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The Anti-Empire Report #153: Cold War Number One: 70 years of daily national stupidity. Cold War Number Two: Still in its youth, but just as Blum, William Article 2017 A comentary on current events in Russian and US relations which may be entering a new Cold War, as well as a look back at events through the Cold War period from 1948 to the 1980's. The Anti-Nuclear Movement in Review: Defeat from the Jaws of Victory Hall, Wayne Article 1998 EVERY NOW AND then Time magazine comes out with front cover screaming something like: “Russian Nukes: Is Anyone in Control?” The idea of a fanatic blowing up New York City with a Russian nuclear weapo... Burying the Typewriter: Childhood Under the Eye of the Secret Police Bugan, Carmen Book 2012 Carmen Bugan reflects on what life was like growing up in Romania during the 1980's with a dissident father. Canada's 1960s: The Ironies of Identity in a Rebellious Era Palmer, Bryan D. Book 2008 A history of social movements of the 1960s, including Canada’s student and anti-war movements, the rise of women’s liberation, labour agitation, and Quebec’s independence movement. The CIA's 60-Year History of Fake News: How the Deep State Corrupted Many American Writers Whitney, Joel; Scheer, Robert Article 2017 In this week's episode of "Scheer Intelligence," Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews Joel Whitney, author and co-founder of Guernica magazine.Whitney's new book, "Finks: How the C.I.A. T... Cold War II Chomsky, Noam Article 2007 Chomsky depicts the growing US-Israeli conflict with the Middle East as a potential precursor to the escalation of tensions to Cold War standards - except with nuclear technologies now threatening a v... The Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement: For Black Liberation Through Socialist Revolution! Cone, Paul Article 2010 The mass mobilization of black people in the Southern civil rights movement, and the subsequent Northern ghetto rebellions, disrupted and challenged the racist American bourgeois order. It shattered t... Connexions: Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1987 Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 1 - Fall 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Exterminism and Cold War Thompson, Edward; Davis, Mike et al Book 1982 15 articles on the issues of the arms race and the threat of nuclear war, the Cold War and the peace movemennts. Four Books on Hegemony and Resistance: Against The Current vol. 120 Vandermeer, John Article 2006 There are times when a key analysis has a wakeup effect. The last year saw the publication of four books that together have a potential of such an event, at least for those U.S. citizens who are motiv... The Fourth Branch: How the CIA infiltrated student politics Hochschild, Adam Article 2015 Article about the CIA's influence and control over the National Student Association, a relationship that was kept secret for years. How We Ended the Cold War Tirman, John Article 1999 Peace activists' demand for an end to nuclear madness played a decisive role. The I.F. Stone's Weekly Reader Stone, I.F. Book 1973 An anthology of 20 years of journalism by independent journalists I.F. Stone. Imperialism, the Cold War and the Creation of Pakistan Article 2012 The true intent of the partition was to detach Pakistan from India, create a militarily strategic foothold aimed at the Soviet Union and maintain control over the oil fields of the Middle East. In a Time of Torment Stone, I.F. Book 1968 Independent journalist I.F. Stone on the events and issues of the 1960s. Jeremy Corbyn Accused of Being Russian 'Collaborator' for Questioning NATO Troop Build-Up on Border Greenwald, Glenn Article 2017 The armed forces minister for Britain's right-wing government, Mike Penning, accused Corbyn of being a collaborator with the Kremlin. Long Way From Home: The story of the Sixties generation in Canada Kostash, Myrna Book 1980 An account of the upheavals and transformations experienced by those who came of age in the 1960s, a time when international currents of change intersected with specifically Canadian events and circum... A Marxist History of the World part 91: The Cold War Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 The Second World War had created a world divided between two imperialist blocs. Their nuclear arsenals acted as a ‘deterrent’, but rivalry and suspicion meant that war was never far away. Monopoly Capital: An essay on American economic and social order Baran, Paul A.; Sweezy, Paul M. Book 1966 An analysis of American capitalism. Our Generation: Volume 1 Number 2 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1962 Special Supplement on the Berlin & German Question Our Generation: Volume 13 Number 12 Serial Publication (Periodical) Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice Zinn, Howard Book 1990 Essays looking at American political ideology. A People's History of the United States: 1492 - Present Zinn, Howard Book 1995 Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers.
