Category Archives: Nixon

Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy

Posted on October 18, 2018 by

“For the last fifty years, artists have explored the hidden operations of power and the symbiotic suspicion between the government and its citizens that haunts Western democracies. Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy is the first major exhibition to tackle … Continue reading →

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Military–Industrial Complex

Posted on September 30, 2018 by

“The military–industrial complex (MIC) is an informal alliance between a nation’s military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy. A driving factor behind this relationship between the government and defense-minded … Continue reading →

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Kissinger and Nixon in the White House – Seymour M. Hersh

Posted on September 22, 2018 by

“I. The Wiretaps. Roger Morris quickly won Henry A. Kissinger’s trust in the early months of the Nixon presidency. Not only was he a good friend of Lawrence S. Eagleburger, who had emerged, after Colonel Alexander M. Haig, Jr., as … Continue reading →

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Aquarius Rising

Posted on September 10, 2018 by

A protester at a demonstration against the Vietnam War during the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1968 “Certain years acquire an almost numinous quality in collective memory—1789, 1861, 1914. One of the more recent additions to the list is 1968. Its … Continue reading →

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CIA activities in Laos

Posted on September 4, 2018 by

Vietnamese soldiers in Laos “CIA activities in Laos started in the 1950s. In 1959, U.S. Special Forces began to train some Laotian soldiers in unconventional warfare techniques as early as the fall of 1959 under the code name Erawan. Under … Continue reading →

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Did the news media, led by Walter Cronkite, lose the war in Vietnam?

Posted on August 22, 2018 by

CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite went to Vietnam to provide viewers with an assessment of the war’s progress. His one-hour special report aired on Feb. 27, 1968. “Until 1968, Walter Cronkite believed what his government told him about the Vietnam … Continue reading →

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The Young Lords’ Legacy of Puerto Rican Activism

Posted on August 19, 2018 by

“The confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has stirred a wide sense of pride among Puerto Ricans. But some the roots of that Puerto Rican pride, many would argue, took hold 40 years ago this summer, with the … Continue reading →

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