The reputation of the United States and its unrelenting military must precede any claim these entities make about “truth.” An 1898 propaganda poster uses the explosion of the USS Maine to manipulate public acceptance of war with Spain as part of the ‘manifest destiny’ of U.S. imperialist expansion. Time and . . .
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This year marks the 75th anniversary of the great baseball Hall of Famer, Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier of segregated all-white Major League Baseball on April 15, 1947. This coming October also marks the 50th anniversary of Robinson’s death due to a heart attack, with complications from diabetes, . . .
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The trial of the Burkinabè soldiers who in 1987 killed Thomas Sankara, the president of Burkina Faso, and some of his closest advisors ended April 6 with a guilty verdict and life sentences. The role in the assassinations that was played by French imperialism and its agents in the neighboring . . .
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By Ricardo Vaz Caracas April 13, Venezuelanalysis.com ‒ Big crowds took to the streets of Caracas April 13, to mark the 20th anniversary of a short-lived coup. March in Caracas, April 13, shows the Chavista revolution has mass support. Credit: venezuelanalisis On April 11, 2002, U.S.-backed civilian and military elites . . .
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El creciente movimiento por los derechos sindicales recibió una inyección de energía el 1 de abril con la inspiradora victoria de los trabajadores de los almacenes de Amazon en Staten Island, Nueva York, en una victoria decisiva contra la vehementemente antisindical Amazon. En la pancarta está un apelo para apoyar . . .
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