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We are still missing our big pal Cosgrove so we're really grateful to Simon and David for getting the TM jersey on and getting stuck in to the day's subjects. Recommendations: Eamonn In Vogue - the 90's Disney+ The '90s was the decade when high fashion walked off the runway and into mainstream culture. Featuring an A-list cast from the worlds of fashion, film and music, alongside Vogue's Anna Wintour and Edward Enninful, this landmark series reveals the inside story of the 90's most celebrated fashion and pop culture moments. David Algiers, Third World Capital:Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers - book The life of an unexpected revolutionary with the Black Panthers in Algiers Mokhtefi (née Klein), a Jewish American from Long Island, has had an exhilarating life. In the 1960s, she served as a press adviser to the National Liberation Front in postwar Algiers, before going to work with Eldridge Cleaver, who was wanted in the US for his role in a deadly shoot-out with Oakland police. Half a century later, as an eighty-nine-year-old painter living on the Upper West Side, Mokhtefi still seasons her prose with the argot of revolution. Simon The Hundred Years' War on Palestine The twentieth century for Palestine and the Palestinians has been a century of denial: denial of statehood, denial of nationhood and denial of history. The Hundred Years War on Palestine is Rashid Khalidi's powerful response. Drawing on his family archives, he reclaims the fundamental right of any people: to narrate their history on their own terms. Beginning in the final days of the Ottoman Empire, Khalidi reveals nascent Palestinian nationalism and the broad recognition by the early Zionists of the colonial nature of their project. These ideas and their echoes defend Nakba - the Palestinian term for the establishment of the state of Israel - the cession of the West Bank and Gaza to Jordan and Egypt, the Six Day War and the occupation. Moving through these critical moments, Khalidi interweaves the voices of journalists, poets and resistance leaders with his own accounts as a child of a UN official and a resident of Beirut during the 1982 seige. The result is a profoundly moving account of a hundred-year-long war of occupation, dispossession and colonialisation. https://www.channel4.com/news/

This episode explores the Algerian War (1954-1962), a crucial conflict leading to Algeria's independence from France rooted in deep-seated colonial inequalities and local nationalism. It examines the brutal tactics employed by both French forces and the National Liberation Front, the international implications of the war, and its lasting impact on French and Algerian societies. The discussion highlights the broader themes of decolonization and the ongoing legacy of colonialism in today's world.

Christian G. Appy's mammoth 600-page non-fiction book collects personal accounts of the Vietnam/American War from all angles. From the Chief of Staff of the United States Army to a new recruit of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, we hear myriad voices and are lucky to have writers who do such heavy lifts. Published half a century after the war ended and made up of hundreds of interviews, cuttings and clips of memory, stories, perspectives and reflections, Appy collates them together in an attempt to really understand what happened during the war. If you're interested in the Vietnam War, insane stories of personal struggle, the highest and lowest experiences human beings can have, and that sort of thing, then read this book. If you're a writer and want to learn how to approach a seemingly insurmountable multi-year writing project, then Appy's work stands as an inspiration. Similar books: - The Forgotten Voices series about WW1 and WW2 - Nam by Mark Baker

The Algerian War of Independence lasted from 1954 to 1962.  It carried heavy costs for both sides.  Estimates vary but upwards of a million Muslim Algerians died; roughly a million Pied Noir (settlers of European descent) were driven into exile; and France was driven to the brink of civil war.  Alistair Horne tells the story in “A Savage War of Peace.” 

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the THIRTEENTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today's installment covers the armed left-wing revolutionary movements that challenged British imperial power across Southern Arabia, with the National Liberation Front taking over South Yemen and Dhufari rebels in Oman waging a liberation war against the Sultan. Today's alliance of reactionary Gulf monarchies was not inevitable; they were made by colonial power, and Arab revolutionaries in the 1960s and 70s mounted a major effort to overthrow them.Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDigCheck out our newsletter and vast archives at thedigradio.comBuy tickets for live Dig with Jeremy Corbyn in London:unionchapel.org.uk/venue/whats-on/versothe-dig-live-podcast-with-jeremy-corbyn-laleh-khaliliBuy The Last Human Job at Princeton.press/job Buy How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment at haymarketbooks.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the THIRTEENTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today's installment covers the armed left-wing revolutionary movements that challenged British imperial power across Southern Arabia, with the National Liberation Front taking over South Yemen and Dhufari rebels in Oman waging a liberation war against the Sultan. Today's alliance of reactionary Gulf monarchies was not inevitable; they were made by colonial power, and Arab revolutionaries in the 1960s and 70s mounted a major effort to overthrow them. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out our newsletter and vast archives at thedigradio.com Buy tickets for live Dig with Jeremy Corbyn in London: unionchapel.org.uk/venue/whats-on/versothe-dig-live-podcast-with-jeremy-corbyn-laleh-khalili Buy The Last Human Job at Princeton.press/job Buy How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment at haymarketbooks.org

