{"article":{"id":10467,"heading":"IMC NEWS BLAST: SEPTEMBER 11 AND ITS AFTERMATH","author":"the Indymedia News Blast Team","created":"2001-09-20 17:07:06","modified":"2005-08-15 00:38:59","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:38:59","article":"

News Blast\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIMC NEWS BLAST | Tuesday, September 18, 2001
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\t\r\nSEPTEMBER 11 AND ITS AFTERMATH: CONTEXT, QUESTIONS, RESPONSIBILITY AND JUSTICE
\t\r\nCompiled by the Indymedia News Blast Team
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org

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\t\r\nThe IMC NEWS BLAST features a selection of news summaries, stories and
\t\r\nopinions found on many of the Independent Media Center websites.
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\t\r\nAn online version of of this NEWS BLAST is posted here:
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=65086&group=webcast

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\t\r\nPrecious few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. - Albert Einstein
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\t\r\nTABLE OF CONTENTS:
\t\r\nSUMMARY
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\t\r\n1. SEPTEMBER 11 - ATTACKS & AFTERMATH
\t\r\n    Social Implications
\t\r\n    U.S. Prepares for War
\t\r\n2. HISTORICAL CONTEXT
\t\r\n    Bin Laden and Afghanistan
\t\r\n    U.S. Imperialism
\t\r\n3. PEACE AND JUSTICE ACTIVISM
\t\r\n    Actions
\t\r\n    Talking Points and Strategies
\t\r\n    The Big Picture: Beyond Terrorism to Global Justice
\t\r\n4. CIVIL LIBERTIES WATCH
\t\r\n5. MEDIA CRITICISM
\t\r\n6. SELECTED RESOURCES
\t\r\n7. IMC RESOURCES
\t\r\n    Ongoing Coverage
\t\r\n    Subscriber Info
\t\r\n    Reader Feedback
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\t\r\nSUMMARY:
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\t\r\nIn the wake of the attack on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon\t\r\non Tuesday, September 11, many continue to grieve for the dead and adjust to\t\r\nthe unavoidable acknowledgement of U.S. vulnerability to terrorist attack.\t\r\nPublic responses to official calls for war have varied, although this\t\r\ndiversity has not been evident in most media depictions. A broad-based\t\r\npeace and justice movement has begun to take shape, even as polls show a\t\r\nmajority of Americans to support the idea of violent counterattacks. Public\t\r\nopinion has been profoundly shaped by the priorities of the corporate media,\t\r\nwhich have focused overwhelmingly on public anger and on discussions of war\t\r\npreparations, revenge and the search for the terrorists.
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\t\r\nThere are reports of Muslims (and Americans of Middle Eastern or South\t\r\nAsian heritage) being harassed and attacked throughout the United States.\t\r\nActivists and politicians around the world call for reasoned responses.
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\t\r\n1. SEPTEMBER 11 -- ATTACKS & AFTERMATH
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\t\r\nIMCs WITH EXTENSIVE COVERAGE
\t\r\nCompilation of stories, video, info links courtesy of various IMCs.
\t\r\nNYC -- http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/(See collection of links by category at end \t\r\nof feature in center column of the NY IMC website.)
\t\r\nDC -- http:\/\/dc.indymedia.org\/
\t\r\nChicago -- http:\/\/chicago.indymedia.org\/
\t\r\nItaly -- http:\/\/italy.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=20370
\t\r\nSF -- http:\/\/sf.indymedia.org\/display.php?id=103914
\t\r\nTwin Cities -- http:\/\/twincities.indymedia.org\/
\t\r\nArgentina -- http:\/\/argentina.indymedia.org
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\t\r\nIMF\/WORLD BANK PROTESTS IN D.C. CANCELLED, PEOPLE'S SUMMIT AND
\t\r\nEDUCATIONAL
\t\r\nEVENTS CONTINUE; MASS PEACE MARCH TAKING PLACE
\t\r\nSee http:\/\/www.globalizethis.org\/s30\/ regarding cancellation of street\t\r\nprotests in D.C. and continuation of educational events for September\t\r\n24-29.\t\r\nAlso, in light of the recent tragedies in New York and Washington, DC, the\t\r\nAnti-Capitalist Convergence is rethinking specific plans and will continue\t\r\nto mobilize for late September actions. Please watch\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.abolishthebank.org\/ for updates.
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\t\r\nARAFAT AND ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AGREE TO CEASEFIRE
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.electronicintifada.com\/new.html, http:\/\/www.indymedia.org.il

