USA. The History of the World in 46 Lectures From Columbia University. As they saw it | News & articles published shortly after events occurred, they reflect the information available at that time and how people reacted. The 9/11 Decade. The Best, Most Damning Reporting of the 9/11 Era. How the Road from 9/11 Led to My Door - Profile. For ten years, the tragic events of September 11, 2001, have been used as a pretext for war - tens of thousands dead in Afghanistan, more than a million killed in Iraq and a campaign of repression at home, carried out against thousands of Arabs, Muslims, and now, even the peace movement.
The road from 9/11 led the FBI to my door, with an early morning raid on my home, and a secret grand jury investigating two dozen peace activists on terrorism charges. When the Bush Administration used the events of September 11 to justify war against Afghanistan, I joined thousands to march against that war. How many of us knew it would become the longest war in US history? Costing tens of thousands of lives, and nearly $500bn, this war has lost the support of the majority of Americans. Even so, the Obama Administration continues Bush's war, making it their own. After 9/11, a war was also launched on civil liberties inside the US.
PATRIOT Act Coordinated raids Our family was stunned. Ecology.
IMF. Orgs. Culture / religion. Africa. Asia. MENA (the Middle-East & North Africa) Europe. Globalization. Corruption.