Articles by Richard Seymour

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Refugee Crisis: When Is a Tragedy a Massacre?
Richard Seymour – Al Jazeera, 2 May 2016

The EU is simply determined not to be a destination for refugees. With illegal pushbacks, brutal detainment, and harassment at sea, the options for refugees are increasingly severe.

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Global Military Spending Is Now an Integral Part of Capitalism
Richard Seymour – Gulf News, 17 Mar 2014

The idea of a ‘peace dividend’ is gone, high levels of military spending are an entrenched part of the global landscape.

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Oslo: Europe, Islam and the Mainstreaming of Racism
Miriyam Aouragh and Richard Seymour – Jadaliyya, 8 Aug 2011

European media coverage of the Norwegian tragedy has led with dangerous and clichéd arguments about ‘Islamic extremism’ and multiculturalism, even after the identity of the killer was confirmed – thus contributing to the mainstreaming of racism that helped make Breivik what he is.

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THE HUMANITARIAN MYTH
Richard Seymour – Socialist Worker, 11 Feb 2010

The author of The Liberal Defense of Murder analyzes the propaganda manufactured to justify U.S. actions in Haiti after the earthquake.WITHIN DAYS of Haiti suffering an earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter scale, the U.S. government had sent thousands of 82nd Airborne troops and Marines, alongside the super-carrier USS Carl Vinson. By this Sunday, a […]

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THE HUMANITARIAN MYTH
Richard Seymour – Socialist Worker, 26 Jan 2010

The author of The Liberal Defense of Murder, analyzes the propaganda manufactured to justify U.S. actions in Haiti after the earthquake. With U.S. forces obstructing aid and beefing up "security" while Haitians die, no one should accept that the U.S. is motivated by "humanitarianism."WITHIN DAYS of Haiti suffering an earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter […]

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