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the EIGHTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. A compact introduction to the Movement of Arab Nationalists, which in the 1950s built a presence that stretched across the region, from Beirut and Jordan to Cairo and the Gulf—becoming a truly powerful force in Kuwait. Led in significant part by Palestinians, its early history offers a ground-level look at the organizational and theoretical currents shaping radical Arab politics. It is also the backstory for key Marxist groups that later grew out of the Movement: the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, South Yemen's National Liberation Front, and the Dhofar Liberation Front. Buy Future of Denial at versobooks.com On May 1st, subscribe to a year of Jacobin's digital publication for just $1, or a year of Jacobin in print for only $10: jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=MAYDAYDIG Or this link for a gift: jacobin.com/subscribe/?type=gift&level=standard-digital&?code=MAYDAYDIG Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out our newsletter and vast archives at thedigradio.com Spread the word about Thawra thedigradio.com/Thawra

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the EIGHTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. A compact introduction to the Movement of Arab Nationalists, which in the 1950s built a presence that stretched across the region, from Beirut and Jordan to Cairo and the Gulf—becoming a truly powerful force in Kuwait. Led in significant part by Palestinians, its early history offers a ground-level look at the organizational and theoretical currents shaping radical Arab politics. It is also the backstory for key Marxist groups that later grew out of the Movement: the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, South Yemen's National Liberation Front, and the Dhofar Liberation Front.Buy Future of Denial at versobooks.com On May 1st, subscribe to a year of Jacobin's digital publication for just $1, or a year of Jacobin in print for only $10: jacobin.com/subscribe/?code=MAYDAYDIGOr this link for a gift: jacobin.com/subscribe/?type=gift&level=standard-digital&?code=MAYDAYDIGSupport The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDigCheck out our newsletter and vast archives at thedigradio.comSpread the word about Thawra thedigradio.com/Thawra Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wars are never solely military questions. They always involve politics and the will of the people. This episode outlines America's war in Vietnam and explains why the U.S. lost, including the limitations imposed by the American public and the realities of the Cold War. 

The story of the Vietnam War usually starts with President John Kennedy being assassinated and new President Lyndon Johnson getting the U.S. into a long, unwinnable war from 1964 through 1973. This episode explores what happened before that war: the collapse of the French colony of Indochina, why Vietnam was split into 2 countries of North Vietnam and South Vietnam, why the communists tried to take over the South, and how did America become involved in the quagmire of Vietnam.

- Cựu binh Mỹ- ông Michael Robert Dedrick (thường gọi là ông Mike), nhà ngôn ngữ học, người từng thẩm vấn các chiến sĩ của lực lượng Biệt động Sài Gòn sau Cuộc Tổng tiến công và nổi dậy năm Mậu Thân 1968, đã viết cuốn sách “Southern Voices- Biet Dong and The National Liberation Front”- dịch là “Tiếng nói Miền Nam- Chuyện kể của các chiến sĩ Biệt động của Mặt trận Dân tộc giải phóng”. Ông Mike vừa đến TP.HCM và tặng sách ngay trước thềm năm mới. Tác giả : Minh Hạnh/VOV TP. HCM Chủ đề : cựu binh mỹ, tặng sách --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vov1tintuc/support

Finally, we travel to Vietnam, where both National Liberation Front fighters and American GI's allegedly encountered Bigfoot-like creatures in the midst of the Vietnam War. We discuss how Vietnamese scientists respond to the Nguoi Rung or forest people in light of the nation's astonishing biodiversity..Bonus material: The applications of Friedrich Engels to Bigfoot researchSources: Kon Tum: The truth about the horror and bloodthirsty "forest man with no tail"Nguoi Rung: mythical or missing apeKregg P. Jorgenson, Very Crazy GI! Strange but True Stories of the Vietnam WarLoren Coleman & Jerome Clark, Cryptozoology A To ZNguyen Dinh Khoa, Forest Man of Vietnam (Nguoi rung)Bernard Heuvelmans, Neanderthal: The Strange Saga of the Minnesota IcemanHelmut Loofs-Wissowa, In Search of Unidentified Relic Hominoids in Southeast AsiaRock Apes of Vietnam: Jungle Cryptid of the Vietnam War?Vietnam 40 years on: how a communist victory gave way to capitalist corruptionJohn Mackinnon, In Search of the Red ApeSupport the show

In the late 1950s a young Frenchman, who now goes by the name Ted Morgan, was conscripted to fight for France against Algeria's independence fighters. He served as an intelligence officer during the Battle of Algiers, and over sixty years later he is still haunted by what he saw, and did. This included involvement in the systematic torture by the French of members of Algeria's National Liberation Front or FLN. Ted Morgan spoke to Roger Hardy in 2010. (Photo: French soldiers in the Casbah of Algiers in 1960. Credit: Getty Images)

Tahun 1950-an jadi penanda munculnya narasi politik baru di Arab Saudi. Ini tentang sebuah gerakan buruh yang cukup besar yang muncul di Eastern Province atau Provinsi Sharqiyah, Arab Saudi. Gerakan buruh ini bahkan sempat menutup produksi minyak di lokasi milik ARAMCO sebuah perusahaan minyak yang telah berdiri sejak tahun 1933. Aksi-aksi tersebut kemudian menandai berdirinya National Liberation Front atau NLF ,sebuah kuasi partai komunis Arab Saudi. Di tahun-tahun berikutnya keberadaan kelompok komunis membuncah menjadi sebuah partai politik: Partai Komunis Arab Saudi. Inilah kisah jika Arab Saudi jadi merah!

