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The State and Terror in the New Era

December 2, 2001 – 8:05 pm

Jenny Hocking: Imprecision over the language of ‘terrorism’ and its application, leads to concerns that counter-terrorist security measures will be broadly targetted in ways that are neither appropriate nor efficient, ways that may impinge upon legitimate political agitation and dissent

Posted in against the current | Also tagged 9/11, anti-globalisation, apartheid, ASIO, authoritarianism, Ben Chifley, Charles Spry, Christopher Hitchens, civil liberties, Cold War, constitutional rights, Daryl Williams, democracy, equality, executive power, George Williams, Islam, Jenny Hocking, John Howard, journalism, justice, language, law enforcement, Lionel Murphy, Luigi Bonanate, media, Michael Kirby, modernity, Osama bin Laden, protest, racial violence, religious violence, rhetoric, Robert Menzies, rule of law, security, terror, terrorism, The State, totalitarianism, union, United States | Comments Off

Them’s Fighting Words

October 2, 2001 – 8:00 pm

Douglas McQueen-Thomson: Language of War and War Through Language.

Posted in features | Also tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Alexander Downer, anti-Muslim feeling, anti-totalitarianism, Bill Clinton, Christians, civil liberties, Colin Powell, diplomacy, Douglas McQueen-Thomson, egalitarian principles, freedom, George W Bush, high tech, Jihad, language, media, Muslims, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Infinite Justice, Osama bin Laden, political dissent, rhetoric, Sikhs, Taliban, terror, terrorism, Tony Blair, United States, war | Comments Off

The Terrorist Syndrome

October 2, 2001 – 7:49 pm

Paul James: Mainstream Western responses to global violence involve disturbing reassertions of nationalistic parochialism.

Posted in features | Also tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, American exceptionalism, civilisation, doubt, expansionism, Flight 93, freedom, George W Bush, global justice, hijacking, infrastructure, international law, isolationism, mainstream media, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Infinite Justice, Osama bin Laden, patriotism, Paul James, peace-keeping forces, Pentagon, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, security, terrorism, United Nations (UN), United States, US government, Vietnam Syndrome, war, weakness, World Trade Centre (WTC) | Comments Off

Will Democracy Come to the USA?

October 2, 2001 – 7:48 pm

Simon Cooper: Political dissent, so-called un-Americanism and the erosion of civil liberties in the US

Posted in features | Also tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, anti-globalisation, anti-government groups, arrest powers, big government, civil liberties, Dan Rather, democracy, depoliticisation, Dick Cheney, doubt, foreign policy, George W Bush, infrastructure, intelligence agencies, mainstream media, militia, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Infinite Justice, patriotism, political correctness, political dissent, privacy, security, Simon Cooper, sports, terrorism, United States, war, wiretapping, World Trade Centre (WTC) | Comments Off

War?

August 2, 2001 – 7:43 pm

Guy Rundle: Can We See the Beginnings of a New Global Carve-Up and Crackdown?

Posted in editorial | Also tagged biological weapons, Cold War, economic depression, facial-recognition software, G8, Guy Rundle, international protocols, Islamic fundamentalism, nationalism, protest movement, rogue states, tabloid media, terrorism, trade union movement, war, water scarcity | Comments Off

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