The BLOWBACK Files:

• BLOWBACK IN BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION HISTORICAL SITE
  The National Historic Site at the Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, KS, commemorates the end of segregation in public school in America.  Find more info about the "Protest in Music" exhibit which includes BLOWBACK's recording of "We Shall Not Be Moved".
  
• THE GUATEMALA COLD WAR AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
  Statement by Franklin, vocalist for the band BLOWBACK at the Congressional Human Rights Caucus
  
• RELEASE OF SPECIAL FORCES DOCUMENTS
  Public Action staged by BLOWBACK at Tom Clancy event
  
• THE GAIA THEORY
  Thoughts on the Earth and The Deep Ecology Movement
  
• THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND SPECIAL INTERESTS
  What makes the government tick
  
• THE CIA AND THE COUP IN CHILE
  The CIA is widely credited with instigating the September 11, 1973 coup in Chile. What is less widely credited is the amount of civilian bloodshed caused by the coup. The declassified U.S. documents below help clear things up in that regard.
  
• GOERING WOULD BE PROUD.
  Documents detailing the interrogation tactics practiced by the Chilean Air Force, which aren't too far from Goering-like activity.
  
• EXECUTIONS IN CHILE
  Declassfified documents describing executions under the US-supported Pinochet regime in Chile.
  
• CHILE, DINA AND PINOCHET
  Documents describing torture tactics used by the Chilean secret police under Pinochet.
  
• DEATH SQUADS
  The anatomy of a Death Squad.
  
• STATEMENT BY SURVIVORS OF TORTURE
  Support the effort to denounce the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and call for its repeal!   Read this statement by survivors of torture and make a call for change.
  
• RADIO BLOWBACK
  A sampling of the Radio BLOWBACK shows that were broadcast on Killradio. See playlists and get MP3s of interviews with thought leaders on the war on drugs, civil liberties, and foreign policy.
  

BLOWBACK Blogs:

• THE DRUG WAR
• THE CIA, CHILE AND PINOCHET

Sam Smith's Progressive Review

Contributions from Sam Smith, friend of BLOWBACK and publisher of The Progressive Review (Prorev.com).

• AMERICA 2.0
  Sam is at it again. Read his latest call and proposal to "bring America back to life, back to its constitution, back to its ideals, back to sanity and back to reasons for enthusiasm and pride in being an American."   We can promise you that you will not be bored.
  
• RUNNING OUT OF CHANGE
  The challenges of enacting change. Required Reading!!
  
• "WHOSE LAND IS IT ANYWAY?"
  Violence, patriotic self-branding, and what it means to be an American.
• PUNK & PROTEST
  The connection between music and action.