\t\r\n(older feature of violence in the middle east http:\/\/www.indymedia.org)
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\t\r\nSENATE OKs FBI NET SPYING
\t\r\nby Declan McCullagh
\t\r\n   http:\/\/sf.indymedia.org\/display.php?id=104175
\r\n   http:\/\/www.wired.com

\t\r\nFor more on erosion of civil liberties, see section 6. below.
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\t\r\n========= Social Implications
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\t\r\nNYC APOCALYPSE
\t\r\nby Ana Nogueira
\t\r\nDowntown Manhattan looks like a scene from an apocalypse movie...
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=9588
\r\n   http:\/\/argentina.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=2850

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\t\r\nDC INDYMEDIA VIDEO FOOTAGE OF PENTAGON BURNING
\t\r\n   http:\/\/indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=62708

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\t\r\nRISING HATRED
\t\r\nRacial hatred is beginning to brew in an angered and outraged country.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=10469

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\t\r\nISRAEL USES WTC\/PENTAGON BOMBINGS AS DIVERSION AND EXCUSE FOR \r\nINCREASED \r\nMILITARY ATTACKS ON PALESTINIANS
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/ (center column, Sept. 14 feature)

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\t\r\n========= U.S. Prepares for War
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\t\r\nPREPARING FOR WAR: RETALIATION
\t\r\nby Howard Zinn
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.zmag.org\/zinncalam.htm

\t\r\nRUSSIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. ATTACKS
\t\r\nby Miraslav Antic
\t\r\nP. Andrey Kokoshin, ex-chairman of the Russian Security
\t\r\nCouncil, has said that the world is \"to some extent in a state of
\t\r\nwar\" as a result of the US terror attacks.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=10961&group=webcast

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\t\r\nNUCLEAR RETALIATION NOT RULED OUT! ACT NOW TO STOP US AGGRESSION:
\t\r\nCALL FOR IDEAS!
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=9803

\t\r\n(lengthy comments section)
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\t\r\nWE NEED THE RULE OF LAW, NOT THE RULE OF WAR
\t\r\nby James Carroll
\t\r\nIs the launching of war really the only way to demonstrate our love for
\t\r\nAmerica? Will it really serve the urgent purpose of stopping terrorism?
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64609

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\t\r\nHA'ARETZ ON WTC AND GLOBALIZATION
\t\r\nThis article may reflect thinking in intelligence and law enforcement
\t\r\nagencies... Note reference to \"organizations behind the anti-globalization
\t\r\ndemonstrations\"
\t\r\n   http:\/\/sf.indymedia.org\/display.php?id=104017

\t\r\nCHOMSKY WARNS OF POSSIBLE OVERTHROW OF PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=65056&group=webcast

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\t\r\nINTERVIEWS WITH NOAM CHOMSKY: A NEW KIND OF WAR
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64587

\t\r\n(original spanish: http:\/\/www.jornada.unam.mx\/006n1mun.html)
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.zmag.org\/chomb92.htm

\t\r\n   http:\/\/madison.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=1041

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\t\r\n2. HISTORICAL CONTEXT
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\t\r\n========= Bin Laden and Afghanistan
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\t\r\nREVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN (RAWA)
\t\r\nStatement:
\t\r\nThe people of Afghanistan have nothing to do with Osama and his accomplices.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64527

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\t\r\nOSAMA BIN LADEN: HOW THE U.S. HELPED MIDWIFE A TERRORIST
\t\r\nby Ahmed Rashid
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.public-i.org\/excerpts_01_091301.htm

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\t\r\nCIA AND OSAMA BIN LADEN
\t\r\nMichel Chossudovsky, Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa
\t\r\nThe following text outlines the history of Osama Bin Laden and the links of\r\nthe Islamic \"Jihad\" to the formulation of US foreign policy during the Cold\r\nWar and its aftermath.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/ontario.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=1752

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\t\r\nBUSH GAVE $43 MILLION TO TALIBAN
\t\r\n   http:\/\/chicago.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=4614

\t\r\nBush's Faustian Deal With the Taliban by Robert Scheer
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.robertscheer.com\/1_natcolumn\/01_columns\/052201.htm

