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Extralegal assassinations, unwarranted domestic surveillance, interventionist wars at the behest of corporate interests, torture or other activities of that stripe – these all have their roots in the Dulles era in which covert, corporate power developed into a well-oiled and unaccountable machine running roughshod. These dark forces have continued to operate regardless of who is elected president; and the refusal to face them has caused the Democratic Party to lose its way, writes Alex Sill.

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Saturday, 17 December 2016 02:46

Rules Don't Apply

Howard Hughes Warren BeattyBecause Beatty has made some distinguished historical films, many had high hopes for this one. But the result seems to be rather uninspired for a film that he has contemplated doing for so long.  The best one can say is that it is competently made, writes Jim DiEugenio.

 

 

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Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:38

Castro’s death has revived a Castroite Oswald

leaderWriting of his gratuitous ignorance of the facts of the JFK case, Prof. Fernandez asserts that "[James] Piereson likes to walk among ghosts", and that he is joined in this by Regnery Publishing, which has muddied the Castro-did-it waters with the issue of Robert Wilcox's Target JFK.

 

Saturday, 03 December 2016 23:39

Mark the Date: Oct 26, 2017

by Rex Bradford, At: Mary Ferrell

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By Bryan Bender and Neil Swidey, originally run on November 24, 2013, At:  The Boston Globe

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Friday, 04 November 2016 23:17

CIA's Internal Investigation Of The Bay Of Pigs

Volume 5 of the Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation, by Jack B. Pfeiffer (18 April, 1984)

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With this book, we finally have a record of one of the very, very few mainstream reporters who actually delved into one of the assassinations of the sixties. Who tried to do an honest job and who actually tried to follow the evidence wherever it was headed, writes Jim DiEugenio.

 

 

Tuesday, 06 September 2016 13:34

Warren Hinckle and the Glory that was Ramparts

Author James DiEugenio looks back at Warren Hinckle's career and discusses the uniqueness and importance of Ramparts.

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Presentation by Jim DiEugenio of an excerpt from Greg Poulgrain's book on the Indonesia coup.

Tuesday, 09 August 2016 15:15

More on the Congo from Susan Williams

Spies in the Congo: America’s Atomic Mission in World War II, by Susan Williams

Reviewed by Dan Alcorn, At: AARC

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