21st Century US Coups and Attempted Coups in Latin America
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21st Century US Coups and Attempted Coups in Latin America

ByStansfield Smith

During the 21st century, the US rulers have turned to a new coup strategy, relying on soft coups, a significant change from the notoriously brutal military hard coups in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and other countries in the 1970s. A list of 27 US-backed coups in the first 21 years of this century.

A Year Later, Justice for the Insurrection Remains Elusive
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A Year Later, Justice for the Insurrection Remains Elusive

BySonali Kolhatkar

As we come upon the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, it is tempting to give in to despair about collective White violence, impunity, and criminal activity yet again going unpunished. A study found a whopping 21 million Americans share the values of the insurrectionists.

Co-lending: Another Bonanza for Private Capital
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Co-lending: Another Bonanza for Private Capital

ByC.P. Chandrasekhar

The State Bank of India recently announced that it had entered into a partnership with Adani Capital. Like with all public-private partnerships under capitalism, the public sector will bear the risk while the private sector will share the rewards generated largely by the investment of public capital.

The Blockade as a Double-Edged Sword
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The Blockade as a Double-Edged Sword

ByRoberto Regalado

Not a day has gone by that the United States has not tried to overturn the Cuban Revolution, through the assassination of its leaders, invasions by proxy forces, preventing it from normal commercial and diplomatic relations, and encouraging social distress in the island to become a counterrevolutionary force.

I Want to Get Our Rights from the Americans Who Harmed Us
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I Want to Get Our Rights from the Americans Who Harmed Us

ByVijay Prashad

Julian Assange and his organisation WikiLeaks published vital information received from whistle-blowers that chronicled U.S. war crimes and atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan. This includes the horrifying video that showed U.S. military personnel killing Iraqi civilians.

bell hooks, Black Feminist Scholar and Intellectual Giant, has Died
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bell hooks, Black Feminist Scholar and Intellectual Giant, has Died

BySharon Zhang and Julia Conley

bell hooks, a colossus of Black feminist thought, died on December 15 in her home in Berea, Kentucky. She was 69. Her writings are foundational to contemporary movements for justice and have opened countless doors in radical thought on race, class, gender and other forms of oppression.