How To Kill Subversives and Get Away With It

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Frank Smyth
Could US complicity in war crimes in countries like Colombia offer a playbook for domestic repression? After the Cold War, U.S. advisors helped the Colombian military incorporate illegal paramilitaries to assassinate trade unionists, journalists and others.
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The Gospel of Gun Rights in the Age of Trump

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Frank Smyth
Not unlike the way authoritarians across the world have rewritten history to advance their agenda, pro-gun ideologues and leaders in the U.S. have invented their own gospel of gun rights.
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U.S. Arms for Terrorists?

The Nation
June 13, 2005 / Frank Smyth
Two U.S. soldiers were arrested in Bogotá over arms and ammunition bound for an illegal paramilitary group identified by the State Department of being both a drug-trafficking and terrorist organization.
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Senate witness on weapons ban funded by gun lobby

MSNBC
February 27, 2013 / Frank Smyth
At the same time that the gun lobby is helping to fuel threatening language on the Internet, it is trying to keep secret its financial backing for key witnesses testifying about gun violence before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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