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DOD: Alleged Colombian assassins trained in US

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Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos consider the State Department’s admission that seven of the alleged assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse had received prior training in the US. They also discuss how the first batch of Marines for the Space Force is shaping up. Finally, Ajamu Baraka talks about the colonial history of Haiti and brings us up to date on the latest news from an unsettled Cuba. … Read More >DOD: Alleged Colombian assassins trained in US

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Global Peace Index 2021: Peace deteriorating, military spending & violence on the rise

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Steve Killelea, founder of the Institute for Economics & Peace, about the Global Peace Index 2021 report. He discusses the deterioration of peace through the coronavirus pandemic, the increase of violent mass demonstrations against inequality and racial discrimination, the most violent countries in the world being in Latin America, and much more! … Read More >Global Peace Index 2021: Peace deteriorating, military spending & violence on the rise

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‘Slap in the face’: Namibian descendants of German genocide victims condemn aid deal

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Namibian descendants of victims of the genocide committed by Germany during its colonial rule have rejected a deal made by the governments of the two countries as a “slap in the face” that has “no regard for the human lives lost.” … Read More >‘Slap in the face’: Namibian descendants of German genocide victims condemn aid deal

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British gave colonial lands back ‘because people asked them to,’ claims US security expert, stirring Twitter rage

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A US security expert’s tongue-in-cheek claim about how the British Empire ceased to exist when colonized peoples ask for it to end, triggered online rebukes from those who saw it as an attempt to whitewash the UK’s dark history. … Read More >British gave colonial lands back ‘because people asked them to,’ claims US security expert, stirring Twitter rage