On September 11, 1973, Chile’s socialist president Salvador Allende was overthrown in a CIA-backed military coup. In this 1971 interview, published in English for the first time, Allende expressed his fears of internal destabilization and US interference.
For more than three centuries, something has been going horribly wrong at the top of our society, and we’re all suffering for it.
This month, Italian courts jailed fourteen men for their roles in Operation Condor, the US-backed Latin American terror campaign. But many more torturers are living out a peaceful retirement — denying justice to the leftists they brutalized and murdered.
Despite four decades of imperial interventions, the United States was defeated in Afghanistan. Tariq Ali explains the long history of meddling in Afghanistan — and why the US's defeat will set back the broader project of American military supremacy.
In a new interview, Noam Chomsky discusses the hypocrisies of US empire and why, if we really wanted to build a decent society, we’d immediately slash the massive military budget.
During the Cold War, US officials saw Taiwan as an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” and supported Chiang Kai-Shek’s dictatorship. Modern-day Taiwan has developed a democratic culture that shouldn’t be subordinated to confrontation between Washington and Beijing.
As autoworkers are worked to the bone and face factory closures, dynastic billionaire and Stellantis chairman John Elkann is hanging out on his yacht and attending fancy art galas. No wonder the UAW is on strike.
John Pilger, who died on December 30, had an extraordinary career as a reporter. His journalism informed countless people about the catastrophic impact of US foreign policy during and after the Cold War, from Vietnam and Cambodia to Nicaragua and East Timor.
During the Cold War, the CIA and State Department understood that there is power in a union. After the successful purges of leftists from unions, US labor leaders were enlisted by government officials to join in their imperialist operations across the world.
Robert Kaplan’s latest book on big geopolitical questions reflects a shift away from high-minded ideals in US establishment thought. But instead of self-critical pragmatism, what he offers as a substitute is a misanthropic, antidemocratic worldview.
Anti–World Cup protests rage in Brazil, but political struggle has long known the beautiful game.
The “New Atheists” have gained traction because they give intellectual cover to Western imperialism.
Fights over both the Confederate and Rhodesian flags give us a glimpse into the reactionary mind.
Bill Clinton's "quiet war" on Iraq set the stage for George W. Bush's bloody invasion.
On Memorial Day, socialists honor the victims of war and struggle for a world free of it.
How Alex Jones won an audience for his idiosyncratic blend of conspiracy theory and libertarianism.
Trump's narrative of American decline has captured a bitter and embattled middle class.
We need to be uncivil to preserve academic freedom and take on the corporate university.
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