Browsing All posts tagged under »oil«
The Fire This Time: COIN Operations, Carquinez Strait, Niger Delta
Imperial violet, the flames licked skyward out of the boiling black smoke engulfing workers and nearby residences, cringing in fear, hearing loud explosions. The giant crude oil refinery and storage tank fire that began on August 6, 2012 was a culmination of a century of social and environmental injustices committed by Chevron against the people […]
Congruent Methodologies: Impactful Pre-invasion Imperialist Guerrilla Warfare Tactics in Iran
June 26, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
By James Lockridge (This essay is a response to Maximilian Forte’s essay “Causation or Correlation, a Useful Crisis Notwithstanding: U.S. Democracy Promotion in Iran.”) Are the current protests in Iran really 100% legitimate and “home grown” or primarily the direct result of outside agents i.e. CIA or corporate influence? Or are the protests 100% legitimate […]
Human Terrain System spreads to Africa: “Oil and Terrorism”
August 28, 2008 by Maximilian Forte
Thanks to Crossed Crocodiles for posting an essay detailing the spread of the partnership between anthropology and counterinsurgency to Africa, under the U.S.’ AFRICOM. The full post is available here, extract below. This is a welcome corrective to the kind of unqualified support, and outright hype, that was featured in the last post. ••••••• Back […]
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August 16, 2012 by John Allison
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