Tag: United States
CovertAction Bulletin: Congo “Coup”? What’s Imperialism Got To Do With It?
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
On May 19, forces calling themselves the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo launched what appears to be a failed coup attempt, attacking the home of the Deputy Prime Minister of Economy Vital Kamerhe, as well as the Congo’s presidential palace, Palais de la Nation...
Asian Literary Scholar, Emanuel Pastreich, is Running for President to Raise Awareness About State Crimes and Criminality of U.S. Governing Class
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 1
On May 7, The New York Times ran an article comparing Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to independent candidates in past elections like Ross Perot in 1992, Gary Johnson in 2016, and John Anderson in 1980, who functioned as spoilers or gave people the option of a protest vote.
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Guantánamo Bay prison is a monstrosity where hundreds of suspected terrorists have been held and tortured for years, many without being charged of any crime.
To keep their humanity, many of the inmates produced paintings that were featured at a May 2 screening premiere event in Beverly Hills of I...
The CIA-linked Cicero Institute’s campaign to make it illegal to be homeless.
A confluence of horrific policies is converging that threatens the freedom of homeless people in the United States. Governors and big city mayors across the western United States are demanding the “right” to drive the homeless from view...
CovertAction Bulletin: Thousands in Detroit Open Next Phase of Palestine Struggle
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
Over 3,500 people gathered in Detroit, Michigan for a three-day People’s Conference for Palestine on May 24, 25 and 26. Led by the Palestinian Youth Movement, the conference highlighted the work that has already been done over the last 8 months but also the historical work done over years and decades in the struggle to end Zionist occupation...
How Much Longer Will the CIA and MI6 Be Able to Employ Their Dirty Tricks Together Without Retribution?
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 1
“Remarkable Intelligence Collaboration” Highlighted by CIA Director Has Spawned Great Injustices
On July 1 2023, CIA Director William F. Burns gave a speech in Oxfordshire at the Ditchley Foundation, a force of British intelligence founded in 1958 to promote Anglo-American collaboration, in which he boasted about the “remarkable intelligence partnership...
Accusations range from his pro-Russian stance to his anti-WHO Pandemic Treaty stance
On May 15, 2024, a gunman shot Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico outside of a meeting he had attended. Given their track record and the political stakes involved, many people suspect that U.S. and other Western forces orchestrated...
U.S. Officials Can’t Say the Word “Genocide,” But ICC is Pursuing Charges of Genocide Committed by Israel
David Starr - 10
In a promising move, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan decided to file for an application to serve arrest warrants to Israeli and Hamas leaders. As published in Al Jazeera, Khan was quoted as saying that there are “reasonable grounds” to serve warrants to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
There Are Two Narratives on the January 6 Capitol Riots: The Left Calls it a Fascist Coup Attempt. The Right Calls it a Fedsurrection. Which Narrative is Correct? Or...
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 2
The January 6, 2021, Capitol riot was a watershed event in American political history, which raised alarm about the fragility of American democracy and the dangers of right-wing extremism.
As Donald Trump gave an inflammatory speech insisting that the November 2020 election was “rigged,” legions of his supporters stormed the...
When in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves for 29 years, I thought I had seen some pretty stupid things that politicians told the military to do. It always begins with politicians deciding the easiest, most sensible solution to a problem would have too much political baggage and cost them...