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  • uncle sam. History of us imperialism in latin america

    US imperialism in Central America

    Grace Livingstone gives an overview of overt and covert US military and intelligence interventions

  • A group of armed men, standing around a truck, celebrating and throwing up victory signs

    Broken Spring?

    Sami Ramadani argues that counter‑revolution has gained the upper hand in Syria and across the Arab world

  • Protestors on top of an army truck holding signs and surrounded by a crowd

    After the spring

    Sami Ramadani considers the response to the Arab Spring from the region’s dictators and other reactionary forces, as well as the role of imperialism

  • A group of soldiers gathered together on the deck of a ship at night, illuminated by bright lights in the background

    After the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

    Ewa Jasiewicz considers the impact of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and its violent raid by Israel, in Palestine, Israel and internationally

  • British and allied forces at Kandahar after the 1880 Battle of Kandahar, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

    Afghanistan: a brief history

    Understanding Afghanistan today is only possible by looking at it in the context of the part played by the competing imperial powers in its past. Jane Shallice offers a guide

  • A black and white photograph of deposed Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq

    For the love of oil

    Mehri Honarbin-Holliday details the long and nefarious history of how US and UK interference has repeatedly crushed Iranian democracy – and halted people’s movements for peace

  • An early 20th century illustration depicting Uncle Sam bearing two magnets pointed at caricatures of Latin American nations like Cuba and Costa Rica, who are being dragged towards them against their will. The magnets read 'United States protectorates'

    America: an empire in denial

    Mike Marqusee looks at the long history of US politicians’ denial of their country’s imperial reach

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