from http://www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/justpeace/112shaw.htm There is a small irony in the fact that Andrew Chitty, an academic philosopher (in his comment, Moralism, Terrorism and War) should accuse me, a social scientist, of 'moralism' in my Ten Challenges to the Anti-War Movement. In responding, I shall compound this irony by insisting on the importance of the moral ground… Continue reading A confession from the amoral Left: reply to Andrew Chitty, Dec. 2001
Category: the left
Reply to Eric Herring’s defence of John Pilger on Iraq, 2001
Martin Shaw Fallout from an earlier war A belated reply to Eric Herring's defence of John Pilger on Iraq As the West opens its third war of the global era in Afghanistan, the unfinished business of the first war, in the Gulf in 1991, continues. In Iraq, millions suffer the effects of the stalemate between… Continue reading Reply to Eric Herring’s defence of John Pilger on Iraq, 2001
Pilger on ‘random brutality’ – a denial of genocide, New Statesman, 22 November 1999
In a letter published on 22 November 1999, I attacked John Pilger's attempts to deny the Kosova genocide in his New Statesman column. See also review of Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq (John Pilger, ITV, 6 March 2000) It will always be necessary to raise questions about the scale of episodes of… Continue reading Pilger on ‘random brutality’ – a denial of genocide, New Statesman, 22 November 1999
Review of Hammond and Herman, eds, Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis, 2000.
Mediating denial Philip Hammond and Edward S. Herman, editors, Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis, London: Pluto, 2000. Contents: 'The West's destruction of Yugoslavia'/ The origins of denial /Denying Serbian slaughter in Kosovo /Denying genocide /Denigrating the Tribunal /Indicting the media In twenty-first century war, media are battlefields. Truth is ever more the… Continue reading Review of Hammond and Herman, eds, Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis, 2000.
Reply to Kees van der Pijl on Yugoslavia, 2002
Martin Shaw Political economy and political reaction: a reply to Kees van der Pijl This paper was submitted to the Review of International Political Economy, but declined for publication In 'From Gorbachev to Kosovo: Atlantic rivalries and the re-incorporation of Eastern Europe' (Review of International Political Economy 8:2, 2001, 275-310), my colleague Kees van der… Continue reading Reply to Kees van der Pijl on Yugoslavia, 2002
Martin Shaw 