Tag Archives: Warfare

THE POLITICS OF WEATHER: LOCAL AND GLOBAL

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 1, 2010

`Owning’ the weather? PART IX By Rahnuma Ahmed Does something lie behind the global warming agenda, behind the UN Summit at Copenhagen where world leaders had met to agree on how to tackle global climate change? Has weather warfare, as Michel … Continue reading →

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The ‘soul-less’ war on terror

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 6, 2008

by rahnuma ahmed …a particular kind of violence is intrinsic to imperialism, and imperialism is a danger not merely to the populations invaded but also to the soul of the imperialist. [italics added] Talal Asad, anthropologist, Comment on ‘Clash of … Continue reading →

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