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Danny and Derek invite Vincent Bevins, author of The Jakarta Method and If We Burn, back to the podcast to talk about the early days of the Trump Administration; how the rest of the world views Trump; what Vincent thinks is going on; and his recent article in The Nation on Brazil's Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Landless Workers' Movement, or MST). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our book club!patreon.com/LifeonBooksBooks mentioned in this episode:The USA Trilogy by Juan Dos Passoshttps://amzn.to/3XX8r34https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780063...Rock, Paper, Scissors by Naja Marie Aidthttps://amzn.to/44bvAm6https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940...Attila by Aliocha Collhttps://amzn.to/4jlgZZEhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781960...Attila by Javier Serenahttps://amzn.to/3GymiH0https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781960...North Sun by Ethan Rutherfordhttps://amzn.to/3GM3QL6https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781646...Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweighttps://amzn.to/4k3zW3zhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590...Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeckhttps://amzn.to/42WE3r4https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143...The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guinhttps://amzn.to/4jAViFqhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781668...JR by William Gaddishttps://amzn.to/3GhDb8Hhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681...The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevinshttps://amzn.to/4jWLyVVhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781541...Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector by Benjamin Moserhttps://amzn.to/3Yprl2Rhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780199...Warrior Dreams by James William GibsonShadow Divers by Robert Kursonhttps://amzn.to/3Gz1bEJhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780375...In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessonhttps://amzn.to/42UqWqfhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140...The Rape of Nanking by Iris Changhttps://amzn.to/3RIGVTjhttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780465...Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrisonhttps://amzn.to/4d0dk1phttps://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802...Snow Lion by David McPhailhttps://amzn.to/4lX1nh1Hatchet by Gary Paulsenhttps://amzn.to/4iS8mp2https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781416...East of Eden by John Steinbeckhttps://amzn.to/4jDk5Jb
Books and politics go hand in hand, while there may be some apolitical reads out there, they are probably not the majority. So today we're talking about how the books we've read have shaped our world view, and oh what a crazy world it is. Books mentioned in this episode: Libra by Don DeLillo https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140... The Pearl by John Steinbeck https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140... Marshland by Otohiko Kaga https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781628... The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781400... A Naked Singularity Sergio De La Pava https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780226... Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780805... The Dying Grass William T. Vollman https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143... The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780786... Human Acts by Han Kang https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781101... The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781541... Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143... In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiesson https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140... JFK and the Unspeakable https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781439... The Deluge by Stephen Markley https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781982... Become part of our growing book community! patreon.com/LifeonBooks Join the Life on Books mailing list to stay up to date on all of our latest book giveaways, projects, and more! https://linktw.in/BRYAnVh Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online: https://linktw.in/Zeolty Want to know my all time favorite books? Click the link below! https://bookshop.org/shop/lifeonbooks Follow me on Instagram: / alifeonbooks Follow Andy on Instagram / metafictional.meathead This video was created with: Sony A7IV https://amzn.to/3WGit8i Sigma 24-70 https://amzn.to/3yjDPis Aputure 300X https://amzn.to/4fnxwv0 Aputure Light Dome https://amzn.to/3WptlGk Rode Wireless Mics https://amzn.to/3YpavBW Shure SM7B https://amzn.to/46vyQbk
Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Author of The Jakarta Method and If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution Vincent Bevins joins Bad Faith to discuss how to turn protests into revolutionary change. In If We Burn he analyzes over a dozen movements from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street to the protests in Hong Kong and Brazil to establish the conditions that create mass movements. Then he takes it a step rather, investigating why those movements have not manifested in progress and have, at times, actually preceded a political regression. In this sprawling three hour conversation we do “applied history” and try to break down what went wrong after the BLM protests of 2020 and how to prevent those failures now that we're in the middle of global protests over Israel's genocide on Gaza. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Armand Aviram. Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).
CONTENT WARNING: Racialised Trauma - In this week's Black World News, Kehinde Andrews makes plain Trump's so-called assassination attempt (leaving one person dead and two wounded) and as Malcolm said of Kennedy's assassination, "it's chickens coming home to roost." However, it's not surprising as America is founded and sustained on political violence: the first violence of the genocide of native people, the second violence of enslaving us, and the third violence of kicking the British out with the American Revolutionary War. Much of the violence of the world today can be traced back to the US and Western imperialism. This is America, this is the West. This. Is. What. The System. Is. - In this week's official guest interview, Kehinde Andrews talks with Guilaine Kinouani a leading voice in Black psychiatry, psychology, and psychosocial studies in the UK. They talk about her work as a clinician, re-traumatizing mental health systems, being dissuaded from working as a clinician as well as dealing with her own trauma as a clinician with over 15 years of research and study including her books Living While Black and White Minds. They talk about the origin story of Race Reflections which started as a blog (now a social enterprise) about not being silenced, and how it developed. They highlight the Certificate in Working with Racial Trauma training. - Guilaine Kinouani is a UK-based Paris-born woman of Afrikan (Congolese) descent; an award-winning critical and radical psychologist and group analyst, scholar, activist, and "[she] likes to think…a bit of a fashion connoisseur." Guilaine is also a current PhD (her second doctorate!) researcher, in psychosocial studies, and founder of the social enterprise, Race Reflections. She's written three books: Living While Black: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Racial Trauma (2021 + Guardian Book of the Year), White Minds Everyday Performance, Violence and Resistance (2023), and a third book Creative Disruption: Psychosocial Scholarship as Praxis is expected in November 2024. - BLACK WORLD NEWS LINKS The Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump and Political Violence Waged by the U.S.https://blackagendareport.com/index.php/assassination-attempt-donald-trump-and-political-violence-waged-us The Jakarta Method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jakarta_Method Book Review: The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2020/07/29/book-review-the-jakarta-method-washingtons-anticommunist-crusade-and-the-mass-murder-program-that-shaped-our-world-by-vincent-bevins/ Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366 - GUEST LINKS Certificate in Working With Racial Trauma: A Conversation With Helping Professionals (Sign Up)https://racereflections.co.uk/events/open-day-certificate-in-working-with-racial-trauma-and-race-based-injuries-using-the-foundation-of-group-analysis/ Certificate in Working With Racial Trauma: A Conversation With Helping Professionals - Prospectus https://racereflections.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CWRT-JUNE-2024-w-dates.pdf Certificate in Working With Racial Trauma & Race Based Wounds Using the Foundation of Group Analysis – Curriculum https://racereflections.co.uk/certificate-in-working-with-racial-trauma-race-based-wounds-using-the-foundation-of-group-analysis/ Guilaine Biographyhttps://racereflections.co.uk/about-the-author/ Living While Black The Essential Guide to Overcoming Racial Trauma https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442992/living-while-black-by-kinouani-guilaine/9781529109436 White Minds Everyday Performance, Violence and Resistance By Guilaine Kinouanihttps://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/white-minds Epistemic homelessness | Guilaine Kinouani | TEDxUCLWomen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoKBLPbkB5I&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fracereflections.co.uk%2F - THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK)https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome) On Malcolm X's 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm's legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone.https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ BUF - Black United Front Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. - Guest: @living_while_black_(IG) @Racereflections (X) @RRDirector (X) Host: @kehindeandrews (IG) @kehinde_andrews (X) Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: www.make-it-plain.org (Blog) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964 (YT) - For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/
Vincent Bevins is an award-winning journalist. He reported for the Financial Times in London, then served as the Los Angeles Times' Brazil correspondent before covering Southeast Asia for the Washington Post. His first book, The Jakarta Method, came out in 2020 and was named one of the year's best books by the Financial Times and NPR. Today, we discuss his book, “If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution.” From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. “If We Burn” investigates why we haven't seen a significant revolutionary change from these uprisings. This is an important book that scholars and activists should read. Vincent's website: https://vincentbevins.com/ Vincent's substack: https://substack.com/@northsouthnotes Order the books If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution by Vincent Bevins https://www.kingsbookstore.com/book/9781541788978 SUB Greg's Blog (subscribe!): http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/ #VincentBevins#IfWeBurn#MassProtest#JakartaMethod#LondonSchoolEconomics#Chomsky#Lenin#WomensMarch#OccupyWallstreet#UNRWA#EthnicCleansing#Holocost#Kakba#Hamas#Zionists#Chomsky#ManufacturingConsent#ArabeSpring# GeziPark#UkraineEuromaidan#HungerGames#PolitialSciende#Indonesia #PatCummings#GregGodels#ZZBlog#ComingFromLeftField#ComingFromLeftFieldPodcast#zzblog#mltoday
