noam Book 1989 An inquiry into the nature of the media and the role of intellectuals in "a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force, and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ide... No matter how it appears, Trump isn't getting out of Syria and Afghanistan Gowans, Stephen Article 2018 Trump's plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and Syria don't reflect a large change in US foreign policy. US troops are only a small part of the forces currently deployed there and they will prob... The No-Nonsense Guide to Terrorism Barker, Jonathan Book 2003 An in-depth look at the nature of terrorism that discusses questioning terrorism, assessing it, the difference between state terrorism and group terrorism, morality and history, and war and politics. Obama's Afghanistan War: Morally Wrong, or Incompetently Waged? Spritzler, John Article 2009 For our rulers, the point of a war is to make us Americans feel the way only a war can--determined to prevail over a dangerous foreign enemy by supporting our leaders when we would otherwise oppose th... The Opposites Game: All the Strangeness of Our American World in One Article Engelhardt, Tom Article 2010 The surpassing strangeness of the American way of war in distant lands. Overthrowing other people's governments: The Master List Blum, William Article 2013 Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. Postmodern Imperialism: Geopolitics and the Great Games Wallberg, Eric Book 2011 An analysis of the development of imperialism over the past century. Press for Conversion #46: December 2001 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2001 Published not long after 9/11 and the illegal U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, this issue takes a radical look at the underlying purpose of this war and the military occupation that followed. Press for Conversion #59: September 2006 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2006 A phony democracy – dominated by warlords, drug barons, oil industry representatives and World Bank administrators – has now been successfully imposed upon Afghanistan by the world's major military an... The Radically Changing Story of the U.S. Airstrike on Afghan Hospital: From Mistake to Justification Greenwald, Glenn Article 2015 When news first broke of the U.S. airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, the response from the U.S. military was predictable and familiar. It was all just a big, ter... Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower Blum, William Book 2005 A mini-encyclopedia of the numerous un-humanitarian acts perpetrated by the United States since the end of the Second World War. Sick Sophistry: BBC News On Afghan Hospital "Mistakenly" Bombed by United States Media Lens Article 2015 One of the defining features of the corporate media is that Western crimes are ignored or downplayed. The US bombing of a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on the night of Octo... The Six Most Disastrous Interventions of the 21st Century Leupp, Gary Article 2015 On October 2, 2015, President Barack Obama, alluding to Russia's decision to launch air strikes in Syria, told reporters at the White House that for Russia to view the forces targeted "from the perspe... The Socialist Register 1980: Volume 17: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1980 Surprise: U.S. Drug War In Afghanistan Not Going Well Devereaux, Ryan Article 2014 A new report has found the war on drugs in Afghanistan remains colossally expensive, largely ineffective and likely to get worse. This is particularly true in the case of opium production, says the U.... Towards a New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There Chomsky, Noam Book 1982 A sobering assessment of American foreign policy from the end of the Vietnam era to Ronald Reagan. The Urge to Surge: War is a Drug Englehardt, Tom Article 2011 Englehardt describes the effects of the US surge addiction with the military issue as an example. US Dispatched a Murderous AC-130 Airborne Gunship to Attack a Hospital Lindorff, Dave Article 2015 Evidence continues to mount that the US committed a monstrous war crime in attacking and destroying a fully operational hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan on the night of Oct. 3, 2015, killing at least 2... US Lies and Excuses for Bombing Hospital Cook, Jonathan Article 2015 Here is the US changing its story for the FOURTH time of why it launched an air strike on the Doctors without Borders hospital in the Afghan town of Kunduz at the weekend, massacring at least 22 patie... The U.S. Military Under Stress: Against The Current vol. 112 Ensign, Todd Article 2004 John Kerry's campaign tome should dispel any illusion that he has any significant differences with George Bush on the aggressive use of the U.S. military to defend the empire. The War In Afghanistan Chomsky, Noam Article 2002 Noam Chomsky examines the military action of the US in Afghanistan, exploring America's breach of international law through the refusal to obtain Security Council authorization. A War on Wikileaks?: Unhinged at the US State Department and Pentagon Forte, Maximillian C. Article 2010 If the state fails to make any sense - not surprising - it is because it is has no intention of doing so. The state is appealing to something more visceral with all of this posturing: fear. It wants t... War(s) With No Exit: Against The Current vol. 136 The Editors Article 2008 The raging debate on “war policy” between the corporate