Now they say we are not at war with somebody we are bombing. Blair's gospel of despair With its reliance on vacuous religiosity, Tony Blair's speech to the Labour Party conference exposed the moral bankruptcy of the global capitalist order in the wake of 11 September. As lawyers call for curbs on national sovereignty to catch those responsible for the terrorist attacks on the USA, a UK barrister explains why now, more than ever, good legal principles need to be upheld. Don't blow IT Sandy Starr reports on the spiked conference at the Bloomberg Auditorium in London. The World Health Organisation says that one in four of us suffers from mental illness.
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October 2001 Palestine after 11 September The terrorist attacks on the USA are likely to isolate the Palestinian struggle further. America is united more by a sense of loss and fear for the future than it is by defiant patriotism. The Italian gaffe Dominic Standish reports from Italy on prime minister Berlusconi's lessons in the new etiquette of cultural diversity. The terrorist attacks on America have been blamed for falling share prices, declining tourism, rising unemployment, airline redundancies and less shopping. Daniel Ben-Ami sees the situation differently.