Hello! This week we are happy to present one of our most requested guests, Vincent Bevins. He is a longtime foreign correspondent and the author of two books, The Jakarta Method and If We Burn. We talked about the lessons of the mass protests of the 2010s around the world, the allure and some of the downsides to leaderless/horizontal protest movements, and about how the media has covered the campus protests around the country. This is a good one so please enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
Paris Marx is joined by Vincent Bevins to discuss the mass protests of the 2010s, the role that social and traditional media played in them, and why the horizontalism of those movements ultimately didn't work.Vincent Bevins is a longtime foreign correspondent who has worked for the Washington Post, Financial Times, and LA Times. He's the author of The Jakarta Method and If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.The podcast made in partnership with The Nation and is produced by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.Also mentioned in this episode:Read excerpts from If We Burn in The Guardian and In These Times.Vincent mentioned the work of Charles Tilley, Cihan Tuğal, Evgeny Morozov, and Andrey Mir.Support the show
On this episode of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast, Paris Marx is joined by Vincent Bevins to discuss the mass protests of the 2010s, the role that social and traditional media played in them, and why the horizontalism of those movements ultimately didn't work.Vincent Bevins is a longtime foreign correspondent who has worked for the Washington Post, Financial Times, and LA Times. He's the author of The Jakarta Method and If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Join us for a conversation between Vincent Bevins and Naomi Klein on what their recent books—"If We Burn" and "Doppelganger"—can teach us about our political moment. Over the course of the past ten years mass protests of unprecedented scale swept across the entire globe. From the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, to the eruption of rebellions in the US in response to the police murder of George Floyd, this decade of struggle has seen some of the largest protests in history. Yet, in many cases, these struggles not only failed to achieve all of their goals, but were somehow mutated and warped into their opposites. As the crises that spurred these movements into existence continue to rage, the global right has taken advantage of the collective sense of disorientation and vertigo with a strategy of diagonalism to push their regressive policies and twisted perspectives. Digitally amplified conspiracy theories are peddled as explanations for capitalism's morbid symptoms, as the left struggles to organize an effective response. What lessons can we learn from the wave of struggles in the recent past? How should we understand the new paranoid right and their surreal mirror world? And, most importantly, how do chart a path out of the darkness? Vincent Bevins and Naomi Klein take up exactly these questions in their recent books, "If We Burn" and "Doppelganger" respectively. Get a copy of "If We Burn" from Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9781541788978 Get a copy of "Doppelganger" from Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9780374610326 Speakers: Vincent Bevins is an award-winning journalist. He reported for the Financial Times in London, then served as the Brazil correspondent for the Los Angeles Times before covering Southeast Asia for the Washington Post.His first book, The Jakarta Method, was named one of the best books of 2020 by NPR, GQ, the Financial Times, and CounterPunch, and has been translated into fifteen languages. Vincent lives in São Paulo. Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, columnist, and international bestselling author of eight books including No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, No Is Not Enough and On Fire, which have been translated into over thirty-five languages. In 2018, she was named the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University, and is now Honorary Professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers. In September 2021, she joined the University of British Columbia as UBC Professor of Climate Justice and is the founding co-director of the UBC Centre for Climate Justice. Watch the live event recording: https://youtube.com/live/cI7iyo2wv18 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
This week we bring to you a contentious discussion on the CIA Backed dictator of Chile from 1973-1990: Augusto Pinochet. Pinochet was put in place by the CIA's "Jakarta Method" and his reign coincided with MK ULTRA style kidnapping and torture programs inflicted on the regime's political enemies. Don't forget to join our Telegram channel at T.me/historyhomos and to join our group chat at T.me/historyhomoschat The video version of the show is available on Youtube, bitchute, odysee. For weekly premium episodes or to contribute to the show subscribe to our channel at www.rokfin.com/historyhomos Any questions comments concerns or T-shirt/sticker requests can be leveled at historyhomos@gmail.com Later homos --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historyhomos/support
In June 2013, the journalist Vincent Bevins found himself covering a mass street protest in São Paulo, originally sparked by a rise in bus fares. As the tear canisters rained town and violent clashes with police began, the protesters began chanting "Love is over. Turkey is here," making a intentional connection to another uprising taking place across the world in Gezi Park in Istanbul. These parallel events, along with other major upheavals such as the Euromaidan movement in Ukraine, mark the highlights of a critical decade in modern history in which more people took place in mass protest events across the world than at any other time. And what we are left with after these disruptive, destabilizing events take place, how it reshapes the state and reconfigures political representation in the aftermath, is quite far from predictable and much less clear in terms of the public understanding of their meaning. This is the focus of Bevins' excellent new book, "If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution," which ambitiously presents a history of the 2010s, globally, through the lens of popular uprisings and their discontents. Bevins, who also joined the Departures podcast in 2020 to discuss his other book, "The Jakarta Method" (more relevant now than ever, read it!), explains how he wrote If We Burn with distinct openness and neutrality, which allows readers to approach the work from many angles, and draw their own understandings of how these popular uprisings so often failed to produce the outcomes that they aspired to, and what can be learned for the future.
The decade from 2010-2020 saw more mass protests around the world than at any other point in history. But why did, so often, these huge movements result in the exact opposite of what they had set out to achieve? We are joined by American writer and journalist Vincent Bevins (of The Jakarta Method) to discuss his new book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution. We have long been fans of Bevins' work, and we were delighted to be joined by him as we try to make sense of a decade of contention. From Säo Paolo to Hong Kong and from Cairo to Kyiv, the decade saw mass explosions of people taking to the streets. What were these protests about, and what did they ultimately achieve? What lessons can we learn from a decade which saw regimes topple – only to be replaced by something worse? And, most importantly, how can we finally bring Joseph Kony to justice? Catch Vincent talk about his book at Connolly Books TONIGHT, November 30th .If We Burn is available everywhere now, including in audiobook form. Last few tickets for next week's live show, Thursday Dec 7th. Support the show
For Patreon subscribers. How come the mass protest movements of the 2010s almost always got the reverse of what they demanded? The Jakarta Method author Vincent Bevins is back with a new book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution, and joins TPS to discuss the Arab Spring, Ukraine's 2014 Euromaidan uprising, and Brazil's anti-corruption protests. Help us develop The Popular Show and get the full version of this show PLUS many extra exclusive shows at https://www.patreon.com/thepopularpod More ways to help us continue: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thepopularshow https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepopularshow https://cash.app/£ThePopularShow
Vincent Bevins spoke with us about his book "The Jakarta Method - Washington's Anticommunist Crusade & The Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World". The German translation just got published! Die Jakarta-Methode Wie ein mörderisches Programm Washingtons unsere Welt bis heute prägt Aus dem Amerikanischen Englisch von Glenn Jäger https://shop.papyrossa.de/Bevins-Vincent-Die-Jakarta-Methode Wir sind 99 ZU EINS! Ein Podcast mit Kommentaren zu aktuellen Geschehnissen, sowie Analysen und Interviews zu den wichtigsten politischen Aufgaben unserer Zeit.#leftisbest #linksbringts #machsmitlinks Wir brauchen eure Hilfe! So könnt ihr uns unterstützen: 1. Bitte abonniert unseren Kanal und liked unsere Videos. 2. Teil unseren content auf social media und folgt uns auch auf Twitter, Instagram und FB 3. Wenn ihr Zugang zu unserer Discord-Community, sowie exklusive After-Show Episoden und Einladungen in unsere Livestreams bekommen wollt, dann unterstützt uns doch bitte auf Patreon: www.patreon.com/99zueins 4. Wir empfangen auch Spenden unter: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hostedbuttonid=NSABEZ5567QZE
Abby Martin speaks with journalist Vincent Bevins about the hidden CIA genocide in Indonesia, which created the model for US extermination campaigns against communists in 22 countries during the Cold War. WATCH this episode // https://youtu.be/up3-lOiO9L8 BUY The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins here: https://vincentbevins.com/book/ FOLLOW https://twitter.com/Vinncent // https://twitter.com/AbbyMartin // https://twitter.com/EmpireFiles Keep Empire Files independent & ad-free (and get exclusive bonus content) at https://www.Patreon.com/EmpireFiles MERCH // https://empirefiles.store
The US-dominated unipolar world has rapidly eroded, and the recent victory of Lula in Brazil provided a new lift for those struggling against imperialism in the Global South. Are imperialist powers less able to impose themselves on the Global South with past tools of invasion, coups, assassinations? To discuss the past and present tools used by the United States against popular movements and revolutionary struggles seeking self determination, Rania Khalek was joined by Vincent Bevins, author of the Jakarta Method and a journalist who has worked in Asia and Latin America.Listen to every episode of Rania Khalek Dispatches anywhere you get podcasts.Apple: https://apple.co/3zeYpeW Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3za9DRK
