September 19, 2008
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When slaves defeated an empire ‘The Black Jacobins’ By Brian Kwoba
A Trinidad-born writer and socialist, C.L.R. James became a leading intellectual and theoretician within the Pan-African milieu. His book on the Haitian revolution is a Marxist classic. With sweeping literary drama, biting sarcasm and passionate political conviction, The Black Jacobins tells the story of a tremendous historical epoch in brilliant colors. Continue reading
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A Closer Look at Recent Violence in Bolivia – Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Council on Hemispheric Affairs Recent clashes between President Evo Morales’ constitutional government and the pro-autonomy opposition in Bolivia’s eastern provinces have left 15 people dead, 35 injured and 100 missing, according to official reports. The government has accused the prefect of Bolivia’s northern Pando province, Leopoldo Fernandez, of hiring professional assassins to ‘massacre’ pro-Morales campesinos. Continue reading
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The United States and Bolivia By Stephen Zunes
With much of Bolivia’s natural gas wealth located in the east, and taking advantage of the endemic racism of its largely white and mestizo population against the country’s indigenous majority, now in positions of political power for the first time, these right-wing forces appear ready to either bring down Morales or secede from the country.… Continue reading
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Haiti's Lingering Agony By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Haiti’s lingering agony should be acknowledged as also our agony. The USA has never allowed Haiti to develop itself on an independent basis. From the time of Haitian independence in 1804 through the coup against President Aristide in 2004 on through today, the US government has been regularly interfering in the internal affairs of the… Continue reading
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‘Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity and the Subprime Scandal’
Source: Global Research A Review of Danny Schechter’s book ‘Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity and the Subprime Scandal’ by Stephen Lendman Global Research, September 18, 2008 Danny Schechter is a media activist, critic, independent filmmaker, TV producer as well as an author of 10 books and lecturer on media issues. Some call him ‘The News Continue reading
The New Dark Age 