The Straight Goods Cyber Forum
America is paralysed - Larry Solway
  America has endured a catastrophic attack. Is this the time to remark smugly that finally America is finding out what it is like to be under siege?

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Resolve global problems leading to war
  Mel Watkins, in a statement as President of Science for Peace, says force does not make sense even at the practical level in the present case.
 

They can run and they can hide
  Suicide bombers are here to stay, writes acclaimed Middle East reporter Robert Fisk in The Independent.

See also his illuminating report: The wickedness and awesome cruelty of a crushed and humiliated people
  "... Some of us warned of 'the explosion to come'. But we never dreamt this nightmare."

MEDIA
Little has changed with attack - Barrie Zwicker
  Western governments and media continue to ignore the only really effective means to win the war against terrorism.

Failing to ask "Why?" - Barrie Zwicker
  Media coverage of Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Reporting only the who, what, when and where simply fans the flames. Link to Vision TV broadcasts from June 2001.

War isn't a game after all
  Naomi Klein writes that the era of the video-game war in which the US is at the controls has produced a blinding rage in many parts of the world at the persistent asymmetry of suffering.
 

Terrorism, TV and the rage for vengeance- Norman Solomon, AlterNet
  In our struggle to understand the recent tragedy, the media has let us down with its selctive silence around important information.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

Journey to New York
  Trip to childrens' peace festival in NY becomes a brush with death for Straight Goods environmenatal reporter Suzanne Elston.

Am I angry? You bet I am
  Michael Moore says "My leaders have taken my money to fund mass murder. And now my friends have paid the price with their lives."

Also: Death Downtown
  Michael Moore provides a biting perspective: "Let's mourn, let's grieve, and when it's appropriate let's examine our contribution to the unsafe world we live in. It doesn't have to be like this..."

Muslim WTC worker saved by Hassidic Jew
  A first person account of human solidarity in the face of barbarism and terror.

Winnipegger survives WTC Collapse
  Imagine being in the bombed World Trade Centre, trapped inside, and trying to get out. One Winnipegger doesn't have to imagine - she was there.

ANALYSIS


Tragedy Underlines Error of US Defense Policy
  Low tech beats high tech, writes Reuel S. Amdur.
 

On the Bombings
  Noam Chomsky writes that the primary victims of the horrendous attack, as usual, were working people and that the crime is a gift to the hard jingoist right.

One way to beat the bombers
  Rick Salutin makes suggestions for defusing the tinderbox.

No, Mr. Bush, not everyone wants bloodshed - Rahul Mahajan, AlterNet
  As the calls for war grow louder in the US, a different kind of response has been building as well: outspoken citizens across the country cautioning against rash, massive retaliation.

TAKE ACTION
A Global Appeal for 'No more violence!'
  Join the on-line campaign to stop the spread of war, violence and suffering.

INSPIRATION
The Sukkah & the World Trade Center - Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the Shalom Centre
  The sukkah reminds us we are all vulnerable. If "a hard rain's gonna fall", it will fall on all of us.

CONSUMER ADVISORY:
Scam Artists Capitalize On Tragedy
  Bob Sullivan of MSNBC. Consumer protection advocates warn Internet users that scam artists are trying to take advantage of Tuesday's terrorist attacks. Spam solicitations have been sent out urging Netizens to donate money to the Red Cross or other relief organizations. But the e-mails direct potential donors to private Web sites apparently designed to steal credit card numbers.

Spammers Raise Money For Bogus 'Victims & Survivor Fund'
  Shameless spammers are apparently taking advantage of terrorist attacks in New York City and the nation's capital to solicit "donations" in the name of victims of the disasters.

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Posted: September 17, 2001