The WikiLeaks Files
The World According to US Empire
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When WikiLeaks first came to prominence in 2010 by releasing 2,325,961 top-secret State Department cables, the world saw for the first time what the US really thought about national leaders, friendly dictators and supposed allies. It also discovered the dark truths of national policies, human rights violations, covert operations and cover-ups.
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…countries (e.g., Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela) when they threaten to nationalize industries that the US has a large stake in. What the US does nowadays isn't less appalling. I suggest the recent book The Wikileaks Files: The World According to US Empire, which goes around the world looking at the way US leaders/diplomats/agencies think and talk and act in relation to various countries and regions. Not how their press…
on “War Is a Racket (1933)” ↗…2004-2007, about plans for overthrowing the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the time." The book based on the Wiklieaks files (Assange wrote an introduction): https://www.amazon.com/WikiLeaks-Files-World-According-Empir...
on “Chelsea Manning released from jail with expiration of grand jury” ↗