Tomgram: Victoria Brittain, Fighting a Global War of Terror "Here was the texture of a hidden war of continual harassment against a largely helpless population. This was how some of the most vulnerable people in British society -- often already traumatised refugees and torture survivors -- were made permanent scapegoats for our post-9/11, and then More
Tomgram: Victoria Brittain, Fighting a Global War of Terror "Here was the texture of a hidden war of continual harassment against a largely helpless population. This was how some of the most vulnerable people in British society -- often already traumatised refugees and torture survivors -- were made permanent scapegoats for our post-9/11, and then More
“I Begged for Them to Stop”: Waterboarding Americans and the Redefinition of Torture by Nick Turse Sunday, February 24, 2013 by TomDispatch.com Try to remain calm — even as you begin to feel your chest tighten and your heart race. Try not to panic as water starts flowing into your nose and mouth, while you attempt to constrict More
Zero Dark Thirty: new torture-glorifying film wins raves Can a movie that relies on fabrications to generate support for war crimes still be considered great? Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Monday 10 December 2012 A scene from Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, about the capture and assassination of Osama Bin Laden. Photograph: Jonathan Olley/jonathanolley.co.uk (updated below – Update More
Zero Dark Thirty: new torture-glorifying film wins raves Can a movie that relies on fabrications to generate support for war crimes still be considered great? Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Monday 10 December 2012 A scene from Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, about the capture and assassination of Osama Bin Laden. Photograph: Jonathan Olley/jonathanolley.co.uk (updated below – Update More