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\t\r\nTERRORISM WITH WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
\t\r\nby Felipe Rodriquez
\t\r\nThe terrorist network around Osama Bin Laden has been trying to acquire\r\nnuclear weapons and nuclear materials since about 1993. There are various\r\nreports that he has succeeded. Any form of retaliation against Bin Laden and\r\nhis network should take this into account.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/dc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=12333

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\t\r\nGENDER APARTHEID IN AFGHANISTAN
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.feminist.org\/afghan\/facts.html

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\t\r\nAFGHANISTAN: PERSISTENT CRISIS CHALLENGES THE UN
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64788

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\t\r\n========= U.S. Imperialism
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\t\r\nTERRORISM, THEIRS AND OURS
\t\r\nby Eqbal Ahmad
\t\r\nA detailed analysis into the roots of terrorism, using history, stories and\t\r\nanalysis to deconstruct the myths around the use of this word and to offer\t\r\nsome concrete thoughts about how to really deal with terrorism rather than\t\r\njust relying on more violence.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64732

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\t\r\nAMERICA'S TERRORIST ROOTS
\t\r\na compilation courtesy of the San Francisco IMC
\t\r\n   http:\/\/sf.indymedia.org\/display.php?id=103943

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\t\r\nINTERVIEW WITH PAKISTANI JOURNALIST
\t\r\nFlashpoints radio program interview with last journalist to interview Bin
\t\r\nLaden.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64583

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\t\r\nAUC AND TALIBAN: U.S. POLICY BACKFIRES FROM COLOMBIA TO AFGHANISTAN
\t\r\nby Kim Alphandary
\t\r\nThe Taliban began as a U.S.-backed paramilitary organization, using the\t\r\nexplosive mixture of paramilitary groups and the massive profits to be made\t\r\nin narco-trafficking under drug prohibition. Even as the U.S. government\t\r\ntoday opposes the Taliban in Afghanistan, it is creating another one in\t\r\nColombia.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/portland.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=3539

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\t\r\nA MESSAGE FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH
\t\r\nby Saskia Sassen
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.dc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=12048

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\t\r\nSHOCKED AND HORRIFIED
\t\r\nby Larry Mosqueda, The Evergreen State College
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=10943

\t\r\n
\t\r\nHYPOCRISY OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64625

\t\r\n
\t\r\nHISTORY 101: US Policy in Afghanistan, from National Security Archives. A
\t\r\ndetailed overview history of US Policy toward Afghanistan, 1973-1990
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nsarchive.chadwyck.com\/afessayx.htm
\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64622

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\t\r\nTHE WTC BOMBING IN CONTEXT
\t\r\nPut events into context. The actions of America are those that hold the
\t\r\ntrue danger.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=63039

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\t\r\n3. PEACE AND JUSTICE ACTIVISM
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\t\r\nHistory demonstrates - in Israel and Palestine, in Northern Ireland, again\t\r\nand again - that terror, whether by state or a terrorist network, begets\t\r\nmore terror. The cycle of violence must be ended. In light of the 9-11\t\r\nattacks, activists seek new strategies in building movements for social\t\r\njustice and participatory democracy.
\t\r\n
\t\r\n========= Actions
\t\r\nCheck out http:\/\/peace.protest.net
\t\r\n
\t\r\n1000s OF NYC MOURNERS CALL FOR PEACE
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/

\t\r\n
\t\r\nGROWING MOVEMENT FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
\t\r\nby Tom Atlee
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64599

\t\r\n
\t\r\nPEACE VIGILS AND GATHERINGS
\t\r\n   http:\/\/znet.protest.net\/day.cgi?limit=25&state_values=ADMISSION_INFO*.Peace

\t\r\n
\t\r\nNEW GROUP OPPOSED TO WAR EMERGES IN THE HEART OF TEXAS
\t\r\nby Stefan Wray
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.austin.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=1507

\t\r\n
\t\r\n4,000 AT BERKELEY PEACE VIGIL
\t\r\nby Todd Chretien
\t\r\n   http:\/\/sf.indymedia.org\/display.php?id=103976

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\t\r\nPEACE PETITIONS
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.thePetitionSite.com\/takeaction\/224622495
\r\n   http:\/\/home.uchicago.edu\/~dhpicker\/petition

