ERIC ZUESSE—The document, labeled “Secret,” includes an account of the meeting between State Department officials, including Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu, and Asad Majeed Khan, who at the time was Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S.
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JOTI BRAR explains the origins and evil evolution of European colonialism and its successor, imperialism, around the world, especially in Africa, where it continues in its more brutal forms to this day. Joti notes that African nations have been energised and encouraged in their struggles by first the Soviet Union and later Russia, a posture that continues to this day, giving them hope that they will triumph.
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ERIC ZUESSE—”On the night of 18 August, the “international domain name registry” blocked southfront.org without any warning or explanation. Despite the fact that this organisation has been formally independent since 1998, it is actually controlled by the US Department of Commerce. What they have done is an unprecedented action in the history of modern information society. This is the American way of democracy, freedom of speech and the rule of law.”
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PAUL EDWARDS—Franz Fanon, in “The Wretched Of The Earth”, told the bitter and suppressed story of colonialism’s savage, sanguinary inhumanity to millions of subject peoples. After colonialists were battered by world wars, the tide of revolution ran high in Africa and the world, with one victim state after another breaking the failing grip of its arrogant, alien rulers. Vietnam was last, with America throwing its full weight against its fight for freedom after beaten, humiliated France was kicked out.
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JIMMY DORE SHOW—Jimmy Carter famously spent much of his post-presidency building houses for the poor. By contrast, Barack Obama has spent much of his time since leaving office building his bankroll — and also emerging at pivotal moments to defend the establishment, whether by discouraging a potentially major NBA strike or intervening in the 2020 Democratic primary to derail the insurgent campaign being waged by Bernie Sanders.
