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> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:27:29 -0500
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> Subject: 9/11: One Year Later
>
> The one-year anniversary of 9/11 is upon us, and anyone who
> reads a newspaper or turns on a television this week will be
> bombarded with 9/11-related coverage from every conceivable
> angle. One of the themes we hear constantly in the
> mainstream media is that the world has changed forever and
> there is little we can do about it. At AlterNet we choose
> not to accept the essential hopelessness of that message.
> As playwright Tony Kushner wrote recently in the New York
> Times, "Our despair over our own powerlessness is simply a
> lie we are telling ourselves."
>
> For Sept. 11, we offer you an overview by three of
> AlterNet's senior editors reflecting on the fact that the
> many things that have changed are not what we expected.
> There is also an article by Tom Hayden from the book, "It's
> a Free Country: Personal Freedom in America after September
> 11" (RDV Books), edited by Danny Goldberg, Victor Goldberg
> and Robert Greenwald. This important new book (also
> reviewed below by John Wilson) challenges the idea, widely
> publicized in the mainstream media, that domestic liberties
> were mostly unaffected by terrorism.
>
> All of this writing (and there is much more on AlterNet's
> 9/11: One Year Later page) contains reminders of what we
> believe is still true and important -- that even amid the
> political confusion of post-9/11 America, all of us still
> have the power to make positive changes in our world.
>
> Changes Wrought By 9/11: Not What You Expected
> Don Hazen, Tai Moses, Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet
> What were you afraid of on Sept. 11, 2001? What frightens
> you today, one year later? Chances are, the two answers are
> quite different.
>
> It's Empire Versus Democracy
> Tom Hayden, AlterNet
> Conservatives are seeking to take advantage of America's
> understandable fears to push a right-wing agenda that would
> not otherwise be palatable, playing patriot games with the
> nation's future.
>
> It's Still a Free Country
> John K. Wilson, AlterNet
> A new book of essays, speeches and personal testimonials
> urges Americans to defend the Bill of Rights from attack by
> the Bush Administration.
>
> The Return of Irony
> Daniel Kurtzman, AlterNet
> The decline of poitical satire in the aftermath of Sept. 11
> has proved to be short-lived. Bush, Ashcroft, and terrorism
> are now fair game on the late-night talk show circuit.
>
> If you wish to read more about 9/11 and its aftermath,
> please visit After 9/11.
> http://www.alternet.org/?IssueAreaID=25
>
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