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This week, Madeline and David talk about race and class in the politics of horror movies! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/ https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/ https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/ https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/ https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/ https://cinema.usc.edu/spectator/37.2/5_Miller.pdf https://www.sceneandheardnu.com/female-victimization-in-horror https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/03/revealing-horrors-problematic-past-the-black-guy-dies-first/ https://www.frieze.com/article/unmasking-hollywood-horrors-racial-stereotypes https://baltimorebeat.com/three-decades-later-the-people-under-the-stairs-is-unsubtle-unsung-and-unbelievable/ https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f https://grlmag.com/2022/02/28/the-final-girl-feminist-icon-or-misogynistic-martyr/ https://thefilmsmith.com/2010/03/20/why-arent-we-killing-the-poor/ https://dailydead.com/editorial-jaws-is-a-political-piece-with-some-serious-teeth/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers https://dainealmaclean.medium.com/the-american-home-invasion-film-and-the-history-of-racial-and-social-exclusion-in-the-pursuit-of-87d02c6f514d

This week, David and Madeline start a journey exploring the politics of horror movies! We do a brief overview of the transition from horror literature to horror film and the key trends of horror films by decade. Next week, we will tackle the politics of horror by topic and explore specific film titles! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: ⁠https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/⁠ ⁠https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/⁠ ⁠https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/⁠ ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents⁠ ⁠https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/⁠ ⁠https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/⁠ ⁠https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/⁠ ⁠https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/⁠ ⁠https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/⁠ ⁠https://cinema.usc.edu/spectator/37.2/5_Miller.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.sceneandheardnu.com/female-victimization-in-horror⁠ ⁠https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/03/revealing-horrors-problematic-past-the-black-guy-dies-first/⁠ ⁠https://www.frieze.com/article/unmasking-hollywood-horrors-racial-stereotypes⁠ ⁠https://baltimorebeat.com/three-decades-later-the-people-under-the-stairs-is-unsubtle-unsung-and-unbelievable/⁠ ⁠https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f⁠ ⁠https://grlmag.com/2022/02/28/the-final-girl-feminist-icon-or-misogynistic-martyr/⁠ ⁠https://thefilmsmith.com/2010/03/20/why-arent-we-killing-the-poor/⁠ ⁠https://dailydead.com/editorial-jaws-is-a-political-piece-with-some-serious-teeth/⁠ ⁠https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers⁠ ⁠https://dainealmaclean.medium.com/the-american-home-invasion-film-and-the-history-of-racial-and-social-exclusion-in-the-pursuit-of-87d02c6f514d

This week, David and Madeline start a journey exploring the politics of horror movies! We do a brief overview of the transition from horror literature to horror film and the key trends of horror films by decade. Next week, we will tackle the politics of horror by topic and explore specific film titles! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/ https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/10/08/one-of-us-tod-brownings-freaks-disability-culture-and-the-criterion-for-inclusion/ https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/431308?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/ https://medusacreatives.com/2020/10/31/normal-people-dont-scare-me-a-history-of-ableism-in-the-horror-genre/ https://collider.com/horror-movies-transphobia/ https://wildezine.com/3806/opinion/its-not-about-the-dress-a-brief-history-of-transphobia-in-horror-movies/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transpop-suicide-press-release/ https://cinema.usc.edu/spectator/37.2/5_Miller.pdf https://www.sceneandheardnu.com/female-victimization-in-horror https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/03/revealing-horrors-problematic-past-the-black-guy-dies-first/ https://www.frieze.com/article/unmasking-hollywood-horrors-racial-stereotypes https://baltimorebeat.com/three-decades-later-the-people-under-the-stairs-is-unsubtle-unsung-and-unbelievable/ https://medium.com/@jaredcharles/american-capitalism-the-implications-of-class-and-race-in-horror-9c990639b32f https://grlmag.com/2022/02/28/the-final-girl-feminist-icon-or-misogynistic-martyr/ https://thefilmsmith.com/2010/03/20/why-arent-we-killing-the-poor/ https://dailydead.com/editorial-jaws-is-a-political-piece-with-some-serious-teeth/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/pod-people-legacy-invasion-body-snatchers https://dainealmaclean.medium.com/the-american-home-invasion-film-and-the-history-of-racial-and-social-exclusion-in-the-pursuit-of-87d02c6f514d

