This defeated occupation
In Baghdad, a stillborn regional conference will convene in which the Iraqi people will again be absent
Author Archive: Ian Douglas
Political theorist specialised in geopolitics and technologies of the modern state
What this murder demands
The illegal summary execution of President Saddam Hussein has revealed definitively the character of Iraq’s occupation-imposed government
The execution of the president
The imminent execution of Iraq’s lawful president is testimony to the disrespect of international law by Bush and his criminal partners
Their next massacre
The Green Zone government and its militias are attacking civilians and cities across Iraq to halt the resistance
Fighting empire: An interview with Ramsey Clark
George W Bush is not a patriot, Ramsey Clark tells Ian Douglas
Only resistance is legal
The national popular resistance in Iraq is the sole legal and legitimate representative of the Iraqi people and the Republic of Iraq
Inside the machine: An interview with Mordechai Vanunu
Damaged but not defeated, Vanunu continues to challenge Israel
Censure Israel now!
The veto system in the UN Security Council is bankrupt — the Council is complicit with war crimes in failing again to maintain peace and security
Emergency Action: Lebanon
If the Security Council, because of lack of unanimity, fails, the General Assembly shall consider the matter immediately
Final Resolution of Madrid International Seminar
This weekend participants from 8 countries — including Iraq — met in Madrid to discuss firsthand the plight of Iraqi academics
US illegality in Iraq: Where is the limit?
The US-led occupation continues to demolish humanitarian law with impunity in Iraq, breeding a culture of insecurity that destroys Iraqi lives
Statement on events in Samarra and across Iraq
Occupying powers are responsible for the protection of religious shrines, including Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra
Why Saddam is important
The trial of Saddam Hussein is the lynchpin of the American bid for global hegemony and already America loses
Who will have courage to stand up?
The disconnect between law, justice and truth in Iraq will reach its highest extreme in the show trial of Saddam Hussein
“We are stronger than Israel”: An interview with Mohammed Aside
Ian Douglas speaks to Mohammed Aside of the Islamic Jihad
Outspoken: Interview with Abdel-Sattar Kassem
Once shot four times for criticising the Palestinian Authority, Abdel-Sattar Kassem is again under fire
From the heart of the struggle: Interview with Nasser Juma
With Abbas under pressure to police his own people, Ian Douglas in Nablus speaks to Nasser Jumaa, leader of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Horizons rising: Interview with Mohamed Ghazal
With Hamas consolidating its legitimacy in Palestinian society, Ian Douglas in Nablus speaks to leader Mohamed Ghazal
They kill them anyway
The two men killed in what is unquestionably a case of targeted assassination were found hugging each other between two rocks near Nablus
Is it legal?
After 10 years of scandalous sanctions, Western powers are now pushing for the execution of the man who knows all their secrets, Saddam Hussein
No, thank you
It is not easy to speak to an empire of violence with an open voice, but this is what Arundhati Roy does
Voices of Mumbai
As the World Economic Forum in Davos discusses how to run the global economy, others met in Mumbai to transform it, putting people first
Another world
This week over 100,000 people gathered from all parts of the world to say No to military imperialism and cutthroat capitalism and Yes to dignity
“Belief in the world”: The everyday politics of globalism
Against the brutal march of security we must formulate a way of being-in-the-world not based on fear but trust: a belief-in-the-world
The cinema dream of war, or the artists’ violence
Many theories address the dematerialization of war between states. I want to address the dematerialization of life in society modeled on war
Reflexive modernization
Reflexive modernization has emerged as a key lens by which to see the transformation of culture in late modernity
Poststructuralism
Poststructuralism in international political economy emerges on the forefront of three issues — culture, power and history.
Power is in the Street: An interview with Julie Murphy Erfani
Latin America will always resist neoliberal notions of life, Julie Murphy Erfani tells Ian Douglas
Virtual war: An interview with James Der Derian
Discussion between James Der Derian and Ian Douglas on power, virtuality, war and deterrence
Private authorship
The order of the law is never so sovereign than when it envelops that which had tried to overturn it
