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The U.S. footprint of interventions
When historians count U.S. interventions abroad, the first difficulty is deciding what qualifies. Should it be only large-scale invasions and occupations? Or every instance of Marines…
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Concerns grow in Washington about Trump’s (illegal?) Venezuela operations
WASHINGTON — Growing concern is spreading throughout Capitol Hill over the opaque nature of recent U.S. lethal strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug-smuggling vessels, and new…
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The new DEI: Discrimination, exclusion, and intolerance
It begins innocently enough, as all recent American reversals do, with a noisy, incoherent press conference and a color choice. The president stands at the podium, unveils a striking…
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A fugitive’s freedom: Assata Shakur’s exile in Cuba
The news of Assata Shakur’s death in Havana, Cuba, on September 26, was met with a deep sense of shared loss among revolutionaries and activists worldwide. Shortly after, at a gathering…
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The blockade/embargo on Cuba explained
There's an Aesop fable we used to hear as children, in which a shepherd always cried wolf, and when the wolf really came, no one helped him because they no longer believed him.
A…
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The recognition of Palestine: What it does, what it doesn’t do, and why now
The United Kingdom, Canada, Portugal, and Australia officially recognized the State of Palestine in a series of separate but coordinated statements on Sunday, September 21. Other…
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Cuba Study Group issues report on Cuba’s private sector
This month, the Cuba Study Group released a report authored by Ricardo Torres, an economist specializing in the Cuban economy who has written for Progreso Weekly in the past. The…
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A meeting in Harlem: Malcolm X, Fidel Castro, and the struggle for Palestine
In September 1960, in the heart of Black America, Harlem’s Hotel Theresa became the stage for one of the world’s most monumental encounters.
When Malcolm X and Fidel Castro met there…
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Trump admin considering a strike on Venezuela, military sources say
US President Donald Trump's administration is considering launching military strikes on Venezuela, according to new reporting from independent journalist Ken Klippenstein.
Military…
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U.S. War Dept. to shift focus from China to ‘threats’ in Latin America
US War Department officials are proposing to shift the US military posture away from a focus on China, instead prioritizing alleged threats in Latin America and the Caribbean, Politico…
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