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Author Archives: Rebecca Gordon

Rebecca Gordon teaches at the University of San Francisco. She is the author most recently of American Nuremberg: The US Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post-9/11 War Crimes and is now at work on a new book on the history of torture in the United States.

Posted inEgypt, Iran, Middle East, Turkey, United States, World

What ‘deep state’ really means

by Rebecca Gordon January 15, 2020February 18, 2020

This seems a strange moment to be writing about “the deep state” with the US entering a new phase of open and obvious above-ground chaos and instability. Just as we had gotten used to the fact that President Donald Trump is, in effect, under congressional indictment, just as we had settled into a more or less […]

Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, United States, World

US takes exception to the rule of law

by Rebecca Gordon March 31, 2019February 18, 2020
US Air Force plane from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, European Union, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

On the rehabilitation of George W Bush

by Rebecca Gordon November 23, 2017November 23, 2017
The "Ive Mike" atmospheric nuke test, conducted over the Pacific Ocean by the US in 1952, was the first test of a full-scale thermonuclear device. Photo: Wikipedia
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Trump’s nuclear dreams: nightmares past and present

by Rebecca Gordon October 27, 2017
Guantanamo's Camp Delta will continue to prove a contentious issue both domestically and internationally. Photo: Reuters
Posted inAfghanistan, European Union, Germany, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

An unholy trinity: torture, rendition and indefinite detention

by Rebecca Gordon April 9, 2017April 12, 2017
A Trump hat sits on a table outside of the rally for Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump in New York City, New York. Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia, World

Fighting for the good life in Trumplandia

by Rebecca Gordon January 12, 2017

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