The Anti-Imperialist Archive

The Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) hosted a Book Launch and discussion with Najla Said (author) entitled "Looking for Palestine", at the American University of Beirut. 2014 Najla Said is a Palestinian writer and author, as well as the daughter of Edward Said, author of the Orientalism trilogy. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator. Our Twitter presence is @AntiImpArchive, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: antiimperialistarchive@gmail.com

COVERT ACTION (Part I) Our three-part series on covert action, featuring former CIA official John Stockwell and Louis Wolf, co-editor of Covert Action Information Bulletin, begins with an overview of the general nature and activities of the CIA. We then discuss how the "Intelligence Identities Protection Act" and the Reagan executive order on intelligence agencies would promote media self-censorship and thus repress public scrutiny and criticism of intelligence (including FBI) activities -- including assassination plots, destabilization of foreign governments, and assorted "dirty tricks." John Stockwell explains how this legislation in effect amends the First Amendment by abridging freedoms of speech and press -- without having gone through the constitutional amendment process. Run Time: 59:30 Recorded May, 1982 News: May, 1982 Copyright June, 1983   (NC) COVERT ACTION (Part II) The focus is on specific covert and overt activities of U.S. intelligence agencies and their surrogates: the instruction in torture techniques to Salvadoran army troops by U.S. Green Berets; the attempted coup in the Seychelles Islands; the Argentine torture squads; the South African wars in Angola and Namibia; the attempted Klan coup in Dominica; and attempts to destabilize the Mozambique government -- all of which are reported in Louis Wolf's Covert Action Information Bulletin, which the U.S. government would like to put out of business. We also discuss how CIA "disinformation" tactics manipulate public opinion by planting stories in the press and by financing and supporting right-wing newspapers. Run Time: 59:23 News: June, 1983; May, 1982 Recorded May, 1982 Copyright June, 1983 (NC) COVERT ACTION (Part III) In the concluding segment of our series on covert action we discuss with John Stockwell and Louis Wolf the CIA operations in Central America, including covert operations and "disinformation" campaigns directed against the government of Nicaragua. In addition, we include a report by SANE spokesperson George Humphrey on the nuclear weapons freeze referendum in Austin News: May, 1982; May, 1983; May, 1985 Recorded May, 1982 Copyright June, 1983 Co-hosts: Frank Morrow and Doug Kellner Researcher: Mike Jankowski Technical adviser: Brian Koenigsdorf As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator. Our Twitter presence is @AntiImpArchive, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: antiimperialistarchive@gmail.com

Documentary Title: Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004) Robert Greenwald compiles a number of arguments made around the hypothetical need to invade Iraq and thoroughly debunks them through this documentary - comparative as a more reasoned variant of Fahrenheit 9/11. Greenwald is also responsible for the creation of Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers (2006) - upcoming as Pt5 As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator. Our Twitter presence is @AntiImpArchive, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: antiimperialistarchive@gmail.com

This is a compilation of three different clips - The first involving Eric Fair, a former Abu Ghraib interrogator, an unknown veteran, and Ethan McCord.  As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator. Our Twitter presence is @AntiImpArchive, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: antiimperialistarchive@gmail.com

First hour is two separate episodes on Mumia from DeepDishTV (2006, 2011), the third part is a feature Mumia had on Democracy Now in 2016, and we cap it off with two different interviews with Mumia's grandson Jamal Jr (1), and Jamal Jr with Noelle Hanrahan (2), both done in 2021. Final two videos were filmed by hate5six. You can reach out to some of the Mumia support team through Prison Radio, who still currently post updates on his condition up to now. Up to date Mumia PR post as of right now can be found here. Please support Mumia, Prison Radio and donate if possible As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator. Our Twitter presence is @AntiImpArchive, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: antiimperialistarchive@gmail.com

Documentary title: Iraq Warriors - a Graphic Story of Truth This documentary features a number of veterans speaking on the war crimes against the Iraqi people that they witnessed. We here at AIA make no endorsement of their status as veterans or anything otherwise. This was a project produced in 2011 by the now-defunct United National Peace Conference Media Project, sponsored by the Sanctuary for Independent Media and Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center - both based in Upstate NY. The Sanctuary can be found here, and the HMIMC has since been absorbed into the Sanctuary (to our knowledge).  This is Part One of an ongoing series discussing Iraq's relationship with American imperialism. We have previously featured the Shocking and Awful documentary in the back catalog if you would like to listen to more on the topic. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator. Our Twitter presence is @AntiImpArchive, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: antiimperialistarchive@gmail.com

An Alternative Views feature - interview with a prominent Pravda commentator. With Gennadi Vassiliev, the chief Washington correspondent for the Soviet newspaper Pravda, we discuss the arms race and world peace. Vassiliev provides a touching and shocking account of the horrors the Soviet people have suffered as a result of wars and revolution the past seven decades, leaving them with a sincere desire for peace. He talks about the peace movement in the USSR and discusses the Russian war in Afghanistan. Vassiliev also analyzes the Reagan foreign policy which has so destabilized the pre-existing parity of strength between the two superpowers,leaving the world a much more precariously balanced between peace and holocaust. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator

DeepDishTV feature - Documentary Anti-communism has been such a fixture of our conceptual landscape that many of us take it for granted. This film is lively compilation of clips from anti-communist propaganda films intercut with footage taken from an international conference at Harvard University in 1989. This show is an analytic and often humorous look at America's fear of red. Highlights of the tape include segments from a US propaganda film hosted by Ronald Reagan, Angela Davis on a network talk show discussing what communism stands for and playwright/author Howard Zinn reading from a House of Un-American Activities pamphlet entitled, "100 Things You Should Know About Communism." Produced by DeeDee Halleck and Catherine Saalfield in collaboration with the Institute for Media Analysis (NY, NY) As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator

HOLY TERROR Through an interview and an incredible documentary we take a comprehensive look at the radical Christian Right and its efforts to take over political power at all levels of society. Through information provided by undercover agents and by monitoring of Christian Coalition TV programs, the documentary shows the strategies, the deviousness, and the dangers which these religious fanatics pose to secular society and civil liberties. We also review the book "Holy Terror." Copyright February, 1996 Co-hosts: Frank Morrow and Doug Kellner Researcher: Mike Jankowski Technical adviser: Brian Koenigsdorf Holy Terror Book As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator

070. NAGASAKI: A SURVIVOR'S STORY This powerful program recounts the horrors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing through slides and an interview with a man who was less than a mile from the hypocenter of the atomic bomb blast in Nagasaki. in addition to his experiences, we present comprehensive pictorial and narrative documentation, first, on the incendiary raids on Japan which preceded the atomic explosions, and then on to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki raids themselves. No More Hibakusha after intro Recorded May, 1980 Copyright May, 1980 258. HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI: WHAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCED Three short works are shown which reveal in powerful and touching reality what it was like to endure the atomic bombings in Japan. First is a 22 minute documentary, Hiroshima-Nagasaki," which contains movie footage in the cities after the bombs exploded. The documentary is so explicit and powerful that it was suppressed by the U.S. government for many years. Next is a short work containing the drawings of children and adults depicting what they saw and experienced. Copyright March, 1985 Editorial note - 258 does contain a talk by Daniel Ellsberg - we choose not to include this as he is a war criminal and limited hangout asset. If you so desire to hear the last portion, the video file can be found on archive.org As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast