Lee Hubbard, AlterNet. September 26, 2001. African Americans have often felt ambivalent about patriotism, but since September 11, they have largely rallied around the flag. Is their patriotism justified?
Russell Mokhiber, Robert Weissman, AlterNet. September 25, 2001. Fast track and the FTAA. Corporate tax cuts. Drilling in Alaska. Star Wars. These are some of the "solutions" and responses to 9-11 offered by corporate mouthpieces.
Norman Solomon, AlterNet. September 25, 2001. History proves that no amount of vehement denials can change the reality that huge numbers of civilians are now in the Pentagon's cross hairs.
Jim Hightower, AlterNet. September 25, 2001. In post-9-11 America, get used to domestic spying, carrying an electronic ID card, being searched and having your movements constantly monitored.
James E. Garcia, AlterNet. September 25, 2001. The blur of day and night. The tears. The gross reality. A son's unanswerable questions. Breathtaking bravery. Feeling ill, feeling empty. More and more tears.
Sarita Sarvate, Pacific News Service. September 25, 2001. The world of children changed forever, too, on Sept. 11, with many -- especially the dark-skinned -- asking questions about identity, hate and real war.
Chris Toensing, AlterNet. September 25, 2001. If you lived in the Middle East, you might easily believe that America is waging a worldwide war against Islam, and that Americans must hate Muslims. Would you be wrong?
Azam Saeed, AlterNet. September 24, 2001. Muslims and Americans each have new responsibilities in the wake of tragedy: to stand up to extremism and to confront the consequences of damaging foreign policies.
Michael T. Klare, AlterNet. September 24, 2001. A professor of peace and world security charts out how the war against terrorism might evolve and escalate.
Evan Woodward, Institute for Public Accuracy. September 24, 2001. The president's approval rose another 10 points after his speech to Congress, though many Americans are questioning Bush's plan for a war on terrorism.
Knute Berger, AlterNet. September 24, 2001. The same George Jr. that told Americans there was no such thing as a "hate" crime is now saying hate and evil are preying on America.
Akilah Monifa, AlterNet. September 24, 2001. Racial profiling in airports intensified after 9-11 in the name of heightened security, complicating things for non-white travellers.
Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. September 24, 2001. America has a terrible history of imposing its will through force and violence, throughout the globe. This must change to prevent further terrorism against Americans.
Lucy Komisar, Pacific News Service. September 21, 2001. For years the banking laws of the United States and its allies have protected money laundering, allowing terrorists to move money quickly and secretly.
David Corn, AlterNet. September 21, 2001. We cannot win a war on terrorism, because such a war has no natural finale, no terms of victory. We can only suffer great loses at the hands of more terrorist attacks.
Bruce Shapiro, Salon. September 21, 2001. In his address to Congress, President Bush didn't compare his war strategy to its real predecessor: The War on Drugs.
Pervez Hoodbhoy, AlterNet. September 21, 2001. The crack that divided Muslims everywhere from the rest of the world is no longer a crack. It is a gulf that if not bridged, will surely destroy both.
AlterNet. September 21, 2001. Like many Americans, AlterNet readers have been struggling with the symbolism of the American flag. Does it stand for solidarity? Freedom? War?
Mike Gerber, Jonathan Schwarz, Village Voice. September 21, 2001. In the right context, Jerry Falwell's controversial remarks make a lot of good sense. In fact here are nine possible contexts.
Maurice Sher, AlterNet. September 21, 2001. As a World War II veteran who served in the South Pacific, I know the horror of war first-hand. Our great victory in that "good" war should not be twisted into military action now.
Michael M. Smith, AlterNet. September 21, 2001. Americans advocating for war are flying the flag higher than ever. This Vietnam veteran is doing the same while calling for restraint and peace.
Geov Parrish, Seattle Weekly. September 20, 2001. Terrorism is best encouraged by creating thousands, or millions, more martyrs during a war in the Middle East. The United States can't be that stupid. Can it?
Jack Shanahan, AlterNet. September 20, 2001. A retired vice admiral of the U.S. Navy argues the government should not simply throw money at military preparedness, but should focus on transforming the military's cold war strategy, which has included spending hundreds of billions of dollars on new weapons systems.
Arianna Huffington, OverthrowTheGov.com. September 20, 2001. If counterterrorism had been an industry doling out large contributions to politicians on both sides of the aisle and hiring powerful Washington lobbyists to plead its case, our political leaders would have leapt into action.
Norman Solomon, AlterNet. September 20, 2001. Now that we're marching towards war, the news profession is morphing into PR flackery for Uncle Sam, as reporters salute the commander-in-chief and await their orders.
Nina Burleigh, TomPaine.com. September 20, 2001. An American journalist who was among the first to enter Iraq after the Gulf War looks at our shrinking foreign news coverage and finds it has left Americans unable to comprehend what motivates those who hate us.