This week, Madeline & David wrap up our 2-part episode about the CIA and the Free Tibet Movement! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R000200110047-1.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R007100010009-7.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100090004-2.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-02771R000300470002-3.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100040024-5.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R001800890009-0.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R002400060103-8.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100040003-8.pdf⁠ ⁠https://ywang.uchicago.edu/history/docs/2001_03_05.pd⁠ ⁠https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/19thcpcnationalcongress/2010-11/24/content_29714621_2.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1966/PR1966-36m.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/c/u.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cwp-cr/intro.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cwp-cr/part-3.htm⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R009400440004-0.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R008300510002-6.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R009600210006-1.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R004300030019-4.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A002000070007-5.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78T05929A000400080015-3.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005760209.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/COVERT%20ACTION%20IN%20HIGH%20ALT%5B14688685%5D.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060013-5.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-04864A000300050003-0.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1999/09/23/the-dalai-lama-and-the-cia/⁠ ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/10/tibet-china-feudalism⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01350R000200230033-3.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-03061A000400050002-2.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060022-5.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060022-5.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T01018A000300070001-4.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/dalai-lama-tibet-china-development⁠ ⁠https://www.newsweek.com/checking-secret-cia-hotel-tibets-freedom-fighters-390723⁠ ⁠https://dalailama80.tibetnetwork.org/day-6/⁠ ⁠https://1997-2001.state.gov/regions/eap/1996_eap_speeches.html⁠ ⁠https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90T00100R000201090001-1.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.nybooks.com/online/2013/04/09/cias-cancelled-war-tibet/⁠ ⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20170123043530/⁠ ⁠https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v17/d278⁠ ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/26202084⁠ ⁠https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/attached-files/mcgranahantibetscoldwar.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/obituaries/heinrich-harrer-93-explorer-of-tibet-dies.html⁠ ⁠https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,864579,00.html⁠ ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/opinion/22french.html⁠ ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/education/29student.html⁠ ⁠https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1574394.Dragon_Thunder⁠ ⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58466528⁠ ⁠https://www.ned.org/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-the-olympics-and-tibet/⁠ https://tinyurl.com/yshtap4b https://tinyurl.com/43e4ktn5 https://tinyurl.com/2avr5t7x https://tinyurl.com/5fmu4dw7 https://tinyurl.com/5h6bb9kr https://tinyurl.com/5buxyba3 https://tinyurl.com/am43tzyj https://www.jstor.org/stable/24590981 https://tinyurl.com/5brhwj9f https://tinyurl.com/vnt2m2zr https://tinyurl.com/s252zdj9 https://tinyurl.com/3zks8ucv https://tinyurl.com/3tjez8a2 https://tinyurl.com/3fysh3ca https://tinyurl.com/48vm3srt

This week, Madeline and David talk about the Free Tibet movement, the Dalai Lama's friendship with a Nazi, and Rockabilly for 2025! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R000200110047-1.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R007100010009-7.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100090004-2.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-02771R000300470002-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100040024-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R001800890009-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R002400060103-8.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R00890A001100040003-8.pdf https://ywang.uchicago.edu/history/docs/2001_03_05.pd https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/19thcpcnationalcongress/2010-11/24/content_29714621_2.htm https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1966/PR1966-36m.htm https://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/c/u.htm https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cwp-cr/intro.htm https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-7/cwp-cr/part-3.htm https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R009400440004-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R008300510002-6.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R009600210006-1.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R004300030019-4.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A002000070007-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78T05929A000400080015-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005760209.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/COVERT%20ACTION%20IN%20HIGH%20ALT%5B14688685%5D.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060013-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-04864A000300050003-0.pdf https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1999/09/23/the-dalai-lama-and-the-cia/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/10/tibet-china-feudalism https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01350R000200230033-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-03061A000400050002-2.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060022-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000100060022-5.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T01018A000300070001-4.pdf https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/dalai-lama-tibet-china-development https://www.newsweek.com/checking-secret-cia-hotel-tibets-freedom-fighters-390723 https://dalailama80.tibetnetwork.org/day-6/ https://1997-2001.state.gov/regions/eap/1996_eap_speeches.html https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90T00100R000201090001-1.pdf https://www.nybooks.com/online/2013/04/09/cias-cancelled-war-tibet/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170123043530/ https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v17/d278 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26202084 https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/attached-files/mcgranahantibetscoldwar.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/obituaries/heinrich-harrer-93-explorer-of-tibet-dies.html https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,864579,00.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/opinion/22french.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/education/29student.html https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1574394.Dragon_Thunder https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58466528 https://www.ned.org/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-the-olympics-and-tibet/ https://tinyurl.com/yshtap4b https://tinyurl.com/43e4ktn5 https://tinyurl.com/2avr5t7x https://tinyurl.com/5fmu4dw7 https://tinyurl.com/5h6bb9kr https://tinyurl.com/5buxyba3 https://tinyurl.com/am43tzyj https://www.jstor.org/stable/24590981 https://tinyurl.com/5brhwj9f https://tinyurl.com/vnt2m2zr https://tinyurl.com/s252zdj9 https://tinyurl.com/3zks8ucv https://tinyurl.com/3tjez8a2 https://tinyurl.com/3fysh3ca https://tinyurl.com/48vm3srt