presidential campaigns has come down to this: Why Is the U.S. Refusing an Independent Investigation If Its Hospital Airstrike Was an "Accident"? Greenwald, Glenn Article 2015 In Geneva , Doctors Without Borders (MSF) demanded a formal, independent investigation into the U.S. airstrike on its hospital in Kunduz. The group's international president specified that the inquiry... Why the rise of fascism is again the issue Pilger, John Article 2015 Fascism is preserved as history, as flickering footage of goose-stepping blackshirts, their criminality terrible and clear. Yet in the same liberal societies, whose war-making elites urge us never to ... The Wikileaks Afghan War Diary: Reason for Celebration, Cause for Concern Forte, Maximillian Article 2010 The release of Wikileaks acquired records from U.S. forces in Afghanistan is an event of major significance which in some ways deserves to be celebrated by those opposed to the war in Afghanistan, but... Wikileaks and the Truth of the Af-Pak War: Against The Current vol. 148 Usmani, Adaner Article 2010 In the aftermath of the much-discussed leak of the Afghan war documents, few aspects of the Af-Pak imbroglio have been as scrutinized as the supposed duplicity of the Pakistani security establishment.... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAlternatives - Action & Communication Network for International Development Alternatives, Action and Communication Network for International Development, is a non-governmental, international solidarity organization. Alternatives works to promote justice and equality amongst i... Centre for Research on Globalization An independent research and media group of writers, scholars and activists. Publishes news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focussing on social, econo... Chomsky.info The Noam Chomsky Web site.
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade COAT is a national network of individuals and organizations in Canada that began in late 1988 to organize opposition to ARMX '89, which was the country's largest weapons bazaar. COAT has continued to ... Europe Solidaire Sans Frontieres ESSF est une association de solidarit‚ internationale. Traitant d'un large ‚ventail de questions, notre site pr‚sente une information militante sur de nombreuses luttes et campagnes ; ainsi que des ar... My Catbird Seat Our mission is to inform and educate the public on issues of the US/Middle East conflicts that are unreported, underreported, or distorted in the American media.
We will also reflect the incredible r... Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, was established in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1977 as an independent political/social organization of Afghan women fighting for human right... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryAfghanistan: Press freedom in free-fall in run-up to presidential election Sources News Release 2009 Reporters Without Borders has released the report of a fact-finding visit to Afghanistan in January. Entitled â#oWe have free speech, but weâ##re not safe and we donâ##t act responsibly". Authorities arrest two TV presenters in Kabul Sources News Release 2009 Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by yesterdayâ##s arrests in Kabul of two commercial TV presenters, Fahim Kohdamani of Emroz and Ajmal Alamzai of Ariana TV. Call for release of jailed Pakistani journalist Sources News Release 2014 International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in urging Afghanistan government to pardon the Pakistani journalist jailed for crossing the border into... Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status Sources News Release 2009 Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, acco... IFJ expresses concern for Afghanistan's media after spate of threats and attacks Sources News Release 2014 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Afghanistan Independent Journalist Association (AIJA) in expressing concern over a series of recent threats and intimidations... Mes Aynak: Afghanistan's Buddhist buried treasure faces destruction Dalrymple, William 2013 Mes Aynak, a magnificent Buddhist city, is the most important archaeological discovery in a generation. But it is sitting on a vast copper deposit and is about to be destroyed. Press Freedom Under Fire in South Asia, 2008-09 Sources News Release 2009 The seventh annual report on press freedom in South Asia documents alarming trends in working conditions for journalists. Radio programme a beacon of hope for Afghans searching for lost relatives In Search of the Missing tries to track down some of the 1 million people who have disappeared during three decades of war Sieff, Kevin 2014 An Afghani radio station has started a semi-weekly segment entitled "In Search of the Missing", aimed at reuniting missing loved ones. Citizens are invited to call the 10-year-old radio programme and ... Will Google's Keyword Searching Eliminate the Need for LC Cataloging and Classification? Mann, Thomas 2005 Google Print does not "change everything" regarding the need for professional cataloging and classification of books; its limitations make cataloging and classification even more important to research... From the Connexions ArchivesEmbassy Row Online Website Contact names and numbers for all embassies to Canada and all Canadian embassies abroad. Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) Website Women opposed to the Taliban, to the Afghan government, and to the foreign forces in Afghanistan. |
