Konrad Aderer
@konraderer.bsky.social
Nassau County, NY. Hapa yonsei. Filmmaker: They Took My Father Too, Resistance at Tule Lake, Enemy Alien
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Konrad Aderer
@konraderer.bsky.social
· Apr 1
We wrapped an ambitious day of production for They Took My Father Too, recreating scenes from the lost cinema culture of Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.
This is the story of a father's arrest under the Alien Enemies Act, but also the erasure of a vibrant Japanese American enclave. buff.ly/qnGjEv1
This is the story of a father's arrest under the Alien Enemies Act, but also the erasure of a vibrant Japanese American enclave. buff.ly/qnGjEv1
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We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
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January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
I first joined the Tule Lake Pilgrimage in 2010 to grasp the devastating consequences of resisting a loyalty questionnaire in the middle of a war. At the last pilgrimage in 2024, I documented the movement to translate and interpret the Japanese-language literature of incarceration. buff.ly/cOgAUSB
January 14, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I first joined the Tule Lake Pilgrimage in 2010 to grasp the devastating consequences of resisting a loyalty questionnaire in the middle of a war. At the last pilgrimage in 2024, I documented the movement to translate and interpret the Japanese-language literature of incarceration. buff.ly/cOgAUSB
Though hostile forces beset the arts and the retelling of marginalized histories last year, my woke, DEI film surged ahead into production. Join me on Substack for behind-the-scenes updates, along with the research and discoveries of translation that drive this project.
buff.ly/FXG5QF2
buff.ly/FXG5QF2
They Took My Father Too - December 2025
We surged ahead in a challenging year, completing our main production phase.
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January 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Though hostile forces beset the arts and the retelling of marginalized histories last year, my woke, DEI film surged ahead into production. Join me on Substack for behind-the-scenes updates, along with the research and discoveries of translation that drive this project.
buff.ly/FXG5QF2
buff.ly/FXG5QF2
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A screen recording of a 60 Mins segment about the CECOT prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be aired today but was pulled last minute for "unclear reasons." Despite being pulled, it aired on Global-TV in Canada anyway:
archive.org/details/60mi...
archive.org/details/60mi...
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A screen recording of a 60 Mins segment about the CECOT prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be aired today but was pulled last minute for "unclear reasons." Despite being pulled, it aired on Global-TV in Canada anyway:
archive.org/details/60mi...
archive.org/details/60mi...
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Two new episodes of Rachel Maddow's BURN ORDER podcast available today. Ep. 3, "One Drop," features Norm Mineta, Satsuki Ina, and Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga. Ep. 4, "Like an Ordinary American," highlights the Supreme Court cases of Gordon, Min, Fred, and Mitsuye Endo.
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Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
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December 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Two new episodes of Rachel Maddow's BURN ORDER podcast available today. Ep. 3, "One Drop," features Norm Mineta, Satsuki Ina, and Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga. Ep. 4, "Like an Ordinary American," highlights the Supreme Court cases of Gordon, Min, Fred, and Mitsuye Endo.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Japanese American incarceration has this irrepressible way of coming up in the news. I wrote a brisk account of the times our history has become a focus of organizing for immigrant solidarity, a distorted right-wing talking point, or both. open.substack.com/pub/konrader...
My ride through the recurring relevance of Japanese American history
My community's legacy of incarceration gives us a voice, when the national media listens.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Japanese American incarceration has this irrepressible way of coming up in the news. I wrote a brisk account of the times our history has become a focus of organizing for immigrant solidarity, a distorted right-wing talking point, or both. open.substack.com/pub/konrader...
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Today is #GivingTuesday — a global day of generosity that empowers people and organizations to strengthen their communities, and the official start of Densho’s year-end giving season.
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Today is #GivingTuesday — a global day of generosity that empowers people and organizations to strengthen their communities, and the official start of Densho’s year-end giving season.
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The JA Experience - Part 2: The JACL is Available Now!
Learn more about our 90+ year history! You can also help support us this Giving Tuesday so we can continue bringing the voices of the community together!
You can watch part 2 and learn more about how to support JACL at: bio.site/jacl_national
Learn more about our 90+ year history! You can also help support us this Giving Tuesday so we can continue bringing the voices of the community together!
