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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it George Santayana

Trying to Put All America Behind

Edward Curtin Sixty years ago this summer, on August 7, 1961, President John Kennedy...

WATCH: Thalidomide – Still with us half a...

This revealing documentary from German channel DW looks into the Thalidomide tragedy, the people...

The Disturbing Origins of Cybernetics and...

Matthew Ehret The more we are encouraged to think like cold computers, the more...

WATCH: A Brief History of Hopium

With all these decades and—in the case of the oldest democracies—centuries of broken political...

Eugenics, The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the...

Matthew Ehret Matt Ehret explains what caused the rise of the perversion of science...

How the Unthinkable Became Thinkable

Matthew Ehret Will we see biotechnology serve the interests of humanity under a multipolar...

World War I

A Biden Adminstration Makes the Lessons of WWI...

Whatever Trump may be, there's no denying he's been the least militarily aggressive president...

Green Fields of France

OffGuardian has covered the first World War at length. We have a category for...

Wearing Your Heart on Your Lapel

W Stephen Gilbert We’re entering the poppy season again. Soon we’ll be able to...

WATCH: “The WW1 Conspiracy – Part 3”

The third part in James Corbett’s documentary series analysing the roots, and myths, of...

WATCH: “The WW1 Conspiracy – Part 2&...

The second part in James Corbett’s documentary series analysing the roots, and myths, of...

World War II

This (locked down) VE Day…

Ian J Today will mark 75 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day –...

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Painting A True Christ: A Review of Terrence Malik...

Edward Curtin There’s an early scene in Terrence Malik’s masterful new film – what...

The Whitewashing of the Nazis

Christopher C. Black I was going to write about Iraq and the American control...

Winston Churchill: Close, But No Cigar

David Lindsay Never forget that Piers Morgan was one of extremely few mainstream media...

NATO’s Nazi Beginnings

by Robert S. Rodvik, 21 June 2012, VoltaireNet Who gave NATO the right to...

19th Century

The Fall and Rise of Racket Capitalism

Frank Lee Delving back into the history of Economic Thought[1] perhaps the most important...

Orientalism and the Myth of Independence

Shahzada Rahim In the nineteenth century more half of the world was colonized by...

Upside Down Mark Twain

Mark Twain AKA Samuel Clemens ( 1835-1910) best known for his literary works like...

Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: cosy seasonal tale...

Today we think of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as a cosy piece of...

British and French forces decide to intervene to...

by Terje M London, December 5,1864 Yesterday, an obviously emotional British foreign minister declared...

20th Century

From Smedley Butler to “7 Days in May”...

Matthew Ehret At this week’s Labor Day conference, President Trump threw down the gauntlet...

Open Wounds: Sweden Drops the Olof Palme Case

It’s the sort of thing that ruffled the image of a composed and tranquil...

The World Desperately Needs the Wisdom of Bobby...

Today’s fires which have spread across America in the wake of George Floyd’s murder...

Why the Coming Economic Collapse Will NOT be...

Matthew Ehret With last Monday’s 1000 point stock market plunge the internet has been...

Imperialism and Liberation in the Middle East

Written by Pål Steigan, translated by Terje Maloy At the moment, the United States...

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