Lara Riscol, AlterNet. September 19, 2001. A day after Terrible Tuesday, the Family Research Center praised our country's courage, but added, "Americans are not rising up to defend the right to slaughter the unborn [or] so homosexuals can marry." This is their idea of unity?
Jim Hightower, AlterNet. September 19, 2001. Our "defenders," full of made-for-television bravado, are rushing to protect us by mounting a macho crack-down on -- guess what? -- our freedom!
Virginia Vitzthum, AlterNet. September 19, 2001. The ol' stars and stripes are flying everywhere these days, uniting everyone from those determined for war and tofu-eating peaceniks.
Dennis Bernstein, Pacific News Service. September 19, 2001. Terrorism is not always a matter of sinister outsiders attacking the country's citizens. The term can also be used to describe the wave of deadly attacks against Americans who look "Arab" or "Muslim" -- or in any way different.
Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. September 19, 2001. With the deployment of "Operation Infinite Justice," as the Pentagon has dubbed the order of combat aircraft to bases in the Persian Gulf, it appears a military strike against Afghanistan is in the works. Here's why it's a bad idea.
Roger Burbach, CENSA. September 19, 2001. Unless we acknowledge that the U.S. is intricately involved in creating international terrorist networks and abandon that practice for good, the cycle of violence will continue.
Janet Jai, AlterNet. September 19, 2001. Take legal action instead of military action. Involve Nobel Peace Prize winners in strategic discussions. These are some of the suggestions from peace leaders in the wake of 9-11.
Geov Parrish, WorkingForChange.com. September 19, 2001. With small but growing rallies and meetings, the peace movement has begun its race to catch up and overtake the war momentum.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. September 19, 2001. California Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a black Democrat, cast the lone vote against giving President Bush carte blanche to unleash war against terrorists.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. September 18, 2001. Stranded overseas, an American writer surveys the European reaction to the terrorist attacks and hopes one outcome of the tragedy will be greater attention by Americans to world affairs.
Naomi Klein, AlterNet. September 18, 2001. Collateral damage is the jargon used to describe the unintended consequences of war. Now is the time to focus on this damage -- in its relation to the U.S.'s conduct during the Cold and Persian Gulf wars.
James E. Garcia, AlterNet. September 18, 2001. After the September 11 attacks, Latinos should stand in solidarity with Arab Americans. Unfortunately, a murder in Arizona shows that not all Latinos have.
Harvey Wasserman, AlterNet. September 17, 2001. Though few are now talking about it, atomic power is high on the list of realities forever transformed by the terrorist nightmare of September 11.
Neil Skene, Creative Loafing (Atlanta). September 17, 2001. As expected, airports are beefing up security. But will this and increased dedication to military spending stop terrorism or cost more lives?
Michael T. Klare, Pacific News Service. September 17, 2001. The terrorist strikes have been called an act of war against the U.S. But they were not mere expressions of anti-American or anti-Western sentiment; they were a major assault in the continuing struggle between the U.S. and its adversaries for control of the Persian Gulf.
Lee Hubbard, Africana.com. September 17, 2001. Reports are coming in of Americans attacking their own people -- Americans of Arab descent who are bearing the brunt of a terrifying backlash.
Tamim Ansary, AlterNet. September 17, 2001. You can't bomb us back into the Stone Age. We're already there. But you can start a new world war, and that's exactly what Osama bin Laden wants.
Janet Jai, AlterNet. September 17, 2001. The leaders of three prominent peace groups respond to Tuesday's terrorist attacks, suggesting alternatives to the war that has all but begun in the Middle East.
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. September 17, 2001. Authorities say terrorists' plans may have been carried out through the Internet, prompting the government to clamp down on the World Wide Web.
Sam Bahour, AlterNet. September 17, 2001. The greatest challenge to Globalization has begun, not with the horrendous attack on America, but rather with the current U.S. plan for massive military retaliation.
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9/11: One Year Later
As the nation reflects on the one-year anniversary of the attacks, we are blanketed by media coverage from every conceivable angle and confused by powerful emotions. It has been a difficult year, but we are learning to put the event and its aftermath into perspective. It is safe to say that the future in which we find ourselves is very unlike the one we imagined on that dark day a year ago, the day when everything changed.
One of our greatest challenges is to treat 9/11 with respect and sensitivity -- to honor those who were lost and the sacrifices they made, and help each other with the necessary work of moving forward. We have put together this collection of articles, reports, and resources not just to mark a painful day in American history, but also to offer our readers the information they need to make a difference.
What You Can Do
Take part in overnight vigils, peace walks, fasts, concerts, art projects, or teach-ins about peace issues organized by UnitedForPeace.org.
Research
News, reports, and action alerts from Amnesty International on justice and human rights in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Read After the Attack.
