February 20, 2024
…in the service of besieged Venezuela, en route to Iran, another nation similarly blockaded by America, when he was intercepted by Cape Verde authorities and thrown into prison there….
February 20, 2024
Chavez inherited an impoverished country with a thin, glittering layer of affluence at the top. To the horror of Washington and Venezuelan plutocrats, he promptly began redistributing wealth to the poor…
February 20, 2024
Born in a Jim Crow hospital. Attended racially segregated “apartheid schools.” Grew up in the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood of St. Louis, an area similar to Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and home to several prominent Black businesses that were erased forever by racially motivated construction projects…
February 20, 2024
As then, and today, the primary objective of American fascist movements is to undermine the democratic impulse that threatens concentrated wealth…
February 20, 2024
Russell provides sound advice for those negotiating about the terms of these defined benefit plans, which still number 50,000 and have 60 million participants among active or retired workers. As he notes, in the current bargaining environment, “participants and their union representatives are more likely to be thinking defensively”…
February 20, 2024
Stone documents MacArthur’s myriad machinations in eye-opening detail, noting that he “was trying to drag the US and United Nations into war with China and Russia. He was trying to start World War III”….
February 20, 2024
In this interview on KFAI-Minneapolis with hosts Don Olson and Dave Gutknecht, Michael Tigar encounters one of his clients for the first time, live on the radio.
February 20, 2024
“Settler colonialism” begins in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida in 1565. Actually, September 15, 1565. I think people sort of know that, but they’re so taken with the anglocentric narrative…
February 20, 2024
‘Processes of societal change must be carried out both “from above” and “from below”, without turning our backs on these contested spaces,’ said Antonio González Plessman, one of those interviewed by Cira Pascual Marquina and Chris Gilbert…
February 20, 2024
“Dr. Horne, you’re from Saint Louis, and your younger brother is a Jazz musician and…I was wondering if you could paint the picture of when jazz first entered your world and psyche.”
