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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results94 Connexions Library3 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 2 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 10 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAfter the Cataclysm: Postwar Indochina & the Reconstruction of Imperial Ideology (The Political Economy of Human Rights) Chomsky, Noam; Herman, Edward S. Book 1979 A carefully dcoumented asessment of Western reporting on post-1975 Indochina. Are These the Keystone Cops? Macaray, David Article 2016 The CIA owes its vaunted reputation to one source: Hollywood’s movie studios. The way the movies portray America's clandestine services goes so far beyond mere "exaggeration" or embellishment, it verg... Bulgaria 1990/Albania 1991: Teaching Communists What Democracy is All About Blum, William Article 1995 An account of American intervention in the Bulgarian and Albanian elections of 1990-1991 Canadian News Synthesis Project - September 1974: Volume II Number 9 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1974 The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America. Canadian News Synthesis Supplement: The CIA in Chile: Volume II Number 9 (supplement) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1974 Supplement to Canadian News Synthesis Project Volume II, Number 9 (September 1974). The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin ... Canadian News Synthesis Project - January 1975: Volume III Number 1 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1975 The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America. The CIA: A Forgotten History Blum, William Book Describes the CIA's role in overthrowing governments, rigging elections, assassinating leaders, and manufacturing "news" in over 50 countries. The CIA: A Forgotten History : U.S. Global Interventions Since World War II Blum, William Book 1989 This book tells the remarkable story of the multifarious US/CIA interventions in more than fifty foreign countries. Here are all the details of these exploits, the operations behind the overthrow of g... The CIA and Questions of Torture: Against The Current vol. 131 Fish, George Article 2007 Alfred W. McCoy's A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror is a chilling, eerily fascinating account of how the CIA used physical and psychological torture as a... The CIA and the "Peace Process" - Interview Clark, Harry; Shahak, Israel Article 1999 A controversial feature of the torturously negotiated and implemented "Wye Plantation Agreement" is the direct, overt role assigned to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in monitoring Palestinian Au... The CIA and the Art of the "Un-Cover-Up" cockburn, Alexander; St. Clair, Jeffrey Article 1998 Down the decades the CIA has approached perfection in the art of the "un-cover-up". The "uncover-up" is a process whereby, with all due delay, the agency first denies with passion then concedes in pro... The CIA and the Drones: How the Agency Became "One Hell of a Killing Machine" Porter, Gareth Article 2011 CIA Chief Declares War on Truth BoardmAN, William Article 2017 Mike Pompeo made it clear that he has little regard for truth, for personal decency, or for the Constitutional protections for free speech or for the free exercise of religion. It was an altogether c... CIA Experiments in Torture Article 2010 Over the last year there have been an increasing number of accounts suggesting that, along with the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" torture program, there was a related program experimenting with and r... The CIA in Ukraine Dawson, Ryan Article 2017 Edited excerpt from "The CIA as Organized Crime", by Douglas Valentine, detailing the CIA's activities in Ukraine and influence on political movements there. CIA Off Campus: Building the Movement Against Agency Recruitment and Research Mills, Ami Chen Book 1990 Mills describes campus organizing against the CIA's recruiting and research programs on campus. She also describes how to detect secret CIA activities and how to combat them. She gives voice to the mu... CIA photographed detainees naked before sending them to be tortured Ackerman, Spencer Article 2016 The CIA took naked photographs of people it sent to its foreign partners for torture, the Guardian can reveal. A former US official who had seen some of the photographs described them as “very gruesom... The CIA Reads French Theory: On the Intellectual Labor of Dismantling the Cultural Left Rockhill, Gabriel Article 2017 A recently unclassifed CIA documents reveals that in the 1980s, the agency had its analysts devote substantial time and resources to studying trends in French theory, and specifically, the work that w... CIA sneak undetectable 'malicious' implants onto Windows OS - WikiLeaks Article 2017 Windows machines are targeted by the CIA under 'Angelfire,' according to the latest release from WikiLeaks' 'Vault7' series. The documents detail an implant that can allow Windows machines to create u... CIA Torture Tactics Reemerge in New York Prison Mclaughlin, Jenna Article 2015 Over 60 inmates at New York's Clinton Correctional Facility have complained of abuse by prison guards in the wake of the June escape of convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt. CIA Torture Tactics Reemerge in New York Prison McLaughlin, Jenna Article 2015 Over 60 inmates at New York’s Clinton Correctional Facility have complained of abuse by prison guards in the wake of