Behind U.S. foreign policy toward Venezuela are century-old racist tropes (Archived)
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If the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Is Subverting Democracy—Why Aren’t Some of the Left Media Calling It Out?
NED’s history should lead to it being renamed the “National Endowment for Attacking Democracy,” as journalist Stephen Kinzer suggests.
If the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Is Subverting Democracy—Why Aren’t Some of the Left Media Calling It Out?
As U.S. Threatens War with Russia, Biden Administration Unveils Imperial Strategy for Indo-Pacific That Could Lead to War with China
WWII Redux: the Endpoint of U.S. Policy, from Ukraine to Taiwan
The Threatened Peoples of East Asia and Europe Can Stop the U.S. Drive to Restore its Global Domination.
WWII Redux: the Endpoint of U.S. Policy, from Ukraine to Taiwan
China’s Principled Stance Towards Ukraine & European Security Is Commendable
All things considered, objective observers should accept that China’s stance towards Ukraine and the undeclared US-provoked missile crisis in Europe fully aligns with its consistent support of international law.
China’s Principled Stance Towards Ukraine & European Security Is Commendable
Pearl Harbor Comes to Taiwan
Origins of State Surveillance
Smedley Butler Wasn’t Kidding, by David Swanson
by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
February 4, 2022
Smedley Butler is generally left out of U.S. history. If you bring up a guy who prevented a Wall Street coup against FDR, you do real damage to the tale of peaceful respect for government from the beginning of time up through January 6, 2021. If you mention the scandal that erupted when he recounted how Mussolini had run over a little girl with his car, it’s hard to leave out the U.S. government’s friendly relations with Mussolini.
Smedley Butler Wasn’t Kidding, by David Swanson
Previously:
Why Smedley Butler left the imperialist front despising ‘Gangsters of Capitalism’
Why Smedley Butler left the imperialist front despising ‘Gangsters of Capitalism’
New book shows how the American general’s contempt for ‘the racket’ was born during his service in the 20th century ‘small wars.’
Why Smedley Butler left the imperialist front despising ‘Gangsters of Capitalism’
What Kind of Threat Is China?
Book review of “America and the China Threat: From the End of History to the End of Empire” by Prof. Paolo Urio
The “brutalist philosophy” of the US was made public (曝光) by Robert Daly, a former US diplomat stationed in Beijing, in 2015. Currently, he is the director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. No diplomatic niceties here, Daly frankly states the policy of the US: China must never reach the level of the US.
What Kind of Threat Is China?
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