#1443 Legacies of 9/11: War on Terror, Islamophobia and Conspiracy Theories
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 22 September 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 9/21/2021
Today we take a look at the parallel legacies of 9/11 including the war on terror and military spending, the casual acceptance of Islamophobia, the adoption of ever-wilder conspiracy theories, and the acceleration of the political divide in America culminating, so far, in the January 6th Insurrection.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: 9/11: A Story in Three Parts. - Unf*cking The Republic - Air Date 9-10-21
We were tempted to let the 20th anniversary of 9/11 pass given it will be oversaturated with remembrances and armchair punditry as well as the usual tragedy porn imagery.
Ch. 2: Endless militarization has bled US society dry - The Real News Podcast - Air Date 9-14-21
It’s been 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Since then, the US has channeled an unfathomable amount of its resources into the military-industrial complex.
According to the Costs of War Project, the wars launched by the United States following 9/11 have killed an estimated 929,000 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere.
Ch. 4: 20 Years Later: How 9/11 Changed Being Muslim in America - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 9-10-21
Rowaida Abdelaziz, national reporter for HuffPost where she focuses on immigration, Islamophobia, and social justice issues, joins to discuss how being Muslim in the United States changed after the September 11th attacks.
Ch. 5: 20 Years Since 9/11, 20 Years of Conspiracy Theories - Doomed - Air Date 9-10-21
Matt looks at the conspiracies, hoaxes, and urban legends that surround the day and the Bush administration.
Ch. 6: The road from 9/11 to Donald Trump - Vox Conversations - Air Date 9-12-21
Sean Illing talks with national security reporter Spencer Ackerman, author of the new book Reign of Terror. They discuss the staggering changes to our country in the 20 years since 9/11
Ch. 7: America, 20 years after 9/11 - World Review from the New Statesman - Air Date 9-10-21
Jeremy Cliffeand Sarah Manavis are joined by New Yorker columnist and author Evan Osnos to discuss his new book, Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury and how America has changed since the attacks on New York and Washington.
Ch. 8: The Direct Line From 9/11 to January 6th - WhoWhatWhy - Air Date 9-10-21
Award-winning journalist Spencer Ackerman examines how 9/11 opened the door to America’s worst historical impulses and led directly to Donald Trump and January 6th.
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Ch. 9: Rescue 9/11 w/ Jim Lobe and Laila Ujayli - American Prestige - Air Date 9-11-21
The boys interview Laila Ujayli, associate editor at Inkstick Media, about growing up as a young Muslim in post-9/11 America.
Congressmember Lee courageously voted no against the AUMF twenty years ago.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 11: Final comments on Brian Williams and the campaigns we can win vs the campaigns worth winning
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions):
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- Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
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Description: The camera looks up at a young Muslim woman, wearing a black hoodie with the hood up over her black head covering, as she stands outside a glass entryway looking out into the distance. An American flag is wrapped around her shoulders.
Credit: "Protest against Donald Trump's Muslim ban" by Fibonacci Blue | License | Changes: Cropped and very slight increase in contrast, brightness and saturation
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast, in which we shall |
| 0:07.4 | take a look at the parallel like a seize of 9-11, including the war on terror and military |
| 0:12.9 | spending, the casual acceptance of Islamophobia, the adoption of ever-wilder conspiracy theories, |
| 0:20.8 | and the acceleration of the political divide in America culminating so far in the January |
| 0:26.6 | 6th insurrection. Clips today are from un-epping the republic, the real news, democracy now, |
| 0:34.2 | the Brian Lerershow, doomed with Matt Bender, Vox Conversations, World Review from the |
| 0:40.9 | New Statesman, who what why, American prestige, and breaking the sound barrier by Amy Goodman. |
| 0:54.0 | On the days immediately following the attacks on the World Trade Center in the Pentagon, |
| 0:57.9 | Congress gave the Bush administration unprecedented authority to wage full-scale war on terror. |
| 1:03.3 | On September 14, 2001, Congress passed the authorization for use of military force, |
| 1:09.4 | AUMF, allowing the executive branch to leverage all available military assets to bring to |
| 1:14.6 | justice combatant steam responsible or materially supportive of forces associated with the |
| 1:20.7 | terrorist attacks of 9-11. Recall that only Congresswoman Barbara Lee from California |
| 1:27.4 | voted against this measure in Congress. Here is the AUMF in general, quote, that the |
| 1:33.8 | president is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, |
| 1:39.0 | organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist |
| 1:45.7 | attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons |
| 1:52.7 | in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such |
| 1:58.6 | nations, organizations, or persons. End quote. |
| 2:03.4 | So it was under this authority that the United States government declared war first in |
| 2:07.6 | Afghanistan and then Iraq shortly thereafter. It's under this authority as well that the |
| 2:12.3 | executive branch has carried out everything from covert assassinations to drone strikes |
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