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US Peace Groups Call for Biden and Congress to Adopt ‘No First Use of Nuclear Weapons’ Policy
The U.S. "has nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert, ready to strike first and begin a nuclear war that could result in the deaths of billions of people around the globe," warned one coalition member. ...[Read more]
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Cuba’s cultural counter-revolution: US gov’t-backed rappers, artists gain fame as ‘catalyst for current unrest’
Over the past decade, the US government has spent millions of dollars to cultivate anti-government Cuban rappers, rock musicians, artists, and journalists in an explicit bid to weaponize “desocialized and marginalized youth.” The strategy implemented ...[Read more]
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Drone Whistleblower Gets 45 Months in Prison for Revealing Ongoing US War Crimes
On July 27, a federal district court judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst Daniel Hale to 45 months in prison for revealing evidence of U.S. war crimes. In 2015, Hale, whose job involved identifying targets f ...[Read more]
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Sanders, Lee, and Murphy Slam Biden Administration’s First Drone Strike in Somalia
A trio of senators, including Bernie Sanders of Vermont, issued a statement late Thursday condemning the U.S. military's drone strike in Somalia earlier this week, the first known bombing of the East African country since President Joe Biden took office i ...[Read more]
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The Controversial Prosecutor at the Heart of the Julian Assange Case
The battle to extradite WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States is shaping up to be a legal case of paramount importance to the future of national security reporting. The U.S. continues to press the case even after ...[Read more]
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If Biden Wants to “Stand With the Cuban People,” He Can Ease the Cruel Blockade
The corporate media have been bashing the Cuban government in response to the recent protests in Cuba, while President Joe Biden claims, “We stand with the Cuban people.” But they ignore or minimize the leading cause of economic suffering in Cuba: the ...[Read more]
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US Concern for Cuba, Latin America is Spin for Intervention
The US government says it is going to help Central America fight corruption, will combat the “root causes” of migration in Mexico and Central America, and it wants to help the Cuban people with freedom too. But the US’s domestic and foreign track re ...[Read more]
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Suspects in Assassination of Haitian President Had Ties to U.S. Law Enforcement
More information is emerging about the suspects involved in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Mose last week. At least one of two Haitian Americans arrested was an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the DEA. Other suspect ...[Read more]
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Norwegian fund divests from firms linked to Israeli settlements
Norway’s largest pension fund announced it has divested assets in 16 companies for their links to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including telecom equipment giant Motorola. “In KLP’s assessment, there is an unacceptable risk that the ...[Read more]
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Into the Quagmire with Donald Rumsfeld
As President Ronald Reagan’s special envoy to the Middle East, Rumsfeld travelled to Baghdad to shake hands with Saddam Hussein and assure him of US support in the eight-year war that the Iraqi dictator had launched against Iran. His camaraderie with Sa ...[Read more]
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United States Withdraws From Afghanistan? Not Really
The United States, it appears, is willing to allow the Taliban to return to power with two caveats: first, that the U.S. presence remains, and second, that the main rivals of the United States—namely China and Russia—have no role in Kabul. In 2011, U. ...[Read more]
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