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written for the media, but rather those
instances where Max Forte was interviewed or
otherwise quoted, for print, radio, and
television. The policy of the Zero
Anthropology Project emphasizes a preference
for alternative or oppositional media. If you have a community radio show, a
university radio program, or run an independent podcast,
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Contact page on this site. (All links open in a new tab. Episode download
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tab.)
2019. Radio Sputnik with
George Galloway on “The
Mother of All Talk Shows,” Sunday,
November 3. The interview focused on the
outcomes of the alleged humanitarian
intervention in Libya, contemporary slavery, the
purposes of the intervention, and prospects for
the future of Libya in political terms. Audio
and video below:
2019. CFUV 101.9 FM, Gorilla
Radio with Chris Cook, Thursday, April
25. The interview focused on WikiLeaks,
democracy, war crimes, and the arrest of Julian
Assange. Episode download:
here. Listen below:
2018. CFMU 93.3 FM, Unusual
Sources with Brendan Stone, Wednesday,
October 31. The interview focused on ideas
central to the article by Max Forte, “Syria:
The New Terra Nullius,” published on
Zero Anthropology on October 6, 2018 and
republished on
Global Research.ca. Episode download:
here. Listen below:
2017. Slouching Toward’s Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya
and Africa was featured in this
interview with the publisher, Robin Philpot of Baraka Books
(Montreal), on RT.com’s “Watching
the Hawks,” on
November 29 and
November 30. The interview was
divided into two parts. The combined video
segments featuring Philpot speaking of Max
Forte’s book appears below, followed by other
versions:
2016. “Finally,
Some Land,” Shereen Ali, The Guardian
(Trinidad & Tobago), August 8. (archived:
PDF,
PDF2)
2016. Interviewed for “WikiLeaks’ Motivations
Aren’t What You Think,” Akbar Shahid
Ahmed and Dana Liebelson, Huffington Post, August
4. [This article was intentionally deceptive and
I will not accept any future interview requests
from the Huffington Post.]
2015. Interviewed for Shadow War in the Sahara,
2014, by Roberto Coen and Eric Nadler.
Documentary, 52 min. Paris: Crescendo Films,
released in 2015 (with participation of CNC,
support by Media programme of EU; co-produced
with Transformer Films and ARTE). See extracts
below:
2015. History Watch Project—Indigenous Peoples
of the Caribbean: Memory, Identity, and the
Politics of History. Interviewed by Dr. Audra Diptee of Carleton University. (“In this podcast,
Dr. Maximilian Forte of Concordia University is
in conversation with Dr. Audra A. Diptee of the
History Watch Project. Dr. Forte discusses
memory, identity, and the politics of history as
it relates to the indigenous peoples of the
Caribbean”) March 31. Listen below:
2013. Interviewed by Phil Taylor of The Taylor
Report (University of Toronto, CIUT 89.5 FM).
(“Phil gets to interview Maximillian C. Forte on
his new book, Slouching Towards Sirte. He also
comments on the applicability of his book to
Syria and Mali”.) January 28. Episode download:
here. Listen below:
2013.
The Political Bouillon: “The NATO mission in
Libya back in 2011 was very popular. But is
everyone convinced with a democratic Libya? The
Political Bouillon asks Dr. Maximilian C. Forte
what he thinks about this new Libya”. January
20. See below:
2012. Interviewed by Scotty Reid, Black Talk
Radio News (“interview with Dr. Maximilian C.
Forte. He works in the Department of Sociology &
Anthropology at Concordia University and has a
new book out titled Slouching Towards Sirte:
NATO's War on Libya and Africa. The book looks
at among other things, the overthrow of the
Gaddafi government in Libya, the lies told to
achieve this and the racist aftermath”),
December 14. Apologies: the audio quality is not
the best. Episode download:
here. Listen below:
2012. Interviewed by Brendan Stone, CFMU 93.3
FM, “Unusual Sources” (Maximilian C. Forte does
not let us forget about what happened in Libya -
from the propaganda build-up to the NATO
intervention to the punishing aftermath. His new
book, Slouching Towards Sirte, serves as both an
investigation and a warning: what happened to
Libya can happen elsewhere), December 12. Click
here for the
podcast and program information.
