[Archive] Responses to September 11, 2001

Disclaimer: This list of resources has not been updated recently and was created around 2001-2003.

Responses to September 11, 2001 Background Information OrganizationsArticles on the Internet

We offer this list of online resources to help you in your quest for information about the events of September 11th. We encourage you to be critical of all sources of information. We have included a range of points of view including ones that may be deemed conservative but offer solid information about foreign policy.

9-11: Emergency Relief benefit comic book The terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington DC on September 11th touched people worldwide, and cartoonists have turned to art to express their grief. 9-11: Emergency Relief is a comic book project to benefit the American Red Cross featuring some of the comic world's leading talents. AlterNet.org AlterNet.org is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism. Anti-Capitalist Convergence Issues New Call to Action The Anti-Capitalist Convergence is continuing our mobilization in Washington DC September 24 through October 1. We are calling for a march against the growing capitalist war on Saturday morning September 29th and invite all those interested in creating a world free from terror, hate, racism, poverty and war to demonstrate our unity and vision for a better world. Bush is Walking Into a Trap by Robert Fisk Retaliation is a trap. In a world that was supposed to have learnt that the rule of law comes above revenge, President Bush appears to be heading for the very disaster that Osama bin Laden has laid down for him. Let us have no doubts about what happened in New York and Washington last week. It was a crime against humanity. We cannot understand America's need to retaliate unless we accept this bleak, awesome fact. But this crime was perpetrated - it becomes ever clearer - to provoke the United States into just the blind, arrogant punch that the US military is preparing. Published on Sunday, September 16, 2001 in the Independent/UK American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Good information especially for educators and parents for dealing with the racism and scapegoating that has followed the attacks. Anti-War Info Anarchist prespectives on our current political climate. Peace Info Independent media on the current political climate. Bush's Faustian Deal with the Taliban By Robert ScheerPublished in the L.A. Times on May 22, 2001, this piece is about the $43 Million the Bush Administration gave to the Taliban for the War on Drugs. Enemies, Both Foreign and Domestic: The Limits of Revenge and Rhetoric By Tim Wise Z Magazine Online The Events and Aftermath By Edward Said Z Magazine Online In These Times Online The online version of In These Times Independent Media Center Grassroots journalism and links to other newsources. It is a great site, but the pieces in the sidebar are often not examples of solid journalism. International Association of Fire Fighters Fund to help fire fighters and their families. Michael Moore Michael Moore known for his TV series TV Nation and The Awful Truth has a website. For a down to earth, blue collar perspective on issues check out his website. Mother Jones Magazine On-Line Mother Jones on-line journal. Osama Bin Laden: How the U.S. Helped Midwife a Terrorist By Ahmed Rashid Ahmed Rashid of Pakistan is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a project of the Center for Public Integrity. He is the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and The Daily Telegraph of London. This is an excerpt from his book Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (Yale University Press). The Progressive Online The online version of The Progressive The September Fund Fund to help with the disaster relief in New York. Who is Ousmane Bin Laden? By Michel Chossudovsky, Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa Z Magazine Online Source for alternative and progressive commentary on the issues.