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The awful events of 9/11/01 in the USA have had a deep and pernicious effect on the body politic in the US, and elsewhere, especially
the UK. We oppose the calamitous invasions of Iraq, Afghanistan & the ongoing 'War on Terror' from an anti-imperialist
(and anti-capitalist) position. Be that as it may, our remit here is not specifically those matters--many activists
are already on the case internationally, and we commend them for that. Our efforts are complementary, not competitive.
Seven
years on the '9/11 Truth cult' (our term) is active in the UK, a development that troubles us. Not because we dislike uncomfortable
questions being asked of the powerful. On the contrary, we at Notes From the Borderland (NFB) magazine have been doing
cutting edge parapolitical research since 1997, and individually before that. Our record of evidence-based research into covert
state/ruling class activity plus an expertise in fringe politics qualifies us, we feel, to sound the alarm now. Those interested
can peruse our sister-site www.borderland.co.uk, which outlines NFB research themes, methods and publications available. Precisely
because we are committed to rigorous analytical research and related political intervention NFB is speaking out. Below, the 'issues'
we have with the UK '9/11 Truth Movement' are summarised. Constructive feedback welcome. If you scroll down
past that, we explain the various features on the site and how to use it in summary outline. Enjoy!!
THE 9/11 CULT--DEFINITION AND ANALYSIS
STOTT/SVENSON NFB 7 ARTICLE ON MACHON/SHAYLER & THE UK 9/11 TRUTH MOVEMENT
email: nineelevencultwatch@uk2.net mobile: 0777-5964367
post: 911 Cultwatch UK BM Box 4769 London WC1N 3XX
WHY THE 9/11 TRUTH CULT BOTHERS US
1) They act like a cult, and an aggressive one. The unannounced 9/11 Truth meeting
at the October 2005 Anarchist Bookfair in London was marked by physical violence (jostling and digging critics in the ribs),
concerted attempts to drown out critics and a nasty intimidatory atmosphere overall. A valuable insight--click for details.
At the demonstration outside the (Manchester) Labour Party Conference in September 2006, David Shayler (see below) threw his
considerable weight about, forcibly seizing the 'free' microphone from one demonstrator who tried to draw attention to NFB's critique
of the movement. While veterans of sharp exchanges, even we have been taken aback by the volume and vitriolic nature of the
abusive email exchanges coming our way from this cult.
2) Disgracefully, prominent positions within the UK & Ireland
9/11 Truth Movement are occupied by ex-MI5 officers David Shayler & Annie Machon. Schnews memorably terms Shayler
the 9/11 cult 'Poster Boy'--with his ready media access, Shayler is a big domestic draw as an (undoubtedly) impressive public
speaker. Machon is the grandly-titled 'Secretary, UK & Ireland 9/11 Truth Campaign', and as such a 'gatekeeper' at the heart
of the campaign. NFB have long analysed this pair's ever-shifting stories, and repeated lies. It is a moot question just
whose agenda they are working to--including the distinct possibility of alignment with one or other state fraction--see here on
this. In Notes From the Borderland issue 7 Heidi Svenson & Paul Stott wrote a critical article on the pair's role in the
9/11 Campaign, also available on this current site--here. To date, the main cultist answer has been abuse, and claims there
is nothing to respond to. However, Machon has another line--on the British 9/11 Truth Campaign forum 26/9/06 she attacked Schnews (8/9/06
issue 559) and others in the "anarchist fringe" claiming it was "anybody's guess" as to why we dislike Machon/Shayler, raising the
possibility such critics "may be" part of an "MI5 disinformation campaign designed to cause division, just as the campaign is beginning
to bite". It takes the biscuit, that lying red-baiting spooks, who have not told the truth about their own murky pasts, implyothers work for the secret state. Shayler made similar (unsubstantiated) claims about the Stop the War Coalition too (see NFB 7
article). Machon says, with unintentional irony "I would hope that our record speaks for itself". It does indeed. Some
9/11 activists are waking up--scroll down to the comments section here.