Raha Jorjani is an Immigration Defense Attorney at California's first public defender Immigration Representation Unit. Because our immigration law is founded on the principle that deportation is a civil issue and not a criminal proceeding which, there are few immigration specific public defender units. This denies millions of people the basic right of public defense. This episode covers the ideals of America and how our government is willfully disregarding its responsibility to help the people fleeing the countries we have destabilized. Raha shares her personal experience working with clients who may appear like criminals on paper but are often victims of wider circumstances enacted by our own government. To tell their story without those crucial details is not just dishonest but dehumanizing. Raha hopes that by sharing these stories and making Americans aware of the reality of what immigrants go through, just to have the opportunity to plead their case, we can break down these antiquated systems. Her office is the first of its kind and is being replicated across the country, hopefully to one day become the standard. America is founded on the principle that all men are created equal so it is up to us to ensure that includes the right to due process, evidentiary hearings and access to counsel. Without these standards of human treatment we are failing as Americans. Key Takeaways: [7:27] Raha's journey into the role of removal defense attorney [11:00] Providing seamless representation from one system to the next [12:40] The distinction between criminal versus civil protections [19:00] How the needs of non-citizens differ from citizens within criminal proceedings [25:30] The difficulty comes in conveying the complicated information accurately to the client [30:00] How policies have changed through each administration [39:00] The Department of Homeland Security is using detention as a litigation tool [46:10] The burden to prove why you should be given the opportunity to remain in America [50:00] Offering asylum for our benefit and not on principle [53:50] Walter's case: The consistent failings of our legal system [60:30] The opportunity we have to make a positive change Guest: Raha Jorjani, Deputy Public Defender and Supervising Supervising Immigration Defense Attorney, Alameda County Public Defender Office Resources: Alameda Public Defender Office Immigration Unit https://publicdefender.acgov.org/Immigration.page Patel v Garland https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/596/20-979/ Fong Yue Ting v. United States https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/149/698/ Demore v Kim https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/538/510/ Jennings v Rodriguez https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/583/15-1204/ Silent Holocaust Guatemala https://cja.org/what-we-do/litigation/the-guatemala-genocide-case/ Manufacturing Consent by Edward Sherman and Noam Chomsky (El Salvador) https://www.amazon.com/Manufacturing-Consent-Political-Economy-Media/dp/0375714499 Somoza Family Dynasty of Nicaragua https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/n-background.php Haiti https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/international/americas/haitis-president-forced-out-marines-sent-to-keep.html Chilie https://www.tni.org/es/node/1362 The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins (Indonesia, Brazil and many others) https://www.amazon.com/Jakarta-Method-Washingtons-Anticommunist-Crusade/dp/1541742400 CIA Secret War (Laos and Cambodia) https://warontherocks.com/2017/02/the-secret-war-that-transformed-the-cia/ https://www.npr.org/2017/01/23/511185078/america-in-laos-traces-the-militarization-of-the-cia Iran https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690363402/how-the-cia-overthrew-irans-democracy-in-four-days Title The Story of Walter Cruz-Zavala The Long Campaign to Deport Walter Cruz-Zavala (theintercept.com) https://theintercept.com/2022/09/20/walter-cruz-zavala-el-salvador-state-of-exception/ Memorable Quotes: “In the immigration system, the government can put you behind bars and then tell you it's your burden to prove. They don't have to justify why they imprisoned you. You have to justify why you should be free. So you have to prove why you're not a danger to the community, you have to prove that you're not a flight risk and Hunter, that's people who are eligible for bond.” [33:40] “The power of detention is ultimately used as a litigation tool by the Department of Homeland Security. This is one of the only areas where, if you win, you stay in.”[39:30] “When people end up in the deportation system, it is almost always after they have been dealt with by the criminal legal system. So even to the extent that people believe in the criminal legal system and the need for accountability and punishment; the double irony is that these folks have already been through that system, so they've already served their time.” [43:40] “Our relationships with countries define how we view people. So, if we don't agree with a certain country's position, we tend to welcome people from those countries because we basically want to further entrench the idea that what's happening there is bad. Whereas other people from other countries could be facing similar types of persecution or violence and we have very many closed door policies.” [50:24] Contact Hunter Parnell: hwparnell@publicdefenseless.com Instagram Twitter www.publicdefenseless.com
PATREON BONUS - https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-brazil-w-73950546 Brazil's extreme-right president Jair Bolsonaro might go down to defeat in the second round of presidential voting. But, win or lose, the political coalition he's assembled may endure after October 30. In this interview, Luke talks to Vincent Bevins — who lived in Brazil from 2010 to 2016 and worked as a correspondent, wrote The Jakarta Method (2020), and moved back to São Paulo last year to work on his second book — about the issues at play.
I 1965 foretog det indonesiske militær en antikommunistisk udrensning, der dræbte ca. 1 million indonesiske venstreorienterede. Hvad skete der? Hvilken rolle spillede USA i massedrabet? Og hvordan skal vi forstå begivenheden ift. magtspillet under den kolde krig? I dette bogklub-afsnit af Sange om merværdi diskuterer vi den anmelderroste bog The Jakarta Method af Vincent Bevins.
In this episode, our penultimate one in the Historical Materialism series, Luke and Eleanor discuss the years from 1960-1980, which includes spaceflight, Gladio, Paperclip, Condor, the Vietnam War, the Jakarta Method, the Cultural Revolution, and much more!
Doug is on vacation, and boy is he relaxed and full of spritely good cheer. Bill is on his computer and phone at all times. Together the boys talk guitars, the Royal Rumble, AEW, Big Van Vader selling, dinosaurs, The Jakarta Method, smoking, Punk v MJF, action figures, animal mascots and of course money. This episode is proudly sponsored by a book that a guy wrote about 2018 wrestling, and TRUTH the people who don't want you to enjoy tobacco in all of its delicious and cool ways. Links from the Podcast- Google Sheet of Assignments of the Past It's All Pro Wrestling Playlist Assignments For Next Week- December 12th 1995 WAR Super J Cup 2nd Stage- Jushin Liger v Ultimo Dragon January 3rd 1986 WWF Tuesday Night Titans WWE Network/Peacock Media: Twitter Instagram Facebook Merch Links
Vincent Bevins' bold and comprehensive debut work, The Jakarta Method, highlights his incisive reporting for The Washington Post and uses declassified documents and eyewitness testimony to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe.
Episode Notes Trigger Warning for those ahead: discussions will include the violence experienced by victims of the anticommunist crusade that American empire waged against the Global South and "Third World" which may be graphic and disturbing. Indonesia, a country that today has in the realm of 270 million inhabitants, is a large island chain to the south of mainland Asia. A long and diverse history precedes the story we retell today, one of kingdoms and conflict and community formation. For us, however, we will focus on the mid twentieth century and the violent military coup (supported by the U.S. State Department and the CIA) which overthrew the elected government. Given lists of people to be eliminated for the rewards of bribes and aid from the capitalist powerhouse across the pacific, the Suharto military regime instituted a bloody terror that killed over 1 million people: targeting communists specifically but also sweeping up ethnic Chinese, feminists (declared as castrating witches), and workers in unions. The tactics developed in Indonesia - disappearances, torture and propoganda - would be copied in many other countries allied with the United States in the Cold War. Information discussed in this episode is largely drawn from Vincent Bevins' book Jakarta Method as well as the documentary The Act of Killing. If you have any thoughts, suggestions, angry emotes, or whatever that you'd like to send us, please reach out at UnsociablistPod@gmail.com or on twitter as @unsociablist. I recognize posting this will bring us spam and I dare you to do it. Phil and Kyle would also like to give a shout out to those of us still in the streets fighting for the rights of Palestinians and those fighting for justice and abolition of the American police state. The best way to show solidarity with those struggling against the American empire is to struggle against the empire at home. https://free-palestine.carrd.co/#donations https://www.phillybailfund.org/ https://bailproject.org/
The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the stuff of legend.On the one hand, they're often portrayed as heroic Mission Impossible or James Bond saviors of democracy. On the other, they've been accused of orchestrating violent governmental coups, assassinations, torture, and mind-control experiments, sometimes on their own citizens.They're definitely America's oldest and most powerful intelligence unit, but is the CIA a force for good in the world, or the dark weaver of its' most bloody chaos. In this deep-dive episode, Jim and Freddy look into the provable history of the CIA, as well as the rumored conspiracies, in an attempt to determine the truth.Sit back, relax, and listen as we try to figure out what's really going on with the most powerful and secretive organization in the world.(Discussion Starts at 4:00)Resources:"Surprise, Kill, Vanish" by Annie Jacobsen"National Security and Double Government" by Michael J. Glennon"Legacy of Ashes" by Tim Weiner"The Jakarta Method" by Vincent BlevinsSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/independme)
We finish our final third of Vincent Bevins' The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World about some of the most pivotal yet hugely unsung hinge points in the Cold War, centered around the mass slaughter of communists (and those alleged to be) in Indonesia circa 1965-66. We discuss the spread of anticommunist massacres in Chile, the Philippines, Argentina, Guatemala and beyond and try to take stock of what the whole Cold War period of installing murderous proxy dictatorships around the globe really amounted to and what it left us with at present.Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpodGeneral RecommendationsJD's and JNM's joint recommendation: The Jakarta Method [AUDIO]Further Reading, Viewing, ListeningThe Murderous History and Deceitful Function of the CIA (discussion with Vince Bevins author of The Jakarta Method) [VIDEO]A Chat with Vincent Bevins (Full Interview) - The Jakarta Method [AUDIO]The Murderous Legacy of Cold War Anticommunism [Boston Review]Locationless Locationsheatdeathpod.comEvery show-related link is corralled and available here.Twitter: @heatdeathpodPlease send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.comAlso, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it
We continue our Book Club series on Vincent Bevins' The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World about some of the most pivotal yet hugely unsung hinge points in the Cold War, centered around the mass slaughter of communists (and those alleged to be) in Indonesia circa 1965-66. We draw more parallels between the Brazilian coup of 1964 and the Indonesia coup of the following and dive into more gruesome realities and chains of evidence connecting the US government to these events.Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpodGeneral RecommendationsJD's Recommendation: Asparagus JNM's Recommendation: Nicaragua, Keith Olbermann & Climate Imperialism W/ Camila Escalante, Ben Norton & Danny HaiphongFurther Reading, Viewing, ListeningThe Murderous History and Deceitful Function of the CIA (discussion with Vince Bevins author of The Jakarta Method) [VIDEO]A Chat with Vincent Bevins (Full Interview) - The Jakarta Method [AUDIO]The Murderous Legacy of Cold War Anticommunism [Boston Review]Locationless Locationsheatdeathpod.comEvery show-related link is corralled and available here.Twitter: @heatdeathpodPlease send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.comAlso, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it
