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Author Archive: Ian Douglas

Political theorist specialised in geopolitics and technologies of the modern state

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Iraq: Stop the massacre of Anbar’s civilians!

Iraq: Stop the massacre of Anbar’s civilians!

Maliki’s use of the army against the civilian population of Anbar constitutes the defeat of the policies Iraq has been following since 2003

18 February 2014 More
Many and no words: Samir Halawa (1956-2014)

Many and no words: Samir Halawa (1956-2014)

You refused to abandon the youth when they were being gassed and murdered, while others had nothing but words of condemnation for them — thugs, hooligans, whatever they said of them

15 February 2014 More
Full Narration of Facts: Legal case for Iraq on US genocide

Full Narration of Facts: Legal case for Iraq on US genocide

Full (unannotated) Narration of Facts from the legal case filed in Spain 9 November 2009

14 November 2013 More
Iraq: State terrorism in Hawija

Iraq: State terrorism in Hawija

It neither a civil conflict nor a sectarian one. It is a crime of a government against a national group who would vote against its politics

23 April 2013 More
The curve of the Arab struggle

The curve of the Arab struggle

Aspirations for freedom, prosperity and dignity, and the impossibility of achieving development without democracy and liberty, drive change

22 March 2012 More
Egypt’s revolution searching for its path

Egypt’s revolution searching for its path

The problem with the avant-gardists is that they take their legitimacy from themselves. In a democratic state legitimacy is borne from elections

29 January 2012 More
Tahrir 12 months down

Tahrir 12 months down

A year into the revolution, much has changed, but more hasn’t — at least yet

25 January 2012 More
Arab intellectuals in doubt

Arab intellectuals in doubt

We do not understand why those who are against dictatorship and foreign intervention are not patriots to Arab intellectuals

20 October 2011 More
9/11: Ten years of lies, but the walls are coming down

9/11: Ten years of lies, but the walls are coming down

One day, and it may be soon, the truth about 11 September 2001 will start to appear. Cracks have already opened. We are coming into a time of truth

11 September 2011 More
Tasks and difficulties ahead of the Arab revolution

Tasks and difficulties ahead of the Arab revolution

That the Egyptian revolution was born in the street does not mean it is merely a conspiracy of Facebook

1 May 2011 More
Using Libya to abort the Arab Spring

Using Libya to abort the Arab Spring

The general Libyan youth uprising expresses the hollowness of Gaddafi’s regime,.to which he responds by force

16 April 2011 More
Support Iraqi protests!

Support Iraqi protests!

While millions across the world watched the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, no one is watching the people’s uprising in Iraq

20 February 2011 More
Egypt: Only democracy is legitimate

Egypt: Only democracy is legitimate

The Arab Spring of democracy has already brought to flower new practices of liberty in public space

12 February 2011 More
The Arab Spring of democracy

The Arab Spring of democracy

In Arab countries, the model of globalisation consisted of abandoning the Arab-Muslim character of the state and notion of the national state

18 January 2011 More
WikiLeaks Iraq war logs: Legal action is unavoidable

WikiLeaks Iraq war logs: Legal action is unavoidable

To all victims of the US-UK invasion of Iraq and their families; To all Iraqis; To all Parties of the Genocide Convention

30 October 2010 More
Partition by census

Partition by census

We defend the right of Iraq to independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity

12 October 2010 More
Yet another Israeli massacre

Yet another Israeli massacre

Interview with Dr Ian Douglas, member of the Executive Committee of the BRussells Tribunal, by Victor Thorn of the America Free Press

6 June 2010 More
Dead: 19. Injured: 60. This is Israel

Dead: 19. Injured: 60. This is Israel

Israel’s killing of 19 innocents with 60 more injured must have maximal consequences. Israel impunity is a threat to all

31 May 2010 More
Iraq: 19 years of intended destruction

Iraq: 19 years of intended destruction

We turned to — and encourage others to move towards — legal and judicial action. Why?

14 February 2010 More
Statement on the closure of the legal case for Iraq in Spain: Call for coordinated action

Statement on the closure of the legal case for Iraq in Spain: Call for coordinated action

Public enquiries on the war on Iraq that silence its victims are useless

7 February 2010 More
Stop the death penalty in Iraq

Stop the death penalty in Iraq

Maliki’s election platform:— 900 Iraqi prisoners face summary execution

12 December 2009 More
Introduction from the Spanish legal case on US genocide in Iraq

Introduction from the Spanish legal case on US genocide in Iraq

Introduction to legal case filed 6 October 2009 before the Audiencia Nacional against four US presidents and four UK prime ministers

20 November 2009 More
Legal case filed on Iraq against 4 US presidents and 4 UK prime ministers

Legal case filed on Iraq against 4 US presidents and 4 UK prime ministers

We are before immoral acts, contrary to international law. We must act

7 October 2009 More
Who is in resistance?

Who is in resistance?

In the Arab countries, the model of globalisation consisted of abandoning the Arab-Muslim character of the state

10 March 2009 More
Renewed call for UNGA to act for Gaza under Resolution 377

Renewed call for UNGA to act for Gaza under Resolution 377

The UN Security Council has failed to stop massive Israeli war crimes in Gaza; Israeli impunity must be ended by the world community

9 January 2009 More
Bush claims victory, he gets shoes

Bush claims victory, he gets shoes

In one magnificent act, Muntadhar Al-Zaidi epitomized the truth of the defeat of the US in Iraq

15 December 2008 More
Le Feyt Declaration — Peace in Iraq is an option

Le Feyt Declaration — Peace in Iraq is an option

This position and declaration reflects our commitment to a true end to the occupation and to a lasting, sustainable peace in Iraq

27 August 2008 More
Is what the US has been doing in Iraq genocide?

Is what the US has been doing in Iraq genocide?

The answer given to this question by Dr.Ian Douglas, a member of the BRussells Tribunal Committee, is an open and clear Yes

15 November 2007 More
US genocide in Iraq

US genocide in Iraq

The United States attempted and succeeded to destroy the state of Iraq, but cannot succeed in its attempt to destroy the Iraqi nation

1 June 2007 More
This wall is their grave

This wall is their grave

Plans for Al-Adhamiyah confirm that the US occupation and its puppets in Iraq can build nothing but open-air prisons

25 April 2007 More
We negate and we must negate because something in us wants to live and affirm — Friedrich Nietzsche