A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Harman, Chris Book 1999 Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Perspectives On Power: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order Chomsky, Noam Book 1997 Chomsky sets down his thoughts on topics ranging from language and human nature, to the Middle East and East Timor. Queering the Cold War McCaskell, Tim Article 2010 A review of the book 'The Canadian War on Queers' and its examination of how homophobia, national security, and queerness unfolded in Canada during the Cold War. A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation from the Cold War to the War on Terror McCoy, Alfred Book 2006 Chronicles the US government's use of terror as a political instrument Radical Priorities Chomsky, Noam; edited by C.P. Otero Book 1981 Otero presents an analysis and overview of Chomsky's social and political philosophy. For the first time the roots of Chomsky's politics are examined and the relationship to his theory of linguistics ... A Reluctant Memoir of the '50s and '60s: Against The Current vol. 134 Le Blanc, Paul Article 2008 I have been asked to write a memoir that would give a sense of the old left/new left realities of the 1950s and ‘60s. That seems quite odd to me (why would I be writing such a thing?), until I look in... Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and US Political Culture Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 Chomsky analyzes the Kennedy Administration's policy on the Vietnam War and compares the US Administrations of Presidents Kennedy and Reagan.
The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage Gitlin, Todd Book 1987 One of the best books on the Sixties in the U.S., bringing to life the political and cultural currents, including especially the music, which raged during that decade, and setting them in historical c... The Socialist Register 1976: Volume 13: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 The Socialist Register 1977: Volume 14: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 The Socialist Register 1983: Volume 20: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1983 The Socialist Register 1984: Volume 21: The Uses of Anti-Communism Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 The Socialist Register 1987: Volume 23: Conservatism in Britain and America: Rhetoric and Reality Miliband, Ralph; Panitch, Leo; Saville, John (eds.) Book 1987 Socialist Register 1991: Volume 27: Communist Regimes the Aftermath Miliband, Ralph; Panitch, Leo (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 Socialist Register 1992: Volume 28: New World Order? Miliband, Ralph; Panitch, Leo (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Towards a New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There Chomsky, Noam Book 1982 A sobering assessment of American foreign policy from the end of the Vietnam era to Ronald Reagan. Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky Chomsky, Noam; edited by Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel Book 2001 In a series of enlightening and wide-ranging discussions, all published here for the first time, Chomsky radically reinterprets the events of the past three decades, covering topics from foreign polic... War, Peace and the Media Zwicker, Barrie Book 1983 Zwicker argues that press coverage of the USSR is "profoundly uninformative, a journalistic yawn that is helping us sleepwalk toward the biggest slumber of all time: nuclear war." We're facing a new Cold War Chomsky, Noam Article 2015 The linguist and philosopher on the warped coverage of Putin's Russia and the ways we whitewash our war crimes. What Uncle Sam Really Wants Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 Chomsky discusses examples of U.S. intervention and links together events stretching over four decades in regions throughout the world. He provides a quick synopsis of American foreign policy and pain... Year 501: The Conquest Continues Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 An examination of the U.S. role in the world placed in the long historical perspective of the 500 years that followed the voyages of Columbus. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesChomsky.info The Noam Chomsky Web site.
Sources LibraryBe inventive and patient Dimitrova, Alexenia 2012 Bulgarian investigative journalist and author Alexenia Dimitrova reveals how she uses Freedom of Information laws in several countries to uncover hidden secrets of the Cold War, how the imprisonment o... CIA used Doctor Zhivago as a Literary Weapon during the Cold War Flood, Alison 2014 Newly declassified documents reveal the CIA published Boris Pasternak's Nobel-winning novel to sow unrest among Soviets. Cold War, today, tomorrow, every day till the end of the world. The Anti-Empire Report #145 Blum, Willian 2016 The first Cold War performed a lobotomy on Americans, replacing brain matter with anti-communist viral matter, producing more than 70 years of functional national stupidity. For all of you who missed ... Historiography of the Cold War Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia As soon as the term "Cold War" was popularized to refer to postwar tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, interpreting the course and origins of the conflict has been a source of hea... In 1983 'war scare', Soviet leadership feared nuclear surprise attack by U.S. Hoffman, David E. 2015 A nuclear weapons command exercise by NATO in November 1983 prompted fear in the leadership of the Soviet Union that the maneuvers were a cover for a nuclear surprise attack by the United States, trig... In Praise of the Telescopic Perspective: A Reflection on Living Through Turbulent Times Perspective to lift the blinders of our cultural moment Popova, Maria 2017 Maria Popova has found solace in taking a more telescopic view - not merely on the short human timescale of her own life, looking back on having lived through a Communist dictatorship and having seen ... SAC Nuclear Planning for 1959 U.S. Cold War Nuclear Target Lists Declassified for First Time Burr, William 2015 The SAC [Strategic Air Command] Atomic Weapons Requirements Study for 1959, produced in June 1956, published December 22, 2015. According to the Plan, H-Bombs were to be used against priority "Air Pow... Spy Wars Espionage and Canada from Gouzenko to Glasnost Granatstein, J.L.; Stafford, David 1990 A survey history of Canad'as "secret" history. From the Connexions ArchivesThe International Situation World United Front & Proletarian Revolution Article 1977 These Canadian Marxist-Leninists distinguish themselves from those who they perceive as betrayers of the working class -- namely the Communist Party of Canada and other "phoney" communists. In this p... |
