Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, Terror

Type

Book

Authors

Tariq Ali

ISBN 10

1844675459

ISBN 13

9781844675456

Tags

Reference, History & Theory, Terrorism, National & International Security, Political Freedom, Commentary & Opinion

Description

On July 7, 2005, the murderous mayhem that Blair’s war has sown in Iraq came home to London in a devastating series of suicide bombings. Two weeks later, with apparent impunity, security forces shot dead a young Brazilian electrician on his way to work. Rough Music is Tariq Ali’s riveting response to these events.He lays bare the vengeful platitudes of Blair’s war on civil liberties, mounts a scorching attack on the cozy falsehoods of the government’s “consensus” on what the threat amounts to and how to respond, and denounces the corruption of the political-media bubble which allows it to go unchallenged. Finally, invoking the perseverance and integrity of the great dissenters of the past, he calls for political resistance, within parliament and without. - from Amzon

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