Richard Becker

Name: The U.S. empire in Afghanistan: a 40-year catastrophe
Duration: 9 min 56 s
Description: The U.S. war in Afghanistan began not 20, but more than 40 years ago. Except for the towering arrogance of the leaders in Washington, it could have ended in November 2001 when the Taliban offered to s

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 BeckerJune 21, 2023
623

How Daniel Ellsberg exposed the U.S. war machine and became a top enemy of empire

Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level military analyst who courageously exposed four administrations’ criminal war on Vietnam and went on to become…
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Richard BeckerMay 12, 2023
233

Israeli bombing of Gaza the latest in 75 years of massacres

In four straight days of shelling of civilian areas in Gaza, Israeli planes have killed more than 33 Palestinians and…
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Analysis

Richard BeckerApril 2, 2023
3,695

Vatican renounces ‘Doctrine of Discovery.’ When will Supreme Court do likewise?

The high court continues to treat the “doctrine” as an integral basis of U.S. law, particularly in regard to the…
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Analysis

Richard BeckerMarch 28, 2023
1,243

Israel protests: “Democracy” in an apartheid regime?

The glaring omission in the demonstrations has been any mention of those who are the primary targets of the new…
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Analysis

Richard BeckerAugust 31, 2022
1,428

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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Richard BeckerJanuary 25, 2022
877

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
394

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
259

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
1,491

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
932

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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