September 11

2009

The Right Finds 9/11 Ripe for Exploitation

The Rachel Maddow Show : Media Analysis

Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell reacts to Glenn Beck's '9/12 movement' and the right-wing's tone deaf response to Obama's healthcare speech.
How 9/11 Should Be Remembered

Rebecca Solnit

For the eighth anniversary of September 11, 2001, a full-scale reappraisal of the real meaning of that day in New York for ordinary Americans.
A 9/11 Reality Check

Robert Scheer

What if eight years ago the World Trade Center had been leveled by a small nuclear bomb that took out most of lower Manhattan as well?

2008

The Truth Can Move Us Forward

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich : Congress

We suffer not only from the loss of innocent life on 9/11, but because the attacks became the rationale for an unjust war. It's time to face the truth.
9/11 Plus Seven

Andrew J. Bacevich : George W. Bush Administration

Seven years after the attacks, the Bush Administration's strategy to transform the world has squandered our resources, buried us in debt and poses a greater strategic threat than Osama bin Laden ever did.
Seven Years Since September 11

TomDispatch : Al Qaeda

Andrew Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power, offers a powerful summary judgment on how the Bush Administration responded to the attacks of 9/11.

2006

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.
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.
The Path From 9/11

: 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.

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