February 25
GUEST: Andrew Courtney, fine arts photographer, social justice activist, and teacher, who has documented life in Viet Nam, Central America, South Africa, Northern Ireland, the Middle East and the streets of the United States, talks about his work in areas of the world struggling for survival, independence and self-determination.
Andrew Courtney Portraits and Social Networks
Our country doesn't know its history, its racist history within the US and its imperialist history in the Third World. We remain ignorant until an artist like Andrew Courtney shows us images that don't quite fit with our comfortable misconceptions.
Courtney has traveled to many of the places that our country has destroyed in its quest for dominance and proHow the CIA Helped to Crush Turkey’s Post-War Leftfit. We see pictures of Cuba, Venezuela and Palestine that make us want to know more. Are we responsible for the poverty and suffering that many of the images portray?
Try reading about what the empire did to one country. CounterPunch recently reviewed the US violence directed at Turkey since World War II. The democratic leaders overthrown, the covert bombings and killings that insured US dominance over the decades. Almost any Third World country has a similar story, one that is hidden from us by our corporate controlled media and comatose educational system.
Courtney's photographs point the way. Read about the role of the CIA in Turkey, and start to free your mind: "How the CIA Helped to Crush Turkey’s Post-War Left."
