W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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Opinion
Notes on the capitalist origins of racial oppression in the United States
March 5, 2018When white people shed exculpatory myths and acknowledge the truth about slavery, they’ve arrived at what descendants of enslaved people know about only too well.
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World
U.S. and allies look to military intervention in Venezuela
February 20, 2018One avenue for altering Venezuela’s government seems to be closing.
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World
Internet is latest arena for U.S. intervention in Cuba
February 12, 2018For decades the U.S. government has flooded Cuba with propaganda aimed at turning Cubans away from their government. Today's medium: the internet.
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World
Mystery surrounds Trump assault on travel to Cuba
January 31, 2018Enforcement of travel restrictions is next to nil, but fewer Americans are going to Cuba. Why? Fears for their health, fanned by the State Department.
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Opinion
U.S. capitalism lets children and mothers die
January 26, 2018Why do children and mothers living in other OECD nations, all capitalist, escape the dangers facing those in the U.S.? The answer: stronger labor movements.
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World
José Martí, soul of the Cuban Revolution
January 22, 2018It might seem an anomaly that a socialist nation takes on as its national hero a non-socialist, but that exemplifies the nature of Cuba’s brand of politics.
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News
Under siege: Socialist Venezuela pushes back against U.S. and its allies
November 22, 2017The Maduro government is holding on, despite fearsome economic challenges and an opposition fortified by a combative business class and U.S. support.
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World
Invasion outsourcing? U.S. uses disaster pretext for S. America military intrusion
November 17, 2017Analyst: "The object of the U.S. Army and that too of Brazil, Peru, and Colombia is to create a prepared position and to leave a base available at any time for an intervention...in Venezuela and Bolivia.”
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