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Wed Jan 20 2010 (Updated 01/23/10)
Hidden in Plain Sight: Media Workers for Social Change, Chapter 3
Profile of Bill Hackwell
This is the third in a series of profiles of activist and alternative media workers in the Bay Area by Indybay contributor Peter M. Featured in this profile is Bill Hackwell, a photographer/activist who lives in Oakland. His career spans four decades.
"In 1968 Bill Hackwell was in Viet Nam, assigned to Air Force intelligence as a photographer. His year there was the formation of what would be a life in photography and activism. 'I had a political awakening there,' he said. 'I consider myself an anti-imperialist and that’s where it began. I couldn’t express myself at the time, but I just … I felt lied to. All those things they told us that we were doing— it was the exact opposite.'”
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Chapter 1: Tracy Rosenberg of Media Alliance
Chapter 2: Bradley of Santa Cruz Indymedia
"In 1968 Bill Hackwell was in Viet Nam, assigned to Air Force intelligence as a photographer. His year there was the formation of what would be a life in photography and activism. 'I had a political awakening there,' he said. 'I consider myself an anti-imperialist and that’s where it began. I couldn’t express myself at the time, but I just … I felt lied to. All those things they told us that we were doing— it was the exact opposite.'”
Read Story and See Photo
Chapter 1: Tracy Rosenberg of Media Alliance
Chapter 2: Bradley of Santa Cruz Indymedia
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