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Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War

Mark Danner has written about foreign affairs and American politics for more than two decades, covering Latin America, Haiti, the Balkans and the Middle East among other stories. He was for many years a staff writer at The New Yorker and contributes frequently to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine and other publications. He teaches at the University of California and at Bard College and speaks and debates widely about America's role in the world.

 

Articles

After September 11: Our State of Exception
The New York Review of Books     |     Published: 09/11/11

Torture: Once anathema, now a choice
The New York Times Magazine     |     Published: 08/27/11
http://nymag.com/news/9-11/10th-anniversary/torture/

To Heal Haiti, Look to History, Not Nature
The New York Times     |     Published: 01/21/10
Recovery can come only with vital, even heroic, outside help; but such help will do little to restore Haiti unless it addresses the manmade causes that lie beneath the Haitian malady.

The Red Cross Torture Report: What it Means
The New York Review of Books     |     Published: 04/30/09
When it comes to torture, it is not what we did but what we are doing

Paradoxes of Torture and Scandal
The Washington Post     |     Published: 04/26/09
The first paradox of the torture scandal is that it is not about things we didn't know but about things we did know and did nothing about.

Tales from Torture's Dark World
The New York Times     |     Published: 03/15/09
On a bright sunny day two years ago, President George W. Bush strode into the East Room of the White House and informed the world that the United States had created a dark and secret universe to hold and interrogate captured terrorists.

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Webcasts

Ojaj Festival 2011- Music in the Time of War Symposium
VIDEO     |    06/10/11
Deeply passionate about music, politics and theater Peter Sellars and award-winning journalist/author Mark Danner will discuss in his words “…to take account of the moral concerns of the U.S. as a polity and a great power and how these, must stem, or should stem, ultimately from a grounding in the humanities.”

On Libya and the Arab Spring: Human Rights, Democracy and National Interest
AUDIO     |    04/01/11

Libya and the Arab Spring on KPFA's Sunday Show
AUDIO     |    03/27/11
Mark Danner speaks with Phillip Maladari of KPFA about Libya and the Arab Spring. 

Mark Danner speaks at Authors@Google
VIDEO     |    03/11/10
Mark Danner visits the Googleplex to discuss his book, Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War, as well as torture and where we are when it comes to extreme interrogation with the Obama Administration: why we haven't escaped Bush's "state of exception."

Mark Danner in conversation with Geoffrey Garrett, US Studies Centre, Sydney
VIDEO     |    02/25/10
Mark Danner speaks about his book Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War at the US Studies Centre in Sydney, Australia, with Geoffrey Garrett.

Mark Danner in conversation with Sandy McCutcheon, Brisbane, Australia
VIDEO     |    02/24/10

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