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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Gun lobby: Who got elected to the NRA board?

MSNBC
August 19, 2013 / Frank Smyth
This year’s National Rifle Association board election brought a few surprises. The CEO of the company that makes the Bushmaster AR-15 semi-automatic rifle that killed first graders at Sandy Hook Elementary lost.
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Was that gun used in a crime? Now you can find out

MSNBC
June 25, 2013 / Frank Smyth
Since the first inauguration of President George W. Bush–the ATF provided no national data on "crime guns." But that changed after the Sandy Hook tragedy and the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.
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