Dissent After 9/11

Alaska Warms to The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel : Iraq War

In this cut from Blue Man/Red State, a documentary on Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, Juneau peace activists give Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel a warm welcome and a helping hand.
The Culture War Descends on Columbia

Esther Kaplan : Religion

David Horowitz's Islamofascism Awareness Week hits the already beleaguered campus.
Surveillance Makes You Paranoid

Nicholas von Hoffman : Police & Law Enforcement

Reports that New York police conducted sweeping nationwide surveillance of people suspected of anti-Bush sentiment in 2004 just might scare us into silence.

2006

9/11: The Roots of Paranoia

Christopher Hayes : Media Analysis

Public paranoia and a credulous establishment media that have failed to aggressively report on 9/11 have allowed a cult-like "Truth Movement" to fill in the gaps.
Where Are the Good Americans?

Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Torture

When the day comes for America to be judged for its war on terror and the human rights crimes that have been done in the name of its citizens, who can say they stood up and said no?

The Silencing of Carlos Delgado

Dave Zirin : Sports

The New York Mets' squelching of first baseman Carlos Delgado's longstanding protest of the war in Iraq during the seventh-inning stretch speaks volumes about how the rules of the game have changed on political dissent.
More Leaks, Please!

Bruce Shapiro : Journalists & Journalism

Power-friendly reporters like Judith Miller are easily manipulated by selective leaks. But what we need now is more civil disobedience by whistleblowers exposing renditions, acts of torture and the flagrant abuse of power.
Memorial Chauvinism

Alisa Solomon : Designing & Rebuilding Ground Zero

The controversy over the World Trade Center cultural institutions is one more episode in a long, often bitter dispute over how 9/11 should be remembered and understood.
Spying on the Protesters

John S. Friedman : Police & Law Enforcement

It's déjà-vu all over again: National Guard units and federal, state and local law enforcement are spying on antiwar activists.
Terror Hysteria Gone Absurdist

Alisa Solomon

Steve Kurtz is being persecuted to warn off anyone who dares to contest the joint enterprise of science, profit, Pentagon and state.

Patriot at the Bat

Richard Pollak : Sports
Billboard Barons

David Montero : Advertising
Full of Beans in Boston

Michael Blanding : Democratic Party

Organizers hope to provide a positive alternative to both the Democratic platform and the kind of confrontational mobilizations that have led to violence in the past.
The Fine Art of Bush-Bashing

Liza Featherstone : Republican Party

While New York City authorities and anti-GOP organizers square off over the right to rally, cultural activists are taking matters into their own hands.
Former Bush (41) and Reagan Officials Say Bush (43) Must Go

Katrina vanden Heuvel : US Foreign Policy

these old hands are taking a stand against the most arrogant and incompetent foreign policy in their lifetimes.
Where Are the Jocks for Justice?

Kelly Candaele & Peter Dreier : Sports

Cultural changes and lucrative endorsements may explain a drop in activism.

Up Against Ashcroft

David Corn : Democratic Party

Democratic criticism of the Attorney General has been extraordinarily muted.