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A darling of the Bush II and Obama administrations, Álvaro Uribe Vélez has had close connections to the Medellín and Cali drug cartels along with fascist paramilitary groups that committed heinous crimes in a war against left-wing guerrillas In late July, former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010) was sentenced...
Dedicated peace activists are committed to abolishing nuclear weapons amidst looming threat of nuclear war Thank you for the opportunity to speak at the 2025 World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. I bring you greetings and solidarity from civil society movements in the U.S. which have been working diligently for...
This year was different from celebrations since 2021 when there were, perhaps, 5,000 people invited—this year there were about 50,000! It took place in the Plaza de la Fe where the July 19th celebrations were held for many years with open attendance of hundreds of thousands and little organization. That...
Over the past 30 years, the proponents of the Unipolar World have proceeded to methodically dismantle the norms, principles and diplomatic usages to such an extent that contemporary international relations are characterized by social media postings. First, UN resolutions have been construed to provide a veneer of legality to wars...
CovertAction Magazine co-founder Philip Agee was one of the best known whistleblowers of the 1970s, writing a tell-all book exposing CIA crimes and the influence of multi-national corporations in driving illegal covert operations. After the book’s publication, Agee was retaliated against by the CIA, which forced him to live the...
Japan is gripped by an unprecedented political crisis that has been entirely obscured in the media around the globe. On July 24, the day after the Upper House elections, all the morning newspapers in Japan featured headlines screaming out that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had been pressured by his party,...
The U.S. Claims To Be Embarked on a Global Crusade Against Authoritarianism While It Supports Authoritarian Regimes Like the One in Kenya In mid-April 2025, President Donald Trump offered support for the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, which is led by the National Police Service of Kenya. Financed largely by...
Listen to the Mockingbird. Let early birds catch worms, but Mockingbirds sing catchy ear worms. Tone-deaf historians and criminologists continue to neglect music and thereby ignore an important soundtrack to events. Even if our frustration has now reached a boiling point as we long for information that makes sense, dubbing...