GLOBAL MILITARIZATION From Cultures of Resistance CULTURES OF MILITARIZATION NEW BOOK RELEASE: Toronto, October 25, 2010 – A new book from the editors of TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies adds perspective to the rampant militarization of everyday civilian culture. Cultures of Militarization shows how a jarring combination of spectacle and secrecy enables the post-9/11… [Read more…]
November 11, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
EE: Report #8, 21 October—11 November 2010 Encircling Empire Reports is a selection of essays, blog posts, and news reports covering a given time period. They are intended to be useful for those interested in: ● contemporary and critical political anthropology ● public anthropology ● imperialism and imperial decline ● militarism/militarization ● the political economy of… [Read more…]
November 9, 2010 by John Stanton
Anyone familiar with the U.S. Army’s Human Terrain System knew that it wouldn’t be long until the same principles upon which the HTS program were built would be used by the U.S. national security machinery to justify a cyber-surge of the Internet. A similar attempt was made beginning in the mid/late-1990’s by President Bill Clinton… [Read more…]
November 7, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
Adding far more detail to what was discussed in the last post, “Justifying Corporate Welfare for the Military: What the Logic Sounds Like,” the following is Hugh Gusterson‘s article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published 29 October 2010. An open letter to the Tea Party BY HUGH GUSTERSON | 29 OCTOBER 2010 Congratulations… [Read more…]
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November 12, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
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