The case of Geoffrey Sampson, the computing professor who has professed racist views, continues to make waves at Sussex University. A large open meeting on 23 May 2002 heard expressions of criticism, disdain and denunciation from many faculty and students. Gurminder Bhambra delivered the speech below, which drew a response from Martin Shaw in the… Continue reading Sussex’s racist professor: a debate on academic freedom, May 2002
Category: 2002
Position paper on the proposed Iraq war, 1 October 2002
Martin Shaw against permanent war from http://www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/justpeace/210shaw.htm With George W Bush at the helm, world politics have become steadily more unstable. In an instant, Al-Qaida's massacre turned his early disengagement into aggressive intervention. The new permanent war 'on terrorism' homed in first on the plausible target of bin Laden's Taliban allies - although bin Laden… Continue reading Position paper on the proposed Iraq war, 1 October 2002
When is a massacre not a massacre? (Jenin) 21 April 2002
The simple answer to this question would seem to be, when it is committed by the Israeli 'defence' forces. 'Brutal yes. Massacre no', writes Peter Beaumont in The Observer, while a correspondent takes me to task along similar lines: 'your reference on theglobalsite to the Jenin "massacre" is highly misleading since it gives the impression… Continue reading When is a massacre not a massacre? (Jenin) 21 April 2002
India-Pakistan: the new empires square off, 29 May 2002
from http://www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/justpeace/martinshawwrites.htm The depth of the historic turning-point of 2001-2 is fearfully underlined by the latest news from the sub-continent. The latest link in the chain of events that began with 9/11, continued with the Afghanistan war and saw an ever-more barbarous Palestine-Israel war threatens to dwarf them all. All-out war threatens between two of… Continue reading India-Pakistan: the new empires square off, 29 May 2002
Iraq: a bombing campaign too far, February 2002
http://www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/justpeace/202shaw.htm The US had a right to wage war against the perpetrators of the terrorist massacre in New York and Washington and their allies, but it was not right to do so. Although the war in Afghanistan has destroyed the Taliban and weakened al-Qaida, it has brought death to many innocents. On conservative estimates, at… Continue reading Iraq: a bombing campaign too far, February 2002
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