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...years following these revelations, until his death in 1916, Casement worked tirelessly to bring the man he considered responsible—the Peruvian rubber baron, Julio César Arana—to justice. In “The Devil and Mr. Casement,” British historian Jordan Goodman offers a dispassionate account of Casement’s struggle to expose and put an end to the atrocities wrought by Arana’s company in the Putumayo River Basin of northern Peru. But while Goodman’s chronicle of colonial-era corruption is admirably detailed, Goodman fails...
...same way that details of the violence committed by and against the employees of the Peruvian Amazon Company surfaced slowly in the British press in the three years leading up to the Casement’s 1912 report, Goodman deploys his sources gradually, amassing eyewitness accounts alongside official reports. Goodman cites descriptions of gang rape, the torture of children (by burning their hands and feet until they betrayed the whereabouts of their parents), and deliberate regimes of starvation—all tactics to maintain an atmosphere of terror in which the Indians would not dare to fall short...
...final stop (and a welcome break from the cold) was the small Multicultural Arts Center at 41 Second St. The fascinating and moving photography exhibit, entitled “IRAN: Images from Beneath a Chador,” will be on view through March 19. The photographer, Randy H. Goodman, happened to stop by while I was there and explained how she wound up, at age 24, armed with only a camera and a degree in political economy, documenting the Iran hostage crisis. Aside from this particular exhibit The Multicultural Arts Center is definitely worth a repeat visit...
...know BC is not going to take this game lightly,” said Jeff Goodman, a senior college basketball writer for FOXSports.com. “These guys want Harvard this year. This is a game they’ve almost circled on their calendar...
Luckily for Harvard, the Eagles will likely be without Sanders, their third-leading scorer from a year ago, who suffered a high ankle sprain in the team’s third game. After the weekend’s contest against Miami, Sanders told Goodman that he did not expect to return until the Eagles’ game against Rhode Island on Sunday. Nonetheless, the Crimson have been preparing as if Sanders will be in the lineup...