Series I: Production Files, 1983-2015, inclusive

This series contains typed scripts, some of which have margin annotations, and research materials mainly consisting of news articles from other media sources, some of which have margin annotations and handwritten notes attached. Materials in this series date from 1983 to 2015 and are arranged by date ranges.

The Third World News Review scripts focus on various topics including: the Iraq War, the Lebanese Civil War, and the Gulf War; the Iran-Contra Affair; the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and hijacking of TWA flights; Gaza, the West Bank, United States-Israeli relations, and the Pollard Affair; the United Nations conference seeking international ban on chemical weapons; the assassination of Fatah founder Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir; the Arab League Summit; growing Contra activity and violence in Central American countries like El Salvador, Panama, and Nicaragua; growing political instability and coups in the Sudan; the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India; the bombing at West Berlin nightclub La Belle; and critiques of the Reagan administration.

Research materials focus on topics including tensions between the United Nations and African countries related to the attempted prosecution of corrupt government officials in countries including Uganda, Kenya, Liberia, South Africa, and Nigeria; U.S. military intervention in Somalia; economic unrest related to mines in South Africa; conflicts involving Boko Haram; protests in Egypt related to the Muslim Brotherhood; growing Islamist insurgency in Mali; Gaza; Simon Mann's trial in Equatorial Guinea; Israel and Palestine; the Rwandan genocide; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); investigations related to U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Iraq War; President Barack Obama and the 2012 Presidential Election; British colonialism in Africa, including the Mau Mau massacre; and the War in Afghanistan.