Richard Becker

Name: 73 years after ‘al-Nakba’ in Palestine
Duration: 12 min 38 s
Description: May 15 marks the 73rd anniversary of what is billed in the U.S. and Israeli mainstream media as Israel’s “independence,” and what the Palestinian and Arab peoples as a whole know as al-Nakba—the Catas

Richard Becker

Richard Becker is the Western Region Coordinator of the ANSWER - Act Now to Stop War & End Racism - Coalition, and the author of Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire, and The Myth of Democracy and the Rule of the Banks.

Analysis

Richard BeckerAugust 31, 2022
1,318

Gorbachev: darling of the West, despised at home and worldwide

Gorbachev’s reign, which lasted from 1985-91, ended with the restoration of capitalism in the USSR, the withdrawal of vital aid…
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Analysis

Richard BeckerJanuary 25, 2022
815

Right on NATO’s doorstep?

How did the Ukraine, a country in southeastern Europe, come to find itself on the “doorstep” of the "North Atlantic”…
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Analysis

Richard BeckerOctober 19, 2021
370

Fascist ambush becomes ‘sectarian violence’ in U.S. media, Lebanon crisis deepens

On Oct. 14, snipers from the fascist “Lebanese Forces” carried out a deadly assault on a peaceful mass rally as…
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Español

Richard BeckerSeptember 1, 2021
240

El imperio estadounidense en Afganistán: una catástrofe de 40 años

La guerra de Estados Unidos en Afganistán no comenzó hace veinte, sino hace más de cuarenta años.
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Analysis

Richard BeckerAugust 30, 2021
1,442

The U.S. empire in Afghanistan: a 40-year catastrophe

The U.S. war in Afghanistan began not twenty but more than forty years ago. Except for the towering arrogance of…
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Analysis

Richard BeckerJuly 3, 2021
892

Donald Rumsfeld: war criminal, torturer-in-chief, enemy of the world’s people

Donald Rumsfeld, a primary architect of the criminal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, died on June 30. Rumsfeld was best…
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Analysis

Richard BeckerMay 22, 2021
673

Palestinians endure, resist after 11 days of U.S.-backed Israeli massacre

Despite the devastating toll taken by the Israeli onslaught, the Palestinian people have emerged with their will to resist unshaken.
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Analysis

Richard BeckerMay 15, 2021
1,252

Massive resistance in all parts of Palestine amid deadly Israeli assault

In just the last week, the situation in occupied Palestine and the larger region has seen a dramatic shift. A new…
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Analysis

Richard BeckerMay 15, 2021
1,410

73 years after ‘al-Nakba’ in Palestine

May 15 marks the 60th anniversary of what is billed in the U.S. and Israeli mainstream media as Israel’s "independence,"…
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Analysis

Richard BeckerMarch 5, 2021
3,150

Top Pentagon commander requests astronomical sum of money to prepare for war with China

The funding increase that Davidson is seeking for his command -- not the total allocation -- is greater than the…
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