The Anti-Imperialist Archive

Amiri Baraka was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement, and poet. He passed in 2014, investing 50 years of his life into black radical politic, marxism and anti-zionism. This episode is comprised of interviews primarily from the 2000s. Edited together by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost)

Amiri Baraka was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement, and poet. He passed in 2014, investing 50 years of his life into black radical politic, marxism and anti-zionism. Edited together by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost)

Recorded Dec 1969. Edited together by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost)

Julius Nyerere was the leader for twenty years of the socialist experiment of Tanzania, where many Marxist scholars went to study in Dar es Salaam - including Walter Rodney. This can be read about in ROAPE! Nyerere personally acribed to and built the philosophical basis of Ujamaa - a Tanzanian adaptation of Marxist policy as it pertained to the needs of their own people. As always, put together by Ian Anderson @starsalwayslost

To read and see more about Walter Rodney, please see (and support!) the Walter Rodney Foundation. Walter Rodney was a Marxist historian and academic that was assassinated during his presidential campaign for Guyana in 1980. Patricia Rodney and Asha Rodney are his surviving family and can also be supported through the WRF. As always, put together by Ian Anderson @starsalwayslost

Interviews between 1976 and 2003 with Robert Mugabe, the revolutionary socialist president of Zimbabwe up until 2017. President Mugabe died in 2019, two years after stepping down from his leadership position. Rhodesia and everyone involved with it will rot in hell As always, put together by Ian Anderson @starsalwayslost

"If you continue the struggle, you will be free" - Leila Khaled This is a small compilation of the few english clips of Leila Khaled we have available online. As always, put together by Ian Anderson @starsalwayslost

The lecture can be found here, in a lecture given for the University of California. Gerald Horne is one of the most prolific writers and historians we still have today, and his books can be bought through a variety of storefronts, including this one. This audio was cleaned up by Ian Anderson, who can be found @starsalwayslost

The Leonard Peltier Mixtape includes voices from Nick Estes, Harry Belafonte, Jean Roach, Kathy Peltier, Spike Moss, Carol Gokee, and of course Leonard Peltier. Big thanks to Nick Estes (@nickwestes) and Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) for their coordination in making this happen.  Monday Feb 6 2023 is a Day of Solidarity for Leonard Peltier, marking the beginning of his 48th year of imprisonment by the American settler colonial occupation. You can also visit https://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/ for more information, which is run by the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, a group of people who have access to him in prison in Florida and are coordinating actions towards his release. The mixtape is bookended by a Rage Against the Machine tribute to Leonard Peltier and the Ode'min Kwe Singers

Shocking and Awful is a 2006 documentary released by Deep Dish TV - a former local grassroots media organization. To my knowledge they no longer exist, though some channels of social media still are available, including their Facebook page, and archive.org page, which currently rehosts a number of their video projects.  There are portions best watched as video in coordination, along with subtitles as necessary. The next two parts will be released shortly. Part 9: Empire and Oil Part 10: Channels of War: The Media is the Military Part 11: Resistance at Home Part 12: Baghdad As always - edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), special thanks to Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) for his help and coordination with this project