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Events in Vietnam and Laos in 1959 and 1960.  In 1959 the National Liberation Front is formed by the Communist they became commonly known as the Viet Cong with aid from North Vietnam the Communist revolt in the South becomes much more serious.  Details of events in Laos up to the end of 1960 is told.  The corruption of South Vietnamese President Diem's brother and sister in law shocks the nation.

This webinar, co-organised with the Society for Algerian Studies, was a launch for Dr. Natalya Vince's latest book 'The Algerian War, The Algerian Revolution'. This book provides a new analysis of the contested history of one of the most violent wars of decolonisation of the twentieth century – the Algerian War/the Algerian Revolution between 1954 and 1962. It brings together an engaging account of its origins, course and legacies with an incisive examination of how interpretations of the conflict have shifted and why it continues to provoke intense debate. Locating the war in a century-long timeframe stretching from 1914 to the present, it multiplies the perspectives from which events can be seen. The pronouncements of politicians are explored alongside the testimony of rural women who provided logistical support for guerrillas in the National Liberation Front. The broader context of decolonisation and the Cold War is considered alongside the experiences of colonised men serving in the French army. Unpacking the historiography of the end of a colonial empire, the rise of anti-colonial nationalism and their post-colonial aftermaths, it provides an accessible insight into how history is written. Natalya Vince is a historian of modern and contemporary Algeria and France and reader in North African and French studies at the University of Portsmouth. She is interested in oral history, decolonisation, gender studies and state- and nation-building in Algeria and France, but also more broadly in Europe and Africa. Her works include Our Fighting Sisters: Nation, Memory and Gender in Algeria, 1954-2012 (Manchester University Press, 2015), The Algerian War, The Algerian Revolution (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) and the ongoing documentary project Generation Independence: a People's History.

On Episode 5, we take a look at the period 1956-1963, when the United States attempted to create an anti-communist state called South Vietnam, with a well-connected Catholic-Confucian politician named Ngo Dinh Diem as its president. When JFK takes over in 1961, Diem's violent repression of the Vietnamese population accelerates, and a homegrown resistance called the National Liberation Front begins organizing a military and political movement to oust Diem and unify Vietnam. For full episode subscribe at patreon.com/nostalgiatrap. 

*) Israel launches air strikes on besieged Gaza Israel has launched air strikes on besieged Gaza, the first such strike in the Palestinian enclave since a May ceasefire ended 11 days of war. The strikes were the first under the new coalition government headed by Naftali Bennett, who took over after ousting former PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Earlier, more than a thousand ultranationalist Israelis marched in Jerusalem's flashpoint Old City, triggering counterprotests and incendiary balloons launched from Gaza. *) Fresh farmer-herder clashes in CAR claim more than a dozen lives At least 14 people have been killed in a revenge attack by Chadian herders after a farmer killed a herder in the far north of the Central African Republic. A Central African Republic prefect said Chadian herders went on a rampage, killing women and children and torching 66 homes as well as granaries. The two groups have a long and troubled history in the northern region, where weapons abound and violence often flares after cattle destroy crops. *) Dozens wounded in car bomb explosion in Colombia A car bomb has exploded inside a military base used by the 30th Army Brigade in Colombia's border town of Cucuta, leaving 36 people wounded. Colombia's defence minister said the country's last recognised guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army, is suspected to be behind the attack. Cucuta is the capital of North Santander state, where criminal groups fight over drug trafficking routes and use the loosely patrolled border with Venezuela to smuggle fuel and weapons. *) Oldest party wins most seats in Algeria voting Algeria's oldest party has won the most seats in weekend legislative elections, with a dismal turnout of 23 percent. The National Liberation Front, or FLN, secured 105 of 407 parliamentary seats, according to the provisional results. Independent candidates, including young people new to politics and many others who broke away from the FLN, placed second, winning a total of 78 seats. And finally ... *) France 1-0 win over Germany at Euro 2020 Title favourites France launched their Euro 2020 Group F campaign with a 1-0 victory over Germany. The World champions had German defender Mats Hummels to thank for their win after he scored an own goal in the Group F match. French fans flooded the streets in Munich and celebrated their win against Germany in the European Championship.

