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Michael K. Smith

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Demonized Iran: A Tale Told By An Idiot

The current failing effort to make Iran out to be a major threat to world peace starts the clock at 1979 in its propaganda effort to justify U.S....

23.04.2026 3

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Michael K. Smith

Jonathan Kozol and the Struggle Against U.S. Apartheid

Although bookshelves groan under the weight of tracts about U.S. racism, no one's writings on the topic are more unsettling than Jonathan Kozol's. He...

07.04.2026 10

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Michael K. Smith

The Delusion of Safety “Here”

Without provocation, and with complete contempt for Iranian sovereignty, the U.S. and Israel bombed the country, blaming Teheran for the attacks and...

12.03.2026 40

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Michael K. Smith

The Life Work of Jesse Jackson

Jackson flatly rejected the notion that Americans had any common cause with the likes of Batista, Diem, Pinochet, the Shah, Somoza, and Marcos. He...

19.02.2026 30

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Martin Luther King: A Revolutionary, Not A Saint

“When I say poor, I don’t just mean black people.” –Martin Luther King Jr. “The true enemy is war itself.” –Martin Luther King Jr. For...

22.01.2026 20

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Trump Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker, Threatens Colombia “Could Be Next” Target For Regime Change

The attack against Venezuela's principal revenue source has nothing to do with drug trafficking–military operations abroad are the least effective...

17.12.2025 20

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Shame Was The Spur: The Public Life of Noam Chomsky

Chomsky forensically examined the claim that the establishment media operate as an objective check on the excesses of the powerful, marshalling...

08.12.2025 20

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Michael K. Smith

The Return of Elliot Abrams

Elliot Abrams, U.S. special envoy to Venezuela during Trump’s first term, said in a recent Foreign Affairs article that the president’s advisors...

30.11.2025 10

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Who Was Eugene Debs?

Zohran Mamdani’s quoting of Eugene Debs in his recent victory speech (for mayor of New York City) should awaken interest in the man who gained a...

14.11.2025 20

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Michael K. Smith

No Kings, Fascism, and Democracy

“The disease gets worse and worse every year, and the only remedy that will have permanent effect is to abolish private ownership of industry and...

29.10.2025 20

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Michael K. Smith