Tag: civil war
Franco’s forty-year Reign: Power and brutality
Franco ruled Spain for nearly forty years with brutal tactics and a lust for power, shocking even allies with his willingness to sacrifice lives to maintain control. Documentary: The Truth About Franco – Spain’s Forgotten…
South Sudan: Former Rivals Forge Foundation for Peace
The just signed ceasefire agreement in South Sudan’s bloody civil war is an important step forward, but it remains too early to know whether it will last, says Khalid Ahmed, of University of Toronto Visit…
Where Do the Politics of Reparations Go From Here?
This week, the first congressional hearing on reparations in nearly 12 years was held on Capitol Hill. As the discussion on reparations matures, what needs to happen politically for the effort to move forward? Subscribe…
Mali’s Civil War Fueled by Climate Crisis and Corporate Greed
Baba Aye discusses the failure of French and German peacekeepers in Mali and the real role they play, after almost one hundred people were killed in a Dogon village and Fulani are blamed for the…
Libya’s Civil War is Becoming a Proxy War
The shooting down of a Turkish drone near Tripoli and the capture of six Turkish sailors by Gen. Haftar’s forces reveals the Turkey’s and Egypt’s involvement on both sides of the civil war. Meanwhile Haftar’s…
Israeli Arms Trade in South Sudan Was Disguised as “Agriculture”
Investigative journalist Sam Mednik revealed that the agricultural company Green Horizon was a front for former Israeli general Israel Ziv’s security company CST who were supplying arms to South Sudan, fueling the conflict by selling…
‘The Civil War Is Here’
Jeet Heer of The Nation explores the deepening political divide, the growing support for impeachment, and the political battles that it will define. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…
Interest in its Natural Resources Is Tearing Libya Apart
Political writer Greg Shupak discusses the failed attempt in Moscow to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Libyan civil war, and the new attempt in Berlin. As Turkey, the UAE, Egypt, and other regional players…
Yes, this kind of thing happens in America
Trump’s attempted coup and increasingly violent supporters are only a surprise to those without a grasp of the U.S.’s racist history, says historian Gerald Horne. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate….
The Chris Hedges Report: The monstrous myth of Custer
There is a vast disparity between the mythic presentation of Custer and the reality of the so-called Indian wars. Nathaniel Philbrick, author of The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little…
Sri Lanka’s crisis: Ethnonationalism and the legacy of the civil war with Dr. Mythri Jegathesan
Sri Lanka’s civil war ended in 2009, but ethnonationalism remains a powerful force in the country’s politics. Professor Mythri Jegathesan traces the country’s present crisis to its recent history in the second episode of a…
Harriet Tubman and the battle for America’s symbols w/Clarence Lusane | The Chris Hedges Report
The debate over America’s symbols and monuments has sharpened with the growing mass movement for racial justice in the past decade. The lionization of slave-owners and genocidaires has been pointed out by many as in…
