War & Peace

From Our Post-9/11 Archive: 'Bush Is Walking Into a Trap'

What happened in New York was a crime against humanity. And that means policemen, arrests, justice, a whole new international court at The Hague if necessary. Not cruise missiles and "precision'' bombs and Muslim lives lost in revenge for Western lives.

Robert Fisk · Sep 12, 2021

From Our Post-9/11 Archive: 'Granfalloons, Toy Balloons, and American Flags'

In the world since Tuesday, I fear that there are other sorrowful Tuesdays to come.

Laurel Wamsley · Sep 12, 2021

FBI Releases First Declassified 9/11 Document Following Biden Order

The newly disclosed report describes "multiple connections" between two Saudi nationals living in the U.S. and some of the hijackers, but it provides no evidence of direct involvement by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Kenny Stancil · Sep 12, 2021

Post-9/11 "Nation-Building" in Afghanistan and Iraq Was Nothing But Destruction

Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.

Walden Bello · Sep 12, 2021

9/11 at 20: Our Moral Obligation After Two Decades of War

First, Washington needs to stop killing people. Next, we have to challenge our nation's assumptions and priorities.

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II · Sep 11, 2021

Investigations of US Drone Attack That Killed 10 Afghans Find No Evidence of Explosives in Vehicle

"The Pentagon has some serious explaining to do," said one reporter. "Now consider how many strikes go unexamined by Western media."

Kenny Stancil · Sep 11, 2021

The Innocent Victims of America's War on Terror Deserve Remembrance Too

Countless people died in the 20 years of war our country launched in the name of our 9/11 dead.

Mitchell Zimmerman · Sep 11, 2021

Many Americans Refused to Consider Why 9/11 Happened. The Costs Were Enormous.

Middle East experts who opposed America's post-9/11 wars were ridiculed as anti-American extremists. In reality, it was the pro-war right that was making us less safe.

Stephen Zunes · Sep 11, 2021

9/11 anti-war protest just days after the attacks.

From Our Post-9/11 Archive: 'Stop the Insanity Here'

Will the United States ever learn from history?

Robert Jensen · Sep 11, 2021

La Moneda, Chile's presidential palace in Santiago, is bombed by the nation's armed forces on September 11, 1973. Salvador Allende, the country's democratically elected socialist president, died during the U.S.-backed coup that brought to power Augusto Pinochet, who imposed neoliberalism through military dictatorship. (Photo: Bettmann via Getty Images)

'The Other 9/11': Progressives Remember Allende's Chile

"On this day in 1973, Salvador Allende's democratically elected socialist government was overthrown in a military coup led by the U.S.-backed fascist Augusto Pinochet."

Kenny Stancil · Sep 11, 2021

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