Nairn, Allan.

  • Democracy Now! March 3, 1999

    Colombia; Xanana Gusmao |Colombia Three U.S. citizens were kidnapped last week in Colombia’s remote northeastern border with Venezuela. According to friends and co-workers, the three were on amission to help preserve the cultural identity of an indigenous group under the auspices of the Hawaii based Pacific Cultural Conservancy International. No group has yet claimed responsibility.…

  • Democracy Now! October 20, 1998

    A Day Without the Pentagon |(50 Minutes) A Day Without the Pentagon We hear the voices of peace activists who ralleid yesteday at the Pentagon against US military intervention and defense spending, in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the War Resisters League. GUEST: Daniel Elsberg, Former high-level Pentagon official, turned over thousands of pages…

  • The Bureacracy of death / Allan Nairn ; interviewed and produced by Andrew Phillips.

    Interview with Allan Nairn, with portions of a forum held at Brown University on Guatemala and its approach to democracy. The program provides details of brutal activities perpetrated by the Guatemalan Army in response to “political problems.” Hector Gramajo gives a brief history of Guatemala and democracy, 1944-present, at the Brown University forum. Allan Nairn…

  • John Hull’s defense / John Hull ; interviewed by Dennis Bernstein.

    John Hull was a conduit to the southern from the Nicaraguan Contras from his ranch in Costa Rica. Hull claims that he was doing humanitarian work. The Costa Rican government has indicted him for murder and terrorism. Hull denies the Costa Rican charges, insisting the Oscar Arias’ government was corrupt, as is the Senate Foreign…

  • What do we know about Central America, and how do we know it? / Allan Nairn ; interviewed and produced by Sue Supriano.

    Allan Nairn, a freelance journalist working in Central America since 1980, describes the violence of the military in both Guatemala and El Salvador, the role of the United States in supporting these government death squads, the limits of U.S. media in this regard, and his faith in the American publics’ abhorance of such activities.|WHAT DO…