This week, Madeline and David finish up our 2-part episode all about the CIA's airline, Air America! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://www.britannica.com/place/Vietnam/The-two-Vietnams-1954-65 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.1973.10406346 https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/from-stolen-land-to-riches-us-neo-colonialism-in-south-korea https://time.com/archive/6949003/the-hmong-and-the-cia/ https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA243492.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/197002_os.pdf https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/02/2002153035/-1/-1/0/B_0156_CELESKI_SPECIAL_AIR_WARFARE_%20AND_THE_SECRET_WAR_IN_LAOS_AIR_COMMANDOS_1964_1975.PDF https://renincorp.org/bookshelf/politics-of-heroin-in-south.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110608142059/http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/AirAmerica/Best/AirAmerica.htm https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/197002_os.pdf https://www.historynet.com/air-america-played-a-crucial-part-of-the-emergency-helicopter-evacuation-of-saigon/?f https://web.archive.org/web/20110720084338/http://www.air-america.org/Articles/Fall_of_Saigon.shtml#adams https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/23/weekinreview/the-world-getting-it-wrong-in-a-photo.html?pagewanted=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20201018033528/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol43no3/pdf/v43i3a07p.pdf https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19700223&printsec=frontpage&hl=en https://web.archive.org/web/20160418074259/http://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/hac/cataam/Leeker/aircraft/uh342.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080928/http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/1818029/196508.pdf https://www.npr.org/2019/06/02/729050357/pilots-who-flew-for-air-america-in-vietnam-fight-for-pensions https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/RELATIONS%20BETWEEN%20SOUTHER%5B16217884%5D.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP77M00144R000500010009-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP77M00144R000500010009-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000400160005-2.pdf https://www.vice.com/en/article/drug-running-plane-seized-by-feds-used-to-spy-on-george-floyd-protests/ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP76-00702R000100120048-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/ACTIVITIES%20OF%20AIR%20AMERICA%5B16146822%5D.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP72-00337R000200200010-4.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R001000190001-3.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP76-00702R000100040008-6.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84-00499R000100050001-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75B00380R000600010033-3.pdf https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=senproj_f2018 https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85M00364R002204200005-0.pdf https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/CIA-Air-Ops-Laos.pdf https://utdallas.app.box.com/v/history-Laos1Part2 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/archive/gunsdrugscia.html https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000100130114-4.pdf https://www.npr.org/2017/01/23/511185078/america-in-laos-traces-the-militarization-of-the-cia

