ALTERNATIVE CHOICES

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"You're either with us or against us." With these words, issued in the aftermath of the September 11 atrocities, President George W. Bush launched his "war on terrorism". The message was clear. In this open-ended "war", Bush instructed the world to take sides: either with Bush's "coalition of the willing" or with the terrorists. A third option, according to Bush, did not exist... It seemed as if the worst nightmare in Benjamin Barber's 1996 book, "Jihad versus McWorld", had come true. Barber used the word "Jihad" to describe religious fundamentalism and nationalism of all kinds, leading to criticism that he had singled out Muslim fundamentalists. In later editions, Barber added an apology for doing this. However, after September 11, many people must have thought that such an apology was unnecessary. Jihad in the Islamic sense of the term was quite clearly a major component of what President Bush described as "against us"... To counter both these threats to democracy, Barber insisted..

Also known as: ALTERNATIVE CHOICES LIMITED, Alternative Choices Ltd.

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Primary location: Slaithwaite United Kingdom