John Dings’s The Condor Years is a critical look at United States foreign policy in Latin America. Based on well-sourced materials including declassified documents from the CIA, Dings shows how America supported brutal dictatorships in Latin America. The book demonstrates how, with differing levels of US support and/or indifference, right-wing dictators killed thousands and tortured… Continue reading Reviewing the Condor Years
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Republicans Don’t Care About the Venezuelans
With Donald Trump on his way to a second summit with Kim Jong Un and mindful of the tragedy unfolding in Venezuela, it’s time to point out the obvious: the Republican Party doesn’t care about the people of Venezuela. The Republican Party isn’t bothered by what it calls Maduro’s dictatorial behavior in Venezuela. The Republican… Continue reading Republicans Don’t Care About the Venezuelans
Reviewing Allende’s Chile and the Inter-American Cold War
Allende’s Chile and the Inter-American Cold War is one of the most important books I have ever read about American foreign policy. If you want to gain a real understanding of America’s imperialism, lack of commitment to democracy, and its support of coups, Allende’s Chile and the Inter-American Cold War is for you. Given what… Continue reading Reviewing Allende’s Chile and the Inter-American Cold War
Reviewing Confessions of an Economic Hitman
John Perkins’s Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is one of the most important books I have ever read. As an American who cares about people in other countries, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man was an infuriating read. The book is an excellent example of exactly how much America’s foreign policy has been designed… Continue reading Reviewing Confessions of an Economic Hitman
Trump’s Withdrawal from Syria is More Stupid Foreign Policy
Donald Trump is so incompetent and compulsive that I can’t support a withdrawal of troops from Syria.
Reviewing Bitter Fruit
If you follow politics, you like history, you want to learn about the United State’s overthrow of a democratically-elected government, you want to be disgusted by corporate control of our government, or you want to understand one of America’s foreign policy failures, you need to read Bitter Fruit. It’s amazing how many of the issues… Continue reading Reviewing Bitter Fruit
Trump’s Nuclear Plan Explained
The New Strategic Offensive Reductions Limits treaty (New Start) was fully implemented on February 5, 2018. The treaty limits the number of nuclear weapons that can be held by the United States and the Russian Federation.