A quarter century ago, the Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, killed 270 people and later was pinned on a Libyan agent. In 2011, Lockerbie was used to justify a U.S.-backed war to oust Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, but the…
Category: Lost History
MLK and the Curse of ‘Moderation’
The Lost Legacy of Otis Pike
Big-Power Foot-Dragging on Nukes
The Battle over Dr. King’s Message
MLK’s Warning of America’s Spiritual Death
When Protesting Bush’s Wars Was a Crime
Israel’s Hand in Guatemala’s Genocide
Mandela Movie Faces Long Oscar Odds
‘Gaming’ Obama on Afghan War
As President Obama grappled with the Afghan War in 2009-10, he faced insubordination from Gen. Petraeus, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Gates, a reality that Gates leaves out of his new memoir, as Gareth Porter writes for…