You can watch part 2 and learn more about how to support JACL at: bio.site/jacl_national
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The JA Experience - Part 2: The JACL is Available Now!
Learn more about our 90+ year history! You can also help support us this Giving Tuesday so we can continue bringing the voices of the community together!
You can watch part 2 and learn more about how to support JACL at: bio.site/jacl_national
Learn more about our 90+ year history! You can also help support us this Giving Tuesday so we can continue bringing the voices of the community together!
You can watch part 2 and learn more about how to support JACL at: bio.site/jacl_national
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Looking for a gift for a Japanese literature aficionado in your life? Buying yourself something special for the holidays?
Consider picking up one or more of the books we've covered together on the RJL podcast.
Consider picking up one or more of the books we've covered together on the RJL podcast.
Read Japanese Literature Podcast
Read Japanese Literature is a podcast about Japanese literature and some of its best works. Find out more at ReadJapaneseLiterature.com.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Looking for a gift for a Japanese literature aficionado in your life? Buying yourself something special for the holidays?
Consider picking up one or more of the books we've covered together on the RJL podcast.
Consider picking up one or more of the books we've covered together on the RJL podcast.
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On this Giving Tuesday, please consider donating to the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation. Your donation will help us continue to tell the story of the Japanese American incarceration at Heart Mountain.
www.heartmountain.org/donate/?utm_...
www.heartmountain.org/donate/?utm_...
Donate - Heart Mountain
Donate to the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation or the Memory & Justice Endowment Fund to ensure our future.
www.heartmountain.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
On this Giving Tuesday, please consider donating to the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation. Your donation will help us continue to tell the story of the Japanese American incarceration at Heart Mountain.
www.heartmountain.org/donate/?utm_...
www.heartmountain.org/donate/?utm_...
I'm such a substack newbie. After more than a year off the bird site I'd lost sight of the sickness of the MAGA mind parading itself. substack.com/@wfunews/not...
SPQR (@wfunews)
On a given day, suspend habeas corpus, coordinate arrest raids at 3:00am across the country to arrest and hold suspected traitors, seditionists, lawless judges, terrorists (Antifa and ICE obstructioni...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm such a substack newbie. After more than a year off the bird site I'd lost sight of the sickness of the MAGA mind parading itself. substack.com/@wfunews/not...
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Donate to @workshops4gaza.bsky.social's "Blanket Friday Drive," collecting funds for The Sameer Project's "Give Warmth to Gaza" campaign to provide urgently needed blankets, waterproof tarps, tents, warm clothes to families in Gaza to protect against harsh winter conditions: t.ly/_spUL
[W4G] Blanket Friday Drive
W4G's 2026 Blanket Friday campaign is collecting funds for The Sameer Project's "GIVE WARMTH TO GAZA" campaign! Winter rainfall is here, temperatures are dropping, and families are still without shelt...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Donate to @workshops4gaza.bsky.social's "Blanket Friday Drive," collecting funds for The Sameer Project's "Give Warmth to Gaza" campaign to provide urgently needed blankets, waterproof tarps, tents, warm clothes to families in Gaza to protect against harsh winter conditions: t.ly/_spUL
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It's Cyber Monday, so look no further than the Heart Mountain store. We've got classic books, like Setsuko's Secret by Shirley Ann Higuchi, Heart Mountain by Douglas Nelson and In the Shadow of Heart Mountain by Frank T. Inouye. Check it out here:
shopheartmountain.org/collections/...
shopheartmountain.org/collections/...
Catalog
Make donations, begin or renew your membership, or browse the HMWF Store catalogue, which highlights media about Japanese American incarceration by former incarcerees and their descendants as well as ...
shopheartmountain.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's Cyber Monday, so look no further than the Heart Mountain store. We've got classic books, like Setsuko's Secret by Shirley Ann Higuchi, Heart Mountain by Douglas Nelson and In the Shadow of Heart Mountain by Frank T. Inouye. Check it out here:
shopheartmountain.org/collections/...
shopheartmountain.org/collections/...
Hey hey hey I just started on substack. My first post: "Re-imagining the unseen" introducing my recnet pivot to narrative filmmaking. open.substack.com/pub/konrader...
