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  The shambolic, illegal occupation of Iraq by Western powers has resulted in countless deaths (murder) of civilians.

The ‘war against terror’ is as much an info-war as it is one involving death and destruction.

Enter Wikipedia into the affray. It’s an amazing resource. While controversy exists over the accuracy of its contents, a more interesting question is how it contests the authority of conventional (expert) knowledge. Moreover, what Wikipedia reveals is the politics of knowledge itself. A significant example is how the contents of a page about Iraqi “resistance” has been edited to “insurgency“.¹

Review of: Kester Aspden (2007) Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale, London: Jonathan Cape

This is an important, even ‘must-read’ book for anyone interested in the history of crime in the UK, especially if that crime has racial horror hovering all over it. ‘Race’ was ‘hovering’ because, during the trial of the two Leeds’ police officers accused of abusing and killing the Nigerian vagrant David Oluwale in April 1969, ‘race’ was never an explicit issue.

A Transatlantic Dialogue with David Goldberg (Humanities Research Institute, University of California) and Paul Gilroy (Sociology, London School of Economics) - 29th June 2007

Organised by Virinder Kalra, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester.

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David Theo Goldberg: NeoLiberalizing Race

Paul Gilroy

David Theo Goldberg and Paul Gilroy in Discussion