We begin our Book Club series on Vincent Bevins' The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World about one of the most pivotal yet hugely unsung hinge points in the Cold War, centered around the mass slaughter of communists (and those alleged to be) in Indonesia circa 1965-66. Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpodGeneral RecommendationsJD's Recommendation: The GreatJNM's Recommendations: 1) The Velvet Underground (2021 documentary) 2) The Act of Killing 3) Steven needs support on the inside. Please write and send letters to: Steven Donziger Register No: 87103-054 Federal Correctional Institution Pembroke Station Danbury, CT 06811 Further Reading, Viewing, ListeningThe Murderous History and Deceitful Function of the CIA (discussion with Vince Bevins author of The Jakarta Method) [VIDEO]A Chat with Vincent Bevins (Full Interview) - The Jakarta Method [AUDIO]The Murderous Legacy of Cold War Anticommunism [Boston Review]Locationless Locationsheatdeathpod.comEvery show-related link is corralled and available here.Twitter: @heatdeathpodPlease send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.comAlso, check out our newly updated YouTube channel for the hell of it
In the USA, there is a myth that “America stands for freedom across the world” and in my years of research for this podcast and blog, I have yet to find such an example. I have found many examples where the US fights to preserve capitalism at all cost. Unfortunately, a large portion of the US population has been satiated by the supply of relatively cheap goods into the US and because relatively cheap goods keep coming regularly, they do not have to “think” too much about the state of the world. In fact, it is better for the US government, if most people do not think too much about the state of the world. Because once someone starts thinking, they will investigate and the more people investigate, the less they like. By design, most Americans do not think about the state of the world. They are relatively happy imbibing these myths that have been fed to them since childhood. But because of the education system, most Americans are trained to question as little as possible. On top of it, because most Americans are paid “just not enough,” they will be working long hours where they won’t have too much time to think. Because of the US cult of “rugged individualism,” most Americans will not be able to fight back when their rights are violated. Most Americans can’t fight back because you can’t fight what you don’t know. Operation Gladio is one of those unique operations that will disturb anyone. It breaks the myth that the US stands for “Freedom across the world” because the US aligned with the worst of the world (Nazis) to fight Democracy in Italy. Operation Gladio is one of the few very well documented events that even the worst sceptic cannot find “loopholes” to argue why the US was “actually doing the right thing.” With that, air this second episode with the hope that it will spark even one person’s curiosity to learn more about the state of the world and the “Gangster Nature of the our state” as Michael Parenti would put it. A better world is possible, but we cannot fix what we don’t know. Show notes:1:00 - Italian Partisans and World War 22:00 - Tom from Mango Press explains the connection between Gladio and the current situation in Xinjiang08:13 - Operation Gladio was a blueprint for all the blood and gore that followed in the 21 century10:41 - This is the interview that is referenced15:00 - CIA’s medical experiments22:00 -Partisans and how they work26:00 - Communism Victimizing Mussolini33:00 - The Myth of America35:58 - Excerpt from a John Pilger documentary about the “Jakarta Method”37:00 - The train station bombings40:00 - “Strategy of Tension”48:00 - The Stay behind Sabotage50:00 - where can you find old stashed NATO weapons?52:00 - The Vatican involvement55:27 - 197858:00 - PM Moro and his assasination1:09:00 - Banco Ambrosia and the Vatican Connection1:19:00 - Strategy for the stay behind1:25:00 - What we don’t know We rely only on your donations! So please become a paid subscriber! We won’t be able to keep afloat without your donations. Get full access to Historic.ly at historicly.substack.com/subscribe
kia ora, Technology is neat, and is holding society together whether that be by heating meals, being a computer, or causing nonspecific harm to USA spies. Dave got his brain broken by reading the Jakarta Method then watching Squid Game back to back. Dan's just got a proper disease. Machine Gun Kelly, the Covid strategy, Super Saturday, James Bond and what's on the telly. Bumper music; Blackstar - Re: definition Shygirl & slowthai - BDE Dizzee Rascal & Ocean Wisdom - Don't Be Dumb Powderfinger - (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind
Arun Chaudhary and Julia Doubleday talk with journalist and author Vincent Bevins Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss any content at https://www.patreon.com/committeeprogram or https://www.fans.fm/committee. Members have early access to podcast episodes, Committee Program merch, exclusive content, and more! Watch our show every Monday at 3pm ET/12pm PT on the Nomiki Konst YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/KonstNomiki
Matt is joined by reporter Spencer Ackerman, author of the new book Reign of Terror. Ackerman explains the ways in which America's approach to domestic white terrorism differs from its approach to international threats. They discuss the treatment of Timothy McVeigh after the Oklahoma City bombing, and the way in which it primed the political and cultural response to 9/11 and the War on Terror. Ackerman also argues that the unlawful and immoral approach of the government laid the groundwork for Trump's presidency. Resources: Reign of Terror by Spencer Ackerman (Penguin Random House; Aug 10, 2021) The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins (Public Affairs; May 19, 2020) "Second Inaugural Address" by George W. Bush (January 20, 2005) State of Exception by Giorgio Agamben (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press; 2005) Guest: Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman), author, reporter, and publisher of Forever Wars on Substack, contributing editor at the Daily Beast. Host: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Credits: Ness Smith-Savedoff, Producer & Engineer Erikk Geannikis, Producer, Talk Podcasts As the Biden administration gears up, we'll help you understand this unprecedented burst of policymaking. Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter. The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production. Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The mass murders and disappearances of suspected communists in Indonesia in the mid-1960s became the blueprint for smashing the potential of socialists gaining power in countries across the Third World during the Cold War, ensuring the maintenance of American capitalist hegemony. This week, Rupture's Michael Coleman and People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy sit down with journalist Vincent Bevins to discuss his recent book, the Jakarta Method, which dissects the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66, the CIA's complicity in the Indonesian atrocities and how these tactics were later implemented by right-wing authoritarian governments in South and Central America with US approval. -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Vincent https://twitter.com/Vinncent Michael https://twitter.com/noironyintended Paul https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD Further Reading: For more info on Vincent's book, see: https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/vincent-bevins/the-jakarta-method/9781541724013/ 'Anti-Communist Massacres Killed Indonesia's Hopes for National Liberation and Socialism: An interview with Vincent Bevins', Jacobin, https://jacobinmag.com/2020/05/anti-communist-massacres-indonesia-brazil-communism --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ruptureradio/message
On the inaugural Harbinger Society Presents live recording it's an evening of history and hard questions on Canadian exceptionalism as Nashwa Khan and Shaadie Ali of Habibti Please and Deathnography's Henry Lee join host Andre Goulet for a conversation on Vincent Bevins' excellent 2020 book 'The Jakarta Method', Ottawa's Victims of Communism Memorial, how to fight for justice for Palestine and more.Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown makes a bold proposal for another kind of monument in our nation's capital.Special thanks to Zaid Siddiqui for research on this episode.Hear the Q&A by supporting the community with a small monthly contribution athttps://harbingermedianetwork.com/Support Habibti Please and check out episode 30 featuring conversations with the Palestinian Youth Movement and the framers of the 2021 NDP convention resolution at https://habibtiplease.substack.com/p/episode-30-with-palestine-youth-movementHear Henry Lee's conversation with Bevins on a recent episode of Deathnography at https://deathnography.libsyn.com/what-is-possible-realistic-dreams-and-the-myth-of-scarcity-ft-vincent-bevins-and-maya-menezes and support the show at https://www.patreon.com/deathnographySupport Palestinian Youth organizing at https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/donateIslamic Relief is helping to provide immediate medical assistance and vital aid to all those affected by the violence and most in need athttps://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/emergencies/palestine/Eye on Palestine is providing media coverage that mainstream news never will athttps://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine/Find our more about the Movement to Safeguard Palestinian Communities and how to become part of the movement for peace athttps://www.globalgiving.org/projects/icareaboutpeace/This conversation was recorded on May 20th, 2021.
On the Harbinger Society Presents ep14 live recording Q&A Nashwa Khan and Shaadie Ali of Habibti Please, Deathnography's Henry Lee and host Andre Goulet continue their conversation and analysis on Vincent Bevins' 2020 book 'The Jakarta Method'.Support Habibti Please and check out episode 30 featuring conversations with the Palestinian Youth Movement and the framers of the 2021 NDP convention resolution at https://habibtiplease.substack.com/p/episode-30-with-palestine-youth-movementHear Henry Lee's conversation with Bevins on a recent episode of Deathnography at https://deathnography.libsyn.com/what-is-possible-realistic-dreams-and-the-myth-of-scarcity-ft-vincent-bevins-and-maya-menezes and support the show at https://www.patreon.com/deathnographySupport Palestinian Youth organizing at https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/donateIslamic Relief is helping to provide immediate medical assistance and vital aid to all those affected by the violence and most in need athttps://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/emergencies/palestine/Eye on Palestine is providing media coverage that mainstream news never will athttps://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine/Find our more about the Movement to Safeguard Palestinian Communities and how to become part of the movement for peace athttps://www.globalgiving.org/projects/icareaboutpeace/This Q&A was recorded on May 20th, 2021.