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Second World War did not only trigger wars of aggression and counter-aggression among multiple nations, but also provoke domestic revolutionary wars and the ideological class wars. The three types of wars led to expulsions and vendettas within the European nations. Violent ethnic cleansing and civil wars occurred, along with the Soviet-led scuffles between the National Liberation Front and right-wingers. These latter two types of conflicts continued on for many years, deepening the rift between Eastern and Western Europe which end up with the beginning of the Iron Curtain and instigating the Soviet-American Cold War. Savage Continent is the historical record of the period between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, and it is based on many historical sources. The book is an account of the years of darkness when the European continent was plunged into violence and chaos after World War II. The book discusses the causes and effects of vengeance that occurred among different nations and people. It gives reflections on the war and offers opinions on how to avoid conflicts.

Yesterday I attended this inspiring march and I present it here in it's entirety, including all the walking and chants. I did this for two reasons: 1. I think this is an important piece of history and should be preserved as a matter of historical record. 2. It gives the listenturd the opportunity to listen to the soundscape of the march a feel like they are actually walking there with us. It's a great experience. But if you just, want to hear certain speakers, you can use the chapter markers in most podcatchers such as Pocketcasts, which is the one I use. Image from Block Club Chicago/Jake Wittich Please visit Justice4Strawberry.com and click the link to send an email to her lawyer to show support to the court. Also please support Brave Space Alliance. For Information:Ashabi Owagboriaye, Pride Without Prejudice / Reclaim Pride March, ashabi.owa@gmail.com, 312.623.2282 Radical LGBTQ Pride March TodayReplaces Corporate Parade LGBTQ activists have seized on the opportunity posed by the cancellation of Chicago's commercialized Pride Parade to launch a truly community-driven march beginning at 12 noon, Sunday, June 28th at the "Belmont" Red & Brown lines el station.  The event will focus on community members, especially Black and Trans people, who are typically marginalized or tokenized at white-led Pride events. Rather than a parade filled with corporate floats advertising themselves and passive onlookers along the sidelines, this will be a participatory march of the community itself.  It will be a protest, not a party. The march will unapologetically highlight issues of racism, police violence, and the obscene amount of money spent on militarized police, and a military which polices the world. In so doing, participants will be honoring the rich, but largely forgotten history of the Stonewall Rebellion and the movement that followed it. Not only was Stonewall a rebellion against police violence, fighting racism was also a core principle of the movement that came immediately after it. The early LGBTQ movement organized many actions against racism and police violence and in solidarity with the Black Panther Party, leading the BPP to become the first large "non-LGBTQ" organization to embrace what at the time was called "gay liberation." Like today's #blacklivesmatter movement with its demand to defund the police, the early, post-Stonewall LGBTQ movement recognized that resources spent on repression deprived communities of needed resources. As such and in solidarity with peoples abroad, the movement organized into chapters known as the "Gay Liberation Front," named after the National Liberation Front in Vietnam. GLF proudly organized in the anti-war movement of that era.  The movement was "intersectional" before that term had been invented. So, for example, Lesbian and Bisexual women helped radicalize the women's movement of its time, challenging its entrenched homophobia and respectability politics. In so doing they helped contribute to the legalization of abortion in 1973. Demands of today's march include: -- Our goal is to reclaim Pride from white profiteers and huge corporations and return it to the people, especially our black community. -- We want to refocus and remember that Pride began with Black, Brown and Trans lives. We want bars and events to not only include, but showcase and feature the black, brown, trans, femme, lesbian, non-binary, ballroom and all other underrepresented communities on all promotions and advertisements for without these communities we would not have any of the achievements we have today. -- We want to defund the police, fund our communities, and redistribute wealth.  -- We want community control of the police, with an elected civilian police accountability council that can promptly fire brutal cops and the police superintendent. CPAC now! -- The Stonewall Movement was against state violence, whether at home or abroad, opposing police terror against the Black Panther Par...

