A frequent weapon for Democrats in the 2016 election is to publicly malign those they regard as critics and adversaries as Russia sympathizers, Putin stooges, or outright agents of the Kremlin. To put it mildly, this is not a new tactic in U.S. political discourse, and it’s worth placing it in historical context. That’s particularly true given how ( Read more... )

And We were This Close of Starting Operation Condor, Part II: Mooslim Edition Open Society: Freedom Watch.

¡Yanqui, No!: Why Latin America Didn't Join Washington's Counterterrorism Posse
Only one region on earth avoided participating in our post-9/11 torture system all-together.

The map tells the story. To illustrate a damning new report, " ( Read more... )

The only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has died of colon cancer in a US care home, aged 85 ( Read more... )

10 Historical 'Facts' Only a Right-Winger Could Believe
Facts, including historical ones, are 'biased' against the right's worldview.


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Is the U.S. repeating Soviet mistakes in Afghanistan?

Twenty years to the day after the last Soviet soldier left Afghanistan , Dastagir Arizad ticked off grievances against President Hamid Karzai and the United States that are disturbingly reminiscent of Moscow's humiliating defeat.

"Day by day, we see the Karzai government failing. The Americans are ( Read more... )

First, I think some history is needed ( Read more... )

The New York Times and others broke this story with accompanying documents, although I had heard of this as long ago as perhaps a year or so, on NPR's Fresh Air or a similar radio program (will provide link when I find it). Basically, the story is that the US was and is using interrogation/torture techniques lifted from old communist manuals (see ( Read more... )