Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, Science & Medicine, World History

Racism and “Dreams of Extermination” in Puerto Rico: U.S. Biological Warfare and the Legacy of Dr. Cornelius Rhoads

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Who were the men and women behind the U.S. biological weapons programs during World War II? We know Imperial Japan had biological weapons, specifically bombs made of infected fleas they dropped on China and there were others who committed the same atrocities throughout history. The Japanese had madmen, but so did the Americans.…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, World History

Kill the Culture, Destroy A Nation

What Was Behind Trump’s Recent Threats Against Iran’s Culture and Other High Level Sites? Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – During the Gulf War of the 1990’s, U.S. troops in Baghdad looted important museums, destroyed historical artifacts, some were even found outside of the museums and on the side of roads, many of ancient artifacts and pieces of artworks…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, Global Economy, Media Analysis

Passing the Point of No Return, Is A World War Upon Us?

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – War is inevitable. More innocent people will be murdered, maimed, raped or sold into slavery. War is indescribable, a nightmare, yet those who are currently in power, the establishment or what some like to call “the elite” are on Trump’s team leading the world into another war In the Middle East that can…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, World History

Puerto Rico: Colonial Bondage & Resistance

Abby Martin, The Empire Files – Puerto Rico’s massive debt has been discussed at length in Congress and the media, all omitting the most important fact: the history of being a colonial subject for over 500 years, still owned and controlled by the United States. Abby Martin talks to two professors of Latin American studies, Luis Barrios and Danny Shaw, about…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, Global Economy

“Crime Against Democracy”: U.S. Backed Fascist Coup in Bolivia

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News -, Bolivia’s legitimate President, Evo Morales now in exile in Mexico said that the “The OAS is in the service of the North American empire” and that he “could not understand” how his military leaders betrayed Bolivia. “That confirms that my great crime is to be indigenous. It’s a class problem” rt.com reported. Regardless,…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, Technology

Video: The Pentagon’s Insect Army

Manlio Dinucci, Global Research – Swarms of insects, transporting genetically modified infectious viruses, attack the agricultural crops of a country and destroy its food production – this is not a science-fiction scenario, but a plan that is actually being prepared by DARPA, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Five scientists from one French and two German universities have revealed this…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, Media Analysis

A ‘Regime’ Is a Government at Odds With the US Empire

Gregory Shupak, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) – In the aftermath of the assassination attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, an article in the Miami Herald (8/5/18) reported that “a clandestine group formed by Venezuelan military members opposed to the regime of Nicolás Maduro claimed responsibility.” A New York Times op-ed (8/10/18) mused, “No one knows whether the Maduro…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Science & Medicine, The New Economy

Coffee and the “Shock Doctrine” in Puerto Rico

John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto, Food First – In Naomi Klein’s framework, The Shock Doctrine is the well-worn strategy of capitalist development in the “shock” mode. Part of this framework contends that in the aftermath of disasters, capitalists will descend, purchasing land and other capital goods at basement bottom prices, using their deep pockets to undercut anything or anyone who would strive to…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Education & Society, Geopolitics, World History

Palestine Lost

Sheldon Richman, Information Clearinghouse– To appreciate the enormity of the crimes against the Palestinian people, one must understand that while persons are certainly individuals, they are something more as well. That’s what we mean when we use words like society, culture, and people. What has happened to the Palestinians is not simply that some individuals were killed and others were driven…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, Global Economy

Humanitarian Crisis: Thousands of Hurricane Maria Deaths in Puerto Rico. New Study

Stephen Lendman, Global Research – Puerto Rico is America’s Okinawa, Japan’s poorest prefecture – the rights, needs and welfare of people on both islands largely ignored.  Okinawans are harmed by America’s presence, including rapes, murders, and other crimes committed by US military personnel, unacceptable noise, pollution, environmental contamination, and use of valued public land for imperial purposes – hostile to…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics

Decoding The US Embassy Move To Jerusalem: Why Trump Did It

Dr. Ramzy Baroud, Middle East Moniter – Two important truths have to be restated in order to understand the context of the US government’s decision to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which officially took place on 14 May.  First, the precarious relationship between the US government and international law. Historically, the US has used international law to…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, World History

Why Israel Will Not Continue along the Same Path for Another 70 Years

Hans Stehling, Global Research – The logic is inescapable. In 1917 when the British government of David Lloyd George issued the Balfour Declaration, his then cabinet consisted predominately of either Nonconformist or Evangelical Christian churchgoers whose beliefs were governed by the texts of the Bible. They believed in the Second Coming of Christ made possible by the redemption of the Jews…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics

The Summer of War and Chaos: US-Israel Plan to Balkanize the Middle East

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Tensions are at an all-time high in the Middle East as Israel launched more than sixty missiles at Syria because Israel claimed that Iranian forces fired rockets into the Golan Heights, an Israel-occupied territory since the 1967 Six-Day War. A report by Reuters said that “Israel said it attacked nearly all of Iran’s…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, Global Economy

A Currency War against Pakistan? The U.S. Puts “Pakistan on Notice” for Harboring Terrorists as Pakistan Considers Using the Yuan to Trade with China

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – The Trump administration sent its U.S. Vice President Mike Pence to Kabul, Afghanistan in what was described as a surprise visit and warned Pakistan that they are “on notice” for being a “safe haven” for the Taliban and other terrorist organizations. It seems that the Trump administration is putting any nation on notice…

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Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, Global Economy, Media Analysis

The Coming War on Lebanon: Israel, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Prepare for a Long-Planned Middle East War

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Washington’s plan to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ultimately failed. Now Lebanon seems to be in the cross-hairs with tensions between Israel and Hezbollah on the same level that led to the 2006 Lebanon war. There is also the possibility that a new offensive against Syria that might take place as Washington…

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