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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Battle Horn: So Much for Africa’s “New Leaders.”

The New Republic
March 1, 1999 / Frank Smyth
The war on Africa's Horn may be the most dramatic and bloodiest chapter in the rapid disintegration of an alliance among a group of African leaders--commonly referred to as the "new leaders"--that once held much promise. In 1996, Isaias and Meles, along with Uganda's...
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Jordan Defends Stance in Gulf War

The Christian Science Monitor
March 6, 1991 / Frank Smyth
When United States Secretary of State James Baker III visits the Middle East this week, one leader noticeably absent from his talks will be Jordan's King Hussein. Although the US and Jordan have in the past cooperated closely on regional issues, the two countries experienced a falling out over the question of Jordan's neutrality during the Gulf war.
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