Still, as you walk past those patches of darkness, a thought almost can’t help but form. For the last seven years, we’ve been waiting for 9/11, The Sequel, to arrive from Afghanistan or some similar place. The media has regularly featured fantasy scenarios in which Islamic terrorists sneak atomic bombs or “dirty bombs” into cities… [Read more…]
March 21, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
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Day 9 (Thursday, 19 March, 2009) and Day 10 (Friday, 20 March, 2009) produced what seemed to be a vast amount of testimony concerning the details of Churchill’s scholarship. If there is anything of value in witnessing such a debate, is that there is a debate, a very serious one that demonstrates that there is… [Read more…]
March 20, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
Dr. David Vine is a professor of anthropology at American University in Washington D.C. whose ethnographic research has focused on the impact of U.S. military bases and in particular the forced displacement of the Chagossian people from their home, the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. His new book, Island of Shame (Princeton… [Read more…]
March 19, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
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A new Facebook group, Anthropologists Against Human Terrain & Other Military Anthropology Abuses, has been set up by Franz Boas. Alright, “Franz Boas.” When I joined on 15 March, it had 84 members. Today, a mere four days later, it has over 500 members. Join today, and let’s see this movement grow! Update: Since the… [Read more…]
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March 22, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
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