Yesterday I attended this inspiring march and I present it here in it's entirety, including all the walking and chants. I did this for two reasons: 1. I think this is an important piece of history and should be preserved as a matter of historical record. 2. It gives the listenturd the opportunity to listen to the soundscape of the march a feel like they are actually walking there with us. It's a great experience. But if you just, want to hear certain speakers, you can use the chapter markers in most podcatchers such as Pocketcasts, which is the one I use. Image from Block Club Chicago/Jake Wittich Please visit Justice4Strawberry.com and click the link to send an email to her lawyer to show support to the court. Also please support Brave Space Alliance. For Information:Ashabi Owagboriaye, Pride Without Prejudice / Reclaim Pride March, ashabi.owa@gmail.com, 312.623.2282 Radical LGBTQ Pride March TodayReplaces Corporate Parade LGBTQ activists have seized on the opportunity posed by the cancellation of Chicago's commercialized Pride Parade to launch a truly community-driven march beginning at 12 noon, Sunday, June 28th at the "Belmont" Red & Brown lines el station.  The event will focus on community members, especially Black and Trans people, who are typically marginalized or tokenized at white-led Pride events. Rather than a parade filled with corporate floats advertising themselves and passive onlookers along the sidelines, this will be a participatory march of the community itself.  It will be a protest, not a party. The march will unapologetically highlight issues of racism, police violence, and the obscene amount of money spent on militarized police, and a military which polices the world. In so doing, participants will be honoring the rich, but largely forgotten history of the Stonewall Rebellion and the movement that followed it. Not only was Stonewall a rebellion against police violence, fighting racism was also a core principle of the movement that came immediately after it. The early LGBTQ movement organized many actions against racism and police violence and in solidarity with the Black Panther Party, leading the BPP to become the first large "non-LGBTQ" organization to embrace what at the time was called "gay liberation." Like today's #blacklivesmatter movement with its demand to defund the police, the early, post-Stonewall LGBTQ movement recognized that resources spent on repression deprived communities of needed resources. As such and in solidarity with peoples abroad, the movement organized into chapters known as the "Gay Liberation Front," named after the National Liberation Front in Vietnam. GLF proudly organized in the anti-war movement of that era.  The movement was "intersectional" before that term had been invented. So, for example, Lesbian and Bisexual women helped radicalize the women's movement of its time, challenging its entrenched homophobia and respectability politics. In so doing they helped contribute to the legalization of abortion in 1973. Demands of today's march include: -- Our goal is to reclaim Pride from white profiteers and huge corporations and return it to the people, especially our black community. -- We want to refocus and remember that Pride began with Black, Brown and Trans lives. We want bars and events to not only include, but showcase and feature the black, brown, trans, femme, lesbian, non-binary, ballroom and all other underrepresented communities on all promotions and advertisements for without these communities we would not have any of the achievements we have today. -- We want to defund the police, fund our communities, and redistribute wealth.  -- We want community control of the police, with an elected civilian police accountability council that can promptly fire brutal cops and the police superintendent. CPAC now! -- The Stonewall Movement was against state violence, whether at home or abroad, opposing police terror against the Black Panther Par...

Today, on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of African Liberation Week, which kicked off on Monday, May 25, with African Liberation Day. On April 15, 1958, in the city of Accra, Ghana, African leaders convened the first Conference of Independent African States. The conference included representatives from Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Arab Republic (which included Egypt and Syria) and representatives of the National Liberation Front of Algeria and the Union of Cameroonian Peoples. This was the first Pan-African Conference held on the continent. It represented the unity of African people to the racist systems of colonialism and imperialism. Among other provisions, the conference called for the founding of African Freedom Day. Five years later, after the First Conference of Independent African States in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, another historical meeting occurred. On May 25, 1963, leaders of thirty-two independent African States met to form the Organization of African Unity. At the historic Organization of African Unity meeting, the date of Africa Freedom Day was changed from April 15 to May 25 and Africa Freedom Day was declared African Liberation Day. African Liberation Day has been marked annually on May 25th in every corner of the world ever since. This year is no different. Africans Rising, a grassroots Pan-Africanist movement on the continent, kicked off a week-long mobilization on African Liberation Day. The movement has been hosting online conversations, actions and events dedicated to keeping all Africans safe during this global health crisis. The theme of their mobilization is Active Citizenship in the Fight Against COVID-19. Africans from all over the world " including the U.S., the U.K., the Caribbean and Latin America " have been taking part in it. Other Pan-Africanist movements have been hosting similar mobilizations focused on COVID-19, given its hard impact on African people. Today, you will hear audio from an African Liberation Week webinar hosted by the Advocacy Network for Africa. The virtual event briefed audiences around the world about COVID-19 in Africa and the diaspora, the responses taking place, and what needs to happen to mitigate COVID-19. The event was moderated by Robtel Neajai Pailey, a Liberian academic, activist and author. Speakers included Coumbe Toure of Africans Rising, Nana Gyamfi of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Abdiqadir Yousuf Abdullahi, a doctor with the organization Save the Vision, and Nyeleti Honwana with Global Black Youth.

