{"id":7425,"date":"2021-09-08T18:30:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T16:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=7425"},"modified":"2021-09-08T18:30:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T16:30:22","slug":"afghanistan-media-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/afghanistan-media-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan: Key Facts largely missing from the Media | Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>Afghanistan: Key Facts largely missing from the Media | Part 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In the first part of this interview series for our Know Your Stuff program, we interview author and Professor of History at American University in Washington DC Peter Kuznick and explore the historical role of the United States in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO: Afghanistan: Key Facts largely missing from the Media | Part 1<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Afghanistan: Key Facts largely missing from the Media | Part 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2RS4jNmbF74?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Know Your Stuff is an educational program that promotes understanding and context on social concepts, historical events, and specialized topics that are not adequately addressed in the media landscape.<\/p>\n<p>To watch more of our videos with Peter Kuznick or other experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin, Yanis Varoufakis, Julian Assange, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Jill Stein, Daniel Ellsberg, etc, please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT PETER KUZNICK<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/index.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/index-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 78px) 100vw, 78px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/index-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/index.jpg 225w\" alt=\"Peter Kuznick\" width=\"78\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><strong>Peter Kuznick<\/strong>\u00a0is Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University in Washington, D.C. He\u2019s the co-author of the book The Untold History of the United States, written together with Hollywood film director and producer Oliver Stone. He was active in the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements and remains active in antiwar and nuclear abolition efforts.<\/p>\n<p>For his full biography visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/kuznick.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/kuznick.cfm<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of Know Your Stuff, we interview author and Professor of History at American University in Washington D.C. 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