How Tipu Sultan and Haidar Ali Inspired America’s Founding Fathers in Their Quest for Freedom
While fighting for independence, the fledgling United States looked far away to the Kingdom of Mysore for inspiration.
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A 70-Year War on ‘Propaganda’ Built by the CIA
Propaganda is vital in times of war because it is absolutely imperative that the people, who often need to make the greatest sacrifices and suffer the most, believe that such a war is justified; and that the “enemy” is sub-human.
U.S.-NATO Hands Off Belarus!
Six years after the USA helped to engineer a right-wing takeover of Ukraine using mass protests, another former Soviet republic — Belarus — is now in the gunsights of Washington and the European Union.
A Message from the Most Bombed Nation on Earth
A statement by the Chief of the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians, one of the indigenous tribes of the USA.
Mexico: First the Poor
The achievements of the first anti-neoliberal President of Mexico, AMLO, in his first year-and-a-half are striking – but questions are also being raised by explicitly anti-capitalist organisations like the Zapatistas.
The USA and Nicaragua Now: An Interview with S. Brian Willson
Brian, a Vietnam war veteran, discusses not only Nicaragua but the broader issues of US foreign policy and racially violent police brutality in the United States.
It Is More than 3 Months of Non-Stop Protests in the USA Now – Three Articles
Capping a week of protests, thousands of protestors gathered in Washington D.C., on 28 August to protest yet another police shooting of a black man in Kenosha – the day also marked the 1963 March on Washington.
Hollywood and the Pentagon are Cheating on the American Public
Long have Hollywood and the Pentagon worked together in what has been called a relationship of “mutual exploitation,” producing war agitprop for the masses.
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Trump Losing His Tech War with China – Two Articles
From tariffs to the TikTok ban to slurs about the “kung flu”, Trump has been expressing mounting frustration over China and ramping up attacks on an inexorably rising power on the global stage.
Bernie Sanders’ Speech to the Democratic National Convention
Full transcript of the US Senator’s speech on August 17, 2020.