the June escape of convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt. The CIA's Death Machine at Work (book review): Against The Current vol. 156 Löwy, Michael Article 2012 In compelling detail, two leading civil rights attorneys — both leaders of the Center for Constitutional Rights (New York) — recount the extraordinary life and deliberate killing of the world’s most p... The CIA's Memory Prison: A Perverse Logic Sottile, J.P. Article 2013 The U.S. government has ruled that the prisoners kidnapped and tortured by the U.S. cannot talk about their experiences because those experiences are the property of the U.S. government, which has cla... The CIA's Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication Silverstein, Ken Article 2014 A prominent national security reporter for the Los Angeles Times routinely submitted drafts and detailed summaries of his stories to CIA press handlers prior to publication, according to documents obt... 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... The Complicity of Psychologists in CIA Torture: What the APA Knew Eidelson, Roy; Bond, Trudy Article 2014 James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen are two psychologists who played central roles in designing and implementing the CIA’s torture program. Now we also know how lucrative that work was for Mitchell and Je... Connexions Digest: Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations Abrahamian, Ervand Book 2013 In 1953, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency organized the overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place. Over the next 26, the U.S. backed t... Cuba 1959 to 1980s: The Unforgivable Revolution Blum, William Article 1995 An account of the CIA's continuing covert war against Cuba. The Deep State Goes to War With President-Elect, Using Unverified Claims, as Democrats Cheer Greenwald, Glenn Article 2017 There is a real danger here that this maneuver could harshly backfire, to the great benefit of Trump and to the great detriment of those who want to oppose him. If any of the significant claims in thi... Democracy for the Few  Parenti, Michael Book 1988 How does the U.S. political system work and for what purpose? What are the major forces shaping political life and how do they operate? Who governs in the United States? Who gets what, when, how, and ... Down the Memory Hole: NYT Erases CIA's Efforts to Overthrow Syria's Government Johnson, Adam Article 2015 FAIR has noted before how America's well-documented clandestine activities in Syria have been routinely ignored when the corporate media discuss the Obama administration's "hands-off" approach to the ... Ecuador 1960-1963: A Textbook of Dirty Tricks Blum, William Article 1995 An account of the CIA-backed coups in Ecuador of 1960-1963. For Reasons of State Chomsky, Noam Book 1973 Essays in which Chomsky analyzes the role of the American state and discusses some of the ways in which individuals can respond to its growing power. The Forgotten Coup: How the Same Godfather Rules from Canberra to Kiev Pilger, John Article 2014 Washington’s role in the fascist putsch against an elected government in Ukraine will surprise only those who watch the news and ignore the historical record. Since 1945, dozens of governments, many o... The Forgotten Coup: How America and Britain Crushed the Government of Their "Ally" Australia Pilger, John Article 2014 Across the political and media elite in Australia, a silence has descended on the memory of the great, reforming prime minister Gough Whitlam, who has died. His achievements are recognised, if grudgin... 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. Gary Webb "It Was Outrageous But It Was True" The School of Authentic Journalism Film/Video 2003 Part one in a series featuring Gary Webb in his own words. The interview was conducted and filmed by the Guerrilla News Network, scholars, and professors at the 2003 School of Authentic Journalism. Gary Webb: Vindicated Conroy, Bill Article 2014 Family Members of the Intrepid Investigative Journalist — Soon To Be Immortalized By An Upcoming Hollywood Movie — Share Their Story With The World. Gina Haspel's CIA nomination demands the United States account for its history of torture Dorfman, Ariel Article 2018 President Trump's nomination of Gina Haspel to head the CIA has stirred objections from many quarters. Dorfman recounts the impact of state sanctioned torture in Chile. Guatemala 1962 to 1980s Blum, William Article 1995 An account of the United States' repeated intereventions in Guatemala. Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance Chomsky, Noam Book 2003 Chomsky documents how, for more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of dominating the globe. Hidden Agendas Pilger, John Book 1998 Pilger's book is an indictment of Tony Blair's government and his easy acceptance of the Thacherite view of foreign affairs. Using the examples of Indonesia, East Timor, Burma, Murdoch and China he ch... Hollywood's Gary Webb Movie and the Message that Big Media Couldn't Kill Giordano, Al Article 2014 Gary's email arrived quite by surprise. I knew about his Dark Alliance series, five years prior, documenting the CIA's trafficking of cocaine to fund paramilitary squads in Central America. I also kne... Hunting the CIA's Keystone Kommandos: On the Trail of Agency Kidnappers Hendricks, Steve Article 2011 You cannot overstate the CIA’s capacity to bungle things. Sheer incompetence explains far more of America’s espionage fiascos than most of us might think. The