On the Harbinger Society Presents ep14 live recording Q&A Nashwa Khan and Shaadie Ali of Habibti Please, Deathnography's Henry Lee and host Andre Goulet continue their conversation and analysis on Vincent Bevins' 2020 book 'The Jakarta Method'. Support Habibti Please and check out episode 30 featuring conversations with the Palestinian Youth Movement and the framers of the 2021 NDP convention resolution at https://habibtiplease.substack.com/p/episode-30-with-palestine-youth-movement Hear Henry Lee's conversation with Bevins on a recent episode of Deathnography at https://deathnography.libsyn.com/what-is-possible-realistic-dreams-and-the-myth-of-scarcity-ft-vincent-bevins-and-maya-menezes and support the show at https://www.patreon.com/deathnography Support Palestinian Youth organizing at https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/donate Islamic Relief is helping to provide immediate medical assistance and vital aid to all those affected by the violence and most in need at https://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/emergencies/palestine/ Eye on Palestine is providing media coverage that mainstream news never will at https://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine/ Find our more about the Movement to Safeguard Palestinian Communities and how to become part of the movement for peace at https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/icareaboutpeace/ This Q&A was recorded on May 20th, 2021.
On the inaugural Harbinger Society Presents live recording it's an evening of history and hard questions on Canadian exceptionalism as Nashwa Khan and Shaadie Ali of Habibti Please and Deathnography's Henry Lee join host Andre Goulet for a conversation on Vincent Bevins' excellent 2020 book 'The Jakarta Method', Ottawa's Victims of Communism Memorial, how to fight for justice for Palestine and more. Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown makes a bold proposal for another kind of monument in our nation's capital. Special thanks to Zaid Siddiqui for research on this episode. Hear the Q&A by supporting the community with a small monthly contribution at https://harbingermedianetwork.com/ Support Habibti Please and check out episode 30 featuring conversations with the Palestinian Youth Movement and the framers of the 2021 NDP convention resolution at https://habibtiplease.substack.com/p/episode-30-with-palestine-youth-movement Hear Henry Lee's conversation with Bevins on a recent episode of Deathnography at https://deathnography.libsyn.com/what-is-possible-realistic-dreams-and-the-myth-of-scarcity-ft-vincent-bevins-and-maya-menezes and support the show at https://www.patreon.com/deathnography Support Palestinian Youth organizing at https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/donate Islamic Relief is helping to provide immediate medical assistance and vital aid to all those affected by the violence and most in need at https://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/emergencies/palestine/ Eye on Palestine is providing media coverage that mainstream news never will at https://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine/ Find our more about the Movement to Safeguard Palestinian Communities and how to become part of the movement for peace at https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/icareaboutpeace/ This conversation was recorded on May 20th, 2021.
Socialist projects of the 20th century were the target of murderous campaigns originating in the global north. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed... but they aren't the ones getting a monument in Ottawa. A discussion with Harbinger Society Presents and Habibti Please Podcast
This is a public excerpt from ep32 of Habibti Please. Get access to the full conversation with Vincent Bevins at habibtiplease.substack.com/subscribe The austerity measures that were first implemented during the pandemic will not ease post-pandemic. Global vaccine apartheid continues to exist and it seems that only those in North America with relations outside of North America or to communities. It feels eerily familiar for people who straddle worlds to be aware that “back to normal” means back to normal for people completely detached from the global reality of how COVID continues to ravage people outside of the imperial core. This episode takes a look at how the world we all now came to be. One where vaccine apartheid is normalized for so many. One where extermination programs and coups are staples. In this episode Shaadie and Nashwa interview Vincent Bevins, author of the Jakarta Method. Nashwa and Shaadie approached this episode with the thought and care they approach other work with. They wanted to honor those who died and survived the mass extermination in Indonesia while also weaving our own understanding as young Muslims of the world into this episode. Bevins book Jakarta Method is an accessible must-read about the United State's role in constructing a global anti-communist network. In 1965 and 1966, the Indonesian military killed one million civilians and with praise and enthusiasm from the American government. It was an apocalyptic slaughter of leftists and accused leftists. As Bevins writes, this series of events was instrumental in shaping our global economic system as it exists today. As beneficiaries of US hegemony, it is important to recognize this gap in collective memory and the responsibilities we have.
This is a public excerpt from ep32 of Habibti Please. Get access to the full conversation with Vincent Bevins at habibtiplease.substack.com/subscribeThe austerity measures that were first implemented during the pandemic will not ease post-pandemic. Global vaccine apartheid continues to exist and it seems that only those in North America with relations outside of North America or to communities. It feels eerily familiar for people who straddle worlds to be aware that “back to normal” means back to normal for people completely detached from the global reality of how COVID continues to ravage people outside of the imperial core. This episode takes a look at how the world we all now came to be. One where vaccine apartheid is normalized for so many. One where extermination programs and coups are staples. In this episode Shaadie and Nashwa interview Vincent Bevins, author of the Jakarta Method. Nashwa and Shaadie approached this episode with the thought and care they approach other work with. They wanted to honor those who died and survived the mass extermination in Indonesia while also weaving our own understanding as young Muslims of the world into this episode. Bevins book Jakarta Method is an accessible must-read about the United State's role in constructing a global anti-communist network. In 1965 and 1966, the Indonesian military killed one million civilians and with praise and enthusiasm from the American government. It was an apocalyptic slaughter of leftists and accused leftists. As Bevins writes, this series of events was instrumental in shaping our global economic system as it exists today. As beneficiaries of US hegemony, it is important to recognize this gap in collective memory and the responsibilities we have.
On the inaugural Harbinger Society Presents live recording it's an evening of history and hard questions on Canadian exceptionalism as Nashwa Khan and Shaadie Ali of Habibti Please and Deathnography's Henry Lee join host Andre Goulet for a conversation on Vincent Bevins' excellent 2020 book 'The Jakarta Method', Ottawa's Victims of Communism Memorial, how to fight for justice for Palestine and more. Please note this conversation was recorded on May 20th, 2021.Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown makes a bold proposal for another kind of monument in our nation's capital.Special thanks to Zaid Siddiqui for research on this episode.You can support Harbinger Media Network here: https://harbingermedianetwork.com/You can check out a premium teaser to Nashwa and Shaadie's interview with Vincent Bevins here: https://habibtiplease.substack.com/p/jakartamethodYou can hear Henry Lee's conversation with Bevins on a recent episode of Deathnography at https://deathnography.libsyn.com/what-is-possible-realistic-dreams-and-the-myth-of-scarcity-ft-vincent-bevins-and-maya-menezes and support the show at https://www.patreon.com/deathnographySupport Palestinian Youth organizing at https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/donateIslamic Relief is helping to provide immediate medical assistance and vital aid to all those affected by the violence and most in need athttps://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/emergencies/palestine/Eye on Palestine is providing media coverage that mainstream news never will athttps://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine/Find out more about the Movement to Safeguard Palestinian Communities and how to become part of the movement for peace athttps://www.globalgiving.org/projects/icareaboutpeace/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habibtiplease.substack.com/subscribe