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\t\r\nDIY PEACE STICKERS\/POSTERS
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64713
\t\r\n   http:\/\/chicago.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=4600
\r\n   http:\/\/www.demause.net\/peaceflag.jpg

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\t\r\n========= Talking Points and Strategies
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\t\r\nTALKING POINTS
\t\r\n   http:\/\/indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=62750
\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=10867
\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64766
\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64769
\r\n   http:\/\/indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=62976

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\t\r\nRESPOND TO TERROR WITH A REVOLUTION OF THE HEART
\t\r\nby Scott Harris
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=10819

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\t\r\nA PERSPECTIVE ON THE COMING WAR
\t\r\nby Dylan Goldsmith
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=10798

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\t\r\nHOLD THE VISION
\t\r\nby Starhawk
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64613

\t\r\n
\t\r\nWE OWE OUR DEAD
\t\r\nby Justin Podur
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=9645

\t\r\n
\t\r\nTOWARDS WAR OR TOWARDS PEACE?
\t\r\nby Radical Expansion of Democracy
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64220

\t\r\nNEW SITUATION, NEW RULES.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64608

\t\r\n
\t\r\n========= The Big Picture: Transform Terror through Global Justice
\t\r\n
\t\r\nNETWORK OF ALTERNATIVE RESISTANCE
\t\r\nThe Network is an initiative open to all the groups of the world that, \t\r\ndedicated to an alternative construction of life, thought, and \r\npolitical action, have chosen to develop revolutionary practices.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/display.php3?article_id=10387

\t\r\n
\t\r\nACTIVIST MEDIA GETTING THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES
\t\r\n   http:\/\/seattle.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=7005&group=webcast

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\t\r\nTRUTH IN TERROR & IN WAR
\t\r\nby Paul D. Boin
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64801

\t\r\n
\t\r\nA WORLD OUT OF TOUCH WITH ITSELF; WHERE DOES THE VIOLENCE COME FROM?
\t\r\nby Michael Lerner, Tikkun Magazine
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=10871

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\t\r\nWAYS OF DEALING WITH TERRORISM
\t\r\nby Justin Podur
\t\r\nThere are different ways of dealing with terrorism. Some ways lead to more \r\ndeath and destruction, other ways can, perhaps, help to minimize those \t\r\nthings.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=63424

\t\r\n
\t\r\nUS ATTACKS: A SOCIALIST VIEW
\t\r\nby A Woods and E Grant
\t\r\n   http:\/\/indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=63010

\t\r\n
\t\r\nSECURITY IS NOT THE PROBLEM, JUSTICE IS
\t\r\nby Ignasi Rib
\t\r\n   http:\/\/indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=63003

\t\r\n
\t\r\nMAJOR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LEFT
\t\r\n   http:\/\/indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=62724

\t\r\n
\t\r\nSTATEMENT FROM THE WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.warresisters.org\/attack9-11-01.htm

\t\r\n
\t\r\nSHOCKING, BUT NOT SURPRISING
\t\r\nby AK Gupta
\t\r\nThe terror attacks against America are shocking, but we should not be surprised.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=9660

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\t\r\n4. CIVIL LIBERTIES WATCH
\t\r\n
\t\r\nUK IMC FEATURE - SECURITY CLAMPDOWN
\t\r\n   http:\/\/uk.indymedia.org

\t\r\n
\t\r\nTHOUSANDS DIE, MILLIONS DEPRIVED OF CIVIL LIBERTIES
\t\r\nby Richard Stallman
\t\r\nWhat I am worried about is massive surveillance of all aspects of life: of our phone calls, of our email, and of our physical movements.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=10912

\t\r\nNEW NY LEGISLATION HAS A BROAD AND BAD DEFINITION OF TERRORISM
\t\r\nby Holly Hartmann
\t\r\nNew legislation in New York defines terrorism as an offense designed to \r\ninfluence the policy of a unit of government.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64793

\t\r\nU.S. EXECUTIVE ORDER #12919
\t\r\nFormer President Clinton's Executive Order #12919 would shelve the \r\nConstitution and the Bill of Rights.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.newnetizen.com\/fema\/eoboc.htm
\r\n   http:\/\/www.freedomdomain.com\/concamps\/fema01.html

\t\r\n
\t\r\nANTI-ATTACK FEDS PUSH CARNIVORE
\t\r\nby Declan McCullagh
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64748

