Amateurs at Empire By William Bowles

17 October 2003

It could be argued that the US emperium has bitten off more than it can chew but it’s even worse than that. They are rank amateurs at empire-building who are now faced with the insurmountable problem of effectively administering a country they claim to have liberated but which in reality has been occupied but without any of the ‘tools of the trade’ of a coloniser.

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Book Review: The best democracy money can buy By William Bowles

17 October 2003

The best democracy money can buy by Greg Palast, Paperback, Robinson Books, 2003 and an updated second edition.

In the grand tradition of Hunter S Thompson, Palast’s book is witty, irreverent and written from the hip, as if he’s running out of time, or out the door. I got breathless reading it.

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