Medea Benjamin: Donald Trump tenía razón, la OTAN debería ser obsoleta

En una era en la que la gente de todo el mundo quiere evitar la guerra y centrarse en el caos climático que amenaza la vida futura en la tierra, la OTAN es un anacronismo. Ahora representa alrededor de las tres cuartas partes del gasto militar y el tráfico de armas en todo el mundo.

Medea Benjamin
Por Medea Benjamin
NATO Trump Feature photo

The three smartest words that Donald Trump uttered during his presidential campaign are “NATO is obsolete.” His adversary, Hillary Clinton, retorted that NATO was “the strongest military alliance in the history of the world.” Now that Trump has been in power, the White House parrots the same worn line that NATO is “the most successful Alliance in

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The Secret Cold War Plan To Nuke Middle East Oil Fields

British and U.S. intelligence considered obliterating the Middle East’s most valuable resource instead of allowing it to fall into Soviet hands.

Irina Slav
Por Irina Slav

The 1950s were a turbulent time on both sides of the Iron Curtain. With the Second World War over and the star role played by crude oil in its outcome, British and U.S. intelligence agencies wasted no time working out scenarios should the Soviets invade the Middle East. In hindsight, especially to younger generations, this might seem eccentric,

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70 Years of Disinformation: CIA Funded Opinion Magazines in Europe

Cold War disinformation operations run by the CIA took the form of clandestinely placing stories in the media that were clearly untrue but designed to shift public perceptions.

Philip M. Giraldi
Por Philip M. Giraldi
The Paris Review

When an intelligence agency arranges to disseminated fake news it is called “disinformation” and it is a subset of what is referred to as covert action, basically secret operations run in a foreign country to influence opinion or to disrupt the functioning of a government or group that is considered to be hostile. During the Cold War,

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Gobierno de Estados Unidos sometió a estadounidenses a pruebas radiológicas durante la guerra fría

“Se dirigieron a los más vulnerables de la sociedad. … Se dirigieron a los niños. Se dirigieron a mujeres embarazadas en Nashville. Personas que estaban enfermas en los hospitales. Apuntaron a los barrios del estado. Y se dirigieron a las poblaciones minoritarias ".

Whitney Webb
Por Whitney Webb
Six tribesmen from remote Pacific Islands are televised at the Museum of Science and Industry exhibit where they can see themselves in Chicago on April 7, 1957. The six were exposed to radioactive fallouts from the 1954 hydrogen explosion at Bikini, and have been brought to Chicago for tests. (AP Photo/EM)

A new examination of previously unreleased government documents, obtained by Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, has revealed that the U.S. government – in secret -- sprayed, injected and fed radiation and other toxic material to “vulnerable” U.S. citizens, including pregnant women, during the Cold War. The tests are detailed in a recently

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Energy Desperation: Why Trump Can’t Restore Relations With Russia

As the commander-in-chief of the US government, Trump is doing his job and trying to secure the profits of the USA’s billionaire elite, like almost every President before him.

Caleb T. Maupin
Por Caleb T. Maupin
Traditional Russian Matreskas depicting Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump displayed in a shop in Moscow. Nov. 8, 2016. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)

Despite all the talk of Russia in 2016, and all the arguments and allegations around it, US policy toward the largest country on earth in terms of geography remains unchanged. This is due to the fact that policy is driven by Wall Street’s drive for profits, not the good or bad wishes of individual politicians. During the 2016 elections, it

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Russian Parliament Calls For Inquiry Into US Media Outlets

The move singles out Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, both run by the federal government, as well as CNN.

Jason Ditz
Por Jason Ditz
The headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) seen with the United States, RFE/RL and the Czech Republic flags in the foreground, in Prague Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. (AP /CTK, Michal Kamaryt)

In a move designed to retaliate against efforts in Congress to start an investigation into Russian media outlet RT, the Russian State Duma has called for the information and telecommunication committee to launch its own investigation into US media outlets to see if they are violating Russian law in any way. The order singled out three outlets,

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