Saul Landau

Saul Landau is an internationally known scholar, author, commentator, and filmmaker on foreign and domestic policy issues. He has been a fellow at IPS since 1972 and at the Transnational Institute since 1974. He has written 13 books, thousands of newspaper and magazine articles and reviews, and made more than 40 films and TV programs on social, political, economic and historical issues.

Among his numerous accolades, Saul received the George Polk Award for Investigative Reporting and an Emmy for his 1980 film, "Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang" (with Jack Willis), as well as the Letelier-Moffitt Award for his human rights work. He won a Golden Apple award for "The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas" as well as first prizes in many festivals with films about Fidel Castro, Salvador Allende and Subcomandante Marcos. He is Professor Emeritus at Cal Poly Pomona University.

Saul's weekly columns can be read on www.progresoweekly.com and at saullandau.wordpress.com. Saul's newest film is "Will the Real Terrorist Please Standup" (2011). It is available on DVD.

Recent Work

Blog
The Right Path for Washington in Syria
June 14 - The question in Washington should be: will adding fuel to the violence make matters worse?

Interview
Saul Landau on U.S.-Aided Anti-Castro Militants and the Cuban Five
June 14 - Journalist, filmmaker, author, professor, and IPSer Saul Landau joined Democracy Now to discuss his new film "Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up," about U.S. support for violent anti-Castro militants.

Commentary
Visiting Gerardo Hernandez in Federal Prison
June 11 - We visited Gerardo Hernandez for the fifth time and, as usual, his spirits seemed higher than ours despite the fact that he resides in a maximum-security federal prison.

Page Previous 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 Next