Tag: History
Vladimir Pozner: How the United States Created Vladimir Putin
On September 27, 2018, Yale’s Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and the Poynter Fellowship for Journalism hosted Vladimir Pozner, the acclaimed Russian-American journalist and broadcaster. Pozner spoke on the impact of US foreign policy towards Russia after the Soviet Union has been disbanded …
Assange: Journalism on trial, Sweden’s Meidner Plan
Naomi Karavani interviews UK-based freelance journalist Mohamed Elmaazi this week on VIP. He’s published with numerous outlets, including The Dissenter, Jacobin, The Canary and The Electronic Intifada. They go into the case that the US is presenting against Julian Assange, its implications for the future of journalism, and more. …
The New Age of Empire: How Colonialism and Racism Still Rule the World (Prof. Kehinde Andrews)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Professor Kehinde Andrews, author of ‘The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World’. He discusses how the Queen and the British royal family are the ‘premier symbol’ of white supremacy, the racist worldview that informed Enlightenment thinking and how it brought genocide and colonialism to the doors of people of colour around the world …
