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The Dark Side of Israeli Independence

The Dark Side of Israeli Independence

On May 14, 1948, Israel declared its independence. On May 15, Palestinians solemnly commemorate Nakba Day. “Nakba” means..

May 15, 2012 with 0 Comments
Angola 3 ‘Political Prisoners’ Herman Wallace & Albert Woodfox Mark 40 Years of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana’s Notorious Angola Prison

Angola 3 ‘Political Prisoners’ Herman Wallace & Albert Woodfox Mark 40 Years of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana’s Notorious Angola Prison

For the better part of the last 40 years, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox have been locked away in soul-crushing, mind-destroying..

April 17, 2012 with 0 Comments
‘On This Day’ 2004: US Forces Launch Operation Vigilant Resolve, First Battle of Fallujah

‘On This Day’ 2004: US Forces Launch Operation Vigilant Resolve, First Battle of Fallujah

On March 31, 2004 four guards from the private security company Blackwater USA entered a part of Fallujah, Iraq controlled by resistance..

April 4, 2012 with 0 Comments
A Very Different Me: My Reflections on 9/11, One Year After

A Very Different Me: My Reflections on 9/11, One Year After

It´s been a year now. September 11, 2001 marked the most tragic day in American history since the Civil War. I am lucky to have begun my..

September 9, 2011 with 0 Comments
‘On This Day’ 1951: Secret C.I.A. L.S.D. Experiment Creates Mass Insanity in French Village; 5 Die

‘On This Day’ 1951: Secret C.I.A. L.S.D. Experiment Creates Mass Insanity in French Village; 5 Die

During the early days of the Cold War, the U.S. military and the C.I.A. carried out hundreds of secret experiments with a newly-developed..

August 15, 2011 with 0 Comments
The Truth About Hiroshima

The Truth About Hiroshima

“The Japanese were ready to surrender and it wasn’t necessary to hit them with that awful thing.” -Supreme Allied..

August 6, 2011 with 0 Comments
‘On This Day’ 1962: C.I.A. Mission Leads to Arrest and 28-Year Imprisonment of Nelson Mandela

‘On This Day’ 1962: C.I.A. Mission Leads to Arrest and 28-Year Imprisonment of Nelson Mandela

Nobel Peace Prize winner and former South African President Nelson Mandela is arguably the world’s most respected and beloved living..

August 5, 2011 with 0 Comments
Trial over U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Massacre at Las Dos Erres Begins

Trial over U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Massacre at Las Dos Erres Begins

Four former Guatemalan soldiers are on trial for the 1982 massacre of more than 220 men, women and children at Las Dos Erres. The four were..

July 29, 2011 with 3 Comments
Remembering U.S. State Terrorism Against Nicaragua

Remembering U.S. State Terrorism Against Nicaragua

Yesterday marked the 32nd anniversary of the overthrow of the brutal, U.S.-backed Somoza dynasty by the progressive Sandinista Revolution...

July 21, 2011 with 0 Comments
‘On This Day’ 1967: Israel Deliberately Attacks U.S.S. Liberty, Killing 34 American Sailors & Wounding 173 More

‘On This Day’ 1967: Israel Deliberately Attacks U.S.S. Liberty, Killing 34 American Sailors & Wounding 173 More

June 8, 1967. The Eastern Mediterranean. The Six Day War between Israel and a coalition of Arab nations hell-bent on the Jewish..

June 8, 2011 with 2 Comments