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Remember Gary Webb
Sunday, 16 Feburay 2025 — The New Dark Age Continue reading
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Fire from the Mountain: An Interview with Nicaragua’s Comandante Omar Cabezas
We interview Omar Cabezas, legendary Sandinista guerilla and author of Fire From the Mountain, about Nicaragua today, the state of the Sandinista Revolution, and his feelings about Daniel Ortega Continue reading
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Elliott Abrams, Washington’s ‘new’ Cold Warrior, plots regime change in Caracas
The Trump administration set a 23 February deadline for Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to bow to U.S. demands and cede power to self-appointed “president” Juan Guaidó. Sanctions imposed by former U.S. president Barack Obama have been extended and deepened, costing Venezuela US$38 billion over the last three years, according to Venezuela’s vice president of planning,… Continue reading
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Death-Squad Organizer Is NYT’s Source on Ben Carson’s Lack of Foreign Policy Smarts
As head of Reagan’s CIA division in Latin America in the 1980s, Clarridge took part in the effort to overthrow Nicaragua’s Sandinista government by illegally supplying funds and arms to the Contras—a right-wing terrorist movement that committed brutal war crimes. Continue reading
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No, Putin Isn’t Following ‘Reagan Playbook’ in Ukraine–Thank God By Jim Naureckas
David Ignatius is a Washington Post columnist who is notable for his coziness with his sources in the CIA. So when he writes a column (4/8/14) headlined “Putin Steals the CIA’s Playbook on Anti-Soviet Covert Operations,” it’s hard to know how to take that: Is it supposed to be a criticism or a compliment? Continue reading
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