Matthew Alford MPhil[B], PhDhas taught at the Universities of Bath and Bristol and is now an independent scholar working on issues of American cinema, power and politics.
“Spielberg’s Saucer Secrets”, Filmfax: The Magazine of Unusual Film and Television, July 2010 – Robbie Graham and Matthew Alford
Scholarship
Robbie Graham and Matthew Alford, “A History of Government Management of UFO Perceptions Through Film and Television”, 49th Parallel, Spring 2011.
Matthew Alford, “Why Not a Propaganda Model for Hollywood?”, in Philip Hammond (ed), Screens of Terror (Palgrave, 2011).
Tricia Jenkins and Matthew Alford, “A Model for Intelligence Activity in Hollywood: Don’t Forget the ‘Agency’ in CIA”, Journal of Popular Video, Spring 2011
Matthew Alford, Book Review: Jeff Klaehn(ed), The Political Economy of Media and Power (Peter Lang, 2010) in Global Media and Communications, Spring 2011.
Matthew Alford, “A Propaganda Model for Hollywood? Representations of American foreign policy in contemporary films” PhD Thesis, University of Bath, 2008.
The al-Qaida supergrass and the 7/7 questions that remain unanswered (Video)
The early release of a jihadi turned US supergrass who helped a London bomber has rung alarm bells. Shiv Malik reports on doubts held by the victims’ families http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/14/al-qaida-supergrass-77-questions
John Towery: Army Informant. A clearinghouse for information about John Towery http://www.johntowery.com
Democracy Now! Christopher Pyle, Whistleblower Who Sparked Church Hearings of 1970s, on Military Spying of Olympia Peace Activists http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/29/pyle
The ADL Thought Police – How about this for a psyops strategy: launch an intimidation campaign on a high-profile campus and portray a critic as an anti-Semite for sharing photos that had been circulating for weeks on the Internet. Then threaten his job, smear his reputation, put him in fear of his physical safety and threaten to withhold critical funding. Then see if on-campus critics still dare to speak out. http://aljazeera.com/news/articles/39/The_ADL_thought_police.html
Holder: Homegrown Terror Threat Increasing
In ABC News Exclusive, Attorney General Eric Holder Says ‘American People Would be Surprised by the Depth of the Threat’ (video) http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8202511&page=1
The following quote has been removed from the AP News article: Conflicting portrait of NC terror suspect emerges
Quote:“A former CIA official who was stationed in Pakistan at the time said the agency intervened and quickly persuaded the Pakistani intelligence service to help free the Boyd brothers.
The former [CIA] official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the incident.
The official didn’t believe the Hezb-e-Islami identification cards they had been carrying proved they were jihadists.”
“Listen to the earth’s resonances. This three-minute audio file is data collected from the magnetic sensor and has been shifted up in frequency to an audible range. This file is from a nighttime recording during a period of relatively quiet ionospheric activity.”
“In 2008, 525 magazines ceased publication; in 2007, about 590. In addition, the largest magazine distributor in the U.S. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 27, 2009.”
Massachusetts politics and public policy: studies in power and … – Google Books Resultby Richard A. Hogarty – 2002 – Political Science – 325 pages
Hogarty examines both the process of policymaking and the complexities of … ber of Massachusetts’s Mental Based on an extensive review of newspa- Health … http://books.google.com/books?isbn=155849362X…
UMass Amherst: University of Massachusetts PressBook Jacket: “Massachusetts Politics and Public Policy” by R. A. Hogarty Richard A. … Based on an extensive review of newspaper and media accounts, … Richard A. Hogarty is professor emeritus of political science at the University of … http://www.umass.edu/umpress/SS02/hogarty.html
Chen Guangcheng, a self-trained legal advocate who tried in June 2005 to investigate reports that officials in Linyi city, Shandong province, had subjected thousands of people to forced abortions, beatings, and compulsory sterilization in order to meet population control targets. Although central government officials agreed that the officials used illegal means, authorities rejected the class-action lawsuit Chen tried to file. Chen was tried on August 24, 2006, and sentenced to four years and three months for “intentional destruction of property” and “gathering people to disturb traffic order.” Chen, who is blind, has reportedly been severely beaten in jail and has gone on a hunger strike to protest the beatings. He is serving his sentence in Linyi Prison.
Texas House Votes to Sunset Red Light Cameras: Texas House of Representatives votes 107-36 to sunset authorization for red light cameras and to lengthen yellow times http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/27/2773.asp
Morrison & Foerster Files Suit Against CIA, DoD, and U.S. Army on Behalf of Troops Exposed to Testing of Chemical and Biological Weapons at Edgewood Arsenal and Other Top Secret Sites http://www.mofo.com/news/pressreleases/15100.html
Government Experiments on U.S. Soldiers: Shocking Claims Come to Light in New Court Case By Bruce Falconer, Mother Jones http://www.alternet.org/story/140206/
CounterPunch: – Fred Gardner describes information given by Dr. Ketchum cannabis research at Edgewood Arsenal in the 1958-66 period. Presented to California Cannabis Clinicians meeting in Los Angeles. (24 March 2007) http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/121844
Austin police continue to investigate the shooting, which happened after the LG Allstarz — one of two rap groups scheduled to play Thursday at the club
Schwarzenegger: Calif. needs pot debate
Says he doesn’t support legalization; others say it could boost tax revenue http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587296/
Ugly Chapter in Yahoo!’s History Revisited
New Bill Would Prevent Yahoo!, Google and Microsoft from Aiding Oppressive Governments Crack Down on Free Speech http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=7527708
Coalition for an Ethical Psychology Calls for Independent Investigation of Ties between the American Psychological Association and Defense-Intelligence Establishment
Supports Calls for Commission to Investigate Psychologist and Health Provider Complicity in U.S. Torture http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/21384
FLASHBACK: Torture at CIA Battalion 316: The Record of Washington’s New “Ambassador” to Iraq by Gary Cohn and Ginger Thompson, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan 1995 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/COH405A.html
U.S. Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Bailout Programs By Mark Pittman and Bob Ivry
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing would raise the government’s commitment to solving the financial crisis to $9.7 trillion, enough to pay off more than 90 percent of the nation’s home mortgages. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aGq2B3XeGKok&sds
Matthew Alford (left) & Robbie Graham (right) at the Fortean Times UnConvention
Microsoft Offers Secure Windows … But Only to the Government
White House Won’t Release Alleged Photos from Air Force Operation Over Lower Manhattan
Loren Coleman on the Chupacabras Flu
