Longtime anti-war activist David Swanson recently returned from a trip to Russia. âI wanted to see what Russians thought about foreign policy, about the United States, and about all the âscandalsâ in Washington that mention Russia all the time but hardly ever have any evidence in them,â said Swanson, publisher of the influential web site WarIsACrime.org. Russians are keenly aware of the history of U.S. encirclement and hostility towards their country. âThey see opposition to Trump in the United States as all coming out of an anti-Russian agenda,â he said. âThey have no idea, whatsoever, that people might dislike Trump for some other reasons.
The United States operates as an internal colonial system. Black communities are treated like colonized territories, and the white working class is used as a tool to enforce that control.
Condemnation of the U.S. blockade against Cuba must be translated into acts of solidarity to defend the nation that has done so much for the world.
In this weekâs segment we hear about Cuba, the challenges of Caribbean unity, and resistance to U.S. efforts to destroy the revolution. But we begin with Iran and discuss how its defense capabilitiesâŚ
Iran is a more formidable foe than the US anticipated. The U.S. goal of regime change failed because of Iran's military power and determination to defend itself. In Washington the "Secretary of War"âŚ
The United States has attempted to defeat the Cuban revolution from its earliest days and for more than 60 years has embarked on sabotage, economic coercive measures, and now a three-month longâŚ
