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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The NRA turns 150: The organization has a rich history. Most of it has been buried.

USA Today
November 17, 2021 / Frank Smyth
The NRA in New York copied the British Royal NRA’s name, the distances to its targets on Wimbledon range, and even their solid iron designs weighing up to 400 pounds each – shipped by steamer across the Atlantic.
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