[R-G] The Liberal Defense of Murder

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

The book is not out yet, but you can pre-order it.  The
"pro-imperialist left" isn't the biggest faction of the imperialist
party, but it plays a unique role in building a pro-imperialist
consensus among the Western public, giving human rights justification
for regime change and flacking against anti-imperialists. -- Yoshie

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The Liberal Defense of Murder
Richard Seymour

Searching examination of the influence of the "pro-war Left" on US
foreign policy

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, a number of prominent
thinkers on the Left found themselves increasingly aligned with their
ideological opposites. Over the last decade, many of these thinkers
have become close to Washington; forceful supporters of the War on
Terror, they help frame arguments for policymakers and provide the
moral and intellectual justification for Western military intervention
across the globe. From Kanan Makiya, one of the chief architects of
the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, to Bernard Henri-Levy's
advocacy of "humanitarian" intervention, The Liberal Defense of Murder
traces the journey of these figures from left to right and explores
their critical role in the creation of the new American empire. With
wide-ranging testimony from many key figures on the left, this is a
crucial account of the emergence of the "pro-war left," and its
shaping of our post-9/11 world.

Richard Seymour lives and writes in London. His website Lenin's Tomb
comments on issues such as imperialism, Zionism, Islamophobia and
anti-capitalism, and covers strikes and protests with footage, images
and reportage. It has been cited in, among others, Private Eye, the
Guardian and Slate. This is Richard Seymour's first book.

-- 
Yoshie
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