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Stories from 2002-11-20
"While his colleagues have debated the fine points of the domestic security bill, he has been virtually alone in asking the larger question: Why is this new department suddenly so necessary? What will the largest and hastiest reorganization of the federal government in half a century do besides allow politicians to claim instant credit for fighting terrorism?" [more]
"The magnitude of popular dissent to the impending war — before the United States has so much as begun its first (official) bombing campaign — is exceptional. The country was five years into the Vietnam War before such large numbers of protesters began to hit the streets. Groups from the traditional left have experienced exceptional growth. And new coalitions have formed in direct response to the war on terror." [more]
"After Sept. 11, 2001, the feds embarked on an unprecedented and brazen campaign of domestic spying. Leading the charge, Attorney General John Ashcroft signaled his intent to spy on law-abiding religious congregations and political groups." [more]
"[W]hen compared with the status quo in the '60s, today's activists are in a much better position to lead the way forward. Anyone familiar with the Vietnam era can attest to the stuttering, confused arc of involvement and understanding that characterized the early years of resistance. The largely white, naïve, campus-centered movement of the 1960s had an incredibly steep learning curve." [more]
"Ending months of rancorous debate on the new department, the Senate approved the bill on a 90-to-9 vote that hid some misgivings many Democrats said they still harbored about President Bush's design for the agency. Only after urgent phone calls from the president and last-minute promises by Republican leaders to eliminate several special-interest business provisions did wavering moderates from both parties agree to the final vote." [more]
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(IHT, Apr 30)
"In just five years, Bush has challenged more than 750 new laws, by far a record for any president, while becoming the first president since Thomas Jefferson to stay so long in office without issuing a veto." [more]
(Interactivist Info Exchange, Jul 26)
"Horizontalism is not an ideology, however, it is a relationship — a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. What has resulted is the creation of an amazing complex of movements, all linked." [more] |
This website is a tribute to Why War?, one of the nation's first and most innovative post-9/11 student antiwar organizations. Born on October 22, 2001 at Swarthmore College, we were a handful of freshmen and sophmores who vocally opposed the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. And now, seven years later, we are retiring this website as we focus our efforts on new directions. We hope that it continues to serve future activists and we remain confident that humanity is on the verge birthing a better world.
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