Scourge of the Spin Machine | Matthew Alford
Scourge of the Spin Machine, Ben ThomasonMatthew Alford - black-humoured author delivering political analysis for those of you watching Western foreign policy with your head in your hands.
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Saddam, Oliver Reed and a James Bond Director - Who Tells Iraq’s Story Now?
The Conversation just published a shorter version of this story here.
Long before Iraq had influencers with smartphones, Saddam Hussein was a movie producer.
In 1980, Iraq produced The Long Days. The six-hour film dramatised the young Sa...
I Went to Iraq for Arbaeen. I Returned Thinking about Dreams, Generosity and Peoples' Faith in God.
Over twenty million people descend on a city no bigger than Leeds.
But I don’t like crowds. I get lost and they stress me out.
The road to Karbala fills with people desperate to give away food, water, even money - “and they’ll sell their...
Visiting Iraq Fixed the Picture I’d Had in My Head for Thirty Years
“Mind out for the bombs! They always bomb the Shia.”
That was my friend’s advice as I set off last week on a very last-minute trip to Iraq. He actually screeched his bike to a halt to deliver the warning.
Everyone, it seemed, had a mental...
Gaza's Huge Death Toll is Somehow Smaller Than Many Predicted. How Did I Get It Wrong?
At the height of the Israeli assault on Gaza, I suggested that we might be witnessing a demographic catastrophe comparable to the genocide in Cambodia, where roughly a fifth of the population died.
That comparison now looks less straightfo...
Prediction After Prediction Dies in Donbas
War has always drawn in confident prophets. But if you wanted to design the worst possible system for discussing war, you would build one that rewards confidence over caution and attention over accuracy. In many respects, this is today’s me...
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Propaganda analysis for people sick of managed reality
Visiting assistant professor of History at University of South Florida. Researcher of US and Western media imperialism and democracy promotion. Published in academic journals on Western propaganda warfare in Syria
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