Beyond September 11

Phil Scraton is a British criminologist, academic and author. He is a social researcher, known particularly for his investigative work into the context, circumstances and aftermath of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. He contributed the foreword to Language, Resistance and Revival (Pluto, 2013).

• Preface1. Introduction: Witnessing ‘Terror’, Anticipating ‘War’ by Phil Scraton2. America’s Jihad: A History Of Origins by Christian Parenti3. An Unconscionable Threat To Humanity by John Pilger4. The Threat Of United States’ Ruthlessness by Madeleine Bunting5. ‘Terrorism’, ‘War’ And Democracy Compromised by Paul Foot6. The Politics Of Morality by Phil Scraton7. Representations Of Terror In The Legitimation Of War by Eileen Berrington8. ‘Either You Are With Us Or You Are With The Terrorists’: The War’s Home Front by Jude McCulloch9. Resistance And Terror: Lessons From Ireland by Bill Rolston10. September 11 Aftermath: Where Is The World Heading? by Noam Chomsky11. A Question Of State Crime by Penny Green 12. This War Was Illegal And Immoral, And It Won’t Prevent Terrorism by Michael Mandel13. Expanding The Concept Of Terrorism by Thomas Mathiesen14. Legislative Responses To Terrorism by Philip A Thomas15. All In The Name Of Security by Liz Fekete16. Airy Fairy Liberals And All That by Paddy Hillyard17. Poverty Is The New Black by A. Sivanandan18. The Challenge Of September 11: An Interview With A. Sivanandan19. The Policing Of Immigration In The New World Disorder by Leanne Weber and Ben Bowling20. September 11 And all That: An African Perspective by Tunde Zack Williams21. The Khaki Election by Russell Hogg22. Signs Of The Times by Naomi Klein23. Business As Usual? Corporate Moralism And The ‘War Against Terrorism’ by Dave Whyte24. Markets, Regulation And Risk: The US Airlines Industry And Some Fallout 25. From September 11 by Steve Tombs26. Dangers Of The Armed Response At Home by Mick North27. Terrorism, Neighbours And Nuremberg by Herman Schwendinger and Julia Schwendinger28. Pledging Allegiance: The Revival Of Prescriptive Patriotism by Cecilia O’Leary and Tony Platt29. My Fellow Americans: Looking Black On Red Tuesday by Jonathan David Farley30. Neither Pure Nor Vile by Mike Marqusee31. The Lion, The Witch And The Warmonger: ‘Good’, ‘Evil’ And The Shattering Of Imperial Myth by Howard Davis32. Beyond September 11: Certainties and Doubts by Barbara HudsonCould Osama Bin Laden Have Been A Woman? Masculinity And September 11 by Martti Grönfors33. An Attack On Truth? by Elizabeth Stanley34. My Beating By Refugees Is A Symbol Of The Hatred And Fury Of This Filthy War by Robert Fisk35. In The Name Of A ‘Just War’ by Phil Scraton

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