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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Closed captions & Spanish interpretation available. All times are Eastern time. Events will be live and recorded.
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.
The Imperialist Roots of the U.S.A.
Manu Karuka, October 3, 2022
UMass Amherst Student Union Ballroom and Zoom
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
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ELLSBERG LECTURE
The Human Toll of America’s Air Wars
Azmat Khan, November 15, 7pm
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UMass Amherst Student Union Ballroom and Zoom
Vietnam Era Antiwar Movement: Successes, Failures, and Legacies
W. D. Ehrhart, Carolyn Eisenberg, Daniel Ellsberg, Nguyet Nguyen, and Judith Ehrlich (moderator), December 1, 7pm
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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
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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.
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
A Spanish language version will be available by Monday, March 27.
The Poetry of War and Resistance
April 3, 7pm | Zoom
Carolyn Forché, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dunya Mikhail, Ocean Vuong, and Ru Freeman (moderator)
Teaching Empire
Ongoing | In Person
Brian Brown and Alison Russell
UMass Amherst Herter Hall
