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Our world has changed, in more dimensions than we yet know or understand. The impact of these events ranges far beyond the tragic deaths, new security measures, or even 'the war on terrorism'. Freedom, fear, culture clash, globalization, religion, terrorism, perceptions, politics, propaganda, and emotion are entangled in the issues we face - and understanding their interrelations as well as their implications is paramount. No matter what actions America takes in response, the decisions we make now will shape the world of tomorrow. The editors of The Global Dialog Project invite you to participate in this debate, and to help make it into a dialog in which we learn from each other, share our grief, and come to new understandings of the world we live in, so that tragedies like this need never happen again.

One aim of this site is to expand the dialog around these issues by representing as many viewpoints as possible, rather than the standard debate which can be found on any TV channel. What this means is that the site will present *MANY* opinions, very few of them our own, in the interest of making all the parameters and aspects of the debate clear. Because the debate is many-sided, and people come from very different perspectives and experiences, labeling the viewpoints without analysis of their factual basis is a dangerous trend. If you disagree with things that are posted, please point out why and how in the comments form at the end of each page, or in the FORUMS Don't just bitch about it: make your case.

Apologies to those of you who followed a bad link in the post, the correct one is:
The World Trade Center Tragedy - A Letter to Academics and Scholars

OPINION PAGES

NEWGod Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule - A humorously serious take on recent events

NEW A soldier with personal experience in Afghanistan discusses key military issues -by Richard Kidd

NEW Loyal Opposition: IDEAS, NOT MISSILES? - Counter Methods for Countering Terrorism by David Corn

NEW The algebra of infinite justice - novelist Arundhati Roy challenges the instinct for vengance

NEW A Question of Decency
"Let me be blunt: I am not anti-war, I am anti-stupid. I am not against military intervention, I am against indiscriminate military intervention."

NEW The September 11th Source Books:Volume 1: Terrorism and U.S. Policy - National Security Archive experts select these resources as the most important available primary sources on U.S. terrorism policy.

Never mind the pundits, the root cause remains the same
NEW by Johnny Angel
The real underlying factor behind America's involvement

Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view "Bin Laden is a schoolboy in comparison with Mughniyeh"

Media Pundits Advocate Civilian Targets ".. prominent journalists have been advocating military strategies that violate the laws of war and mirror the strategies of terrorists"

Food for thought for the Militarists
A pragmatic viewpoint written by an Afghani in the U.S.

Light in the Darkness In the names of our loved ones,let us ask for more light and love in the world, for they are what, in the end, stand between us and the darkness.

"We cannot fight for human rights using inhuman means." An open letter from the Palestinian Center

"When the elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers." Impressionistic Collage

Bush is walking into a trap says the UK paper The Independent

"I believe violence will only increase the cycle of violence." The Dalai Lama's Letter to Bush