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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 1
Dost Mohammad Khan, depicted with his son, was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1826 to 1839 and then from 1843 to 1863. Lithograph by James Rattray (1848) / British Library / Wikimedia Commons.Part 1: 1838 to 1876A People’s History of … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, Great Britain, Imperialism, South Asia, World History
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Bay of Pigs Invasion : Blows up in Kennedy’s Face
Cuban cigar: Bay of Pigs invasion blows up in JFK’s face. Cartoon by Leslie Gilbert Illingworth (1902-1979) / Illingworth Collection / National Library of Wales.Decades of foreign policy folly:Cuba and the Bay of Pigs invasion The Bay of Pigs fiasco … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay of Pigs, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Harry Targ, Imperialism, JFK, Latin America, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Tom Hayden : Obama to Cave on Iraq Withdrawal?
Image from Progressive America Rising.Pressure from the ‘longer warriors’:Obama to cave on Iraq withdrawal? By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / March 3, 2010 Was it too good to be true? In February at Camp Lejeune, our new President … Continue reading
Afghanistan : Telling the Wolves from the Sheep
It all started in Rhode Island…They shoot Americans, don’t they? To expect that they won’t be shot at is an example of that sort of American innocence that has worn awfully thin after centuries of American invasions of other countries. … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, History, Imperialism, Jonah Raskin, U.S. Military
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John Pilger : The Kidnapping of Haiti
U.S. Navy helicopter in front of the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 19, 2010. Photo by Ramon Espinosa / AP.U.S. troops take control:The kidnapping of Haiti By John Pilger / February 1, 2010 [In this article, which originally appeared … Continue reading
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Tagged Disaster Relief, Earthquake, Haiti, Imperialism, John Pilger, Latin America, U.S. Military
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Robert Jensen : How the Media Has Failed Us on Haiti
CNN’s Anderson Cooper helps child hurt in rare incidence of violence in aftermath of Haitian earthquake. Great television/bad journalism:Media failures in Haiti coverage By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / January 25, 2010 CNN’s star anchor Anderson Cooper narrates … Continue reading
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Tagged CNN, Earthquake, Haiti, Imperialism, Mainstream Media, Media Criticism, Natural Disasters, Robert Jensen, U.S. Foreign Policy
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U.S. Global Intervention : ‘This Madness Must Cease’
Cartoon by Polyp.‘This madness must cease’How our foreign policy impacts the world By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 20, 2010 At a critical juncture in the escalation of the Vietnam War, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Capitalism, Harry Targ, Imperialism, Military, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow on ‘Avatar’ : Celebrating the Tree of Life
Avatar and Tu B’Shvat:Celebrating the Great Tree of Life Avatar is extraordinary. Not only for the superficial but powerful technology… but most of all for its spiritually-rooted progressive politics. By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / January 15, … Continue reading
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Tagged Avatar, Film, Imperialism, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Religion, Science Fiction, Spirituality
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Haiti and American Colonialism : The Story Behind the Story
A member of François “Papa Doc” Duvalier’s Tonton Macoutes death squad, center, with Haitian soldier to his right. Note the look of terror on the woman vendor’s face. Image from Latin American Studies. How did Haiti become so poor?Haitian earthquake: … Continue reading
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Tagged American Colonialism, American History, Haiti, Imperialism, Natural Disasters, Political Corruption, Poverty
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And in this Corner : The Globalists Vs. the Pragmatists
‘Globalist discourse’ on war and peace:2010 will be year of ideological struggle By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 7, 2010 The year ends with the resurgence of what we might call “globalist discourse.” Globalist discourse is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Globalism, Harry Targ, Imperialism, Peace Movement, Pragmatism, The World
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Tom Hayden : Afghanistan and a Reluctant NATO
Cartoon from Florida Times-Union / Netizen News Brief.The Peace Exchange:NATO and the Afghan War By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / January 3, 2010 The White House and Pentagon are lobbying hard for an increased NATO troop commitment for … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Europe, Imperialism, NATO, Obama Foreign Policy, Tom Hayden
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Avatar : Contradictions of Cameron’s Animation Masterpiece
The contradictions of capital-intensive history:James Cameron’s animation masterpiece The stunning experience of nature, culture, and politics does achieve an important spiritual reversal of the Cowboys and Indians plot. By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / December 28, 2009 “I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Entertainment, Fantasy, Film, Green Technology, Greg Moses, Imperialism, Mythology, Science Fiction
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