3) A growing distaste at bizarre conspiracy theories
the 9/11 cult propagate, in particular anti-semitism. Claims by Shayler (New Statesman 11/9/06) that 9/11 was a 'Zionist'
conspiracy are two-a-penny--yet we rarely hear the phrase 'Saudi conspiracy' with far more evidence for such. Lurking
in the wings are the usual racist snake-oil salesmen (or in David Icke's case lizards) eager to blame the 'Jews'. The venomous
& often anti-semitic reaction to criticism by Jewish journalist Jon Ronson in November 2006 exemplifies this. A relevant
subtext is the sheer disbelief non-US citizens could have organised 9/11 without US government assistance--racism by another
(subtle) name.
9/11 RESEARCH RESOURCES--A CRITICAL GUIDE
DEBATE THE ISSUES RAISED ON THIS WEB-SITE HERE
NOTES FROM THE BORDERLAND MAGAZINE SITE
(2006)
THREE PAGES BELOW NOT LIVE YET
4) Revulsion at the fact that increasingly (or intrinsically) ludicrous theories put about by the 9/11 cult & their home-grown
shadow, the 7/7 cult, have the effect of letting spooks and others responsible off the hook in terms of accounting for their activities.
In this category come Shayler's recent argument that no planes hit the World Trade Centre (or Pentagon) 9/11/01--instead
it was holograms/ missiles/pre-placed explosives. Not only does this impute omniscient powers to the state in terms of
carrying operations out effectively, it also implies they have the ability to keep the thousands involved quiet--amazing! The
UK equivalent is the claim that the London 7/7/05 bombers didn't actually travel from Luton, didn't carry (or make) any
bombs, and the 'suicide videos' they made weren't them anyway. None of this seems true to us, on current evidence. Amid
the fog of 'hologram' hoaxes and other fruitloopery, secret state agencies and governments can thus evade hard questions--about
why the Pakistani ISI head transferred $100,000 to 9/11 pilot Mohammed Atta, inadequate emergency procedures in New York &
London, or the role of apparent MI6 asset Haroon Aswat in 7/7 for instance. NFB has a particular interest in retaining, and
enlarging, the space for radical 'parapolitical' analysis of state malfeasance--and are concerned growing fruitcake influence chokes
off the space for publicising actual real-life scandals which 9/11 cultists are indifferent to--the 1999 London nail-bombings and Tony
Lecomber conspiracy to murder plot of recent--2006--provenance.
5) Fundamentally, the 9/11 & 7/7 cults have
a pernicious effect on political discourse. By focussing primarily on a small group of decision-makers in a predominantly
ahistorical way, they serve to trivialise, and disempower, the very popular masses that are ultimately the agents of radical
social change--if that is to happen. As the excellent Schnews article says"World power is not a neat pyramidal structure with
aliens, Jews or a cabal of men with a secret handshake at the top...There is one conspiracy that doesn't lurk in smoky rooms behind
closed doors--its called global capitalism". Some US comrades have correctly described 9/11 conspiracy obsessives as examples
of "arrested radicalisation". It is true many now drawn towards the 9/11 & 7/7 cults would in the past have become Leftists--and
it is vital the Left/Greens do not ignore the genuine issues posed by 9/11--but as supplementary to political practice, not substituting for
it. Ultimately, the 9/11 obsession of many people in the UK is not a manifestation of critical thought, but cultural
and political subordination to the US--whereby events there are considered more important than equivalents in the UK or the rest
of the world. A post-Cold War echo of Soviet Union worship. Earlier Al-Qaeda attacks, such as the 1998 Nairobi US Embassy
bombing, get barely a look in, conspiracy-wise. Not just because most killed (213/4,600 injured) were non-white, but
the carnage took place outside the imperial (US) heartland. So little to interest white middle-class Western
conspiracy theorists. 7/7, however, functions as a useful add-on to the main event--9/11. Though added to the lexicon
of 9/11 cult issues in the US, this is done in a patronising way--see the 'Bullhorn Bull-shitter' Alex Jones' film.
7/7 RESEARCH RESOURCES--A CRITICAL GUIDE
WHAT IS TO BE DONE NOW?
A COMEDY OF TERROR? 9/11 & 7/7 BELIEVERS IN THEIR OWN WORDS
THE PURPOSE OF THIS SITE
1) A source of critical comment and resources--send us ideas on such, and new section suggestions.
We do not intend to be a comprehensive 9/11 (or 7/7) site, but a signpost directing you to appropriate information.
To reach a page, click on the appropriate text block in the left-hand column above, or sub-heading below.
2) A spur to
debate on our parallel site where we welcome crossing swords with cultists-- http://paulstott.typepad.com/911cultwatch/ .
