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Chile Coup Anniversary
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The lessons of Chile

September 11, 2023 Sam Marcy
Sept. 11 marks the 50th anniversary of the CIA-orchestrated coup against democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende of Chile. Tens of thousands of people were killed or “disappeared” in the aftermath. Even today, new evidence […]
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What’s behind recent protests in Syria? Capitalist media hides the truth!

September 8, 2023 Sharon Black
The bourgeois media, from the New York Times to Reuters, have gleefully though somewhat prematurely hyped stories of a “potential second Arab Spring” in Syria.  In August, demonstrations broke out in response to the lifting […]
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Is intellectual property turning into a knowledge monopoly?

September 7, 2023 Prabir Purkayastha
The twentieth century saw the emergence of public funded universities and technical institutions, while technology development was concentrated in the R&D laboratories of large corporations. The age of the lone inventor—Edison, Siemens, Westinghouse, Graham Bell—had […]
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African Union suspends Gabon after military coup ousts President Ali Bongo

September 5, 2023 Tanupriya Singh
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) on Thursday, August 31, suspended Gabon from all its activities, organs and institutions. The announcement followed a day after a military-led coup ousted Gabonese President […]
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How Reagan’s war drive exploited a tragedy: The real story of Korean Air Lines Flight 007

September 1, 2023 Stephen Millies
Updated. First published September 1, 2021. Forty years ago, 269 people were killed when Korean Air Lines flight 007 was shot down over the Soviet Union on Sept. 1, 1983. President Ronald Reagan called it […]
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Mass protests against French troops intensify in Niger as the deadline for their withdrawal approaches

August 31, 2023 Pavan Kulkarni
Niger’s military government reportedly cut off electricity and water supply to the French embassy in the capital Niamey on Sunday, August 27, after the expiry of the 48 hours it gave the French ambassador, Sylvain Itte, […]
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How U.S. sanctions are a tool of war: The case of Venezuela

August 31, 2023 Celina della Croce
On March 26, 2022, Francisco lay in a public hospital bed in Bolívar, Venezuela, roughly eight hours inland from the capital of Caracas. He had been waiting for more than twenty-four hours to be seen […]
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How the U.S. continues to orchestrate chaos in Haiti

August 29, 2023 Al Mayadeen English
The Caribbean nation of Haiti, the poorest in the Western Hemisphere, has an estimated large portion of the country, including almost 80% of the capital Port-au-Prince, directly under gang control, leaving economic life crippled amid […]
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The people of Niger are fed up

August 27, 2023 John Parker
The past few years have witnessed militant defensive actions and campaigns around the world defending the working-class movements that are collectively “fed up.” They are fed up with the putrid smell of the deteriorating U.S. […]
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Ecuador: National referendum ending oil exploitation in the Amazon is victorious

August 23, 2023 Santiago Rosero
While most of the focus was on the general elections in Ecuador, a national referendum was held on oil exploitation in the Amazon. In addition, in a regional referendum, the inhabitants of Quito voted on […]