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Imperialism and anti-imperialism

A Chile’s Court sentenced three former DINA officers to 15 years in prison for the 1976 assassination of U.S. citizen Ronnie Moffitt during a transnational operation targeting diplomat Orlando Letelier.

Kissinger Does His Best to Do His Worst (1970), Rubin “Hurricane” Carter Exonerated (1985), Four Months of Broad-Daylight Treason (1860), CIA Outlaws in Charge (2005), United Fruit Plays for Keeps (1950), 500 Years Too Many for Angola (1975)

Walden Bello’s memoir wrestles with tough questions of political strategy and radical ethics in a world full of uprisings, wars, obscene inequality, and aggressive counter-revolutionary movements.

Keep marching

News and analysis from, and about, left social movements and parties around the world

The moment that Salvador Allende was violently deposed on September 11, 1973, democratic socialists in the US knew it was a crime. They joined others around the world organizing solidarity efforts and supporting political refugees.

The documented U.S. role in the months, days and hours before the overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende. Nixon and Kissinger commiserated over the fact that they wouldn’t receive laudatory credit in the media for Allende’s demise.

The question of where Chile’s true identity lies becomes ever more pressing as the fiftieth anniversary of Pinochet’s coup approaches.