Michael Parenti: Spanish American War (videos)

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THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR AND THE RISE OF US IMPERIALISM!
Michael Parenti uses the history of the Spanish American War to answer several very intriguing questions. Who first expressed the desire to annex the island of Cuba - and when? Why was the US government concerned about Spanish repression of the rights of Cubans while [...]

Political instability and social struggles will follow Spain’s general election

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By Paul Mitchell
wsws.org
8 March 2008
Latest polls suggest the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) led by current Prime Minister José Luis Zapatero is just 1.5 percentage points ahead of Mariano Rajoy’s opposition right-wing Popular Party (PP) in tomorrow’s parliamentary election. Neither side looks likely to win an absolute majority in the legislature and will probably [...]

New Instruments of Surveillance & Social Control: Wireless Technologies which Target the Neuronal Functioning of the Brain

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by Dr. Kingsley Dennis
Global Research, March 9, 2008
- 2008-03-07
Increasingly there are indications that the uses of wireless technologies have been developed to target an individual’s biological body, with specific focus upon the neuronal functioning of the brain. In this paper I examine how some of these uses have had detrimental effects, [...]

The Pirate’s Curse by Eric Margolis

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by Eric Margolis
January 21, 2008
CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA - These be pirate waters, the fabled Spanish Main, where freeboaters and buccaneers prayed like wolves on the Spanish Empire.
In the 1600’s, Spain’s imperial expansion and European wars were dependant on silver and gold looted from Peru. Spanish treasure fleets transported tons of silver from Peru on a [...]

The Abraham Lincoln Brigade - A Profile in Courage, Honor and Hope by Stephen Lendman

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by Stephen Lendman
Global Research, December 26, 2007
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade was an American contingent of about 2800 volunteers who fought on the side of the Second Spanish Republic during the country’s 1936 - 1939 Civil War against the fascist Nationalist rebellion under General Francisco Franco. From 1937 through 1938, it [...]

Spain: The Monarchy’s clash with Socialism by Pablo Ouziel

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by Pablo Ouziel
Global Research, November 15, 2007
On August the 1st 1969, Time magazine quoted Generalissimo Francisco Franco saying; “Conscious of my responsibility before God and history and taking into account the qualities to be found in the person of Prince Juan Carlos of Borbón, who has been perfectly trained to take [...]