Today, on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of African Liberation Week, which kicked off on Monday, May 25, with African Liberation Day. On April 15, 1958, in the city of Accra, Ghana, African leaders convened the first Conference of Independent African States. The conference included representatives from Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Arab Republic (which included Egypt and Syria) and representatives of the National Liberation Front of Algeria and the Union of Cameroonian Peoples. This was the first Pan-African Conference held on the continent. It represented the unity of African people to the racist systems of colonialism and imperialism. Among other provisions, the conference called for the founding of African Freedom Day. Five years later, after the First Conference of Independent African States in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, another historical meeting occurred. On May 25, 1963, leaders of thirty-two independent African States met to form the Organization of African Unity. At the historic Organization of African Unity meeting, the date of Africa Freedom Day was changed from April 15 to May 25 and Africa Freedom Day was declared African Liberation Day. African Liberation Day has been marked annually on May 25th in every corner of the world ever since. This year is no different. Africans Rising, a grassroots Pan-Africanist movement on the continent, kicked off a week-long mobilization on African Liberation Day. The movement has been hosting online conversations, actions and events dedicated to keeping all Africans safe during this global health crisis. The theme of their mobilization is Active Citizenship in the Fight Against COVID-19. Africans from all over the world " including the U.S., the U.K., the Caribbean and Latin America " have been taking part in it. Other Pan-Africanist movements have been hosting similar mobilizations focused on COVID-19, given its hard impact on African people. Today, you will hear audio from an African Liberation Week webinar hosted by the Advocacy Network for Africa. The virtual event briefed audiences around the world about COVID-19 in Africa and the diaspora, the responses taking place, and what needs to happen to mitigate COVID-19. The event was moderated by Robtel Neajai Pailey, a Liberian academic, activist and author. Speakers included Coumbe Toure of Africans Rising, Nana Gyamfi of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Abdiqadir Yousuf Abdullahi, a doctor with the organization Save the Vision, and Nyeleti Honwana with Global Black Youth.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our African Liberation Day special. On Monday, May 25, millions of people around the world marked African Liberation Day. The date is observed annually and serves as a coming together of all African people, both on the continent and in the diaspora. On April 15, 1958, in the city of Accra, Ghana, African leaders convened the first Conference of Independent African States. The conference included representatives from Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Arab Republic (which included Egypt and Syria) and representatives of the National Liberation Front of Algeria and the Union of Cameroonian Peoples. This conference was the first Pan-African Conference held on the African continent. It represented the collective expression of African peoples opposition to the racist systems of colonialism and imperialism. Among other provisions, the conference called for the founding of African Freedom Day. Five years later, after the First Conference of Independent African States in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, another historical meeting occurred. On May 25, 1963, leaders of thirty-two independent African States met to form the Organization of African Unity. At the historic Organization of African Unity meeting, the date of Africa Freedom Day was changed from April 15 to May 25 and Africa Freedom Day was declared African Liberation Day. African Liberation Day has been marked annually on May 25th in every corner of the world ever since. Our guests are Nana Gyamfi and Dr. Gerald Horne. Nana Gyamfi is an attorney, consultant, educator, activist and the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI). Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. His most recently published books include White Supremacy Confronted: U.S. Imperialism and Anti-communism vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, From Rhodes to Mandela and "Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music.

Today on Sojourner Truth, our African Liberation Day special. On Monday, May 25, millions of people around the world marked African Liberation Day. The date is observed annually and serves as a coming together of all African people, both on the continent and in the diaspora. On April 15, 1958, in the city of Accra, Ghana, African leaders convened the first Conference of Independent African States. The conference included representatives from Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Arab Republic (which included Egypt and Syria) and representatives of the National Liberation Front of Algeria and the Union of Cameroonian Peoples. This conference was the first Pan-African Conference held on the African continent. It represented the collective expression of African peoples opposition to the racist systems of colonialism and imperialism. Among other provisions, the conference called for the founding of African Freedom Day. Five years later, after the First Conference of Independent African States in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, another historical meeting occurred. On May 25, 1963, leaders of thirty-two independent African States met to form the Organization of African Unity. At the historic Organization of African Unity meeting, the date of Africa Freedom Day was changed from April 15 to May 25 and Africa Freedom Day was declared African Liberation Day. African Liberation Day has been marked annually on May 25th in every corner of the world ever since. Our guests are Nana Gyamfi and Dr. Gerald Horne. Nana Gyamfi is an attorney, consultant, educator, activist and the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI). Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African-American Studies at the University of Houston, has written more than 30 books. His most recently published books include White Supremacy Confronted: U.S. Imperialism and Anti-communism vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, From Rhodes to Mandela and "Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music.

Forty Syrian soldiers and fifty rebel troops have been killed in fighting in Idlib province.Car bombs and heavy fire were used in an attempt by the National Liberation Front rebel alliance to retake positions in the Maarat al-Numan area. The rebels were supplied and supported by Turkey. All this because Bashar al Assad won't agree to Erdogan taking a lead role in peace negotiations. Can there be a way forward that brings an end to chaos?Support the show (https://www.justgiving.com/tncf)

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In the third episode of “They Killed Dulcie,” we delve into the world of informants and double agents and how the apartheid security forces used them to infiltrate the liberation movements in South Africa and abroad. It remains a sensitive topic in South African politics today – some comrades were also collaborators. Following the assassination of Dulcie September in Paris in 1988, the ANC moved swiftly to install a new man in her old job. Solly Smith, also known as Samuel Khanyile, was to continue Dulcie’s work. But Solly Smith served two masters who were at war with one another. Was a double agent placed in her office immediately after her murder to undo all her work in investigating the sinister world of politicians, spies, arms dealers and bankers? This was not the first time that Dulcie September was in the proximity of a double agent. In the 1960’s she and her comrades were arrested following the infiltration of the National Liberation Front by a police agent. They Killed Dulcie is made by Sound Africa and Open Secrets. They are supported by: The Claude Leon Foundation; Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southern Africa; The Joffe Charitable Trust; Luminate; Open Society Foundations & Open Society Foundation for South Africa and Hindenburg Systems.

