William Blum (born 1933) is an American author, and critic of United States foreign policy. A former State Department employee, he left the organization in 1967 due to his opposition to the Vietnam War. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... President of the United States, George W. Bush (right) at Camp David in March 2003, hosting the British Prime Minister Tony Blair. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 230,000 South Vietnamese wounded: 300,000 US dead...

From 1972 to 1973 Blum was stationed in Chile, where he reported on the Allende government's "socialist experiment". In the mid-1970s, he worked in London with ex-CIA agent Philip Agee and his associates. Agee wrote a critique of CIA operations in his book Inside the Company: CIA Diary. Salvador Isabelino del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Allende Gossens (June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was President of Chile from September 1970 until his removal from power and death in September 1973. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1971 to 1980, inclusive. ... The CIAs seal features an eagle atop a sixteen-point compass. ... Philip Burnett Franklin Agee (born July 19, 1935 in Tacoma Park, Florida) is a former CIA agent and author who published a controversial book, Inside the Company: CIA Diary, detailing his experiences in, and the operation of, the eponymous agency. ...

In the late 1980s, Blum moved to Los Angeles to work on a documentary on U.S. foreign policy based on his own book Killing Hope. He worked on this together with the filmmaker Oliver Stone but the project ultimately foundered. This article is about the largest city in California. ... A foreign policy is a set of political goals that seeks to outline how a particular country will interact with the other countries of the world. ... Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions since World War II is a history book on covert CIA operations and U.S. military interventions during the second half of the 20th century, written by former State Department employee William Blum. ... Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is an Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ...

Blum was the founder and editor of the Washington Free Press, one of the many newspapers in the loosely organized U.S. underground press in the 1960s and 1970s that opposed the Vietnam War. The phrase underground press, especially underground newspapers (or simply underground papers) is, these days, most often used in reference to the alternative print media, independently published and distributed, associated with the countercultural movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...

In his writing, Blum devotes substantial attention to CIA interventions and assassination plots. Blum describes himself as a socialist and has supported Ralph Nader's presidential campaigns. He currently circulates a monthly newsletter by email called "The Anti-Empire Report". The CIAs seal features an eagle atop a sixteen-point compass. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Ralph Nader Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American attorney and political activist. ...

In early 2006, Blum briefly became the subject of widespread media attention when Osama bin Laden issued a public statement in which he quoted Blum and recommended that all Americans read Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower.^[1] Long before that, Blum's work was also publicly recommended by other famous people including Noam Chomsky, Helen Caldicott, and Oliver Stone. In a May 22, 2006 article entitlted, Come Out of the White House With Your Hands Up, Blum wrote, "Since the bin Laden recommendation, January 19, I have not been offered a single speaking engagement on any campus . . .This despite January-May normally being the most active period for me and other campus speakers." Osama bin Laden Usāmah bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Lādin (Arabic: ; born March 10, 1957 [1], most commonly known as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden (أسامة بن لادن) is an Islamic fundamentalist, a primary founder of the al-Qaeda Islamic organization and a member of the immensely wealthy bin...

Quotations

• “Between 1945 and 2005 the United States has attempted to overthrow more than 50 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements struggling against intolerable regimes... In the process, the U.S. caused the end of life for several million people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair.” (Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower)

• "No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine" (Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower).

Books

• 1986: The CIA: A Forgotten History (Zed Books) ISBN 0862324807
• 2000: Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower (Common Courage Press) ISBN 1567511945
• 2002: West-Bloc Dissident: A Cold War Memoir (Soft Skull Press) ISBN 1567513069
• 2003: Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, revised edition (Common Courage Press) ISBN 1567512526
• 2004: Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire (Common Courage Press)

Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions since World War II is a history book on covert CIA operations and U.S. military interventions during the second half of the 20th century, written by former State Department employee William Blum. ...

References

1. ^ Montgomery, David (2006 January 21). "The Author Who Got A Big Boost From bin Laden". Washington Post: C01.

External links

• William Blum's Homepage, Anti-empire reports.
• Common Courage Press
• AK Press
• A brief bio of William Blum
• An interview with Blum from Liverpool's 'Nerve' magazine
• Transcript of William Blum’s Jan. 28, 2006 appearance on C-Span's call-in show Washington Journal
• "Bin Laden plug boosts book sales", Sydney Morning Herald, January 21, 2006
• "The Author Who Got A Big Boost From bin Laden", Washington Post, January 21, 2006