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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U.S. Sends Wrong Message to the World

International Herald Tribune
July 2, 2005 / Frank Smyth
Because the United States has set a high standard for press freedom, any perceived weakening in U.S. protections provides cover for authoritarian regimes to justify crackdowns on their own press and others.
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ABU GHRAIB: Within the Horror

Los Angeles Times
May 23, 2004 / Frank Smyth
The guards took turns holding the board and ordering the man to make the animal outbursts, punishing him with another swat after each bleat. Hours later, the prisoner could no more than gasp, but the guards kept swinging.
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