Acknowledgements
We are grateful to all the following writers, publications and websites, from which we have liberally used factual and visual materials:
1. Behind the Invasion of Iraq, RUPE, Mumbai ///
Wars are nothing but continuation of politics by other means. This old piece of wisdom is true for all wars. But seldom has the political content of a war been
It is human nature to look for historical parallels and references. Indeed, a parallel was readily available – Junior Bush’s war could have easily been described as a sequel to
Bush’s Iraq war has indeed been in the making for quite some time. For the last several years, the idea of invasion of Iraq was being constantly discussed and debated
The war on Iraq may fly in the face of every tenet of rudimentary civilised conduct and international law, but the US has already developed a new doctrine to justify
Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war, the Americans have been giving us one fancy hypothesis after another – the end of
There is of course more to the oil story than merely production and consumption. The US had managed to overcome the first oil shock with a combination of measures –
Every time something major happens in America or America goes to war, Washington says the world will never be the same again. While this may be a White House truism
More than Saddam Hussein, the American imperialists are now looking for his elusive successor. In Jay Garner, they have already got an American viceroy to look after Iraq’s transition to
Cynics will of course say that the anti-war movement has failed to stop the war, that France and Germany are now busy to appease the US, that after the fall
The anti-war movement has been informed and inspired by a distinct spirit of internationalism. However much Washington may try and brand this internationalism as anti-Americanism, it has emerged as a
Vibrant and consistent proletarian internationalism backed by decisive class struggle against the reign of domestic reaction has been the proven strategy of effective resistance to imperialism. With brilliant anticipation and
Wrapped in a shroud
the man in the coffin,
lay buried under
a clod of earth,
his spirit hovering
incessantly;
a cloud pouring rain
asked, why the Iraqi children
were crying out in horrific pain?
The essence of
