How Deep Shall We Dig?
This is the full text of the first I. G. Khan Memorial Lecture, delivered at Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, India, on April 6, 2004. It was first published in Hindi in Hindustan, April 23–24, 2004, and in English in The Hindu, April 25, 2004. An excerpt also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, April 25, 2004. On the February 14, 2003, murder of I. G. Khan, see Parvathi Menon, “A Man of Compassion,” Frontline, March 29–April 11, 2003, www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2007/stories
/20030411004511400.htm.
The Greater Common Good
First published in Outlook and Frontline, June 4, 1999.
Power Politics
The Reincarnation of Rumpelstiltskin
First Published in Outlook, November 27, 2000.
The Ladies Have Feelings, So…
Based on a talk given as the Third Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture, February 15, 2001, at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts.
On Citizens’ Rights to Express Dissent
Court affadavit filed April 23, 2001. First published in Arundhati Roy, Power Politics, 2nd ed. (South End Press, 2001).
Ahimsa (Nonviolent Resistance)
First published in the Hindustan Times (India), June 12, 2002. This version is based on the version published in the Christian Science Monitor on July 5, 2002, as “Listen to the Nonviolent Poor: Allow for Peaceful Change, Before Violent Change Becomes Inevitable.”
The Algebra of Infinite Justice
First published in the Guardian, September 29, 2001, and Outlook, October 8, 2001.
War Is Peace
First published in Outlook, October 29, 2001.
War Talk
First appeared in Frontline (India) 19, no. 12 (June 8–21, 2002).
Come September
First presented as a lecture in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center, September 18, 2002. Sponsored by Lannan Foundation: www.lannan.org.
An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire
The original version of this essay was first published in the Guardian (London), April 2, 2003.
The Loneliness of Noam Chomsky
Written as an introduction to the new edition of Noam Chomsky’s For Reasons of State (New York: New Press, 2003).
Confronting Empire
First presented at the closing rally of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, January 27, 2003.
Peace Is War
The Collateral Damage of Breaking News
This is the text of a speech first delivered March 7, 2003, at the Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi, at a workshop organized by Sarai: The New Media Initiative, CSDS, and the Waag Society in Delhi. It was first published in the Sarai Reader 4: Crisis/Media (New Delhi: Sarai, 2004). See http://www.sarai.net for additional information on Sarai.
Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy
(Buy One, Get One Free)
This talk was first delivered May 13, 2003, at the Riverside Church, New York City, and broadcast live on Pacifica Radio. The lecture, sponsored by Lannan Foundation and the Center for Economic and Social Rights, was delivered as an acceptance speech for the 2002 Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom.
Do Turkeys Enjoy Thanksgiving?
This speech was delivered at the World Social Forum in Bombay, India, on January 14, 2004.
Public Power in the Age of Empire
This text is based on a public address delivered to an overflow crowd at the American Sociological Association’s 99th Annual Meeting in San Francisco on August 16, 2004. The theme of the conference was “Public Sociologies.” The talk quickly aired on C-SPAN Book TV, Democracy Now!, and Alternative Radio, reaching audiences throughout North America and beyond, and was circulated via e-mail around the world.
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