Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Lesson Learned? Recent history is full of lessons about the standing of the U.S. in the world, about the state of democracy globally and the effects of U.S. foreign policy: I think it is important to see 9/11 as one element in a continuum of political acts perpetrated by one race or nation on another, and not to single it out as unprecedented because it happened here and to U.S. citizens. International terrorism has been a fact of life since nations first formed, and, clearly, has become the symbol of outrage and defiance of the weak against the strong. Certainly, the symbolism of the 9/11 attacks on 'world trade' and 'the military' is lost on no one. The lesson to be gained from this ruthless act might be embedded in the everday meaning of its targets. Over the past 20 years the humanitarian aid that has always poured out of the United States to global victims of war, famine and disease has been overshadowed by the export of ""free trade."" This particular shibboleth masks the decline in the economies of those nations 'free' to experience foreign loans, investment and privatization in exchange for the lower incomes and lower quality of life required to finance their participation in this brave new world. The 20th century has also seen the wielding of the ""big stick"" foreign policy, which ran the gamut from the vanquishing of German aggression to the illegal bombing of Cambodia, and the prospect of an unprovoked invasion of Iraq. Once again, thanks for the good work, but the thing that lingers is the bitterness of having to live with injustice in any form. Is there a lesson in the ashes? Every single time. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp59.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-02-28