“Ex Parte Milligan” Reconsidered: Race and Civil Liberties from the Lincoln Administration to the War on Terror ed. by Stewart L. Winger and Jonathan W. White

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-307
Author(s):  
Rachel K. Deale
Keyword(s):  
War On Terror ◽  
Civil Liberties

Technology of Control and Control of Technology in Brian K. Vaughan’s Ex Machina

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (58) ◽  
pp. 70-79
Author(s):  
Anna Oleszczuk
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Overwhelming Majority ◽  
Domestic Security ◽  
Drone Warfare ◽  
And Control ◽  
Political Governance ◽  
Good And Evil

In the classic era of American comics, the overwhelming majority of superhero stories focused on the straightforward struggle between good and evil, with superheroes embodying the positive values such as justice, order, or patriotism. However, with time both the stories and the characters started to transform. By the end of the 1980s, new, darker series expressing distrust of political governance and all forms of authority started to emerge. In the aftermath of 9/11, this skepticism has found new fuel in a range of policies and actions collectively known as the War on Terror. The paper analyzes Brian K. Vaughan’s Ex Machina (2004-2010) focusing especially on the series’ exploration of domestic security in the post-9/11 United States. The author links the protagonist’s superpower, the ability to communicate with the machines, to the developments in surveillance and drone warfare and investigates the comic’s reflections of such major concerns related to America’s surveillance and security as the constraints on civil liberties

Race, Ethnicity, and the War on Terror

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Welch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
The United States ◽  
Domestic Terrorism ◽  
Terror Attacks ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Social Controls ◽  
New Policies

The unofficial War on Terror that began in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States expanded a wide range of formal social controls as well as more informal methods of punitive control that were disproportionately directed toward Muslims, Arabs, Middle Easterners, and those who were perceived to be. Although terrorism had been racialized long before 9/11, this event galvanized American support for sweeping new policies and practices that specifically targeted racial and ethnic minorities, particularly those who were immigrants. New agencies and prisons were created, individual rights and civil liberties were restricted, and acts of hate and discrimination against those who were racially, ethnically, and religiously stereotyped as potential terrorists increased. Although research shows that most domestic terrorism is not perpetrated by Muslims, Arabs, or those originating from the Middle East, the racialized stereotype of terrorists had a major impact on how the War on Terror was executed and how its implementation affected members of certain minority groups in the United States.

The New Civil Rights Movement

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunaina Marr Maira
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Civil Rights Movement ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Interfaith Dialogue ◽  
Muslim American ◽  
Global War On Terror ◽  
Nationalist Discourse ◽  
Global War

This chapter explores the emergence of the “Muslim civil rights” movement, as well as interfaith alliances, in the post-9/11 era and how these shape or undermine cross-ethnic and cross-class coalitions. It discusses how civil liberties is a major political paradigm that young Muslim American activists have adopted since 9/11 but one that also confines their resistance, in many instances, to a nationalist discourse of inclusion that evades critique of U.S. imperialism. The investment in interfaith dialogue in some cases also suppresses critique of the global War on Terror, as well as as anti-Palestinian racism, and redirects resistance from cross-racial coalitions to safer forms of activism. The chapter addresses inter-racial tensions and examines how liberal “religious multiculturalism” and practices of “faithwashing” help produce an arrested politics.

U.S. Federal Data Mining Programs in the Context of the War on Terror

2010 ◽  
pp. 151-180
Author(s):  
Shahid M. Shahidullah
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
National Security ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Federal Courts ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Intelligence Gathering ◽  
The Future ◽  
Long Time

This chapter examines the issues and concerns raised in the context of the recent growth of federal mining programs. The chapter argues that in the context of the war on terror, intelligence gathering on terrorist activities both within and outside the United States has emerged as one of the core strategies for homeland security. The major national security related federal agencies such as the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense have developed a number of data mining programs to improve terrorism intelligence gathering and analysis in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001. Some data mining programs have, however, raised a number of issues related to privacy protections and civil liberties. These issues have given birth to a wider debate in the nation and raised new tensions about how to search for a balance between the needs for the protection of privacy and civil liberties, and the needs for national security. The authors believe that the future of this debate is intimately connected to the future of the war on terror. Currently, Congress and the federal courts seem to be more in favor of supporting the preeminent needs of protecting national security. Through a number of enactments, Congress has broadened the federal power for collecting terrorism intelligence both at home and abroad. In a number of cases, the federal courts have ruled in favor of the doctrines of the “state secret privilege” and the “inherent power of the President” to emphasize the overriding need for protecting national security in the context of the war on terror. As America has embarked on a long and protracted ideological war against radical militant Islam, issues of national security and the need for data mining for detecting and analyzing terrorist activities are likely to remain dominant for a long time.

scholarly journals Arun Kundnani (2014) The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism and the Domestic War on Terror. London: Verso.

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-124
Author(s):  
Greg Martin
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
Global War

Martin Luther King Jr understood the link between individual violence at home and state violence abroad. In part of his message that is often downplayed, he told an audience at Riverside Church, New York in 1967 that the promotion of nonviolent direct action (or the prevention of violent extremism) among young Americans depended on opposing the violence of US foreign policy in places like Vietnam. Arun Kundnani ends his book arguing this point remains as valid today in the global war on terror. Indeed, in many ways, the material presented in the book paints a depressingly familiar picture of state secrecy and surveillance, the normalisation of preventative measures in the post-9/11 era, governments instilling fear and anxiety across populations, and the criminalisation of formerly lawful activities. It is now beyond dispute that these developments have eroded human rights and civil liberties in Western societies. But they have also impinged, more broadly, upon social relations and political processes. Not surprisingly, this has impacted Muslim communities the most because relations of trust have been eroded in the domestic war on terror. Download the PDF file from this page to read Greg Martin's complete review of Arun Kundnani's book. Download the PDF file to read the complete review of Arun Kundnan's book by Greg Martin.

Democracy and the War on Terror in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 09 (04) ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
Ioannis TELLIDIS ◽  
Buhm-Suk BAEK
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Political Dissent ◽  
Rhetorical Device

Although South Korea has had minimal exposure to terrorism, it recently adopted a controversial Anti-Terrorism Act that is characterised by arbitrary and vague definitions of ‘terrorism’ and ‘terrorism’-related crimes. The Act risks manufacturing the ‘terrorism’ phenomenon with the unnecessary curtailing of civil liberties and stifling of political dissent. This article argues that the legislation‘s objectives are more a rhetorical device to solidify power than to sustain the vibrancy of democratic politics and provide effective human security.

scholarly journals Racial Profiling and the War on Terror: Changing Trends and Perspectives

2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-100
Author(s):  
Abu B. Bah
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Racial Profiling ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Target Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Changing Trends

Minorities in the United States have often been treated unfairly by law enforcement agencies. Prior to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States, Blacks were the main victims of racial profiling. Since the terrorist attack, however, Arabs and Muslims are becoming the primary targets for profiling by law enforcement agencies. There are some remarkable similarities between the profiling of Blacks and the profiling of Arabs and Muslims. In both cases, the fundamental problems with racial profiling are that it violates the civil liberties of innocent people and denies minorities the equal protection of the law. The War on Terror has redefined racial profiling. It has not only led to a shift in the target population, but it has also changed the ways in which racial profiling is conducted.

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