Declassified files show that Britain conducted a covert propaganda offensive to stop Allende from winning two democratic presidential elections, John McEvoy reports.
Category: History
Stephen Cohen Has Died; Remember His Urgent Warnings Against The New Cold War
Not Just an Orchard, Not Merely a Field
‘USA Political & Economic Collapse’: Hedges Interviews Wolff
U.S. workers, who for long enjoyed a better life than most workers, are being crushed by class war in the midst of a pandemic, and it will only get worse, economist Rick Wolff tells Chris Hedges.
ELECTION 2020: Trump’s Law & Order Campaign Taps US Tradition of Racist & Anti-Immigrant Politics
Throughout this nation’s history, appeals to law and order have been as much about defending privilege as dealing with crime, writes Austin Sarat.
WATCH: Ellsberg, Hedges, Goodale on Assange Extradition
American Environmentalism’s Racist Roots Have Shaped Global Thinking About Conservation
According to some estimates, Indigenous and rural communities protect up to 80 percent of global biodiversity, but receive little benefit in return, writes Prakash Kashwan.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Substantive Hearing Begins Monday on Assange’s Fate; CN Plans Extensive Coverage
Why Police Unions Are Not Part of the American Labor Movement
Paul F. Clark says the strain between law enforcement and labor goes back to the origins of trade unions in the mid-19th century.
Suffragists Used Hunger Strikes as Powerful Tool of Resistance
On the 100th anniversary today of the 19th Amendment, Victoria W. Wolcott recalls the militant women who elevated a protest tactic still in wide use today.