‘Selective justice’ serves geopolitics

The 17th of July marks the International Criminal Justice Day. I, for one, do not see anything festive about this day. The best what the system of international law with its subnational institutions can do…

When is a Riot a Revolt? Is London a Harbinger for America?

So, this week at least, after years of ignoring glaring inequality and injustice, it is safe to say that all of England took notice of the crowded north London neighborhood of Tottenham and to similar minority communities in Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Bristol where an explosive, fiery social consciousness has been rekindled. The rich and powerful benefit from divisions and rivalries in the oppressed communities, both in Britain and in the United States. Arguably, these same forces promote criminalization as a way of preventing the kind of social unity that could become a powerful political force.

Cuba in the Crosshairs: A Near Half-Century of Terror

The Batista dictatorship was overthrown in January 1959 by Castro’s guerrilla forces. In March, the National Security Council (NSC) considered means to institute regime change. In May, the CIA began to arm guerrillas inside Cuba….

The Pentagon’s Fake Jihadists

Could the Pentagon Be Responsible for Your Death? The Military’s Marching Orders to the Jihadist World Put what follows in the category of paragraphs no one noticed that should have made the nation’s hair stand…

Riots and the Underclass

What’s a riot without looting? We want it, they’ve got it!  You’d think from the press that looting was alien to British tradition, imported by immigrants more recent than the Normans. Not so. Gavin Mortimer,…