ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses resistance to the war on terror was about harnessing hegemony that is, using the terms of the discourse to challenge aspects of it. Few could successfully challenge hegemony, or resist the discourse in its totality. The struggle between power and resistance was vehement throughout the life of the discourse, which supports Foucault's claim that power and freedom coexist even in the most unequal power relations. Foucault's loose theory of resistance gleaned from a number of his later works provided the theoretical basis for understanding the struggle between power and freedom in the war on terror discourse. The genealogy of dissent revealed was that each instance of resistance exposed the more dangerous elements of the war on terror discourse. The chapter outlines the primary counter-narratives to Howard's discourse on Iraq. It covers the final finding relates to the broader discursive impact of the instances of dissent.
