ANARCHISTS ORGANISE PISS-UP IN BREWERY
To celebrate the second birthday of the establishment of ASN in November 2007, members organised a tour of Nottingham's Castle Rock Brewery. Hangovers contributed to it taking this long to post up the announcement.
PHD SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE IN ANARCHIST STUDIES
The Department of Politics, IR and European Studies (PIRES), Loughborough University, has just announced the availability of a fully funded, three-year PhD scholarship beginning in 2008. For more details contact Dr Dave Berry, PIRES, Loughborough University (![[MAILTO]](?source=moinmoin&mode=attachment&uri=%2Fwiki%2Frightsidebar%2Fimg%2Fmoin-email.png){kind=small}
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SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR MASTERS IN ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE
The masters programme in activism and social change at the Department of Geography, Leeds University is preparing to go into it's second year. You can find all the details, including information on scholarships here
Paul Stott, 'Half Truth Movement: How The 9/11 Cult Falsifies History'
Proposed Convenors: Paul Stott and Dr Larry O’Hara.
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America, a worldwide movement has developed. Its activists run thousands of websites, have produced hundreds of books, DVDs and articles, and attend events as diverse as the Notting Hill carnival, the 2005 Anarchist Bookfair, Green Party conferences and Universities and colleges across the UK. Their influence, particularly amongst young people and many British Muslims, appears to be growing.
This movement denies any link between Islamist ideology and violence, and doesn’t prioritise opposing the ‘war’ on terror. Instead the 9/11 ‘truth’ movement denies the existence of Al-Qaeda, argues American and/or Israeli ‘inside’ involvement in 9/11, and regards conventional leftist and anarchist commentators on such events (e.g. Chomsky) as ‘gatekeepers’, protecting the guilty parties from the wider public.
The 9/11 ‘truth’ movement massively distracts from the issues facing all those struggling for a better world. Surely we need to criticise the US/UK governments for what they have actually done (bad enough) rather than imaginary crimes? By seeing all contemporary (and past) political events through their skewed view of 9/11, the ‘truth’ movement takes progressive forces down a cul-de-sac. We must resist their influence.
To Contribute to this panel Stream Please contact Paul Stott: pvastott@yahoo.co.uk
Paul Stott has been involved in the anarchist movement since the early 1990s, and is one of the editors of Class War. He graduated from the University of East London in October 2007 with a Masters degree in Terrorism Studies.
Dr Larry O’Hara edits the parapolitical magazine Notes From The Borderland and holds a PhD in Contemporary British Fascism from Birkbeck. He and Paul Stott are currently working on a book “Half Truth Movement – How The 9/11 Cult Falsifies History”.