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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Our Guys in Guatemala

The Progressive
March 1, 1992 / Frank Smyth
The women wore white gúipils embroidered with pastel flowers and a thin brown trim. The men's pants were of a matching design, cut off below the knee. The people of Santiago de Atitlán --more than 5,000 of them-- marched the half mile out of town to the site of the former army garrison. "Here," said one, "we are planting the peace."
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Tunisia Caucus Co-Chair Calls Despot Moderate and Wise

TheHill.com Blog
July 25, 2008 / Frank Smyth
Rep. Betty McCollum told constituents she was visiting a cemetery of U.S. war dead in Tunisia. But state-run Tunisia media reported she met with the foreign minister of the dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.
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