The austerity measures that were first implemented during the pandemic will not ease post-pandemic. Global vaccine apartheid continues to exist and it seems that only those in North America with relations outside of North America or to communities. It feels eerily familiar for people who straddle worlds to be aware that “back to normal” means back to normal for people completely detached from the global reality of how COVID continues to ravage people outside of the imperial core. This episode takes a look at how the world we all now came to be. One where vaccine apartheid is normalized for so many. One where extermination programs and coups are staples. In this episode Shaadie and Nashwa interview Vincent Bevins, author of the Jakarta Method. Nashwa and Shaadie approached this episode with the thought and care they approach other work with. They wanted to honor those who died and survived the mass extermination in Indonesia while also weaving our own understanding as young Muslims of the world into this episode. Bevins book Jakarta Method is an accessible must-read about the United State's role in constructing a global anti-communist network. In 1965 and 1966, the Indonesian military killed one million civilians and with praise and enthusiasm from the American government. It was an apocalyptic slaughter of leftists and accused leftists. As Bevins writes, this series of events was instrumental in shaping our global economic system as it exists today. As beneficiaries of US hegemony, it is important to recognize this gap in collective memory and the responsibilities we have. A selection of propaganda leaflets blaming the Indonesian Communist Party for the 30 September (1965) movement that appeared in late 1965. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.The Jakarta Method maps out and tracks the violent anti-communism campaign, subsequent mass arrests, executions, and American sponsored disinformation campaign that rendered deadly results we will always benefit from. For example, the mass murder of Indonesians is why the tourism industry in Bali possible. As Bevins illustrates, this massacre was one of the biggest turning points of the Cold War and it inspired other regions to carry out similar programs. It is egregious and the replication of what happened in Indonesia should never be forgotten because it remains a blueprint for extermination programs globally. This episode features a number of resources that complement the conversation—please check them out below. From Vincent Bevins' The Jakarta Method.Habibti Please is proud to be part of the Harbinger Media Network. For episodes focused on different struggles in Canada and around the world, we are grateful to partner with Canadian Dimension for this episode. Until Liberation, Canadian Dimension, Shaadie, and NashwaTo Read and Watch:The Jakarta Method: How to destabilize and control the Third World by Clement Nocos How ‘Jakarta' Became the Codeword for US-Backed Mass Killing by Vincent Bevins The Cold War's unfinished legacy by Noah TsikaThe Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer on "The Act of Killing": The VICE Podcast 034Tribunal 1965Organizations we like this week: Anakbayan Toronto ANAKBAYAN is the largest and most comprehensive organization of Filipino youth and students for National Democracy, with 20,000 members worldwide. We strive for genuine freedom, peace, and democracy in the Philippines.Migrant Workers Alliance for ChangeMigrant Workers Alliance for Change is building a democratic member-led organization of migrant farmworkers, care workers, students and more to win worker and immigration justice.Guest Information Vincent Bevins is an American journalist and writer. He previously worked as a foreign correspondent based in Brazil for the Los Angeles Times, after working previously in London for the Financial Times. He then moved to Jakarta and began covering Southeast Asia for the Washington Post, and in 2018 began writing a book about Cold War violence in Indonesia and Latin America, that book being The Jakarta Method. You can buy Jakarta Method here.Production Credits:Hosted by Nashwa Lina Khan and Shaadie AliShow Music by Johnny Zapras and postXamericaArt for Habibti Please by postXamericaProduction by Candian DimensionProduction Assistance by Canadian Dimension, Andy Assaf, and Ali McKnight Social Media & Support:Follow us on Twitter @habibtipleaseSupport us on PatreonSubscribe to us on SubstackHabibti Please is proud to be part of the Harbinger Media Network This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habibtiplease.substack.com/subscribe
On the inaugural Harbinger Society Presents live recording it's an evening of history and hard questions on Canadian exceptionalism as Nashwa Khan and Shaadie Ali of Habibti Please and Deathnography's Henry Lee join host Andre Goulet for a conversation on Vincent Bevins' excellent 2020 book 'The Jakarta Method', Ottawa's Victims of Communism Memorial, how to fight for justice for Palestine and more. Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown makes a bold proposal for another kind of monument in our nation's capital. Special thanks to Zaid Siddiqui for research on this episode. Hear the Q&A by supporting the community with a small monthly contribution at https://harbingermedianetwork.com/ Support Habibti Please and check out episode 30 featuring conversations with the Palestinian Youth Movement and the framers of the 2021 NDP convention resolution at https://habibtiplease.substack.com/p/episode-30-with-palestine-youth-movement Hear Henry Lee's conversation with Bevins on a recent episode of Deathnography at https://deathnography.libsyn.com/what-is-possible-realistic-dreams-and-the-myth-of-scarcity-ft-vincent-bevins-and-maya-menezes and support the show at https://www.patreon.com/deathnography Support Palestinian Youth organizing at https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/donate Islamic Relief is helping to provide immediate medical assistance and vital aid to all those affected by the violence and most in need at https://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/emergencies/palestine/ Eye on Palestine is providing media coverage that mainstream news never will at https://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine/ Find our more about the Movement to Safeguard Palestinian Communities and how to become part of the movement for peace at https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/icareaboutpeace/ This conversation was recorded on May 20th, 2021.
On the inaugural Harbinger Society Presents live recording it's an evening of history and hard questions on Canadian exceptionalism as Nashwa Khan and Shaadie Ali of Habibti Please and Deathnography's Henry Lee join host Andre Goulet for a conversation on Vincent Bevins' excellent 2020 book 'The Jakarta Method', Ottawa's Victims of Communism Memorial, how to fight for justice for Palestine and more. Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown makes a bold proposal for another kind of monument in our nation's capital. Special thanks to Zaid Siddiqui for research on this episode. Hear the Q&A by supporting the community with a small monthly contribution at https://harbingermedianetwork.com/ Support Habibti Please and check out episode 30 featuring conversations with the Palestinian Youth Movement and the framers of the 2021 NDP convention resolution at https://habibtiplease.substack.com/p/episode-30-with-palestine-youth-movement Hear Henry Lee's conversation with Bevins on a recent episode of Deathnography at https://deathnography.libsyn.com/what-is-possible-realistic-dreams-and-the-myth-of-scarcity-ft-vincent-bevins-and-maya-menezes and support the show at https://www.patreon.com/deathnography Support Palestinian Youth organizing at https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/donate Islamic Relief is helping to provide immediate medical assistance and vital aid to all those affected by the violence and most in need at https://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/emergencies/palestine/ Eye on Palestine is providing media coverage that mainstream news never will at https://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine/ Find our more about the Movement to Safeguard Palestinian Communities and how to become part of the movement for peace at https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/icareaboutpeace/ This conversation was recorded on May 20th, 2021.
On the inaugural Harbinger Society Presents live recording it's an evening of history and hard questions on Canadian exceptionalism as Nashwa Khan and Shaadie Ali of Habibti Please and Deathnography's Henry Lee join host Andre Goulet for a conversation on Vincent Bevins' excellent 2020 book 'The Jakarta Method', Ottawa's Victims of Communism Memorial, how to fight for justice for Palestine and more.Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown makes a bold proposal for another kind of monument in our nation's capital.Special thanks to Zaid Siddiqui for research on this episode.Hear the Q&A by supporting the community with a small monthly contribution athttps://harbingermedianetwork.com/Support Habibti Please and check out episode 30 featuring conversations with the Palestinian Youth Movement and the framers of the 2021 NDP convention resolution at https://habibtiplease.substack.com/p/episode-30-with-palestine-youth-movementHear Henry Lee's conversation with Bevins on a recent episode of Deathnography at https://deathnography.libsyn.com/what-is-possible-realistic-dreams-and-the-myth-of-scarcity-ft-vincent-bevins-and-maya-menezes and support the show at https://www.patreon.com/deathnographySupport Palestinian Youth organizing at https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/donateIslamic Relief is helping to provide immediate medical assistance and vital aid to all those affected by the violence and most in need athttps://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/emergencies/palestine/Eye on Palestine is providing media coverage that mainstream news never will athttps://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine/Find our more about the Movement to Safeguard Palestinian Communities and how to become part of the movement for peace athttps://www.globalgiving.org/projects/icareaboutpeace/This conversation was recorded on May 20th, 2021.
On episode 12 housing rights advocate David DesBaillet presents Housing Party, a recurring interview-length Harbinger Society segment exploring the crisis of housing in Canada, for a conversation with organizer and social housing policy scholar Josh Hawley on the recent victory for tenants in Ottawa’s Sandy Hill neighbourhood, the disturbingly cozy relationship between Doug Ford’s Conservatives and Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Tribunal and how Josh's tweet about about Ottawa mayor Jim Watson made him a target of academic cancel culture. Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown re-lives some truly creepy landlord trauma on a new installment of ‘Solitary Thoughts’. Find David and Josh on Twitter @DDesBaillets and @SqwashHawley Find Josh’s book ‘Villages in Cities’ at http://blackrosebooks.net/products/view/Villages+in+Cities%3A+Community+Land+Ownership%2C+Cooperative+Housing%2C+and+the+Milton+Parc+Story/83754 Find more of Paul Cargnello’s music at https://paulcargnello.bandcamp.com/ Introduction music courtesy of Henry Lee. Check out the recent episode of his narrative interview podcast 'Deathnography' featuring ‘The Jakarta Method’ author Vincent Blevins and The Leap program director Maya Menezes at https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tV0kHpgxBxK9JClIvBwzl?si=5LBsuzA3Q9qT6GKFbTaiNw&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1 For more on the Sandy Hill tenant victory read https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/osgoode-street-renovictions-rooming-houses-1.6010715 Get early access to the show and other Harbinger exclusives by becoming a network supporter at https://harbingermedianetwork.com/ This conversation was recorded on May 3rd, 2021.
