Article Archive for July 2008
Goldstein & The Negation Of Tibetan History (Part II)
Revolutionary Movements
In Marxist inspired narratives of feudal (or capitalist) states collapsing of their inherent contradictions, there should fittingly be a role for a revolutionary movement and perhaps even a revolutionary hero. Goldstein provides us a …
[AlJazeera] With Beijing in the world spotlight for the Olympic games, China is leaving no stone unturned to ensure things run smoothly.
Only days out from the opening of the games, one woman has dared to …
Goldstein & The Negation Of Tibetan History (Part I)
When Oscar Wilde declared that “the one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it”, he was probably attempting to provoke — épater les bourgeois, as the French might say. Wilde lived in an …
In response to my recent piece Barefoot Experts some readers wrote in to say that Tibetans should not fritter away their energy picking on experts and journalists in the West but should focus on countering …