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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. Connexions LibraryAbu Ghraib: The Politics of Torture Levi Strauss, David; Ehrenreich, Barbara; Danner, Mark et al. Book 2004 A series of essays on the Abu Ghraib prison and the political climate surrounding the Bush Administration's intervention into Iraq. An Act of State Terrorism Sustar, Lee; Ovenden, Kevin Article 2010 We have to appeal to the core of people who have already been active on one level or another around the Palestinian question, or those who are already convinced, to re-galvanize the movement, and go o... American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination Williams, Kristian Book 2006 A damning audit of the US record in underwriting human rights violations around the globe and at home, and about the centrality of rape, racism, and conquest to both the state and US national culture. America's Complicity in Evil: Barbarism on the High Seas Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2010 Once again the US government has permitted the Israeli state to murder good people known for their moral conscience. The Israeli state has declared that anyone with a moral conscience is an enemy of I... The Astounding Violence Of Israeli Colonialism Peppe, Matt Article 2014 Recently the world watched the horrific violence perpetrated inside Gaza, as 2,159 Palestinians - including 577 children, 263 women and 102 elderly - were killed during Israel's Operation Protective E... The Capital Punishment Debate  Diemer, Ulli Article 1984 The death penalty make us all complicit in killing, and degrades us as a society. Class and Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 Simons, H.J.; Simons, R.E. Book 1969 A historical and sociological overview which provides a critical analysis of the Labour and National movements in South Africa and explores how and why the white working class traded its socialist pri... Columbine Mine massacre: Connexipedia Article Article A conflict in which police and mine guards attacked striking coal miners with machine guns. The court does not sympathize: The moral depravity of the Israeli legal system Elhanan, Nurit Peled Article 2009 The blood of Palestinians is cheap in this country. No one has ever been punished for killing Palestinians' children, adults, newborns, old people. The murderers are all walking among us, free and hap... Deaths in Custody and Detention: Volume 33, No. 4 (2006) of Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict, and World Order Serial Publication (Periodical) 2006 A special issue on the investigation of, and inquiry into, deaths in custody and detention (including state hospitals and mental health, police and prison custody, and young offenders' institutions). ... Democracy Against Capitalism Wood, Ellen Meiksins Book 1995 Wood provides a brilliant explication and defense of the key theoretical concepts relevant to socialism, understood to be the most radical social and economic democracy. A Discussion Concerning Nonviolence Article 1999 The principle of nonviolence has terrible effects on people: it disarms them morally and politically by encouraging them to become "passive resisters," beseeching some more humane elite forces to come... Domestic Terrorism: Notes on the State System of Oppression Chomsky, Noam Article 1999 Starting with the curious events in Detroit 1971 associated with the Socialist Worker's party, Chomsky investigates FBI disruption programs, their consequences and meaning. He defines this systematic ... The English Government and the Fenian Prisoners Marx, Karl Article 1870 On the treatment of Fenian prisoners. Execution Day in Zhengzhou Hongda , Wu; Creger, John Article 1991 A first-hand account of an execution day in China. For Reasons of State Chomsky, Noam Book 1973 Essays in which Chomsky analyzes the role of the American state and discusses some of the ways in which individuals can respond to its growing power. Fort William Freight Handlers Strike: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article A strike by 700 non-unionized immigrants in August 1909 that was defeated by the use of militia and the RCMP and resulted in the firing of hundreds of workers. The Golden Rule Of State Violence: Terrorism Is What They Do; Counterterrorism Is What We Do Article 2011 A defining feature of state power is rhetoric about a ‘moral’ or ‘ethical’ role in world affairs. Errors of judgement, blunders and tactical mistakes can, and do, occur. But the motivation underlying ... GovernmentSources.ca Website A portal with information about government, Canadian and international, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and impor... In Remembrance of Things Lost Kysia, Ramzi Article 2012 It’s astonishing that I actually have to make an argument (and a losing one at that) against murdering children, but this is the reality we ourselves have given birth to. Is this what a police state looks like? Dobbin, Murray Article 2010 The corporate security state is not static - it will keep filling more and more space to the extent that they are allowed to by civil society. The police actions in Toronto are one of those key moment... Israeli Doctors Collude in Torture Cook, Jonathan Article 2009 Israeli human rights groups charge that Israel's watchdog body on medical ethics has failed to investigate evidence that doctors working in detention facilities are turning a blind eye to cases of tor... Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution: Volume II: The Politics of Social Classes Draper, Hal Book 1978 Draper ranges through the development of the thought of Marx and Engels on the role of classes in society. Kent State shootings: Connexipedia Article Article The shooting of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. Leadville Colorado, Miners' Strike: Connexipedia Article Article Occurred as a result of rapid industrialization and consolidation of the mining industry. Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 26: Engels 1882 - 1889 Engels, Friedrich Book 1889 Includes Manuscripts on Early German History and The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, and Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy, and The Role of Force in His... Mohammed Khatib, coordinator of West Bank Coordination Committee arrested Article 2010 Khatib's arrest today is the most severe escalation in a recent wave of repression again the Palestinian popular struggle and its leadership. Khatib is the 35th resident of Bilin to be arrested on sus... Mouths Wide Shut: Obamas War on Whistleblowers Feffer, John Article 2015 The Obama administration has been ruthless in its prosecution of whistleblowers. The myth of Israeli morality Andoni, Lamis Article 2010 Israel has consistently reacted with repression or even extreme violence to cultural and political manifestations of Palestinian identity. The NYT's Love Letter to Death Squads: Hymns to the Silence Floyd, Chris Article 2012 It is, I confess, beyond all my imagining that a national leader so deeply immersed in murdering people would trumpet his atrocity so openly, so gleefully - and so deliberately, sending his top aides ... The Other 9/11 Z., Mickey Article 2014 Whether or not activists will ever mount a serious threat to U.S. hegemony and propaganda remains to be seen. One thing is certain, however: Without such organizing, action, and sacrifice, there will ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 30, 2014: Refugees Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 Topic of the week is Refugees. Featured articles look at migration, counter-surveillance resources, farmers in Ghana fighting to retain the freedom to save their own seeds, and rebuilding communities ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 12, 2015: Organizing Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 The focus of this issue is organizing. How can we challenge and overcome entrenched structures of economic and political power? Our own source of power is our latent ability to join together and work ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 21, 2015: A Healthier Planet Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 With the start of the growing season in much of the Northern hemisphere, Other Voices digs up articles and resources related to urban agriculture and local food production. Urban agriculture - growing... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 22, 2017: Secrecy and Power Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Secrecy is a weapon the powerful use against their enemies: us. This issue of Other Voices explores the relationship of secrecy and power. Palestinian Women Suffer as Israel Violates CEDAW Frykberg, Mel Article 2009 Palestinian women continue to suffer abuse and denial of basic human rights at the hands of Israeli settlers and soldiers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Peterloo Massacre: Connexipedia Article Article The Peterloo Massacre (or Battle of Peterloo) occurred at St Peter's Field, Manchester, England, on 16 August 1819, when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000-80,000 gathered at a meeting to demand t... The Political Slaughterhouse: Statism's Death Knell for Liberty and Democracy Bovard, James Article 2010 The issue of government coercion has been taken off the radar screen of politically correct thought. The more government power has grown, the more unfashionable it becomes to discuss or recognize gove... Predicting Torture: The PATRIOT Act, Bradley Manning and Julian Assange Van Bergen, Jennifer Article 2010 Bradley Manning is charged with leaking classified documents to Wikileaks and faces a court martial. The conditions of his confinement are extreme, and amount to torture. Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor Herivel, Tara; Wright, Paul Book 2002 Essays on the cruelty and inhumanity of the American prison system. The Real Motive Behind the Gaza Flotilla Attack: Sabotaging Peace Amiri, Rannie Article 2010 Israel's leadership is committed to "a dynamic state bent upon expansion". The greatest threat to continued expansion is the threat of peace. Whenever Israel's leadership is faced with the threat of p... Relentless Persistence: Nonviolent Action in Latin America McManus, Philip and Schlabach, Gerald (ed.) Book 1991 There is in Latin America a tradition of "firmeza permanente," relentless persistence, which has enabled the people to preserve parts of their culture during five centuries of conquest and oppression. Remote-Controlled Killing: The Spot-and-Shoot Game Cook, Jonathan Article 2010 The Israeli military is increasingly using remote-controlled weapons to kill Palestinians. Israel's remotely controlled weapons systems are in high demand from repressive regimes and the burgeoning ho... Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and US Political Culture Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 Chomsky analyzes the Kennedy Administration's policy on the Vietnam War and compares the US Administrations of Presidents Kennedy and Reagan.
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. Seeds of Fire: A People's Chronology Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. The Semantics of Terrorism Al-Jurf, Soha Article 2010 A mental construct has been created in which the State of Israel is an entity that is under constant attack. By terrorists. Who, irrefutably, must be eradicated. Their actions are somewhat irrelevant.... Shot in the Back: Did the IDF Execute Mavi Marmara Victims? Lindorff, Dave Article 2010 In the Israeli commando assault on the Gaza aid flotilla, if victims were shot in the back or in the back of the head, then one is left really with only two possible conclusions: either the shooters, ... Terrorism & Communism Trotsky, Leon Book 1918 Trotsky defends the tactics of the Bolsheviks against Karl Kautsky's attacks. Terrorism and Communism: A Contribution to the Natural History of Revolution Kautsky, Karl Article 1919 Kautsky's attack on the methods used by the Bolsheviks after their seizure of power in Russia. The United States and Torture: We Tortured Some People and Probably Still Are.... Blum, William Article 2014 Two of the things that governments tend to cover-up or lie about the most are assassinations and torture, both of which are widely looked upon as exceedingly immoral and unlawful, even uncivilized. Si... The Violence of Incarceration Scraton, Phil; McCulloch, Mude (eds.) Book 2008 Argues that the revelations of extreme brutality perpetrated by allied soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo represent the inevitable end-product of domestic incarceration predicated on the us... War of the Killer Robots: Four Realities About Drones Terrell, Brian Article 2011 Drones are "killer robots," they do make war easy and game-like, and therefore likelier, drone strikes do kill too many civilians and they do violate the International Law of Armed Conflict. I am puzz... Worse Than North Korea Lindorff, Dave Article 2010 The reality is that we are dealing with a pariah state, no better at this point in its respect for international law and basic human rights (where non-Israelis are concerned), than North Korea. And ma... Sources LibraryThe mass graves of Kashmir India's dirty war unmasked Scott-Clark, Cathy 2012 For 22 years this contested region has endured a regime of torture and disappeared civilians. Now a local laywer is discovering their unmarked graves and challenging India's abuses. |