Bon bini, lieve luisteraar. Wat zegt Jesse Klavers gele trainingspak over onze opvattingen over politiek, Nederland en wie er deel van mogen uitmaken? Kunstenaar en activist Quinsy Gario grijpt je in deze aflevering bij de hand en voert je langs de vele manieren waarop we ons idee van 'Nederland' opbouwen en opdringen aan iedereen die er wel of geen deel van uitmaakt. Gario Notes: Jesses trinna (https://www.instagram.com/p/COF3z9wl_rv/) The Jakarta Method (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jakarta_Method#:~:text=The%20Jakarta%20Method%3A%20Washington%27s%20Anticommunist,journalist%20and%20writer%20Vincent%20Bevins.) van Vincent Bevins Quinsy Gario IDENTITIES Exhibition, Decolonial Remembering: https://www.wereldmuseum.nl/en/quinsy-gario & https://www.areweeurope.com/stories/quinsy-gario Michael Rakowitz vertelt in deze korte docu (https://aeon.co/videos/looted-artefacts-are-reborn-as-ghosts-in-an-artists-protest-against-colonisation) over zijn project "The invisible Enemy Should Not Exist". Middels zijn project geeft Rakowitz een nieuwe identiteit aan kunstwerken die gestolen zijn uit het Nationale Museum van Irak na de VS invasie in 2003 en die door IS werden vernietigd. Een mooi project dat gesprekken over trauma, kolonialisme, kunst, verlies en identiteit aanwakkert. Lees hier (https://books.google.nl/books?id=pC8aBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=edward+said+imperialism&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiAuaGpn6vwAhVRzaQKHWTvCLUQ6AEwAHoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=edward%20said%20imperialism&f=false) Edward Saïds Culture and Imperialism Lees hier (https://books.google.nl/books?id=tFrgCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Gloria+wekker+white+innocence&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv-orNn6vwAhVVP-wKHSjtDdIQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=Gloria%20wekker%20white%20innocence&f=false) Gloria Wekkers White Innocence
What is possible, politically? When are we being too idealistic? What is “realistic,” when we talk about social change? Is non-violent revolution possible? In this episode, I speak with journalist Vincent Bevins, author of The Jakarta Method, about the mass killings of suspected communists and ethnic Chinese in Indonesia during the 1960s and other Washington-supported anti-communist efforts around the globe. Next, Maya Menezes, writer of a recent article “Migrant workers are the present and future of low-carbon care work” in Briarpatch magazine, tells me about Canadian dependence on migrant labour, and the insidious myth of “scarcity” undermining our political goals. To purchase Vincent’s book: https://vincentbevins.com/book/ Maya’s article: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/migrant-workers-are-the-present-and-future-of-low-carbon-care-work To support the podcast: patreon.com/deathnography
The author of The Jakarta Method on Western imperial violence, the future of journalism, post-Brexit London and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today we interview journalist Tim Shorrock to talk to us about privatized military intelligence, US counter-insurgency methods and his article in The Baffler called Making COIN: The Modern History of an Unstoppable Bad IdeaExamples of COINTim talks about his Cold-War upbringing in Japan and Korea during the aftermath of World War II, the Korean war and through Vietnam, explaining how it gave him an honest “introduction to American politics and American foreign policy” which led him to a career in freelance journalism with a focus on Asian Studies.Show Notes4:25-8:15Private companies are profiting at every level from military spending. In recent years we have seen an unprecedented merging of the military and private finance, “the integration of national security and business.”“The privatizing of intelligence took off in the 1990’s.”The Peace DividendFollowing the Cold War, as austerity and neoliberal budget-cuts were implemented, a wave of people previously employed in intelligence went on to work in the private sector with government contractors.In the latter years of the Clinton administration, we began to see an increase of private military contractors being used to collect intelligence in places like Bosnia and Serbia.Tim explains that after 9/11, under the false pretense of national security, billions were spent on increased military budgets, making contractors “essential parts of US military and intelligence operations”. As the Bush doctrine continued, the Washington consensus increasingly encouraged “the contracting of strategic operations.”8:15-13:05COINCounter-insurgency methods of the US: “the people become the enemy.”Tim illustrates how a Vietnamese uprising against the US backed Diem dictatorship resulted in massive gains for the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) and how the liberal Kennedy administration’s “hearts and minds” approach, cloaked in the language of evil, only made the violence worse: “part of the idea began to be to separate the people from the guerillas and they would build these camps for the villagers that became, essentially, concentration camps (strategic hamlets)”Many of these violent counter-insurgency methods being used by the Americans were inherited from British Imperialists who had developed these strategies in earlier suppression campaigns against Communists in Malaya in the 1950’s. Related: Listen to our interview with Stuart Schrader on the History of the Modern Police13:05 - 19:26In the first year of the Obama administration, they tried the “hearts and minds” strategy in Afghanistan. “When McMaster was a General in Iraq, he got key press from liberals”The US and their personally-picked government provides neoliberal and privatized “social services”American contractors never built the project that they were supposed to build.Inspector General nominated by congress in regards to contractors. That group has done multiple reports about corruption. “Counter-insurgency is a form of warfare where you adopt various economic and political programs in addition to going after and killing people”. 19:26 – 24:46David Kilcullen’s used to work for Australian special forces. He assisted in the “Jakarta Method” and the death squads Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia. Kilcullen’s called the death squads “armed social work.” He advocated for “global counter-insurgency” (massive death squads of people opposing US corporate theft)Counter-insurgency is death squads under the larger guise of “winning the hearts and minds.”Michelle Flournoy saw counter-insurgency as, “a way that Democrats can be tough, and be hawkish and look smart.”Just another form of warfare. 25:36-29:00Mehdi Hassan from the Intercepted had David Kilcullen on as a guest within the last year. 29:00-34:32The intercept sent the original document to the NSA which got her caught.David Kilcullen’s private contract in Iraq. Tim received leaked documents from Caerus Global Solutions. Kilcullen even wrote the civilian training manual the USAID gives out to civilians. 34:32-38:54Tim confronted Kilcullen in an event. His company is under investigation for the security clearances. Kilcullen’s “100-year war” The Cold-War notion of the “third way” of being non-communist and non-colonial but it always has failed. They put together death squads in Iraq and these were the same people who did the death squads in El Salvador. Read about El Mozote38:54 - 42:27The Death Squads in El Salvador killed 10s of thousands. The real opposition comes from the more conservative people.“We are not into nation-building” is a code word for counter-insurgency.42:43-48:01History of US intervention in Korea.Myths and lies about the US role in the Korean war. How the US dissolved the people’s committee. 48:01-53:00“South Korea, until the late 1980’s, was an authoritarian police state. I was there under this general who took over, Chun Doo-hwah, and it was a scary place. A very repressive place, it was a police state.”“They fought against US backed dictators that held them back for years”. Koreans were being tortured by a US allied regime. The uprising of 1987 only happened after the “death by water torture of a south Korean student” led a mass of Koreans to take to the streets and demand independence from US influence. The legacy of US counter-insurgency continues in Korea. For example, South Korea’s draconian National Security Law that has been used to silent dissenters even to this day. 53:00-58:00The change in South Korea and their vibrant Democracy.To learn more, visit Tim’s website timshorrock.com Get full access to Historic.ly at historicly.substack.com/subscribe
The pro-Trump insurrection in the Capitol on 6th January shocked the world. But the real novelty of this coup attempt is that it took place on domestic soil. There is a long and bloody history of US-organised coups against governments perceived to threaten the country's economic and strategic interests - but the truth is rarely talked about.Journalist Vincent Bevins - author of The Jakarta Method (get a copy here!: http://www.thejakartamethod.com - helps us explore a grim history that the US establishment doesn't want you to know about.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In his first interview with a Southeast Asian podcast since the launch of his book, Vincent Bevins answers questions about the topics in "The Jakarta Method," which he wrote after extensive research and interviews with survivors throughout Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. We talk about everything from specific tactics & operations in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Brazil, and Chile, to why narratives around these events have been so skewed, to the shrinking internationalist exchange between post-colonial countries, to developing a palate for real spicy food. The Jakarta Method The hidden story of the wanton slaughter — in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world — backed by the United States. In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely because the CIA's secret interventions were so successful. In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony collected across twelve countries to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, it's been believed that parts of the developing world passed peacefully into the U.S.-led capitalist system. The Jakarta Method demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washington's final triumph in the Cold War. Vincent Bevins is a journalist and the author of The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder That Shaped Our World (Hachette). Previously, he covered the UK for the Financial Times, Brazil for The Los Angeles Times, and Southeast Asia for The Washington Post. His articles can be found on his website. @Vinncent www.vincentbevins.com www.bookshop.org/shop/vincent-bevins --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sugar-nutmeg/support
Clearly, the American Empire is clocking out — it's anybody's guess whether it will go with a whimper or with a bang, but it seems likely that we'll know the answer to that question relatively soon. But what did it take to forge this empire in the first place, and how can it be that so many Americans are unaware that this imperium even exists? In the latest episode of Failed State Update, I will be speaking with Vincent Bevins, a journalist and the author of the recently released The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World. As it turns out, the bloodiest and most horrific acts of American imperialism are the ones we've never heard of. Also discussed: Covid-19 as a symptom of America's collective insanity, and Russiagate as psychological projection. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/failedstateupdate/message
The forces of capital repressed movements from the left throughout the world in the twentieth century. The imperialistic dynamics of this oppression remain relevant, and must be understood by us if we are to offer meaningful solidarity to the global left. Join Vincent Bevins (journalist, author of The Jakarta Method) and Vijay Prashad (author, editor-in-chief of LeftWord Books) as they discuss the history of anti-capitalist movements, and their repression, in the Global South.
