Forever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights at Home

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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on "The Forever War and the First Amendment." The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the "war on terror," specifically focused on the impact on democratic rights, including the freedoms of speech and the press. First Amendment freedoms "were tested right away in the days and weeks after 9/11," says Jameel Jaffer, legal expert and director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. "All of the surveillance authorities that were put in place after 9/11," says Jaffer, "their use was initially justified by reference to foreign threats. And now, increasingly, we're seeing the Trump administration use these things to suppress domestic dissent." "If you go back to that climate after

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