Etiqueta: colonialism
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Pedomaniacs: The Global War on Children
It is nothing new that laws are written or authorized by those in power. Perhaps it is not so obvious, but it is also observable that the powerful can never feel their own power unless they break the laws, including their own laws. Now, if someone has more money and power than several countries combined,…
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The White Man’s Peace Accords
On September 29, 2025, the New York Times reported on the White House meeting between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Its front-page headline read: “Trump and Netanyahu Tell Hamas to Accept Their Peace Plan, or Else.” The subheadline clarified: “President Trump said Israel would have a green light to ‘finish the job’ if…
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The Wild Frontier: 200 Years of Anglo-Saxon Fanaticism in Latin America
«Simply powerful.» Noam ChomskyThe Wild Frontier is a book written with courage and dazzling lucidity. One of the best I’ve ever read.» Víctor Hugo MoralesFifty years after the publication of How to Read Donald Duck, I am pleased to read a book like The Wild Frontier that explores in detail the less subtle ways in which the United States, for two…
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The Panama Canal and the Mistreated Treaties
On December 22, 2024, the elected president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced that he would demand that Panama “give him back the canal.” Imperialism is a disease that not only kills those who resist it but also does not let those who carry it within live. *** Washington DC. January 22, 1903—Secretary of…
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Freedom of speech ends where true power begins
On January 1, 1831, The Liberator, the country’s first abolitionist newspaper and, later, a defender of women’s suffrage, appeared in Massachusetts. At that time, Georgia slavers offered a reward of $5,000 (more than $160,000 in 2024 value) for the capture of its founder, William Lloyd Garrison. Naturally, this is how power reacts to freedom and…
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