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“JE SUIS CHARLIE”, BUT WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TERRORIST VIOLENCE?

BY Jim Harding I was reading Karen Armstong’s newest book, Fields of Blood, on religion and the history of violence, when the French satirists were murdered. Armstrong is a world renowned writer on religion, best known for her A History … Continue reading

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WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN…ABOUT THE WAR IN IRAQ

BY Jim Harding In 2004 I published a book “After Iraq” (Fernwood and Merlin Presses). We were in the early aftermath of the U.S.-U.K. invasion, but you could already see that the killing, trauma and chaos were seeding a whole … Continue reading

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