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Author Ali, Tariq.

Title Rough music : Blair/bombs/Baghdad/London/terror / Tariq Ali
Published London ; New York : Verso, 2005

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Description 104 pages ; 20 cm
regular print
Contents What makes Blair run -- Grammar of deceit -- The media cycle -- Days of July -- A public execution -- The war against civil liberties -- Downing Street memo -- Torture in Ireland -- Blair's terror measures
Summary "On July 7th, the murderous mayhem that Blair's war has sown in Iraq came home to London in a devastating series of suicide bombings. Two weeks later, with apparent impunity, security forces shot dead a young Brazilian electrician on his way to work." "Rough Music is Tariq Ali's response to these events." "He lays bare the vengeful platitudes of Blair's war on civil liberties, mounts a scorching attack on the cosy falsehoods of the government's "consensus" on what the threat amounts to and how to respond, and denounces the corruption of the political-media bubble which allows it to go unchallenged. Finally, invoking the perseverance and integrity of the great dissenters of the past, he calls for political resistance, within parliament and without."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis Great Britain
Blair, Tony
Counter terrorist measures
Political conditions
Human rights
Overseas item
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Blair, Tony, 1953-
Human rights.
Terrorism -- Great Britain -- Prevention.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005399
LC no. 2005027501
ISBN 1844675459 paperback alkaline paper
Other Titles Blair/bombs/Baghdad/London/terror