\t\r\n
\t\r\nTHE LEFT UNILATERALLY DISARMS
\t\r\nby Rick Giombetti
\t\r\nWhat good is a Bill of Rights when influential individuals and \r\norganizations aren't willing to stand up for their constitutional rights\t\r\nin a time of crisis and danger?
\t\r\n   http:\/\/chicago.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=4565

\t\r\n
\t\r\nPEARL HARBOR? OR REICHSTAG?
\t\r\nby Jonathan Lawson
\t\r\nUS citizens ought to bear in mind another WWII analogy - that of the 1933\t\r\ntorching of the Reichstag in Berlin, which provided the sole justification\t\r\nHitler needed to suspend all civil and democratic rights.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=9800

\t\r\nACLU: ATTACKS COULD ERODE CIVIL LIBERTIES
\t\r\n   http:\/\/chicago.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=4423

\t\r\n
\t\r\nNEW YORK GOVERNOR AND COMMISSIONER KERIK LAUD PASSAGE OF
\t\r\nANTI-TERROR LAWS
\t\r\n   http:\/\/a.www.state.ny.us\/governor\/press\/year01\/sept17_2_01.htm

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\t\r\n5. MEDIA CRITICISM
\t\r\n
\t\r\nCoverage in corporate media has largely reiterated official government\t\r\nvoices, and has encouraged fear, racism, scapegoating and war. But some\t\r\ncoverage has gone further, investigating the root causes of enmity towards\t\r\nthe United States in other parts of the world. Independent media critics,\t\r\ncitizens and communities are critiquing the coverage and demonstrating the\t\r\npower of close observation, memory and analysis.
\t\r\n
\t\r\nMEDIA ANALYSIS OF INTERNET COVERAGE
\t\r\n   http:\/\/seattle.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=6815

\t\r\n
\t\r\nANALYSIS OF EARLY MEDIA COVERAGE
\t\r\nby christopher mitchell
\t\r\n   http:\/\/indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=62731

\t\r\nMEDIA MARCHES TO WAR - A COMPILATION
\t\r\nby Neil daMause
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=11073&group=webcast

\t\r\n
\t\r\nTHE MEDIA GOES TO WAR
\t\r\nRobert McChesney interviewed by John Tarleton and Mary Ann Thompson. \"It's\r\nmoments like these that press coverage is almost always the worst.\"
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=10031

\t\r\n
\t\r\nMEDIA OUTCASTS SPEAK UP
\t\r\nby Matt Parish
\t\r\nAs it is important for the nation to join together in the wake of this \t\r\nweek's events, it is even more\t\r\nimportant for this nation's media to report the days' events as carefully\t\r\nas possible, casting a\t\r\ndiscerning eye on all reports, breaking news, and talking heads.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/boston.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=3232&group=

\t\r\n
\t\r\nRACISM IN REPORTING, JINGOISM AS FOREIGN POLICY
\t\r\nby Kristen Schurr
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64792

\t\r\n
\t\r\nAMERICA UNDER ATTACK: Guilty Or Not, Here We Come
\t\r\nby Danny Schechter
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.zmag.org\/schechcalam.htm

\t\r\n
\t\r\nREMEMBERING THE LAST U.S. RETALIATION AGAINST TERROR
\t\r\nby Jeff Cohen, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
\t\r\nFAIR's definitive review of the 1998 retaliatory bombing of Afghanistan and
\t\r\nSudan.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/seattle.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=6935

\t\r\n
\t\r\nSTUPID AND SELF-SERVING MEDIA REPORTS
\t\r\nby Otto Hinckelmann
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=10350

\t\r\n
\t\r\nTHE MEDIA ARE AMERICAN
\t\r\nby Fadi Chahine, Executive Editor: Middle East News Online
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.middleeastwire.com\/newswire\/stories\/20010822_meno.shtml

\t\r\nBIG MEDIA, BIG OIL
\t\r\nOil Company board members also sit on boards of U.S. media conglomerates\t\r\nwhose gatekeepers censor voices of U.S. anti-war activists.
\t\r\n   http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=10650

\t\r\nNBC USING PROPAGANDA AGAINST PROTEST MOVEMENT
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=64891&group=webcast

