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John F. Kennedy vs. the Empire
On the 50th anniversary of JFK's murder, historian Anton Chaitkin looks back at that tragic turning point from the standpoint of determining cui bono? Who benefitted from the crime? To answer that question, it is first necessary 'to understand who Kennedy was, and what he fought for who we were as a nation, and where we were headed when he was shot. Knowing that will make plain who killed him and why.' Kennedy's anti-imperialism and support for emerging nations, especially in Africa, his promotion of great projects like NAWAPA, and his passion for space exploration, marked him as an enemy of the Empire.
In His Own Words
I saw an area in which . . . poverty and sickness and disease are rampant . . . injustice and inequality are old and ingrained, and the fires of nationalism . . . are now ablaze [after being] for 100 years and more . . . the source of empire for Western Europe—for England and France and Holland. . . . The East of today is no longer the East of Palmerston and Disraeli. . . .
Congressman Kennedy, 1951, report back from Asia-Mideast tour . . .
[M]an holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe. . . . President Kennedy, 1961 Inaugural Address
Today we may have reached a pause in the Cold War. . . . And if we fail to make the most of this moment and this momentum, . . . then the indictment of posterity will rightly point its finger at us all. [Let us] stretch this pause into a period of cooperation. . . . President Kennedy, Sept. 20, 1963 speech to the UN General Assembly, on the Test Ban Treaty.
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  • John F. Kennedy vs. the Empire
    On the 50th anniversary of JFK's murder, historian Anton Chaitkin looks back at that tragic turning point from the standpoint of determining cui bono? Who benefitted from the crime? To answer that question, it is first necessary 'to understand who Kennedy was, and what he fought for who we were as a nation, and where we were headed when he was shot. Knowing that will make plain who killed him and why.' Kennedy's anti-imperialism and support for emerging nations, especially in Africa, his promotion of great projects like NAWAPA, and his passion for space exploration, marked him as an enemy of the Empire.

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  • Can U.S. and Russia Ally To Combat Drug-Money Laundering?
    An interview with Russian expert in financial crimes Konstantin Sorokin, who is a contributor to the ongoing non-governmental Joint U.S.-Russia Working Group on Afghan Narcotrafficking. 'In the long term,' he states, 'the problems created by legalization and state support for drug production in Latin America and Southeast Asia will be significantly worse than the Afghan problem is today. To ignore this trend today would be a very big mistake.'

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