October 2007


A chapter from James J. Martin’s exposition on Raphael Lemkin, the man behind the Geneva Convention on genocide and the coiner of the term itself, has been introduced to Anti-War Propaganda canon, located here:

It is highly representative of Martin’s writings on the subject of wars, particularly where it dwells upon the influence of opinion writers in the shaping of attitudes among the powerful. In this instance, context is restored to the faulty narratives promulgated by the principle advocates of the Convention and the concept behind it. It is an act of historical revisionism, in the best sense of that impulse, and provides an important piece of history that otherwise has been ignored to death for the most part.

This is a new entry destined for the Civilian-Based Defense category. Originally published in the The Jerusalem Post, Friday, November 25, 1983, it takes a look at non-violence activist, Mubarak Awad, and his ongoing effort to encourage Palestinians, Muslim and Christian alike, to follow in the footsteps of Great Spirits facing violent opposition of mediocre minds. The influence of Gene Sharp’s The Politics of Non-Violence is noted. Here’s the link:

An update from Wikipedia is appended to the article. It is hoped that the 12-page pamphlet mentioned in the article will be added to TMH in the near term.

Update (12 Sept 2007): The pamphlet has been acquired and now resides here.

Still another item from the Saga of Hog Island added to Anti-War Propaganda, to wit:

A bit of hair-raising exposition by the late James J. Martin on how things aren’t as they seem or are portrayed in officially sanctioned historical narratives.

Yet another article from the Saga of Hog Island added to Anti-War Propaganda, to wit:

This eye-opening piece is not the usual fare one expects in English language wartime cuisine.

One new article added to Anti-War Propaganda, viz.,

This originally appeared in his second collection of essays in inconvenient history, The Saga of Hog Island, published in 1977. This has been on the to-do list for years, but remains more timely than ever, I’m afraid.

A new item to be filed under Anti-War Propaganda at The Memory Hole.

  • German White Paper, full text of the Polish documents issued by the Berlin Foreign Office, with a foreword by C. Hartley Grattan

A very important insight into the developments preceding the onset of formal hostilities in 1939.

These are the latest articles to be added to the site. The links will eventually end up in the Anti-War Propaganda section.

More to come in the same section. War is, after all, being exploited anew in these most unpleasant of times.