Carne Ross

"The World: Decrypted" - Non-violent intervention in Syria

carne — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:28:57 +0000

Iraq: Ten Years on: pithy version on CNN

carne — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:59:40 +0000

Just for the record, and perhaps it keeps needing to be said for the record, here is a short interview I did today, March 15th, on the war, the alternatives and the lies. I am sick to death of saying it, but the liars keep hoping that if they lie often enough they will be believed.

"The World: Decrypted" - Iraq and the Illusory Clarity of War

carne — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:43:52 +0000

My latest Slate video, this time looking back at the Iraq war.

Translation of Catalan Review of "The Leaderless Revolution"

carne — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:39:50 +0000

My dear friend and Catalan speaker Jan Hartman has translated the review of "The Leaderless Revolution" that was published on Catalanweb a few days ago. I am naturally biassed but I found it an extraordinary discussion of the application of anarchist ideas to Catalonia's independence struggle. It is also of course striking because Catalonia is one of the only places ever to experience anarchist self-government in practice.

Begins

Iraq: the story of my testimony

carne — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:57:25 +0000

With the ten year anniversary of the war, I wanted to tell the story of the evidence I gave to the first official inquiry into the war, an event that led to my resignation from the British foreign servce.

"un elogio del anarquismo" - a Catalan review of "The Leaderless Revolution"

carne — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:14:36 +0000

The book (and indeed its author) is much inspired by, and cites, Spanish repubicanism and the "Spanish revolution" when anarchism flowered in worker-run farms and businesses (and was snuffed out by fascism, of course). Here's the link to the review.

"The World: Decrypted" - how the UN is not dealing with the annihilation of states

carne — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:38:46 +0000

Building Peace: Five conditions for successful mediation

carne — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:02:06 +0000

The Oslo Forum is an unusual gathering of high-level political mediators, organized by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. They have gathered a book of essays on mediation, by authors including Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt and Norwegian foreign minister, Espen Barth Eide. I was very honoured to be invited to contribute. My essay tries to specify exactly what kind of conditions are necessary for successful mediation, in particular what kinds of access, to both negotiations and information. You can download the book, for free, read more

"The World: Decrypted" my video commentary on Slate, Feb 8th, 2013

carne — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:07:15 +0000

This is the first episode of "The World: Decrypted" a short video commentary on international affairs

Socialist Anarchism or Progressive Capitalism (well neither actually)

carne — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:29:57 +0000

An interesting video about Semco, an innovative worker-led company in Brazil. Very much the sort of thing that The Leaderless Revolution talks about as a new form of the company, the basic unit of the economy.