other point is the importance of hubris i... Imperial Crusades: Iraq, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia: A Diary of Three Wars Cockburn, Alexander; St. Clair, Jeffrey Book 2004 Iraq was just one of three major imperial crusades in the decade after 1992, orchestrated by a new generation of American politicians, both Democrat and Republican, who backed pre-emptive strikes to o... In a Time of Torment Stone, I.F. Book 1968 Independent journalist I.F. Stone on the events and issues of the 1960s. Indonesia 1957-1958: War and Pornography Blum, William Article 1995 An account of the CIA's failed 1958 attempt to overthrow president Sukarno of Indonesia Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media Parenti, Michael Book 1993 Parenti sets out to demonstrate how the news media distort important aspects of social and political life and why they do. Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II Blum, William Book 2008 Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Ch... Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Herman, Edward S.; Chomsky, Noam Book 1988 Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets... Media Promote Baseless Assertions By Government Officials Of Russian Interference As Facts Peppe, Matt Article 2017 The headline of a New York Times article published April 6, 2017, "C.I.A. Had Evidence of Russian Effort to Help Trump Earlier Than Believed," misleadingly implies not only that there was an effort by... Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies Chomsky, Noam Book 1989 An inquiry into the nature of the media and the role of intellectuals in "a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force, and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ide... The No-Nonsense Guide to Terrorism Barker, Jonathan Book 2003 An in-depth look at the nature of terrorism that discusses questioning terrorism, assessing it, the difference between state terrorism and group terrorism, morality and history, and war and politics. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 7, 2016: Destabilization and Regime Change Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 When governments get too far out of line -- the most outrageous offence, from the point of view of imperial power, is pursuing policies that help ordinary people at the expense of transnational corpo... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 18, 2017: Public Transit Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Public transit - good affordable public transit - is key to a liveable city. Around the world, there are movements of transit riders fighting for better public transit. A key perspective guiding many... Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice Zinn, Howard Book 1990 Essays looking at American political ideology. 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 The Real Terror Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda Herman, Edward S. Book 1982 Herman sets out to show that the U.S. ignores or sponsors terror by authoritarian states that are allied with U.S. interests. Relentless Persistence: Nonviolent Action in Latin America McManus, Philip and Schlabach, Gerald (ed.) Book 1991 There is in Latin America a tradition of "firmeza permanente," relentless persistence, which has enabled the people to preserve parts of their culture during five centuries of conquest and oppression. 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.
Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower Blum, William Book 2005 A mini-encyclopedia of the numerous un-humanitarian acts perpetrated by the United States since the end of the Second World War. SDS Sale, Kirkpatrick Book 1973 The rise and development of the Students for a Democratic Society, the organization that became the major expression of the American left in the 1960s -- its passage from student protest to institutio... Silent Coup: How the CIA is Welcoming Itself Back Onto American University Campuses Price, David Article 2010 '68: The Year of the Barricades Caute, David Book 1988 Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening aro... Spooky Business: Corporate Espionage Against Nonprofit Organizations Ruskin, Gary Article 2013 This report is an effort to document something about corporate espionage against nonprofit organizations. Law enforcement should prioritize investigating and prosecuting corporate espionage against no... Torture Report Reveals CIA's Manipulation of US Media: Agency Used Classified Information As Currency For Deception Conroy, Bill Article 2014 In essence, the CIA operated as a propaganda machine, utilizing classified information as part of a larger effort to deceive the American public about the shortcomings of its torture program. Torture and the Violence of Organized Forgetting: A Form of Moral Paralysis Giroux, Henry A. Article 2014 With the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on torture, it becomes clear that in the aftermath of the loathsome terrorist attack of 9/11, the United States entered into a new and ba... 