Tag: United States
Former Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah Is No Doubt Rolling in His Grave As AFRICOM Carries Out Military Training Exercises in Ghana
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 0
Nkrumah had envisioned the creation of an all-African military force to police the continent and protect it from outside exploiters—AFRICOM is his worst nightmare.
In early March, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted a two-week training exercise called Flintlock around the Ghanaian cities of Daboya, Tamale and Volta as well...
The United Nations is Being Used by the U.S. in its Propaganda War Against Nicaragua
John Perry - 20
Biased new report lends weight to U.S. regime-change operations targeting left-wing Sandinista government.
While the United States pays little regard to the human rights of many of its own citizens, it manifests intense interest in those of countries that it regards as its enemies.
Nicaragua, designated by both Trump and Biden...
Chechen Fighters Sign Deal with Ukraine to Form All-Chechen Brigade to Fight Russians
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 1
Jihadists coming fresh from Syria exemplify yet again that War on Terror is a fraud.
In early March, Asia Times reported that the Ukrainian government under Volodymyr Zelensky had signed a deal with newly arrived Chechen fighters from Syria to establish an all-Chechen brigade reporting directly to the Ministry of...
CovertAction Bulletin – Fund People’s Needs, Not the War Machine: Voices from the streets of D.C. on March 18
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
On March 18, thousands of people from across the country and the world gathered in Lafayette Park, just outside the White House, demanding an end to the endless U.S. wars of the past 20 years and in particular the proxy conflict in Ukraine...
U.S. State Department Condemns “Kill the Gays” Bill in Uganda, But Will It Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is and Cut Off Aid to Museveni Government?
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 4
Secretary of State Antony Blinken publicly denounced a new anti-gay bill by Uganda’s parliament, which is being called a “kill the gays bill” for its capital punishment penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” involving people infected with HIV or who try to have sex with a minor or disabled person against...
Abusive Priest Exposed in Netflix Series Was Trained Under CIA’s Operation MK-ULTRA
John Potash - 11
Used MK-ULTRA tactics, including psychological manipulation and the administration of drugs, in abusing victims
Investigators starring in the Emmy Award-nominated Netflix documentary, The Keepers, interviewed many women and at least one man reporting that Father Joseph Maskell raped them, and appeared to play a part in the murder of...
A true story censored by the media bubble
There are two Volodymyr Zelenskys: the one we have known since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, who has since been celebrated every day in the Western media as a hero with a spotless white (or green) vest; the other,...
CovertAction Bulletin – Islamophobia and Imperialism: 20 years after the invasion of Iraq
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 2
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Islamophobia became a sort of unofficial religion in the United States. Vigilante street attacks on Muslim people became common. The government surveilled mosques and community centers. Over two decades later, the situation doesn’t seem much different. Resistance to bringing refugees from Syria into the U.S. based entirely in racism and Islamophobia. As we mark the 20th anniversary of the war in Iraq in March 2023, the New York Times’ major retrospective piece barely mentions the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians who died, and says nothing about its own role in the war or the toll on Muslim people in the U.S...
ICC Arrest Warrant Issued to Putin is Hypocritical Propaganda Stunt Aimed to Distract from Growing Protests Against Ukraine War
Sonja Van den Ende - 1
With large-scale protests against war and austerity engulfing the streets of Western (EU) countries, the political elite, in full-fledged panic mode, launched a propaganda stunt by indicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Lvova-Belova is the Russian Commissioner for Children’s Rights. She and...
Newly Released Documents Reveal How a Paranoid FBI Amassed a Thousand-Page Surveillance File on Prominent Cold War Hawk, Believing Erroneously He Was a Communist
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 0
Incompetent G-men failed to notice that Walt W. Rostow, National Security Adviser from 1966 to 1969, authored an anti-communist manifesto that was written as a rebuttal to Karl Marx.
Throughout his long tenure as FBI Director from 1926 to 1971, J. Edgar Hoover effectively presented himself as a dedicated “red...