This week, David and Madeline talk about the CIA's very own airline, Air America! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: Killing Hope William Blum Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia Alfred McCoy Air America Christopher Robbins https://adst.org/2013/04/the-year-of-living-dangerously-indonesia-and-the-downed-cia-pilot-may-1958/ https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/prelude_to_war/flying_tigers.html https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100680006-0.pdf https://stlreporter.com/2017/05/13/the-cias-french-connection-and-other-other-footnotes-to-history/ Anderson, Benedict R. O’G. “Looking Back.” The Wilson Quarterly (1976-), vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 112–25. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40256090. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. Bunnell, Frederick P. “The Central Intelligence Agency. Deputy Directorate for Plans 1961 Secret Memorandum on Indonesia: A Study in the Politics of Policy Formulation in the Kennedy Administration.” Indonesia, no. 22, 1976, pp. 131–69. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3350980. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. Derks, Hans. “OPIUM PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN CHINA.” History of the Opium Problem: The Assault on the East, ca. 1600-1950, vol. 105, Brill, 2012, pp. 643–708. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctv4cbhdf.37. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. International Crisis Group. “A Long Legacy.” Fire and Ice: Conflict and Drugs in Myanmar’s Shan State, International Crisis Group, 2019, p. Page 3-Page 5. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep31349.5. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. Kaufman, Victor S. “Trouble in the Golden Triangle: The United States, Taiwan and the 93rd Nationalist Division.” The China Quarterly, no. 166, 2001, pp. 440–56. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3451165. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. “Berkeley Barb.” Berkeley Barb, vol. 14, no. 3(336), Jan. 1972. UC San Diego Library. Independent Voices. Reveal Digital, JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.28033361. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024. GINGERAS, RYAN. “Istanbul Confidential: Heroin, Espionage, and Politics in Cold War Turkey, 1945–1960.” Diplomatic History, vol. 37, no. 4, 2013, pp. 779–806. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26376489. Accessed 9 Sept. 2024.  

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This week, David talks about the Olympics and Madeline definitely does NOT sexually harass anyone! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1230&context=ca_ballot_props Al Stump “The Hopeless Dream of William May Garland”, https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll1/id/33885/download https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/a-boosters-dream-come-true-l-a-and-the-1932-olympics Mike Davis, City of Quartz Pg. 36. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/tlatelolco-massacre/ https://www.npr.org/2008/12/01/97546687/mexicos-1968-massacre-what-really-happened https://www.radiodiaries.org/audiohistory/storyimages/mexico/doc1.pdf https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB10/mex16-01.htm Eugenia Allier-Montano “Memory and History of Mexico ’68 in European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 10/16, N. 102 Elisa Kriza “Anti-Communism, Communism, and Interventionism in Narratives Surrounding the Student Massacre on Tlatelolco Square.”  Bulletin of Latin American Affairs 38.1, 2019. Pp.82-96 https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/08/12/tommie-smith-john-carlos-1968-olympics-protest-athlete-activism https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/JOH-Archives/johv26n2h.pdf https://www.thenation.com/article/society/avery-brundage/ https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB10/nsaebb10.htm https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/qfp/104481.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/07/24/olympics-munich-israel-1972-paris/ https://www.npr.org/2022/09/04/1116641214/munich-olympics-massacre-hostage-terrorism-israel-germany https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/want-understand-1992-la-riots-start-1984-la-olympics/ https://www.si.com/olympics/2021/06/03/la-84-olympics-changed-the-games-daily-cover https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2023/08/28/cold-war-diplomatic-games-the-1984-los-angeles-summer-olympics/ Joshua Ryan Leiser “Los Angeles and the 1984 Olympic Games: Cultural Commodification, Corporate Sponsorship, and the Cold War” Dissertation, UC Riverside 2014, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2tb760kz Reagan arrives in LA ahead of the 1984 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvhSGFcVekg https://reagan.blogs.archives.gov/2016/08/05/ronald-reagans-remarks-when-the-olympic-torch-came-to-the-white-house-in-1984/ https://www.atf.gov/our-history/eric-rudolph https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/08/06/the-1984-olympics-fueled-l-a-s-war-on-crime-will-the-2028-games-do-the-same/ https://www.businessinsider.com/g4s-olympic-security-disaster-2012-7 Pete Fussey “Command, Control and contestation: Negotiating security at the London 2012 Olympics”, The Geographic Journal, Vol. 181, N. 3 9/15. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/30/a-massive-betrayal-how-londons-olympic-legacy-was-sold-out https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/idmc/2016/en/111503 https://www.ksbw.com/article/migrants-homeless-people-cleared-out-of-paris-olympics/61710134 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/06/deadly-side-rio-olympics-2016/

This week, Madeline and David wrap up our multi-part dive into the US Agency for Global Media -- the USA's propaganda wing! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vQMU0LMIbnXB64R6EYyMxkaqbfGYD09C7fYAsYAks-E/