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The War on Terror in numbers
The 9/11 attacks resulted in 2,996 casualties, which included 343 firefighters and 59 police officers who were in trying to save victims inside the World Trade Center. The War on Terror launched by...
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Hell’s Kitchen
The final death toll was revealed last night, indicating that the battle caused more than 100 deaths according to the Red Cross. The rebels claim the loyalist troops suffered heavy casualties. The...
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ANPO: Art X War – The Art of Inconclusiveness
To live in interesting times is a curse, according to the Chinese proverb. But for artists it may also be a blessing because their imaginations can be stimulated by social unrest and political...
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One might think that three wars—Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya—would be enough. Apparently, for the United States military apparatus, it’s not. Last month we noted that Congress is trying to amend the War on...
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Two centuries of propaganda in posters
Editors Note: Captions below the vintage ads may not be a direct translation, and in many instances are commentary from the author. Today’s post is covered in dust and filled with retro possibilities....
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Bloggers Between Dictatorship and War
It’s been six months since the Libyan uprising began. How was the Libyan blogging scene before the February 17 revolution, and how has it evolved over the last few months? Sometime in 2009 and way...
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“The internet is direct democracy.”
Paul Jorion is an anthropologist who blogs about economic and financial issues. In 2005, he was one of the first to predict the subprime crisis and subsequent recession. Today, in his new book, The...
View ArticleThe Death Of Oula Jablawi And The Democratization Of Bearing Witness
Images from foreign famines and wars have always shaped our consciousnesses. The famous images of the 1984 Ethiopian famine, reported by Michael Buerk for the BBC, spawned an international response....
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Faux-Vintage Afghanistan and the Nostalgia for War
The recent and popular Hipstamatic war photos depict contemporary soldiers, battlefields and civilian turmoil as reminiscent of wars long since passed. War photos move us by depicting human drama...
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Crowdsourcing and Crisis Mapping in World War I
I came across some interesting finds at the National Air and Space Museum this weekend. The World War One (WWI) exhibit had this large, back-lit crisis map: Now, war maps are nothing new. In this blog...
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