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Kennard: New book places America at the centre of global wars and fascism

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:17 July 2026
Post last modified:17 July 2026

In an interview with the Canary, author Matt Kennard has said that to understand geopolitics the US must be understood as the global centre of war and fascism. And he dates the current wildness of the world’s biggest terror state to the so-called ‘war on terror‘. The Bush administration removed barriers that had prevented right-wing extremists entering the US military. Now they are running it – and at the top of both sides of US two-party politics: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Canary (@thecanaryuk) Kennard: “Extremists are at the wheel” Kennard’s newly-updated book, Irregular Army, “shows how…

UK government steeped in Palestinian blood: Gaza Tribunal publishes new book

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:23 June 2026
Post last modified:23 June 2026

The Gaza Tribunal, established by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and others to examine UK collusion in Israel’s genocide, is publishing a book of its findings. Its findings are unequivocal: Rishi Sunak’s Tories and, especially, the Starmer regime are steeped in blood, guilt and collaboration. One of the greatest crimes of our age As publisher Pluto Press notes: the true scale of Britain’s complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our age. This groundbreaking inquiry brings together original testimony from Palestinian survivors, journalists, human rights campaigners, international legal experts and whistleblowers, to evidence both the human reality of the genocide,…

Book Review: Outlasting the War on Terror in Iraq

Post author:Nazli Tarzi
Post published:16 June 2026
Post last modified:17 June 2026

The War on Terror has claimed countless Iraqi lives and left social systems irreparably fractured. The lasting injury is the subject of anthropologist Kali Rubaii’s debut book, Resurgency: Outlasting the War on Terror. Few studies have captured in such depth the ways Anbaris’ react, respond and heal from “war-induced social and ecological collapse.” Rubaii’s journey began in Fallujah a decade prior, supporting local hospitals through transnational solidarity work. She returned in subsequent years. Moreover, she came to form close relations with displaced Anbari farmers. After the guns go silent The portrait of Fallujah isn’t the city caricatured as the launchpad of…