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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The unsung war heroes of the National Rifle Association

Stars and Stripes
May 20, 2020 / Frank Smyth
The National Rifle Association of America has a long, exquisite history of service to the nation. Many of its leaders from past generations were war heroes. But their legacies, largely for political reasons, are barely known today.
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Uribe, Courts Hold Critical Journalists in Contempt

The Comittee to Protect Journalists
May 27, 2009 / Frank Smyth
The accusations against the journalist came after Hollman Morris briefly interviewed four hostages--three police officers and one soldier--shortly before they were released by the FARC.
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