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Published in: Home: NewsRemembering Todd Gitlin, witness to 9/11
openDemocracy’s former North America editor has sadly died. Here, our co-founder remembers a dear friend, as we...
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Published in: 50.50: Opinion9/11 added ‘war on terror’ to US Christian Right’s racist agenda
White right-wing evangelical Christians were fighting racist culture wars long before the terrorist attacks on the...
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Published in: Home: NewsThe unpublished memos that warned Blair against military action after 9/11
A former Labour minister admits the briefing document was ‘bang to rights’ and ‘should have been acted on’
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe 9/11 advice that Tony Blair didn’t take
Before the invasion of Afghanistan, openDemocracy’s security expert briefed the UK government on what could happen....
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Published in: Home: FeatureDid 9/11 really change everything? It's hard to tell if you're brown
Witnessing 9/11 in New York, the fear and the unity, no one could agree if we were entering a new world, or a...
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Published in: Home: Feature9/11: It’s all I’ve ever known
I was six years old in New York City when the Towers fell. For the lucky ones, life just moved on
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionLatin America 20 years after 9/11: a missed opportunity
With the US distracted, leaders had a chance to build a just society. They failed, but the task has never been more urgent
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe deadly legacy of 20 years of US 'War on Terror' in Iraq
The occupation of Iraq drained the country’s resources and left a legacy of economic crisis, energy shortages,...
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Published in: Live discussions20 years since 9/11: Is this the end of the ‘War on Terror’?
This year marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11. So what is the legacy of the global War on Terror, and what does the...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe West’s defeat in Afghanistan will please China and inspire Islamist extremists
The US will fight the Taliban from the air – but there’s no sign this will check the paramilitaries on the ground
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFamilies of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government
Declassified evidence about the 9/11 attacks point to Saudi Arabia. But will justice be served?
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Published in: HomeTwist of fate: terror, torture and justice in the 9/11 trial in Guantánamo Bay
There is a fundamental contradiction: between government efforts to prevent disclosure of the crimes they themselves...
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Published in: HomeBroken politics: from 9/11 to the present
The years since 9/11 have cast a dark shadow over global politics in many respects. But we have the option of...
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Published in: HomeWe’ve moved forward since 9/11
'A lot more people are aware that the decisions made by policymakers, the positions taken by the media in the wake...
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Published in: Home9/11: what we can do
Daniel Gallant’s unique experience as an activist, counselor, scholar, writer and former violent right wing...
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Published in: openSecurityRethinking the origins of 9/11
As 2013 came to an end ‘9/11’ continued to cast a violent shadow in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet the US response...
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Published in: TransformationI am a Muslim, not a terrorist
The UK Government's Extremism Taskforce report came out yesterday, containing recommendations that will simply...
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Published in: HomeThe History of Police Militarization in the US
On Monday, November 28, 2011, students at UC-Davis occupied Dutton Hall, the University's financial center, and held...
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Published in: Home9/11 and the destruction of the shared understanding of antisemitism
The links between the Israeli far right and Islamophobic groups in Europe follow a certain inexorable logic of the...
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Published in: HomeSpeechless in the face of massacre
The inability of America's leaders to summon a statement for the Ground Zero ceremony that points the way forward...