James Petras Internationalist 360° Introduction In recent years US imperial strategy has sought to lessen the cost of defeating and overthrowing independent countries. The means and method are fairly straight forward. World-wide propaganda campaigns which demonize the adversary; the enlistment and collaboration of European and regional allies (England, France, Saudi Arabia and Israel); the recruitment,…
Author: Alexandra Valiente
Nicaragua Regains its Balance
Tortilla con Sal Recent disturbances in Nicaragua have served as a kind of who-is-who separating anti-imperialists from cynical phonies both inside and outside the country. The tsunami of disinformation has swamped both the usual suspect mainstream corporate media outlets and their alternative accomplices but also other news sites that are generally anti-imperialist on issues like…
Global Community, Not Global Market: Rafael Correa & Jose Mujica Discuss “Globalization”
Ex-Ecuador President Rafael Correa discussed with his Uruguayan counterpart Jose Mujica how globalization may become less damaging and more benefitting to humanity in general as opposed to rich corporations. Mujica served as president of Uruguay between 2010 and 2015, winning the nickname “the world’s poorest president” over his insistence on living at his wife’s farm…
Kwesi Pratt: US Military Deal Taking Ghana Back into Slavery
“My position and the position of people like me is radically different from some of the positions I’m hearing around. I have heard people say that let’s review the agreement….let’s change some clauses, no matter the number of clauses we change in this agreement will remain a very bad agreement”; Kwesi Pratt Jnr’s posturing on…
Truth Unfiltered: The Global South Assessment of Western Imperial Actions Against Syria
Wrong Kind of Green | Sacha Llorenti | Francisco Nunes Translations of quotes below have been kindly provided by Francisco Nunes [@fcn_84]. The full transcript in English (added April 16, 2018) is below the video within this post.] UNSC 14/04/2018 Bolivia’s UN Amb. Sacha Llorenti: “Today is a dark day in the history of this…
Playa Girón: Days of Combat
The invader had not been able to establish the beach head needed to justify an OAS intervention. United in resistance, the people displayed the strength that would allow them to confront other battles. The spirit of a nation re-conquered had taken shape in Girón. Graziella Pogolotti | internet@granma.cu Rumors of the fighting were heard during…
