The Anti-Imperialist Archive

AnsarAllah's Resistance to the Business of Empire A webinar with Dr. Isa Blumi Who are AnsarAllah ("the Houthis")? Why are they fighting so hard against the Saudi regime's military onslaught – and why should Americans care deeply about it? Here at last is a presentation that puts Yemen's devastation in a global, historical context. Dr. Blumi's talk unveils the transnational origins of the war, pla...

Sayegh believes Arab-Israeli differences are based on profound grievances. Unless these grievances are remedied, he argues, one party will have to capitulate and the other dominate, leading to continuous confrontation and conflict. He questions if it is proper for Israelis to persecute Arabs in return for the world persecuting Jews, arguing Israel exists because of Europe's guilty conscious. He ca...

"Arabs have lived in the land of Palestine for more than 1,300 years, establishing a unique culture there. They respect and have sympathy for Jews and other refugees of the war, but do not appreciate the aggressive activities the Zionists have engaged in to seize power in the land." Date: April 11, 1947 Speaker: Dejany, Abuney W. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@ starsalwayslost ), with special...

Between 2006 and 2011, a high-stakes negotiated prisoner exchange took place between Israel and Hamas, the group that governs the Gaza Strip. During that time, the two sides did not have any direct contact, so mediators from Egypt, Germany and Ireland were involved. At stake were the terms of exchange between one captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, and a large number of Palestinian prisoners....

Professor Samir Amin discuses with Aijaz Ahmad on developments in Egypt over the last one year. Samir Amin details the correlation of forces in Egypt today and identifies the current phase as the beginning of a long period of democratic change with its ups and downs. Professor Samir Amin in conversation with Aijaz Ahmad on the realignment of the reactionary forces -- the US and NATO, the Monarchie...

1990 Town Hall Meeting with Nelson Mandela on Palestine, Cuba and other issues. The clip is a collection of extracts from a 1990 town hall meeting, held in New York City and chaired by Ted Koppel of ABC Networks. The meeting formed part of Nelson Mandela's first visit to the USA immediately following his release from prison. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@ starsalwayslost ), with special than...

Best-selling author, foreign correspondent, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges addressed the Middle East crisis with a talk titled "The Genocide in Gaza" on December 6, 2023 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in North Troy NY. www.mediasanctuary.org Chris Hedges, the former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times, spent seven years covering the conflict between Israel and P...

What have we learned from Edward Said on the Question of Palestine? On the twentieth anniversary of his passing, Francesca Albanese explores Said's profound legacy by delving into Israel's settler colonial rule in the occupied Palestinian territory. Through a rigorous examination of international law within the context of global empire, Albanese confronts Israel's colonial injustice and charts a c...

Mohammed al-Bukhaiti tells BBC that they are at war with the US and the UK. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@ starsalwayslost ), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator. Our Twitter presence is @ AntiImpArchive , and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at:  antiimperialistarchive@gmail.com...

In a series of extraordinary interviews with both Palestinians and Israelis, John Pilger weaves together the issue of Palestine. He speaks to the families of suicide bombers and their victims; he sees the humiliation of Palestinians imposed on them at myriad checkpoints and with a permit system not dissimilar to apartheid South Africa's infamous pass laws. He goes into the refugee camps and meets...

Ahead of Wednesday's crucial elections, jailed leader Marwan Barghouti gave an exclusive English interview (2006) Interview with Fadwa Barghouti - Marwan fought for Palestinian independence (2015) Interview with Arab Marwan Barghouti - About 1,000 Palestinians are fasting in a protest launched on April 17 by jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti. Marwan Barghouti's son Arab Marwan Barghouti w...

A film which has been produced by a group of Australian journalists has sparked an international outcry against Israel after it explicitly detailed Tel Aviv's use of torture against Palestinian children. The film, titled 'Stone Cold Justice' documents how Palestinian children, who have been arrested and detained by Israeli forces, are subjected to physical abuse, torture and forced into false conf...

