Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

Confession d'un tortionnaire du régime du Ben Ali

I  think it is a timid article. It doesn't use the term state terrorism to refer to the actions of the imperialist powers. Also, yes, "the public" is also responsible. The public could be responsible for a positive change as well as for perpetuationg atrocities and the status quo, if not through tacit support, it is through passivity, indifference, silence and acceptance.  The public votes for the same criminals in again and again. Is not that a responsibility? The public also votes for the same criminals to perpetuate crimes at home (plunder, privatisation, inequality, etc). Furthermore, the author has not cited "the roots of terrorism" in the plural. He is happy to mention only a couple of the roots. The roots of terrorism

Marx's revenge

" The story of his rise and fall offers a rare insight into how the CIA operated within the confines of  President Obama’s halfhearted Syria policy . It reveals how the rivalries between US bureaucracies — and, even more importantly, the growing divergence between Washington and its Nato ally Turkey — exacerbated Syria’s mayhem. The rise and fall of a US-backed commander in Syria

It is not my government; it is a criminal regime " It’s a country where civilians are driven from their homes because of US- and British-backed violence, then have their pleas for refuge denied, partly on the basis that they may be terrorists. What is the onslaught from Yemen’s skies if not state terrorism?" Britain has blood on its hands over Yemen

Ways of Seeing, Episode 3

I agree with some of the comments: it is blaming the symptoms (the products) rather than the causes . The collapse of the older order. Next, war?