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Title September 11 and the U.S. war : beyond the curtain of smoke / edited by Roger Burbach & Ben Clarke
Published San Francisco : City Lights Books and Freedom Voices Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 174 pages : map ; 22 cm
Contents Introduction -- I. Origins and perspectives on the conflict. The theatre of good and evil / Eduardo Galeano -- Globalization's war / Roger Burbach -- Who is Osama bin Laden? / Michel Chossudovsky -- U.S. policy toward political Islam / Stephen Zunes -- The geopolitics of war / Michael Klare -- U.S. policy on Iran and S.W. Asia / John Tirman -- Oil pipeline map -- Oil, drugs and blood / Ben Clarke -- Oil politics in central Asia / Ted Rall -- Checkerboard of oil, minefields / Dimitris Yannopoulos -- September 11, United States and Chile / Roger Burbach -- The U.S. terrorists -- II. Impact and consequences of the war. Afghanistan is Vietnam / Zoltan Grossman -- Retaliation is a trap / Robert Fisk -- Why the U.S. can't trust Pakistan / Tariq Ali -- Terrorism meets reactionism / Michael Parenti -- The smell of smoke / Margot Pepper -- Fortress America / Michael Ratner -- Wartime lies / Paul Bass -- Media war without end / Norman Solomon -- "Now, jihad has begun" / Asra Q. Nomani -- Coming to a mall near you / David Potorti --War is peace / Arundhati Roy -- Blood, tears, terror and tragedy / Robert Fisk -- We are the war criminals now / Robert Fisk -- Who will count the dead? / Marc W. Herold --III. Resistance and alternatives. Statement of Rep. Barbara Lee -- Barbara Lee speaks for me / Frances M. Beal -- Light of outrage / Linda Burnham -- Reflections on 'wartime' / Barbara Kingsolver -- Afghan women / RAWA -- To end terrorism, we need truth / David Bacon -- Rule of law vs. rule of war / Jeff Cohen -- Fighting for the future / Walden Bello -- The West shares the blame / Baltasar Garzon -- Questions about America's crusade / Martin A. Lee -- The failure of U.S. foreign policies / Manning Marable -- A planetary contract / Susan George -- Thoughts in the presence of fear / Wendell Berry -- Violence doesn't work / Howard Zinn -- Moving forward after 9-11 / Starhawk -- Shema / Aurora Levins Morales
Summary "This collection of essays by over thirty authors - including activists, journalists, historians and political theorists - provides the essential background and analysis needed to understand the origins and consequences of the attack of September 11 and the U.S. government's response."--BOOK JACKET
Subject War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Terrorism -- United States.
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001742
Author Burbach, Roger.
Clarke, Ben.
City Lights Books, publisher
Freedom Voices Press, publisher
LC no. 2002017427
ISBN 0872864049 paperback