{"article":{"id":12764,"heading":"Anarchy, War and Globalization","author":"Jaggi Singh","created":"2001-11-09 03:32:42","modified":"2013-11-10 23:38:37","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:38:37","article":"

Anarchy, War and Globalization

by Jaggi Singh

November 3, 2001

Hello friends. As you probably know by now, I was refused entry into the belly of the beast last night. A friend and I had to turn back our car into the great white north, but not before we were held, questioned and searched for about ninety minutes at the Vermont border by your ever-vigilant United States Immigration and Customs officials. During those ninety minutes, as about twenty-five or so cars went by, it was only my friend and I, and two other African men after us, who were questioned and held. But far be it for me to suggest that Vermont border guards practice racial profiling.

Getting stopped at the border is not such a big deal, although staring at large, framed colour photos of George Bush Junior and Dick Cheney for over an hour has to qualify as some kind of psychological torture, especially for two anarchists.

































































































































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