Re-imagining the unseen
After decades as a documentary filmmaker, I returned to my narrative roots. My current film is an act of translation, adaptation, and cultural recovery.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hey hey hey I just started on substack. My first post: "Re-imagining the unseen" introducing my recnet pivot to narrative filmmaking. open.substack.com/pub/konrader...
My former neighborhood
ICE was seen abducting someone sitting on their porch on 57th Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City 11/ 28/2025
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
My former neighborhood
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Join experts and advocates for an online town hall about why and how corporations and the ultra rich should pay their fair share of taxes in New York State. Then get involved in the campaign that will make our affordability agenda a reality.
➡️ psc-cuny.org/TAXTHERICH
➡️ psc-cuny.org/TAXTHERICH
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Join experts and advocates for an online town hall about why and how corporations and the ultra rich should pay their fair share of taxes in New York State. Then get involved in the campaign that will make our affordability agenda a reality.
➡️ psc-cuny.org/TAXTHERICH
➡️ psc-cuny.org/TAXTHERICH
This ICE List project looks like it's just getting off the ground, but I'll keep checking back: icelist.is
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This ICE List project looks like it's just getting off the ground, but I'll keep checking back: icelist.is
U of Washington Press BOOK SALE - January 2 get 40% off & free domestic shipping on all books sitewide. #BookSky uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
U of Washington Press BOOK SALE - January 2 get 40% off & free domestic shipping on all books sitewide. #BookSky uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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Tues, November 18, 6PM-8PM | JACL Office (5415 N Clark St, Chicago)
JACL Chicago and Nikkei Uprising are gathering on Tuesday, November 18, 6 - 8PM, for a zine- and whistle-packing night at the JACL Chicago office. #jacl, #civilrights, #activism
JACL Chicago and Nikkei Uprising are gathering on Tuesday, November 18, 6 - 8PM, for a zine- and whistle-packing night at the JACL Chicago office. #jacl, #civilrights, #activism
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Tues, November 18, 6PM-8PM | JACL Office (5415 N Clark St, Chicago)
JACL Chicago and Nikkei Uprising are gathering on Tuesday, November 18, 6 - 8PM, for a zine- and whistle-packing night at the JACL Chicago office. #jacl, #civilrights, #activism
JACL Chicago and Nikkei Uprising are gathering on Tuesday, November 18, 6 - 8PM, for a zine- and whistle-packing night at the JACL Chicago office. #jacl, #civilrights, #activism
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Applications are now available for the 2026 JACL/OCA Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.! Join us from March 14-17, 2026, to learn about the work both of our organizations do on a national scale.
Applications are due Sun., 12/14 at 11:59pm HST. Learn more and apply at: jacl.org/jacl-oca-lea...
Applications are due Sun., 12/14 at 11:59pm HST. Learn more and apply at: jacl.org/jacl-oca-lea...
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Applications are now available for the 2026 JACL/OCA Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.! Join us from March 14-17, 2026, to learn about the work both of our organizations do on a national scale.
Applications are due Sun., 12/14 at 11:59pm HST. Learn more and apply at: jacl.org/jacl-oca-lea...
Applications are due Sun., 12/14 at 11:59pm HST. Learn more and apply at: jacl.org/jacl-oca-lea...
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Frank Chuman, a Japanese American lawyer who dedicated much of his life to fighting for the rights of Japanese Americans, has died at 105.
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Japanese American civil rights activist Frank Chuman dead at 105 – AsAmNews
Frank Chuman, a lawyer who dedicated much of his life to fighting for the rights of Japanese Americans, has died at 105.
asamnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Frank Chuman, a Japanese American lawyer who dedicated much of his life to fighting for the rights of Japanese Americans, has died at 105.
asamnews.com/2025/11/16/f...
asamnews.com/2025/11/16/f...
From the research library of my current film - in Chapter 1 Yasuo Sakata calls out the yawning gap in scholarship on Japanese American history between the Immigration Act of 1924 and the outbreak of WW2. #booksky buff.ly/Vh3caUq
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
From the research library of my current film - in Chapter 1 Yasuo Sakata calls out the yawning gap in scholarship on Japanese American history between the Immigration Act of 1924 and the outbreak of WW2. #booksky buff.ly/Vh3caUq