In 2000 Mourid Barghouti published I Saw Ramallah, the acclaimed memoir that told of returning in 1996 to his Palestinian home for the first time since exile following the Six-Day War in 1967. I Was Born There, I Was Born Here takes up the story in 1998 when Barghouti returned to the Occupied Territories to introduce his Cairo-born son, Tamim, to his Palestinian family. Ironically, a few years lat...

A Liturgy of Lament Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church Bethlehem Saturday December 23rd, 2023 Munther Isaac (PhD, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies) is the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College in Palestine and director of the Christ at the Checkpoint conference. He is also pastor of Christmas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem. He has written The Other Side of t...

Roger Waters on Joe Rogan (October 2022) Roger Waters West Bank AP footage (2009) Roger Waters UN Address Nov 29 2012 Composer, performer and co-founder of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, speaks in Vancouver about why Canada should Boycott, Divest and Sanction the State of Israel until human right of Palestinians are fully implemented. October 26, 2017 Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters with the Austral...

Segment from the film "We." where Arundhati Roy speaks about the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian struggle in the middle east. Historic references, who funds it, and more. (2006) Arundhati Roy was speaking after receiving the third P.Govinda Pillai memorial national award instituted by the PG Samskrithi Kendram to perpetuate the memory of Marxist ideologue P. Govinda Pillai here on Wednesday...

Live recording from Dead Air Live of Somerville Community Access TV, recorded in 1984. Panel includes Jean Butterfield, Mustafa Hassan, Alia Arisuli, and Bob Lange. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@ starsalwayslost ), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator. Our Twitter presence is @ AntiImpArchive , and if you would l...

The audio from this video has been edited and cleaned up Kwame Ture's "Stokely Speaks" is an incredible read and is a compilation of his various speeches and essays from earlier in his life As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@ starsalwayslost ), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator. Our Twitter presence is @ AntiImpArc...

160. INSIDE ISRAEL Israeli citizen and Peace Now activist Ilan Ziv gives us startling insights into the psychology of his country's leaders and citizens. He also evaluates the peace movement in Israel and the peace protests within the Israeli armed forces. Most revealing, however, is his analysis of the great affect the Holocaust had on the Israeli psyche--particularly that of this generation of I...

Refaat's Twitter account was @ itranslate123 , he was a Palestinian writer, poet, professor, and activist from the Gaza Strip. He taught literature and creative writing at the Islamic University of Gaza and cofounded the organization We Are Not Numbers. First: Robin Brickner (our beloved social media manager) reads excerpts from the 972mag article on the Israeli "mass assassination factory" Second...

John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt discuss their book "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," at Cambridge Forum. They argue that a group of pro-Israel activists are manipulating U.S. foreign policy.  This talk was taped on October 29, 2007. Mearsheimer is one of the foremost political scientists and teaches at the University of Chicago. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@ starsalwayslost ), w...

In his book "Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom," Norman Finkelstein argues that Israel, with U.S. backing, has caused a "humanitarian disaster" in Gaza, and that international human rights groups have failed to uphold justice for its besieged people In part three of our interview on his new book "Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom," Norman Finkelstein discusses the legality, and utility, of Ham...

Life in Gaza is a constant gauntlet of Israeli sniper fire, military rockets and army bulldozers. No one is safe, least of all the children. This documentary is a hard-hitting exposé of life in the occupied territories. We speak to the children caught in the crossfire and find out the true cost of Israel's targeted assassinations policy. The feeling in Gaza is that the West accepts this type of ac...

Israel's Vietnam? (1997): A look at Israel's war with Lebanon, one which became grossly unpopular with the public.  In a graveyard in Tel Aviv, a mother weeps as her soldier son is lowered into his grave. Like so many others he was killed in a Hezbollah attack. For the Jewish State, the defence of the so-called 'security zone' in south Lebanon has been its Vietnam, a thoroughly unpalatable battle...

One of the problems that people face when trying to understand the conflict in Palestine/Israel is that the information usually lacks context. This talk will put all aspects of the conflict in context so that the chain of events are clear and we can clearly see the beginning, the middle, and through that, understand what it will take to end this conflict. Miko Peled is an Israeli peace activist, a...