Pilger joined RT’s Going Underground program to reflect on the lessons that should be learned from two decades of occupation in Afghanistan, which ended in an ignoble withdrawal last month. He warned against remembering the military misadventure as a sort of “good war” justified by the threat of terrorism. Just …
Read More »Cuba’s Castro steps down, says he’s handing power to next generation of ‘anti-imperialist’ leaders
“As I live I will be ready with my foot in the stirrups to defend the fatherland, the revolution and socialism,” Castro told party delegates at a convention in Havana on Friday. Raul has served as First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party since 2011, when he replaced his late …
Read More »Annex Cuba? Left & Right unite to bash ‘woke’ neocon imperialist Bill Kristol for advocating US takeover of island nation
On Monday, as House Democrats held a hearing promoting statehood for the US capital district, Bill Kristol argued that expansion has “always been a sign of our vigor” and that it’s time for “DC, Puerto Rico, Cuba (as soon as it’s free), 1 or 2 more?” after 60 years of …
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