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Furor in Colombia : The Yanks are Still Coming
Venezuela Pres. Hugo Chavez addresses rally in Caracas, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, protesting U.S.-Columbia military agrement. Photo by Fernando LLano / AP. The U.S. Invasion of Colombia:Touching all the bases By Marion Delgado / The Rag Blog / November 15, … Continue reading
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Tagged Central America, Columbia, Imperialism, Latin America, U.S. Military
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Columbia Military Pact : The Yanks are Coming
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe defends military pact with U.S. Photo from AFP.U.S. and Columbia:Military pact signed in ‘private’ meeting Over There, Over ThereSend the word, send the word,Over ThereThat the Yanks are coming,The Yanks are coming,The drums rum tumming everywhere… … Continue reading
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Tagged Central America, Colombia, Imperialism, Latin America, U.S. Military
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Steve Weissman : How Washington Learned to Love Nonviolence
The use of nonviolence for covert intervention Sharp was talking ‘about seizing political power or denying it to others,’ and doing it without having to break things or kill people. By Steve Weissman / The Rag Blog / September 29, … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Green Revolution, Imperialism, Iran, Nonviolence
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Surrealist Group : No War on the Moon!
‘Dark Side of the Moon’ by Al Magnus / photo.net. In Defense of the Dark Side of the MoonBy The Surrealist Group / The Rag Blog / August 20, 2009 “But, for myself, the Earth’s records had taught me to … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Imperialism, Militarism, NASA, Peace Movement, Surrealism
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Tom Hayden Comic : The Long War
The Long WarText by Tom Hayden.Illustrated by Sam Marlow and Ellis Rosen. Edited by Paul Buhle.Published by The Rag Blog. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE See additional frames, Below. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, American History, Comics, Imperialism, Iraq Occupation, Pakistan, Tom Hayden, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Steve Weissman : The U.S. Role in Iran’s ‘Green Revolution’
Photo from BrooWaha.com.Iran: Seen to Be Meddling Our multimedia meddlers sought… to help mobilize the millions of Iranians who had already turned against the regime of Ahmadinejad and were questioning the theocratic rule of the ayatollahs. By Steve Weissman / … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Green Revolution, Imperialism, Iran, Iranian Elections, New Media, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Robert McNamara : Expanding the Imperial Mission
LBJ and Robert McNamara. Photo from Dr. X’s Vintage Photos.The hallmark of the McNamara era: Modernization, scientific management, mutually assured destruction The most critical contribution to U.S. imperialism… for which McNamara was a leading advocate, was to foster the belief … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Anti-Communism, Capitalism, Deaths, Imperialism, JFK, LBJ, Robert McNamara, Sixties, Vietnam
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Haiti and Honduras : Considering Two ‘Coups d’État’
Two victims of coups d’etat, then and now: Manuel Zeyala of Honduras and Haiti’s Jean-Bertrand Aristide.Coups Past and Present The same United Nations that now condemns the coup in Honduras and demands Zelaya’s return occupied Haiti militarily during the coup … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristide, Coups d'etat, Haiti, Honduras, Imperialism, Latin America
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Honduras and Western Hemisphere : Summer Rerun?
A new day dawns in the Western Hemisphere:The old day not yet buriedBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / July 1, 2009 Sunday the Honduran military carried out a coup ousting President Manuel Zelaya from power. Almost immediately leaders … Continue reading
Steve Weissman : U.S. and Iran: Nonviolence 101
Was there meddling in the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine in 2004-2005?Iran: Nonviolence 101 Washington’s promotion of nonviolent resistance in other countries is already casting suspicion on a number of activists and thinkers who, wittingly or not, have allowed themselves … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Civil Disobedience, Imperialism, Iran, Iranian Elections, Nonviolence, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Iran and the USA : Who’s Diddling Democracy?
The Persian Service of Voice of America (VOA) is said to have sided with the anti-Ahmadinejad candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. Photo by AP from BBC News.Who’s Diddling Democracy in Iran? Does my reading of the tea leaves prove conclusively that … Continue reading
Obama, the Anti-War Movement and the Neo-Cons: Turning the Ship Around
“Warship 53.” Photo from sailsarana.com Obama’s agenda of ‘turning the battleship’ is not our agenda of disarming it altogether: ending U.S. interventionism and bullying of all sorts, initiating an era of peaceful global cooperation to tackle poverty, disease, global warming … Continue reading
