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The Use of Deadly Sarin Nerve Gas During the Secret War on Laos
Operation Tailwind Revisited after CIA Report to Kissinger Released Picture this scenario: It is September 11, 1970. American commandoes wearing nondescript fatigues devoid of insignia and dog tags and carrying weapons not made in the USA attack a North Vietnamese...
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The Use of Deadly Sarin Nerve Gas During the Secret War on Laos
Operation Tailwind Revisited after CIA Report to Kissinger Released Picture this scenario: It is September 11, 1970. American commandoes wearing nondescript fatigues devoid...
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Awaiting Fascism on Inauguration Day
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Nominations Now Open for Annual “Izzy Award” for Independent Media
The Izzy Award will celebrate its 17th year this coming spring, and nominations are officially open for work produced during the 2024 calendar year. The Park Center for...
The Revolution Starts at the Table
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. –James Baldwin In November 2024, a New York Times headline declared,...
The Price of Comfort: How Corporate Media Left Democrats Blindsided in 2024 (Again)
A recent HuffPost headline captured the mood of Democrats after Trump’s 2024 election victory: “Shell-Shocked Democrats Stumbling For Answers After Loss To Donald Trump.”...
Finding Ourselves in the Days After Trump Wins
I thought Kamala Harris was going to win. I said, repeatedly, that I thought she would win the 2024 presidential election in a landslide. I found all the talk of a “close”...
The First AI Election: When Convincing Deepfakes Influence the Electorate
“We are so screwed, it’s beyond what most of us can imagine,” exclaimed Aviv Ovadya. “We were utterly screwed a year and a half ago, and we're even more screwed now. And the...