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. Uncovering the Sixties: Life and Times of the Undergound Press Peck, Abe Book 1985 A book about the Sixties and how they were recorded by radical participants. It traces how movements and communities convinced that their news did not fit into the agenda of mainstream media covered t... Uruguay 1964-1970 Blum, William Article 1995 An account of American involvement in torture and counter-insurgency in Uruguay. The War on Democracy Pilger, John (director) Film/Video 2007 This film by John Pilger explores the current and past relationship of Washington with Latin American countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. The War on Democracy in Latin America: Interview with John Pilger Montesanti, Edu Article 2016 Journalist, writer and filmmaker John Pilger granted this exclusive interview where he talks about the US war on democracy in Latin America. "Modern era imperialism is a war on democracy. Genuine demo... A War Plan Scuttled?: Against The Current vol. 133 Ruff, Allen Article 2008 As the Bush era draws to a close, there been increasing speculation on whether or not the United States will attack Iran. Spurred by the posturing and rhetoric coming from the White House and a subser... The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism: The Political Economy of Human Rights: Volume 1 Chomsky, Noam; Herman, Edward S. Book 1979 Chomsky and Herman demonstrate, with devasting logic and overwhelming documentation, that the purpose of U.S. global policy is to make the world safe for exploitation by U.S. corporate interests and t... 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... Where's the Evidence?: The CIA-FBI-NSA report on the hacking of the 2016 election is pure baloney Raimondo, Justin Article 2017 We are told from the outset that the actual evidence that the Russians hacked the DNC and John Podesta's emails as part of a wide-ranging campaign to put Donald Trump in the White House cannot be reve... The Whistleblower's Tale: How Jeffrey Sterling Took on the CIA — and Lost Everything Maass, Peter Unclassified A CIA officer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for whistleblowing and filing lawsuits of racial discrimination against the CIA. This is a story of a man who was beaten down and stood back up j... The Whistleblower's Tale: How Jeffrey Sterling Took on the CIA-- and Lost Everything Maass, Peter Article 2015 This is how it ended for Jeffrey Sterling. A former covert officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, Sterling sat down in a federal courtroom with a lawyer on either side, looking up at a judge who... Who to Believe: The CIA and Corporate Media or WikiLeaks?: Without Substantiation, Media Integrity Suffers Petersen, Kim Article 2017 Imagine if justice were administered mainly on hearsay (ignoring the fact that justice is too often lacking in society). It is a cardinal rule of justice that rendering a decision of guilty must only ... WikiLeaks Vault 7 Reveals CIA Cyberwar and the Battleground of Democracy Hayase, Nozomi Article 2017 WikiLeaks dropped a bombshell on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Code-named “Vault 7”, the whistleblowing site began releasing the largest publication of confidential documents that have come fr... 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 & WebsitesAK Press AK Press is a worker-run collective that publishes and distributes radical books, visual and audio media, and other mind-altering material. We're small: a dozen people who work long hours for short mo... Chomsky.info The Noam Chomsky Web site.
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade COAT is a national network of individuals and organizations in Canada that began in late 1988 to organize opposition to ARMX '89, which was the country's largest weapons bazaar. COAT has continued to ... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryThe CIA director is waging war on truth-tellers like WikiLeaks Assange, Julian 2017 Mike Pompeo, in his first speech as director of the CIA, chose to declare war on free speech rather than on the United States’ actual adversaries. CIA rendition: more than a quarter of countries 'offered covert support' Cobain, Ian 2013 Report finds at least 54 countries co-operated with global kidnap, detention and torture operation mounted after 9/11 attacks. CIA Torture Architect Breaks Silence to Defend 'Enhanced Interrogation' Leopold, Jason 2014 The psychologist regarded as the architect of the CIA's “enhanced interrogation” program has broken a seven-year silence to defend the use of torture techniques against al-Qaida terror suspects in the... 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. The Cocaine-Contra-CIA Complex - Book Review Gabriel, Larry 1999 Dark Alliance. The CIA, the Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb (New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998), Hardback $24.95.
Decision not file charges in CIA video destruction deals new setback to right to information Sources News Release 2010 The decision not to file charges against any of the CIA officers who destroyed 92 videos of interrogations in secret CIA prisons has dealt a new blow to the search for truth in a matter of public inte... Spy Wars Espionage and Canada from Gouzenko to Glasnost Granatstein, J.L.; Stafford, David 1990 A survey history of Canad'as "secret" history. Surprise Syrian showdown: 'Pentagon-backed rebels fighting CIA-backed rebels' 2016 American soldiers never used to shoot at CIA agents, and vice-versa, but that's what’s reportedly happening in the northern part of Syria, former CIA officer Ray McGovern says. In February, the CIA-ar... 10 most shocking facts we found in CIA torture report 2014 The so-called "torture report" released by the U.S. Senate this week contains only a fraction of the findings on how the CIA aimed to gather intelligence from detainees through interrogation. Still, i... From the Connexions Archives |
