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What's New

5/17/12 - New blog post at The Freedom Fighter Blog "Russian and Chinese Arms Sales to Authoritarian Regimes Part 2 (China)"

5/15/12 - Matthew VanDyke will be attending the Photojournalism Print Auction at Christie's to Support Anton Hammerl's Children in New York. Read more...

5/9/12 - Matthew VanDyke joins MiPeople (Media Intelligence Partners) Talent Management Agency. Read more...

5/8/12 - New blog post at The Freedom Fighter Blog "Russian and Chinese Arms Sales to Authoritarian Regimes - Part 1 (Russia)"

5/2/12 - The Kawasaki KLR650 motorcycle used by Matthew VanDyke in North Africa and the Middle East - Read Review

5/1/12 - Matthew VanDyke's new article at The Huffington Post "How Osama bin Laden Changed My Life"

4/25/12 - New blog post at The Freedom Fighter Blog "Mali, Sudan, and Ethnic Conflict in Northern Africa"

4/24/12 - Matthew VanDyke will be attending his friend André Liohn's photo projection and talk entitled "Almost Dawn In Libya" at Sebastian Junger's The Half King bar in New York

4/23/12 - Matthew VanDyke will be a guest on Al Alam News Network discussing The United States' support to NGO's in Egypt

4/17/12 - Matthew VanDyke's new article at The Huffington Post "How to Run a Revolution: The Success of Libya and the Failures of Syria"

4/10/12 - New blog post at The Freedom Fighter Blog "The Failure of the United Nations in Syria"

4/9/12 - matthewvandyke.com added to Tim Lynch's Free Range International blogroll.

4/2/12 - Matthew VanDyke's new article at The Huffington Post "Why Islamists Winning Elections Is Good for Democracy and the War on Terrorism"

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freedom fighter matthew vandyke working as a journalist in afghanistanFreedom fighter, former POW, Middle East analyst, TV and radio commentator, Huffington Post blogger, writer, photographer and filmmaker Matthew VanDyke has had extraordinary adventures in some of the world's most dangerous places. He has driven motorcycles in warzones, explored the vast reaches of the Sahara desert, and fought in the Libyan civil war to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi. More...

Here you will find an extensive biography of Matthew VanDyke, photo and video galleries, accounts of his many adventures in Africa, the Middle East, and Afghanistan, his work as a freedom fighter in the Arab Spring, and the latest news about him.

Also check out the page "The Facts About Matthew VanDyke" which dispels the myths and corrects the false claims about Matthew VanDyke and his actions in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. More...


The Freedom Fighter Blog

   The Freedom Fighter Blog, written by Matthew VanDyke, contains personal accounts of his ongoing mission to combat authoritarianism, and analysis and commentary of current events surrounding the struggle for freedom worldwide.

Matthew VanDyke also writes for The Huffington Post

 

Blog Postings

 

5/17/12 - Russian and Chinese Arms Sales to Authoritarian Regimes - Part 2 (China)

5/8/12 - Russian and Chinese Arms Sales to Authoritarian Regimes - Part 1 (Russia)

 

5/1/12 - How Osama bin Laden Changed My Life (@ The Huffington Post)

 

4/25/12 - Mali, Sudan, and Ethnic Conflict in Northern Africa

4/17/12 - How to Run a Revolution: The Success of Libya and the Failures of Syria (@ The Huffington Post)

 

4/10/12 - The Failure of the United Nations in Syria

 

4/2/2012 - Why Islamists Winning Elections Is Good for Democracy and the War on Terrorism (@ The Huffington Post)

 

3/28/2012 - The Tuareg Rebellion in Mali

3/21/2012 - The Founding Fathers, The Declaration of Independence, and The Arab Spring

 

3/13/2012 - Gaddafi's Prisoner - Reflections on My Time as a POW in the Libyan Civil War

 

3/8/2012 - Only Regime Change Will End Iran's Nuclear Program


3/1/2012 - The Arab Spring and the Democratic Domino Theory


2/24/2012 - The Syria Game

 

2/17/2012 - Why I Fought in the Libyan Civil War


Speeches

2/18/2012 - Matthew VanDyke's Speech at the Permanent Mission of Libya to the United Nations