That said, racist and anti-semitic abuse will disappear faster than Machon/Shayler from a truth-drug party (with or without green
skull-candles).
3) To act as a collation point for ludicrous 9/11 & 7/7 cult media interventions needing a response--which
we will act on as time permits.
4) Encouraging activists opposed to conspiracism to understand they are not alone,
helping them speak up, and not be shouted down, intimidated or ignored. Such activists may well include a sensible
reality-oriented minority inside the 9/11 Truth campaign itself.
5) An essential first step towards sanity, inspiring non-dupes
within the UK 9/11 movement to excise Machon & Shayler from the ranks.
6) To enhance national/international
networking of those genuinely committed to evidence-based parapolitical research. To this end, we welcome reciprocal web-links
with those in agreement: email us at nineelevencultwatch@uk2.net.
7) To facilitate producing/distribution of relevant leaflets
& analyses. If there is interest in a pamphlet, let us know. In the interim, and anyway, we will continue to research
9/11, 7/7 & associated cults in Notes From the Borderland magazine--if you have articles to submit email us at: contactnfb@tiscali.co.uk.
Alternatively write to NFB at BM Box 4769 London WC1N 3XX. To purchase issues 7 (already out) & 8 (which will cover Al Qaeda/7-7/9-11
Truth Cult) visit www.borderland.co.uk then follow the links.
8) To help the precipitate serious analysis of the 9/11
& 7/7 cults as social political and quasi-religious phenomena.
A final message to 9/11 & 7/7 cultists keen
to deluge us with spam--don't bother, or expect a reply. There is a web-site for public exchanges on the subject. As already
stated. And if you really annoy us we (the Martian Directorate) will send the holograms round....
THE VARIOUS FEATURES ON THIS SITE
(to access, click on a heading below)
As
it says on the tin, a preliminary definition of ways we see the 9/11 movement operating as a cult--as time goes by, this section will
be expanded and refined, to take account of new developments
Until now, 9/11 cult believers
have evaded discussion of the article's content by whining about us charging money for it--like there isn't a whole 9/11 industry
out there raking in the cash! Reproducing the piece allows more readers to judge for themselves what all the fuss
is about. This latest Machon/Shayler stunt comes after a long succession of dodgy maneouvres--and we provide pointers
to how you can obtain our previous research on the pair.
(NOT
LIVE YET)
One reason why sensible people often shy away from 9/11 & 7/7 cultists is the wacky things they say, often defying
logic, reason & life itself. Laugh along as we bring you a few--more invited. At some point we will post
brief profiles of the main 'players' in this movement here. The underlying question is how many (definitely some) of these people
utter zany things precisely in order to help cover up what the powers-that-be really get up to.
It is not our intention, or within our capabilities currently, to provide
an exhaustive list of all research. Rather, we will highlight resources either apposite in terms of debunking 9/11 and
7/7 cult bullshit, or on the other hand make a real contribution to research. Inclusion here does not imply total agreement--some
research we have important differences with but nonetheless think worth study--the writings of Nafeez Ahmed for instance. Again, suggestions
welcome.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE NOW? (NOT LIVE YET)
Here, we will put ideas for organising, helpful suggestions, reports
of any interventions and so on. For now, a blank canvas--fill that space!!
Click above to discuss matters relevant to this site. We will not try the 'ghettoisation'
tactic of the 9/11 cult web-site shunting dissenters into a siding. All views will be allowed--if expressed in a reasonably
civilised non-racist way.
The political approach of this site springs from our
long-standing commitments and research highlighted on the Notes From the Borderland (NFB) site. In the near future, we intend
to explore the topics highlighted on the Home page there at greater length (only two--Machon/Shayler and Animal Liberation/Green
Politics are active currently). We will get onto it--when the next NFB magazine is out. In the meantime, splash out
on our extensive back catalogue. Remember, exclusive 9/11 & 7/7 research from the NFB camp will be published
in issue 8 first before it appears here.
To people, and organisations, we feel are relevant interesting
and/or supportive to the concerns of this site. Serious suggestions, and reciprocal web-links, welcomed. email us at
nineelevencultwatch@uk2.net.
As and when we issue press releases & campaign bulletins, we will place them on this site here.
THIS WEB-SITE IS DEFINITELY NOT A LIMITED HANG-OUT
page last updated 18/9/08