Omar Al Akkad - Journalism, War, Stories Beyond America (2019), One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This (2025)
Release Date: 04/09/2025
Bruderhof Radio - Cuba against Empire (2000)
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Summary: Cuba is once again in the international spotlight. The saga of Elian Gonzalez, the 6-year-old Cuban boy whose custody battle captivated two nations, catapulted the island back to the forefront. And the media frenzy surrounding the recent visit of Cuban President Fidel Castro to New York for the United Nations Millennium Summit reminds us that Cuba can never be entirely ignored or forgotten. As the United States exerts its economic and military might around the globe with impunity, Cuba is one of the few countries able to resist US imperialism. And as the post-cold war era moves into...
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Fidel Castro - Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem (1995)
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Castro spoke at a Harlem historic black baptist church between political meetings in 1995. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Our Twitter presence is @, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: [email protected]
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Michael Staudenmaier - Truth and Revolution, Sojourner Truth Organization (2012)
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Book launch for Truth and Revolution: Sojourner Truth Organization by Michael Staudenmaier. Founded in Chicago in 1969 from the rubble of the recently crumbled SDS, the Sojourner Truth Organization (STO) brought working-class consciousness to the forefront of New Left discourse, sending radicals back into the factories and thinking through the integration of radical politics into everyday realities. Through the influence of founding members like Noel Ignatiev and Don Hamerquist, STO took a Marxist approach to the question of race and revolution, exploring the notion of "white skin privilege,"...
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Noel Ignatiev - Occupy Boston Speech (2011)
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Noel Ignatiev is one of the many speakers as part of the Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series at Occupy Boston. Noel Ignatiev is a longtime political activist and the author of "How the Irish Became White." To learn more about the lecture series see As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Our Twitter presence is @, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: [email protected]
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Jason Brownlee - The Egyptian Counter-Revolution (2014)
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Jason Brownlee discusses the situation in Egypt since the Arab spring uprisings and the roll American policies play in the region. This lecture was given on April 16th 2014 at Austin Community College - East view campus. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Our Twitter presence is @, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at:
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Donald Freeman - Conversation and Autobiography Reading (2018)
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Reflections of a Resolute Radical: A Community Conversation and Book Signing with Don Freeman Wednesday, November 28, 2018 | -8:30 pm Activist, author, editor and scholar Don Freeman (CWR '61) reads from and discusses his autobiography, Reflections of a Resolute Radical. A lifelong Cleveland resident and graduate of Glenville High School and Case Western Reserve University, Don shares his thoughts about the civil rights movement, the rise of radicalism, and the community's responses to both. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a...
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Ghassan Kanafani - The Land of Sad Oranges (1962)
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This is a reading of the Kanafani essay from stonebluerue. big shoutout and thanks to SBR for the recording! Their channel can be found below: As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Our Twitter presence is @, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: [email protected]
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Nettie Wild, Tom Hansen - Paramilitaries in Mexico (1999)
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Communities sympathetic to the Zapatista cause have been targeted by paramilitary units with tacit support from the Mexican military. On this program, we take a look at what's been described as a "hidden war" against these communities. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Our Twitter presence is @, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: [email protected]
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Ellen Bernstein - Cuba, Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan (1999)
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A discussion of Cuba, politics and the upcoming "Friendshipment Caravan" to the island nation As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Our Twitter presence is @, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: [email protected]
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Mauri Saalakhan, Nassima Haddam - Early Beginnings of Secret Evidence Laws (1999)
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A look at the increasing use of "secret evidence laws" to detain, for indefinite periods of times, persons suspected of having ties to terrorist organizations. This flies in the face of all constitutional guarantees and rights of due process. In this program, we take a look at the increasing use of "secret evidence laws" to detain, for indefinite periods of times, persons suspected of having ties to terrorist organizations. Secret evidence, which in some cases includes the nature of the charges and the name of the plaintiff, is available to federal prosecutors but not to the...
info_outlineJoin two journalists who have reported from the Middle East for outlets in the US and Canada for a live conversation on what it takes to make Western audiences care about the lives of people in places they can safely ignore.
Talk hosted by Oregon Humanities.
On March 12, 2025, VPL hosted a conversation with Omar El Akkad about his latest book, moderated by Adel Iskandar. -- description from event listing below -- On October 25 of 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad wrote online: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” This message was viewed over 10 million times. The award-winning writer has now expanded that idea into a book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, where he calls out the hypocrisy of Western ideals, explores the rupture of the “rules-based-order”, and reckons with the implications of the war for all of us. Omar El Akkad will appear in conversation with SFU Professor Adel Iskandar. -- Omar El Akkad is an author and journalist. He was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, moved to Canada as a teenager and now lives in the United States. He is a two-time winner of both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award and the Oregon Book Award. His books have been translated into 13 languages. His debut novel, American War, was named by the BBC as one of 100 novels that shaped our world; his second novel, What Strange Paradise, won the 2021 Giller Prize. Adel Iskandar is a Vancouver-based academic, activist, and public intellectual. He is currently an Associate Professor of Global Communication at Simon Fraser University, where he is also the Chair of Graduate Studies, and the Director of the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS). Iskandar is the author, co-author, and editor of several works including Egypt In Flux: Essays on an Unfinished Revolution; Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network that is Rattling Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism; Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation; Mediating the Arab Uprisings; and Media Evolution on the Eve of the Arab Spring.
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