Muzzling A Movement

The Effects of Anti-Terrorism Law, Money & Politics on Animal Activism

Dara Lovitz

The ability to protest peacefully and to voice unpopular opinions without being arrested and imprisoned arbitrarily are cornerstones of the U.S. Constitution, and are the reasons why, in spite of...

Shadow War

The Untold Story of Jihad in Kashmir

Arif Jamal

For nearly sixty years, India and Pakistan have battled over the territory of Kashmir. The two nuclear-armed states have fought three bloody wars in the region, but the countries have also fought...

Unsuspecting Souls

The Disappearance of the Human Being

Barry Sanders

During the nineteeth century, something vital went missing: the human being. In Unsuspecting Souls, Barry Sanders examines modern society's indifference to the individual. From the Industrial...

Full Spectrum Dominance

US Power In Iraq And Beyond

Rahul Mahajan

The war on terrorism, the war on Iraq, and beyond. And what it actually means. "Informative, tough-minded, and incisive, Full Spectrum Dominance confronts key realities of US global power in the...

A Field Guide For Female Interrogators

Coco Fusco

The world was shocked by the images that emerged from Abu Ghraib, the U.S.-controlled prison in Iraq. Lynndie England, the young female army officer shown smiling devilishly as she humiliated male...

America's Disappeared

Secret Imprisonment Detainees and the "War on Terror"

Barbara Olshansky

On any given day, over 20,000 men, women and children languish in indefinite detention in the United States. In Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay, thousands more are imprisoned or...

Road from ar Ramadi

The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejía, and Iraq War Memoir

Camilo Mejia

Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejía became the new face of the antiwar movement in early 2004 when he applied for a discharge from the Army as a conscientious objector. After serving in the Army for...

Human Rights Watch World Report 2006

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world's leader in building a stronger human rights culture. Their annual World Report, the most probing review of human rights developments...

Preempting Dissent

The Politics of Inevitable Future

Andy Opel

The Bush administration's "War on Terror" ushered in a new logic of surveillance, suppressing public dissent and mobilizing both "faith" and "fear." Elmer and Opel reveal the underlying logic of...