Take this opportunity to educate yourself of the facts surrounding the rise of radical Islam, neo-conservatism, and the politics of fear. It may change the way you view the attacks of September 11, the subsequent “war on terror,” and the never-ending wars in the Middle East.
Video:
BBC Documentary Series – The Power Of Nightmares
— Part 1 – “Baby it’s Cold Outside“
— Part 2 – “The Phantom Victory”
— Part 3 – “The Shadows In The Cave”
2011 MSNBC Documentary – Day Of Destructin, Decade Of War
On TV:
National Geographic Channel – 9/11 and the American Dream (Phenominal footage of the day’s events)
Pictures:
This Is What War Looks Like – The aftermath of the 9/11 attacks took photojournalist Kate Brooks to Afghanistan and Pakistan to cover the fall of the Taliban.
Those Who Face Death – Photojournalist Kate Brooks spent the decade after 9/11 photographing the U.S. military struggles and political upheaval in the Greater Middle East. The following collection is from her time in Iraq in 2003-2004.
Articles:
Fareed Zakaria – Reflections on 9/11 and its aftermath
Juan Cole – A tale of two Afghan Leaders, before and after 9/11
Noam Chomsky – The Imperial Mentality and 9/11
Foreign Policy Mag – The Black Hole of 9/11
A Television News Archive – Understanding 9/11
Foreign Policy Mag – The 9/11 Anniversary Reader: FAIL edition
Foreign Policy Mag – 9/11 from Arab Shores
Al Jazeera – The Decade of 9/11: war without end
Slate – TRUTHERISM 2011: The rise and fall of the 9/11 conspiracy theory.
Globe & Mail – The Muslim world’s 9/11 generation emerges from a long shadow
Doug Saunders – Al-Qaeda’s zealots of yesteryear turning to politics, democracy
The Nation – The Years Since 9/11: A Lost Decade
Michael Ignatieff – 9/11 and the age of sovereign failure
Mother Jones – Patriot Acts
Paul Krugman – The Years of Shame
The Atlantic – The Soldier and the Rap Star: A Tale of Two Post-9/11 Students
Daily Mail UK – The 9/11 victims America Wants To Forget – the 200 jumpers who’ve been ‘airbrushed from history’
Alternet – “I Stayed to Fight” — Being a Muslim Immigrant in Post 9/11 America
Reuters – Decade after 9/11, Afghans languish in Pakistan
The Independent – 9/11 lost decade: The American dream, and the missing years
Reuters – Iraq: Victim or beneficiary of September 11 attacks?
Washington Post – Public sees wars in Iraq, Afghanistan as least effective means of reducing terrorism
New York Times – One 9/11 tally – 3.3 Trillion
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