Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, Terror

Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, Terror
Cover of the first edition
Author Tariq Ali
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Subject British politics, Iraq War, terrorism
Published London
Publisher Verso Books
Publication date
 September 2005
Media type Print
Pages 104
ISBN 9781844675456

Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, Terror is a 2005 book by British-Pakistani writer, journalist, political activist and historian Tariq Ali.

Synopsis

The book is a reaction to the 7 July 2005 London bombings, which Ali describes as "murderous mayhem that Blair's war has sown in Iraq". The book criticises perceived attacks on civil liberties. He invokes "great dissenters" of the past and calls for "political resistance, within Parliament and without".[1]

Reception

The book was reviewed in the peer-reviewed academic journal Current Issues in Criminal Justice[2] and Arena magazine.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, Terror". Verso Books. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  2. ↑ Poynting, Scott (March 2006). "Rough Music: Blair/Bombs/Baghdad/London/Terror (Book Review)". Current Issues in Criminal Justice. Sydney Law School. 17 (3). ISSN 1034-5329. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ Nairn, Tom (2006-02-01). "The new Furies: Tariq Ali's newest book calls for Britain to re-examine its role as one of the real sources of insecurity in the globalised world order". HighBeam Research. Arena Magazine. Retrieved 2015-09-21. (Subscription required (help)).


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