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  • From Flying Saucers to 9/11

    Alexander Cockburn : Media Analysis

    The world is in tumult, but in the heart of Empire, the level of creative political energy runs flat along the bottom of the graph. Subscribe

  • The Real Tragedy

    Eric Weinberger : Iraq War

    Five years after the attack, Americans are impatient and angry about what has been done in their name. Our national tragedy is not September 11 but the war in Iraq, an agony that promises to go on for years.

  • ABC 9/11 Docudrama's Right-Wing Roots

    Max Blumenthal : Television

    How conservative zealot David Horowitz produced and promoted ABC's flawed docudrama, The Path to 9/11.

  • Gaping Holes Remain in the 9/11 Story

    Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration

    It's no wonder so many Americans are examining alternative explanations that range from the plausible to the absurd.

  • 9/11 in a Movie-Made World

    Tom Engelhardt : Media Analysis

    What if the Twin Towers hadn't collapsed? Would the Bush Administration have so easily advanced its fear-inspired "war on terror" without the images that played on a culture's secret fears?

  • A Just Response

    Katrina vanden Heuvel

    The most effective response to terrorism involves nonmilitary actions in cooperation with the global community and within a framework of domestic and international law.

  • Knock on Wood

    David Cole : George W. Bush Administration

    The Bush Administration's illegitimate use of renditions, disappearances, torture and an illegal war has fostered the growth of a loose-knit global band of fanatics willing to do unspeakable violence against us.

  • Politics, the Media and 9/11

    Eric Boehlert : Media Analysis

    Since September 11, the Bush Administration has repeatedly exploited the threat of terrorism for political ends, from dirty bombs to sleeper cells to electoral politics.

  • The 9/11 Conspiracy Nuts

    Alexander Cockburn

    August Bebel once called anti-Semitism the socialism of fools. These days, the 9/11 conspiracy fever is fast becoming the "socialism" of the left. Subscribe

  • The Path From 9/11

    The Editors : George W. Bush Administration

    The fifth anniversary of 9/11 prompts grief and sadness, but also anger. We must free ourselves from the idea that the "war on terror" is an organizing principle for our foreign policy.

  • Virtual Catastrophe

    Stuart Klawans : Film Reviews

    World Trade Center's hero is a tough ex-Marine who later re-enlists to fight in Iraq. But his (and Oliver Stone's) redemption narrative is soured by bad faith.

  • Why We Don't Know Our Enemy

    Robert Scheer : Bush's Lies

    Hysteria over the barbarians at the gate has destroyed republics from Rome to Germany. A new book explains why Bush's post-September 11 America may meet a similar fate.

  • Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom Divided

    Alain Gresh : Saudi Arabia

    September 11 marked a turning point in the history of Saudi Arabia, raising new questions about political repression, religious extremism and the future of its youth.

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The Web Will Not Kill Traditional Organizing | The internet is not the end of local community organizing, just a new tool that allows citizens to more efficiently build their social capital.
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