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 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 BeckerOctober 19, 2021
291

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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Richard BeckerSeptember 1, 2021
186

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
993

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
801

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
653

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
1,214

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
1,301

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
3,061

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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Analysis

Richard BeckerDecember 27, 2020
1,090

Colonial injustice: the pardoning of the Blackwater killers

Along with a motley collection of wealthy swindlers and fraudsters, President Donald Trump on Dec. 22 pardoned four former Blackwater…
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Analysis

Richard BeckerNovember 1, 2020
871

Trump and the tactics of mass disenfranchisement

From Clark County, Nevada to the U.S. Supreme Court, Donald Trump and tens of thousands of his operatives are working…
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