\t\r\n
\t\r\nTUNING IN FOR THE REAL STORY
\t\r\nby Paul O'Connor of the Guardian UK
\t\r\n   http:\/\/seattle.indymedia.org\/front.php3?article_id=7005&group=webcast

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\t\r\n
\t\r\n6. SELECTED RESOURCES
\t\r\n
\t\r\n** activist resources **
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.protest.net\/ (lists many events)
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.zmag.org (collection of analysis and background links)
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.abolishthebank.org\/
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.democracyunderground.org
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.eff.org
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.epic.org
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.globalizethis.org\/s30\/
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.igc.org\/igc\/gt\/PeaceNet\/
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.immuneweb.org\/sept11\/
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.nonviolence.org\/
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.nowarcollective.com
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.peace-action.org\/
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.peace.protest.net
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.warresisters.org\/
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.webactive.com
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.workingforchange.org
\t\r\n
\r\n** forums for discussion of 9-11 events **
\t\r\n   http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/sept11info\/messages\/
\t\r\n
\t\r\n** media focusing on Mideast (and Mideast relations) **
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.ahram.org.eg\/weekly\/
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.afgha.com
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.afghannews.net\/
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.electronicintifada.com
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.wafa.pna.net\/EngText\/16-09-2001\/page004.htm
\t\r\n
\t\r\n** other alternative media coverage and analysis **
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.newsgrist.com (collection of analysis and background links)
\t\r\n   http:\/\/dlis.gseis.ucla.edu\/people\/pagre\/sofar.html (another collection from Red Rock Eater News)
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.abunimah.org
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/911
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.commondreams.org
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/boyle.html
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.fair.org\/issues-news\/terrorism.html
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.fpif.org
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.freepint.com\/gary\/91101.html
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.fstv.org
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.futurenet.org\/index.htm
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/wtccrash\/0,1300,550197,00.html
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca
\t\r\n   http:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/
\t\r\n   http:\/\/argument.independent.co.uk\/leading_articles\/
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.islam-online.net\/English\/index.shtml
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.mediachannel.org
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.poynter.org\/medianews
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.public-i.org
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.radioforall.org
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.stratfor.com
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.truthout.com
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\t\r\n
\t\r\n7. ADDITIONAL IMC RESOURCES AND COVERAGE
\t\r\n
\t\r\n** Ongoing coverage **
\t\r\n
\t\r\nSee these indymedia websites:
\t\r\n   DC -- http:\/\/dc.indymedia.org\/
\t\r\n   NYC -- http:\/\/nyc.indymedia.org\/
\t\r\n   Chicago -- http:\/\/chicago.indymedia.org\/
\t\r\n   SF -- http:\/\/sf.indymedia.org\/display.php?id=103914
\t\r\n   Twin Cities -- http:\/\/twincities.indymedia.org\/
\t\r\n   IMC global, http:\/\/www.indymedia.org
\t\r\nand links in the left column of IMC websites to over 60 IMC local websites.
\t\r\n
\t\r\n** Also see **
\t\r\n
\t\r\nIMC Radio (for special coverage and commentary on recent events):
\t\r\n   http:\/\/radio.indymedia.org

\t\r\n
\t\r\nIMC Print (weekly news summaries in distributable newsletter-flier format):
\t\r\n   http:\/\/print.indymedia.org

\t\r\nIMC TV (ongoing video coverage from various IMCs)
\t\r\n   http:\/\/www.indymedia.org\/video\/imc.ram

\t\r\n
\t\r\nPast Newsblasts:
\t\r\n   http:\/\/lists.indymedia.org\/mailman\/public\/imc-news\/

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\t\r\nSTAY IN TOUCH, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
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\t\r\nINDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER
\t\r\n
\t\r\nThe IMC is a decentralized network of independent media makers, organizers,\r\nand activists working to increase democracy and social justice by reporting\r\nevents and producing information as acts of autonomy, resistance, and\t\r\nliberation. This News Blast was compiled by a working group comprised of\r\nindividuals throughout the network.
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\t\r\nThe IMC was established to cover the WTO protests in Seattle in November,\r\n1999. Hundreds of media activists have since set up more than sixty\r\nindependent media centers around the world, including sites in Argentina,\r\nBelgium, Brasil, Chiapas, Canada, France, Italy, Prague, South Africa,\r\nSydney, U.S. and many more.\r\n
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