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US Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum

corinna barnard — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:00:19 +0000

Alan MacLeod on the “Crucial Communism Teaching Act,” which is now being read in the U.S. Senate, where it is all but certain to pass. By Alan MacLeod MintPress News Congress has just passed a bill that will see the…

Vijay Prashad: ‘Progressive’ Sellout of Venezuela

corinna barnard — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:00:09 +0000

Many countries with supposedly centre-left or left governments have joined the U.S. in proposals that seek to undermine Venezuelan democratic processes. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On Aug. 16, the Organization of American States (OAS), whose 1948 formation…

US-Led Military Exercises in Pacific Wreak Havoc

corinna barnard — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:01:39 +0000

Hawaiian activists call on nations that condemn the genocide in Gaza to withdraw from the massive U.S.-organized RIMPAC military training illegally hosted on Hawaiian land. By Kawena’ulaokalã Kapahua and Joy Lehuanani Enomoto Peoples Dispatch Every two years, the Indo-Pacific Command…

How Britain Shields Israel From War Crime Charges

Consortiumnews.com — Sun, 05 May 2024 23:00:14 +0000

The U.K. government has repeatedly protected Israeli politicians, spies and soldiers from being arrested for war crimes when they visit Britain, John McEvoy and Phil Miller reveal. By James McEvoy and Phil Miller Declassified UK The U.K. government has provided…

Palestinians Still Not Denied Right to Dream

corinna barnard — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:00:01 +0000

Israel saying the ICJ remained “silent during the Holocaust” when the court didn’t exist yet, shows Israel has no answers to the ICJ orders, writes Vijay Prashad. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Judges at the International Court of…

Remembering Kissinger’s Victims

corinna barnard — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:00:18 +0000

Joe Bader recalls Charles Horman, Frank Teruggi, Ronni Moffit and Orlando Letelier — all killed by the Kissinger-Nixon backed Chilean military junta that overthrew the Allende government. By Joe Bader Common Dreams Historian Greg Grandin, in his 2015 biography of…

SCOTT RITTER: Kissinger – War Criminal Who Saved the World

Consortiumnews.com — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:23:42 +0000

The United States’ most notorious diplomat was behind key nuclear arms control treaties with the USSR that kept a lid on the possibility of catastrophic nuclear exchange. By Scott Ritter Scott Ritter Extra Henry Kissinger, recognized by many as one of…

CHILE 50 YRS: Allende Grandson Tells CN: US Empire ‘Is Going Down’

Consortiumnews.com — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:30:00 +0000

The grandson of Salvador Allende, the democratically-elected president of Chile who was overthrown by a U.S.-backed, fascist junta 50 years ago on Sept. 11, 1973, spoke with CN at a conference in Australia remembering the coup. (w/Spanish transcript). See Spanish translation…

CHILE 50 YRS: Allende Lives in Santiago Vigil

corinna barnard — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:00:37 +0000

Zoe Alexandra reports on the commemorations in Chile of the 1973 coup, including a centerpiece candle light vigil at the National Stadium in Santiago, one of the largest centers of torture and detention during the Pinochet dictatorship. By Zoe Alexandra…

CHILE 50 YRS: US Scars From 9/11/73

Consortiumnews.com — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:00:01 +0000

Chile under Pinochet was the experimenting ground for an economic project, neoliberalism, that inspired both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. It was also a laboratory for torture and enforced disappearance of human beings, writes Brad Evans. By Brad Evans University of Bath…