Browsing All posts tagged under »sovereignty«
Scotland Needs a Cultural Revolution
September 21, 2014 by Donnchadh Mac an Ghoill
The Queen of England has welcomed the Scottish referendum results from her castle in Balmoral, and Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, has resigned. Violent clashes have already occured on the streets between Unionists and Nationalists. London media organs, such as the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Daily Express have been refused entry to […]
US Sovereignty and Economic Exceptionalism
September 5, 2014 by Maximilian Forte
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The following is an extract from Karine Perron’s chapter, “The International Economic Sovereignty of the United States of America: Integrating the Exception to our Understanding of Empire,” published in Good Intentions: Norms and Practices of Imperial Humanitarianism (Montreal: Alert Press, 2014), pp. 105-120: Overview: Karine Perron addresses the scope of US capacity to influence and […]
The Militarization of Humanitarian Aid to Haiti
September 2, 2014 by Maximilian Forte
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The following is an extract from Keir Forgie’s chapter, “US Imperialism and Disaster Capitalism in Haiti,” published in Good Intentions: Norms and Practices of Imperial Humanitarianism (Montreal: Alert Press, 2014), pp. 57-75: Overview: Keir Forgie details some characteristic actions of the new, that is, US imperialism enforced upon Haiti leading up to and following the […]
Never to be a Colony Again: Dignity, Defiance, and Self-Determination
September 29, 2013 by Maximilian Forte
The following is my transcription of the spoken statement delivered at the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly by Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Mugabe. The statement below begins at the 8:43 mark of: 26 Sep 2013 – Address by His Excellency Robert Mugabe, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe at the general debate of the […]
Iraq National Sovereignty Day: Irony and Promise
July 2, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
Why would these people appear to be so joyful? Is it that brief illusion that some power has been regained, that they can finally begin to feel more at home, at home? Is it the relief that comes from believing that the worst has passed, since the worst have withdrawn to bases out of sight? […]
Minerva Project and Looted Iraqi Documents (2.0)
July 26, 2008 by Maximilian Forte
This struck me the first time that I read the Department of Defense’s “Broad Agency Announcement,” soliciting project proposals for the new Minerva Research Initiative. One of the areas of research for which applications are invited is titled the “Iraqi Perspectives Project.” Part of the description of the background of this research field reads as […]
Republic of Lakotah
January 30, 2008 by Maximilian Forte
Lakotah Unilateral Withdrawal from All Agreements and Treaties with the United States of America We as the freedom loving Lakotah People are the predecessor sovereign of Dakota Territory as evidenced by the Treaties with the United States Government, including, but not limited to, the Treaty of 1851 and the Treaty of 1868 at Fort Laramie. […]
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December 17, 2014 by Maximilian Forte
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