In this week’s edition of Coffee with Comrades, Pearson sits down for Pt. 2 of a conversation with Michael Laufer of 4 Thieves Vinegar Collective to discuss cryptoanarchy, addiction, harm reduction, atomization, a new folk medicine, and even how the National Liberation Front of Vietnam made coffee! If you haven't already, be sure to check out Episode 14: "Science is a Human Right" for some context. Follow Michael Laufer on Twitter. Visit 4 Thieves Vinegar Collective's website. Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie Interlude: "Virus" by Deltron 3030 Outro: "Share the Body" by Silent Planet

September 2017: Author of "Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam" The first battle book from Mark Bowden since his #1 New York Times bestseller "Black Hawk Down," "Hue 1968" is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American War in Vietnam. In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched over one hundred attacks across South Vietnam in what would become known as the Tet Offensive. The lynchpin of Tet was the capture of Hue, Vietnam?s intellectual and cultural capital, by 10,000 National Liberation Front troops who descended from hidden camps and surged across the city of 140,000. Within hours the entire city was in their hands save for two small military outposts. American commanders refused to believe the size and scope of the Front?s presence, ordering small companies of marines against thousands of entrenched enemy troops. After several futile and deadly days, Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Cheatham would finally come up with a strategy to retake the city, block by block and building by building, in some of the most intense urban combat since World War II. With unprecedented access to war archives in the U.S. and Vietnam and interviews with participants from both sides, Bowden narrates each stage of this crucial battle through multiple viewpoints. Played out over 24 days and ultimately costing 10,000 lives, the Battle of Hue was by far the bloodiest of the entire war. When it ended, the American debate was never again about winning, only about how to leave. Hue 1968 is a gripping and moving account of this pivotal moment. In conversation with Dr. Greg Daddis, Director of Chapman University's MA Program in War and Society.

It's episode 156 - and you now have the option to terminate and be cremated on the premises... In Escape from New York (1981), New York City has been turned into a prison, with giant walls keeping prisoners locked inside. Anyone who goes in may never come out, and the city is run by criminals - which is bad news for the US President, who has become stranded in the city - and for Snake Plissken, the disgraced Special Ops soldier sent in to save him.  We talk about sane approaches to data protection; the benefits of open sharing of information; and (of course) the correct way to structure any effective team. Whatever happens, one things for sure: We, the soldiers of The National Liberation Front of America, in the name of the workers and all the oppressed of this imperialist country, have struck a fatal blow to the fascist police state. Another classic film solved by the best movie podcast in the world. Next week, another John Carpenter classic, with They Live (1988). Get in touch!  HowtoSurviveShow@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @HowToSurvivePod

Thank you for listening to our Vietnam series. National Liberation Front (NLF), formally National Front for the Liberation of the South, Vietnamese, is the Vietnamese political organization formed on December 20, 1960, to effect the overthrow of the South Vietnamese government and the reunification of North and South Vietnam. Thích Quảng Đức [tʰǐc kʷâːŋ ɗɨ̌k] was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government led by Ngô Đình Diệm. Photographs of his self-immolation were circulated widely across the world and brought attention to the policies of the Diệm government. John F. Kennedy said in reference to a photograph of Đức on fire, "No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one." Malcolm Browne won a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of the monk's death Information Sourced From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War Body Sourced From; https://youtu.be/mLXoeelZ7XA Public Access America 
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Fifty years ago, the American War in Viet Nam was at its height.  There, people had fought against Japanese and French colonial rule, and now, the U.S. attempt at domination was once again, turning family members, friends, and neighbors against each another. For the U.S. government, this was just another Cold War battleground, and deaths of 2.1 – 3.8 million Vietnamese people were seen as collateral damage to establishing U.S. rule over the region.  But people of color around the world saw the resistance in Vietnam as a source of inspiration. On today's Making Contact, we hear excerpts from an intergenerational teach-in held by the Vietnam Victory coalition in 2015 called The Spirit of Viet Nam is Stronger Than U.S. Bombs.   Featuring: Thuỳ Trang Nguyễn (VietUnity) Rabab Abdulhadi (SFSU Ethnic Studies Department) Emory Douglas (former Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party) Nhàn Thanh Ngô (Union of Vietnamese) Alex Hing (Rainbow Council of Elders) Prishni Murillo (Xicana Moratorium Coalition)   Music: Live performance by Nhàn Thanh Ngô   Photo: Colonialists, International Traitors, Think Carefully Before You Take Vietnam – To Lien (1978) Courtesy of the Vietnam Victory Coalition   Credits Host: Marie Choi Making Contact Producers: Anita Johnson, Monica Lopez, Marie Choi, RJ Lozada Executive Director: Lisa Rudman Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker Special Thanks to Thuy Trang Nguyen and the Vietnam Victory Coalition for their organizing and for allowing us to air excerpts of this intergenerational teach-in on Making Contact.   For More Information VietUnity Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign SPEECH: Martin Luther King Why I am Opposed to the War in Vietnam Huey Newton's Letter to National Liberation Front of South Vietnam FULL AUDIO The Spirit of Viet Nam is Stronger Than U.S. Bombs: An Intergenerational Teach-In BOOK: The People Make The Peace edited by Karin Aguilar San Juan and Frank Joyce INTERVIEW: An Interview with Alex Hing INTERVIEWS: 40th Anniversary of Ending the U.S. War in Viet Nam featuring Thuy Trang Nguyen (VietUnity), Michael Wong (Veterans for Peace, Chapter 69), Armael Malinis (Migrante SF) The post The Spirit of Viet Nam is Stronger Than U.S. Bombs appeared first on KPFA.

The Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, better known as the Paris Peace Accords, were what officially ended the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War. The Paris Peace Accords only came together after a long, drawn out negotiation process. Although the Vietnam War had seemed problematic and unwinnable since 1968 and the Lyndon Johnson administration, the task of working out the Paris Peace Accords fell to President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. In fact, domestic American politics seemed to drive the American willingness to move talks forward. For the Vietnamese, the issue was including the revolutionary National Liberation Front, better known as the Viet Cong, as well as the official governments of South Vietnam and North Vietnam in talks. Eventually,, a willingness to simply end the conflict meant America was willing to pull out if the North Vietnamese simply kept their lines where they were. Just two years later, they would conquer South Vietnam and take Saigon.

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Mark Bowden, author of Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam. The first battle book from Mark Bowden since his #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down, Hue 1968 is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American War in Vietnam. In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched over one hundred attacks across South Vietnam in what would become known as the Tet Offensive. The lynchpin of Tet was the capture of Hue, Vietnam's intellectual and cultural capital, by 10,000 National Liberation Front troops who descended from hidden camps and surged across the city of 140,000. Within hours the entire city was in their hands save for two small military outposts. American commanders refused to believe the size and scope of the Front's presence, ordering small companies of marines against thousands of entrenched enemy troops. After several futile and deadly days, Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Cheatham would finally come up with a strategy to retake the city, block by block and building by building, in some of the most intense urban combat since World War II.  

The classic 1966 war film THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS got a re-release in UK cinemas back in 2007 and it was then I spoke to Saadi Yacef, who produced and starred in the film. He was one of the leaders of Algeria’s National Liberation Front during his country’s war of independence. Whilst imprisoned by the French, he wrote his memoir of the actual Battle of Algiers, which was published in 1962. After the war Saadi helped produce Gillo Pontecorvo‘s film and he even stars in it as a character based on his own experiences. With its strikingly realistic depiction of modern warfare and terrorism the film has gone on to become highly influential. So much so that the The Pentagon screened it in 2003 as a useful illustration of the problems faced in Iraq. Saadi went on to become a Senator in Algeria’s People’s National Assembly.File Download (17:49 min / 16 MB)

Vietnam's top director participates in panel discussion at USC after showing his antiwar film, "Don't Burn". Prefaced by Subversity show host Daniel C. Tsang on the director, the film and the diary of the National Liberation Front surgeon Dang Thuy Tram that the film is based on.

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the Vietnam War was a result of Cold War logic, where the U.S. government misinterpreted decolonization movements as communist threats. There was a brief moment where the U.S. could have supported Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese against French colonization, but since NATO needed French support, the U.S. was forced to back the French. This would later lead to Deja Vu, as the French experience in Vietnam would mirror the American experience the following decade. With French defeat, the US supported the corrupt South Vietnamese regime, which was highly incompetent and oppressive. Inside South Vietnam, a civil war emerged between the National Liberation Front, also called the Viet Cong, and the Army of South Vietnam, called ARVN. At first, ARVN was effective, since it was dependent on American weapons and advisors. With equipment support from the Soviets and Chinese, the NLF beat back ARVN and controlled most of the countryside. Due to the repression of the Diem regime, widespread protests engulfed the country. This resulted in an American supported coup to remove Diem. Unfortunately, his successors were equally corrupt but not as effective, which led successive governments to rise and fall in quick succession.American involvement in Vietnam increased after the false report of an attack on the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy, which gave LBJ the cover he needed to expand the war. American troops flooded into the country, which resulted in North Vietnamese troops coming South to work with the NLF to overturn the government. Combat in Vietnam was brutal and American troops suffered greatly. Civilians were also caught in the crossfire, and tens of thousands were killed, due to military commanders' obsession with body count as a measure of effectiveness. In the end, LBJ was brought down by the war, and Nixon committed treason to win an election and continue the war for another five years, when it could have ended in 1968. Nixon began the gradual withdraw of American troops, but not before invading Cambodia, which destabilized the country and directly led to the Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot. Peace in Vietnam finally occurred in 1973, and South Vietnam was conquered a two years later. The legacy of the Vietnam war is tragic. American servicemen were disrespected when they came home. The people no longer trusted the government because of their lies about the war. Americans attempted to avoid large scale foreign intervention until the First Iraq War of 1991. Finally, tens of thousands of Americans and millions of Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians were killed as a result of the war. Many refugees escaped these countries and came to settle in the U.S., where they are valued members of society.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-of-the-american-people-since-1877/donations