Episode download:
here. Listen below:
2012. Interviewed by
Brendan Stone,
CFMU 93.3
FM, “Unusual Sources” (As calls for military
intervention in Syria multiply, Maximilian Forte
takes us back to the devastation left behind in
Libya, site of the previous intervention. Has
enough of the world learned from Libya to stop
an attack on Syria?), February 14. Click here
for the
podcast and
program information with supporting articles.
Listen below:
2012. Interviewed on
RT “Cross
Talk” with Peter Lavelle, for a half-hour of
debate on February 1: “Syrious Rebels” dealing
with rebels and protesters in Syria, civil war,
“democracy,” the role of the UN, geopolitics,
foreign policy, intervention, and imperialism in
seeking regime change. From RT’s description of
the episode: “Will the
international community resort to force in
Syria? What if Assad stays in power for much
longer than most experts predict? And will
Syrians be able to topple the Assad government
without foreign interference? Is Syria the next
Libya or will it follow its own unique path?
CrossTalking with Marwa Daoudy, Maximilian Forte
and David Pollock on Feb. 1”. See below:
2011. Interviewed by
Pedro Gatos, KOOP 91.7 FM
(Austin, Texas), for the hour-long “Bringing
Light Into Darkness” show on Monday, December
19, 6:00-7:00pm. (Dealing with the myths used to
justify and rationalize the war against Libya,
the consequences of foreign military
intervention, the purposes of the intervention,
the logic of responsibility to protect [R2P],
comparisons between the wars against Iraq and
Libya, and the war crimes and crimes against
humanity executed by our forces with impunity).
No podcast is available.
2011. Interviewed by Michael Slate, Pacifica
Radio KPFK 90.7 FM (Los Angeles), 98.7 FM (Santa
Barbara), “The Michael Slate Show”
(“Maximilian Forte on ‘A Victory for the Libyan
People?: The Top Ten Myths in the War Against
Libya’. Since Colonel Gaddafi has lost his
military hold in the war against NATO and the
insurgents/rebels/new regime, numerous talking
heads have taken to celebrating this war as a
‘success’. They believe this is a ‘victory of
the Libyan people’ and that we should all be
celebrating”), September 16. Episode download:
here. listen below:
2011. Interviewed by
Denis Rancourt,
CHUO 89.1
FM (Ottawa), “5 O’Clock Train”
(“about...criticisms of the UN Security Council,
NATO, R2P doctrine, war crimes in Libya, and
more”—also featuring a selection of songs to
accompany the interview), September 15. Episode
download:
here, and on the
Internet archive. Listen below:
2011. Interviewed by
Riaz Sayani-Mulji and Ryan
Sparrow, CFMU 93.3 FM, “Progressive Voices”
(“...on NATO’s war in Libya and whether this was
a popular uprising against Gaddafi, the
identities of the Libyan rebels, Western media
coverage of the war, Libya’s place in the
greater politics of Africa and the Middle East,
and more”), August 25. Episode download:
here or
here. Listen below:
2011.
Zero Anthropology article cited in Jay Tavare, “Divide and Conquer,”
The Huffington Post, August 24.
2011. Interviewed by Brendan Stone,
CFMU 93.3
FM, “Unusual Sources” (on “left-wing”
imperialism, the Euston Manifesto, civilizational anxiety, “humanitarian”
interventionism, exporting “freedom” and
“democracy,” social and economic rights, the war
in Libya, understanding the many faces of
Muammar Gaddafi, demonization and angelization,
consumer society), August 24. Also reproduced on
Investigating the New Imperialism as “Military
Colonization: The Return of the NATO/Cruise
Missile Left”. Episode download:
here. Listen below:
2011. Interviewed by
Phil Taylor, CIUT 89.5 FM,
“The Taylor Report”
(on liberal imperialism, “humanitarian”
interventionism, human rights, and the media),
August 15. Episode download:
here. Listen below:
2011. Interviewed by
Brendan Stone,
CFMU 93.3
FM, “Unusual Sources”
(on Libya, race, mercenaries, and the media),
April 27. Episode download:
here and
here. Listen below:
2010. Interviewed by Anjali Cadambi
and Sam Hirshman,War News Radio, for
“Leaked,” October
29. Episode download:
here. Listen below:
2006. One hour interview on “Indigenous
Resurgence in the Caribbean,” on The Nightwolf
Show, hosted by Jay Winter Nightwolf,
WPFW Pacifica Radio, 89.3 FM,
Washington DC; Sunday, August 6, 8:00–9:00pm.
Episode download:
here. Listen below:
