{"id":292,"date":"2026-06-03T21:09:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:09:41","slug":"for-25-years-the-war-on-terror-has-turbocharged-surveillance-and-imperialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=292","title":{"rendered":"For 25 Years, the War on Terror Has Turbocharged Surveillance and Imperialism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with <\/span><\/i><i><span>a donation<\/span><\/i><i><span> of any size.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=290\">Bleeding Behind Bars Is Extra Grim When Prisons Fail to Offer Menstrual Products<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>T<em>ruthout<\/em> was founded in 2001, with George W. 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Over the wildly tumultuous political period since, our two organizations have connected organizers, activists, and curious readers with books, essays, and reported pieces that have informed and aided their efforts to understand the world and fueled their struggles to change it.<\/p>\n<p>To honor our anniversaries, <em>Truthout<\/em> and Haymarket Books are coming together for a series of live-streamed events, focusing on crucial political moments and movements from the last 25 years. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=288\">Trump Uses Transphobic Smears While Defending Decision to Start Iran War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In our first conversation, <em>Truthout<\/em> editor-in-chief Negin Owliaei and Maya Schenwar, director of the Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism, joined <em>Truthout <\/em>contributors Khury Petersen-Smith and Maha Hilal to focus on the impact of the so-called \u201cwar on terror\u201d and the social movements that have emerged since. 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