Presented by the UMass Amherst History Department in Collaboration with the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy and Partners
“I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today: my own government…. I cannot be silent.”
— Martin Luther King Jr., “Beyond Vietnam,” April 4, 1967
Series Events
Free. Online / Hybrid. Open to All.
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KEYNOTE
U.S. Policy in the Global South
Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Vincent Bevins, and Amy Goodman (moderator), September 19, 2022
This video is in English and Spanish with English subtitles. Click here to view it entirely in English or entirely in Spanish. Visit the event page to read more about the presenters and for a list of recommended readings, films and primary sources.
The Imperialist Roots of the U.S.A.
Manu Karuka, October 3, 2022
Visit the event page to read more about the event and Manu Karuka. Read “The African Roots of War” by W.E.B. Du Bois in The Atlantic in May 1915, recommended by Manu Karuka as a companion to this lecture.
U.S. Empire in Asia and the Pacific: Repression and Resistance
Nerissa S. Balce, Brian Hioe, Moon-Ho Jung, and Sigrid Schmalzer (moderator), November 1, 2022
Click here to view this event in Spanish. Visit the event page to read more about the event and the presenters. This resource sheet contains links to publications, organizations, and petitions mentioned in the event, as well as links to the musical selections.
ELLSBERG LECTURE
The Human Toll of America’s Air Wars
Azmat Khan, November 15, 7pm
Click here to view this event in Spanish. Visit the event page to read more about the Ellsberg Lecture and Azmat Khan. This resource sheet contains links to Khan’s publications and research mentioned in the event.
Vietnam Era Antiwar Movement: Successes, Failures, and Legacies
W. D. Ehrhart, Carolyn Eisenberg, Daniel Ellsberg, Nguyet Nguyen, and Judith Ehrlich (moderator), December 1, 7pm
Click here to view this event in Spanish. Visit the event page to read more about the presenters. This resource sheet contains links to publications, media, and other materials mentioned in the event.
JAMES BALDWIN LECTURE
None of Us Is Free Unless All Are Free: Anti-Imperialism and the Black Radical Tradition
Bill Fletcher Jr., February 23, 2023
Click here to view this event in Spanish. Visit the event page to read more about the Baldwin Lecture and Bill Fletcher Jr. This resource sheet contains links to further readings, organizations, media and related upcoming events mentioned during the lecture.
Feminists Against Empire:
Resistance to U.S. Sanctions and Embargoes
Liz Oliva Fernández, Alejandra Laprea, and Diana Sierra Becerra (moderator), March 7, 2023
This video is in English and Spanish with English subtitles. Click here to view it entirely in English or entirely in Spanish and to read more about the event and the presenters. This resource sheet contains links to further readings, organizations, media and related upcoming events mentioned during the panel.
Resisting Imperial Memory:
Confronting the History of U.S. Aggression in Iraq
Dave Inder Comar, Salman Khairalla, Kali Rubaii, Nazli Tarzi, and Ross Caputi (moderator), March 23, 2023
View this event in Spanish. Visit the event page to read more about the presenters. This resource sheet contains links to recommended films and publications, organizations mentioned during the event, educator resources, and more.
The Poetry of War and Resistance
Carolyn Forché, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dunya Mikhail, Ocean Vuong, and Ru Freeman (moderator), April 3, 2023
Click here for a list of the poems read during the event, including links when available. Visit the event page to read more about the event and the presenters.
Teaching Empire
Ongoing | In Person
Brian Brown and Alison Russell
Registration Closed
