Saul Landau

Saul Landau

Saul Landau was an internationally known scholar, author, commentator, and filmmaker on foreign and domestic policy issues. He was a fellow at IPS since 1972 and at the Transnational Institute since 1974 until his death in 2013. He wrote 13 books, thousands of newspaper and magazine articles and reviews, and made more than 40 films and TV programs on social, political, economic and historical issues.

Among his numerous accolades, Saul received the George Polk Award for Investigative Reporting and an Emmy for his 1980 film, “Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang” (with Jack Willis), as well as the Letelier-Moffitt Award for his human rights work. He won a Golden Apple award for “The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas” as well as first prizes in many festivals with films about Fidel Castro, Salvador Allende and Subcomandante Marcos. He was Professor Emeritus at Cal Poly Pomona University.

Saul’s columns can be read on www.progresoweekly.com and at saullandau.wordpress.com. Saul’s newest film is “Will the Real Terrorist Please Standup” (2011). It is available on DVD.

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rev. dr. william j. barber speaking at a poor peoples campaign rally

Poor People Will Be Voting for Their Lives in the Midterms

Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Tope Folarin | September 28, 2022

New poverty data reveals the effectiveness of pandemic aid programs that are now expired. For poor Americans, building on that success is a matter of life and death.

Members Of Congress Mark Death Of One Million Americans From COVID-19

One Million COVID-19 Deaths Is a Searing Indictment of Inequality in America

Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Tope Folarin | May 18, 2022

It was poverty that made the pandemic so deadly. We shouldn’t compound the tragedy of 1 million COVID-19 deaths by letting it continue.

Africa Foundation And Conservation Corporation Africa Honors Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu Spoke Truth in the Face of Oppression

Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Phyllis Bennis | December 30, 2021

The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Phyllis Bennis discuss the life and legacy of the South African archbishop.

Pamela Garrison, a member of the Poor People’s Campaign West Virginia chapter, addresses the crowd

Congress Approved $778 Billion for the Pentagon. That Means We Can Afford Build Back Better.

Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharris, Lindsay Koshgarian | December 22, 2021

Some senators say Biden’s social and climate bill costs too much, but comparing it to the military spending plan they just passed suggests otherwise.

rev liz and rev barber at a voting rights demonstration

Creating a Powerful, Broad-Based Moral Movement

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharris, Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Rev. Jesse L Jackson Sr., Sarah Anderson | September 28, 2021

Today’s voting rights and economic justice advocates must apply two key lessons from the courageous activists of a half-century ago.

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9/11 at 20: Our Moral Obligation After Two Decades of War

Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Tope Folarin | September 11, 2021

First, Washington needs to stop killing people. Next, we have to challenge our nation’s assumptions and priorities.

police at the scene of a fire

Police and Pentagon Are Bringing Our Wars Home

Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William Barber II | June 29, 2020

From Kabul to Atlanta and Baghdad to Minneapolis, we need to end systemic racism and the militarism that makes it even deadlier.

trump-administration-coronavirus-pentagon-budget

To Fight This Pandemic, We Need to Take Over the Military’s Resources

Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William Barber II | March 23, 2020

Instead of asking the military to take control, the civilian government and public health experts must take over the vast medical resources the military controls and direct them to civilian use.

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Hold Democrats to Their Word on War Spending

Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William Barber II | February 5, 2020

We’ve debated the costs and benefits of health, environment, and education policy. Let’s do the same for the wars and weapons that take millions of lives.

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The Racist History of Tipping

Rev. Dr. William Barber II | July 17, 2019

This week, the House of Representatives will vote on the Raise the Wage Act, which would boost the minimum wage across the country to $15 an hour by 2024.

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Trump Wants to Give 62 cents of Every Dollar to the Military — That’s Immoral

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharris, Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Lindsay Koshgarian | March 27, 2019

A budget shows our values more clearly than any tweet, campaign speech, or political slogan.

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If America can find $716bn for the military, it can fund the Green New Deal

Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William Barber II | March 6, 2019

If we redirected the trillions spent on fruitless wars, funding Medicare for All and a Green New Deal is perfectly realistic

asylum-seekers

We Welcome Asylum Seekers and Defend Their Rights

Noura Erakat, Khury Petersen-Smith, Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Phyllis Bennis, John Cavanagh | February 5, 2019

An open letter from over one hundred artists, activists, scholars, and writers

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Marc Lamont Hill Was Arguing for the Rights of Humans, Not of States

Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William Barber II | December 10, 2018

The important demand that CNN rehire Hill has obscured much of the actual content of his speech.

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We Have Movement Work To Do

Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William Barber II | November 7, 2018

If more registered voters—more young people, more people of color, more poor people, more women, more immigrants and students and workers and activists—had voted, things might be just a bit better. That’s our real challenge.

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In Response to Pittsburgh, We Must Come Together as One

Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William Barber II | November 1, 2018

We stand with the victims of every white-supremacist and racist and anti-Semitic assault back through history.

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If Kavanaugh Is Confirmed, We Need to Mobilize Like Never Before

Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William Barber II | October 5, 2018

His record indicates that he would stonewall movements against poverty, militarism, and racism for a generation.

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Trump’s War On the Poor Has Just Begun

Karen Dolan, Rev. Dr. William Barber II | July 19, 2018

Anti-poverty programs are quickly becoming less accessible as the Trump administration claims the “War on Poverty” is “largely over and a success.”

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The Best Way to Honor Our Vets and Protect Americans? End the Wars

Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William Barber II | May 31, 2018

Soldiers, civilians, and the 140 million Americans who are poor or low-income pay the price for our never-ending wars.

The Living Need a Poem

Saul Landau | August 6, 2013

Split This Rock’s Poem of the Week features Saul Landau’s work.

    Topics of Interest

    Central Intelligence Agency and other Intelligence, chile, Cuba, Democratization, Drug Control, Mexico

    In the News

    Will You Answer the Call for Moral Revival?

    Black Press USA | August 25, 2019

    Why Nonprofits Need to Center Human Rights in Our Work

    Nonprofit Quarterly | December 13, 2018

    Take Syria Seriously–And Stay Out

    Common Dreams | May 24, 2013

    Baseball Escapism

    The (Meriden CT) Record-Journal | September 23, 2012

    Baseball Escapism

    The (Logan County KY) News-Democrat & Leader | September 21, 2012

    A Move to Free the Cuban Five

    Truthout | August 28, 2012

    Smoldering Planet

    The Register Citizen (Torrington CT) | July 31, 2012

    Smoldering Planet

    The Liberty (TX) Vindicator | July 31, 2012

    Murdoch Gets Caught Red-Handed

    The Lake Isabella (CA) Kern Valley Sun | August 3, 2011

    Murdoch Gets Caught Red-Handed

    The East Texas Review | August 2, 2011

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