How To Kill Subversives and Get Away With It

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Frank Smyth
Could US complicity in war crimes in countries like Colombia offer a playbook for domestic repression? After the Cold War, U.S. advisors helped the Colombian military incorporate illegal paramilitaries to assassinate trade unionists, journalists and others.
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The Gospel of Gun Rights in the Age of Trump

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Frank Smyth
Not unlike the way authoritarians across the world have rewritten history to advance their agenda, pro-gun ideologues and leaders in the U.S. have invented their own gospel of gun rights.
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Painting the Maya Red: Military Doctrine and Speech in Guatemala’s Genocidal Acts

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
May 5, 2010 / Frank Smyth
The bloodshed woven through the fabric of Guatemalan society remains a rarely told story. One reason for the ongoing lack of attention is the impunity that has continues to plague the nation.
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Hasty elections could divide Iraq

Newsday
October 8, 2004 / Frank Smyth
Splitting Iraq along ethnic and religious lines is not what President George W. Bush's administration had in mind for Iraq. But it will be one sure result of any attempt to hold elections in the middle of an escalating insurgent war.
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