All Views Articles for 2019-10-27

Sunday, October 27, 2019
U.S. soldiers in South Korea train in their Abrams tanks. Juan Cole
Did US Officials Manipulate Trump Into Sending Back Troops From Iraq to Syria “For the Oil”?
The U.S. military and political establishment was extremely upset by Trump’s withdrawal of 1,000 US troops from northeast Syria.
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President Donald Trump is flanked by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo while making a statement in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on October 23, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Tyler Cullis
Trump Pours More Misery On Iranians He’s Claiming To Support
The Trump administration is deliberately targeting humanitarian trade with Iran as part and parcel of its so-called "maximum pressure" strategy.
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President Donald Trump answered questions from the press while departing the White House on Nov. 26, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Robert Reich
Trump's Emoluments Mess
Trump has been funneling government dollars into his own pockets ever since he was elected.
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Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger appears in court during her trial for the 2018 murder of Botham Jean on September 28, 2019. Ebony Slaughter-Johnson
Amber Guyger Case Shows How Far America Has to Go When It Comes to Justice for Innocent Black Victims
The murder of Botham Jean in his own home resulted in an almost unprecedented conviction of a police officer—but the case played out with frustrating familiarity.
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"All Americans should condemn this depiction of violence directed toward journalists and the president's political opponents," said Jonathan Karl, president of the White House Correspondents Association. Christopher Brauchli
Now and Then
The Nazis knew the value of film in order to get their message to the people.
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A Chilean protest movement has exploded and forced change in the country's neoliberal government, but for some reason U.S. media isn't paying attention. Alan MacLeod
The Revolution Isn't Being Televised
The media is uninterested in protest movements around the world.
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