Shabd has been someone who I've been following for a while and inspired me to start my own podcast, so it was great to get to know a bit more about him and I cannot thank him enough for taking the time out to talk. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ★ Buy this podcast a coffee ★ In this episode, we get to know a bit more about Shabd and his upbringing near Washington DC in Northern Virginia, amongst the 3HO community, his parents, who are both converts to Sikhi through 3HO, his background including his mixture of Jewish, Basque and Parisian ancestry, his attendance at Miri-Piri academy in Punjab, his further education, a period of change in his life more recently and his involvement in politics and how it took him further then he could have imagined. Did you know his mum travelled overland through Afghanistan to reach India in the 1970s? We continue and talk about how Shabd spends some of his spare time focusing on his own podcast – The One: Intersection of Sikhi/Sikh Affairs and Left/Progressive politics. How Sikhi is more than a religion, a book called the “Jakarta Method” which helps to map the American backing of the Indonesian death squads of the 1960s (resulting in the death of over a million people) and how this was part of the CIA's broader project of extinguishing the left wherever it was. Those who doubt socialism and use a lack of historical examples sometimes miss that since inception socialism has been aggressively attacked and undermined by the USA and Western powers & specifically undermined. Can Sikhs be part of a modern day military? How WWI and WII are not unrelated or disconnected from colonialism and the purpose of modern militaries. The tokenisation of Sikhs, the concept of langar and the human right of food security, the relationship of colonialism, capitalism and white supremacy. Malcolm X, truly questioning the system, the Khalsa mindset, the acceptance of death, learning and teaching and how Shabd tries to use this to keep grounded when involved in politics. We then dive into Shabd's upbringing as a Sikh, experience of the 3HO community and the cult, criminal activities and systems of abuse controlled by Yogi Bhajan. Shabd outlines his own personal journey and the importance of Kashi House's accessible production of pre-colonial Sikh history that was particularly helpful. Amongst other things, we round off the episode focusing on the 3HO community today, the entities and community of 3HO and why it is important to identify and change the systems around us. We spoke about so much more than that. More importantly, I learnt so much and thoroughly enjoyed getting to spend time talking to Shabd Singh. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
In our 11th episode, we focus on Chapter 5 of American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers, in which Anderson details the objectives of American intervention into Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia during the Cold War. This will be familiar territory for those who followed our discussions on The Jakarta Method.Jason King kindly provides the music that you hear in After the 'End of History.' You can find more of his work on Soundcloud.
The long reach of the CIA from Latin America to Southeast Asia is discussed here in our last conversation on Vincent Bevins's The Jakarta Method as a product of its early successes in using the imperial toolkit to squash social democratic projects in Latin America, particularly Guatemala and Brazil. We also trace the patterns of anti-communist tactics through the CIA's PSYOPs and repression of leftwing parties in Southeast Asia, focusing, of course, on Indonesia from the tragic period following the September 30th Movement. We also take a critical look at Stalinist Popular Frontism and its disarming of radical parties' ability to adequately defend themselves, politically and militarily, against the coming wave of imperial brutalization. Our discussion concludes with an assessment of the balance sheet in Second and Third World countries following these historic defeats for social democratic and communist organizations in the developing and Communist world. As with other discussions in this series, our source material drew from Odd Arne Westad's The Global Cold War. We also read Eric Hobsbawm's The Age of Extremes for its detail on land reform movements in the Third World, as well as Lucien Rey's "Dossier of the Indonesian Drama," which first appeared in The New Left Review, Number 36 (March/April 1966). Jason King kindly provides the music that you hear in After the 'End of History.' You can find more of his work on Soundcloud.
Our third discussion on The Jakarta Method details the methodological differences between the two wings of the CIA: the measured, "conciliatory" cosmopolitanism of Howard "Smiling" Jones vs. the loose cannon interventionism of Frank Wisner ("The Wiz"). However tactically distinct in their approaches to regime change in Indonesia during the rise of Sukarno and the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), both proved to have similar aims, leading ultimately to the extermination of the PKI preceding the coup d'etat of General Suharto. The music on After the ‘End of History' appears courtesy of Jason King, whose work you can find on SoundCloud.
In Part II of our episode on The Jakarta Method, we discuss the roots of the CIA-directed anticommunist massacre in Indonesia. We also trace the origins of America's anticommunist crusade during the Cold War to its very foundations as a nation, emphasizing the various cultural responses and military interventions the US pursued in the name of safeguarding liberal capitalist democracy. Topics include the development of Communist parties around the world subsequent to the Bolshevik Revolution, including the Indonesian Communist Party; the political betrayals of Stalin's "Socialism in One Country"; and how the CIA exploited divisions within the anti-colonial movement to pursue America's imperial interests in the Third World. The music on After the ‘End of History' appears courtesy of Jason King, whose work you can find on SoundCloud. The episode also features a sample of music from Maurice Jarre's soundtrack for the film "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982).
The first part in our discussion on The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins. Mario and Tom cover the key concepts in Bevins's description of America's bloody interventions around the Third World, including "Modernization Theory." The episode also introduces a book that proves central to The Jakarta Method's research and storytelling, Odd Arne Westad's The Global Cold War. The music on After the ‘End of History' appears courtesy of Jason King, whose work you can find on SoundCloud.
We were thrilled to speak with Journalist Vincent Bevins on his new book, 'The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World' Vincent was kind enough to engage us in a wide-ranging discussion on his book, the violence perpetrated by governments in Indonesia and Brazil in collaboration with the US Government, and what past violence says about the capitalism of the present. Without shaming anyone by name, I think many in the US/UK Left, who've spoken to Vincent, would do well to study his habits, such as the level of research he puts into his work, his centering of local voices, and his promotion of local writers in Indonesia, Brazil and the other areas he's covered in his years of reporting. Here are some Indonesian Writers that Vincent mentioned as influences on his work: Grace Samboh, writer and curator Sekretariat Bersama '65, community of survivors in Solo, Central Java Baskara Wardaya, historian and Jesuit priest, Yogyakarta Taman 65, Bali survivors' organization Febriana Firdaus, journalist specializing in 1965 and West Papua (based in Jakarta) Soe Tjen Marching, writer and musician (based in London) For more on Vincent's work, you can find the Jakarta Method here: https://vincentbevins.com/book/ And his Twitter Account is: @Vinncent Beat is 'breath' by dontaskalex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upKWUqlR94w
Why did the word “Jakarta” appear as graffiti on the streets of Santiago in 1973? Why did left-wing Chilean activists receive postcards in the mail with the ominous message “Jakarta is coming”? Why did a Brazilian general lose his temper in an interview with university students, threaten their safety, and yell the name of Indonesia's capital city? In The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade & the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (Public Affairs, 2020) journalist Vincent Bevins links the history of the overthrow of Sukarno – a leader of 1960s Third Worldism –, the rise of the Suharto – one of the most brutal and corrupt dictators – , and the slaughter of 500,000 to one million Indonesians allegedly linked to the Indonesian Community Party (the PKI) to the Latin American “dirty wars”, including Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Central America. This is a major achievement and something that very few scholars have been able to do. Bevins persuasively argues that the long-ignored and even silenced history of Indonesia 1965 was of truly world historical significance. The Jakarta Method joins a growing body of scholarly work on what some call a “political genocide” and what a 1968 CIA report deemed “one of the worst mass murders of the 20th century”. By showing how the overthrow of the radical Sukarno, the rise of the pro-American Suharto, and the brutal destruction of the largest Communist party outside of the USSR and the PRC impacted both right-wing generals and left-wing revolutionaries from the streets of Rio de Janeiro to the jungles of Cambodia, The Jakarta Method is a much needed and very welcome globalization of this history. Vincent Bevins is a native Californian who attended UC Berkeley before he began his career as an international correspondent in Venezuela. He worked for the Financial Times in London, covered Brazil and the southern cone for the Los Angeles Times, and then moved to Jakarta where he reported on Southeast Asia for the Washington Post. He spoke to us from Sao Paulo, Brazil about The Jakarta Method. An excerpt of the book appeared in a recent issue of the New York Review of Books. Michael G. Vann is a professor of world history at California State University, Sacramento. A specialist in imperialism and the Cold War in Southeast Asia, he is the author of The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empires, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford, 2018). When he's not quietly reading or happily talking about new books with smart people, Mike can be found surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
Journalist @Vinncent talks about his book, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (2020), which details the history of the Indonesian extermination program against communists & its roots in settler colonialism in the Americas. Support: Patreon.com/therednation
In this episode, Trevor does a solo review of a new book called The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins. Intro For 70 years we have been subjected to pro US propaganda. They won the war, they helped the countries they defeated, … https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au/2020/06/episode-259-the-jakarta-method/ (Read more ›) The post https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au/2020/06/episode-259-the-jakarta-method/ (Episode 259 – The Jakarta Method) appeared first on https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au (The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove). Support this podcast
The United States history of anti-communism - and intervention in foreign nations - has had a deadly impact from Asia to Latin America and beyond. For fresh insights, we're joined by Vincent Bevins - an American journalist and author of The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World.
Clearly, the American Empire is clocking out — it's anybody's guess whether it will go with a whimper or with a bang, but it seems likely that we'll know the answer to that question relatively soon. But what did it take to forge this empire in the first place, and how can it be that so many Americans are unaware that this imperium even exists? In the latest episode of Failed State Update, I will be speaking with Vincent Bevins, a journalist and the author of the recently released The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World. As it turns out, the bloodiest and most horrific acts of American imperialism are the ones we've never heard of. Also discussed: Covid-19 as a symptom of America's collective insanity, and Russiagate as psychological projection. Vincent Bevins on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vinncent Joseph L. Flatley website: https://www.lennyflatley.net Joseph L. Flatley twitter: https://twitter.com/lennyflatley FAILED STATE UPDATE (the newsletter): https://lennyflatley.substack.com Music: "Washington Bullets" and "Charlie Don't Surf" by The Clash --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/failedstateupdate/message
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