A Lesson in Global Solidarity
How Japanese and South Korean citizens protested the US War in Vietnam and helped bring solidarity to the people of Indochina.
The Shorrock Files
New, Rare and Unreleased Material from the DMZ Empire
The Shorrock Files
New, Rare and Unreleased Material from the DMZ Empire
HIDDEN HISTORY
The Lonesome Death of Frank Teruggi
One of the most memorable characters in the film "Missing" is Frank Teruggi, who was murdered by the Chilean military in the Santiago Stadium in the days after General Pinochet's coup on September 11, 1973. I just published a series of letters between Teruggi's father, a member of the Chicago Typographical Union, to AFL-CIO President George Meany seeking information about the death of his son. Who did Meany ask? Henry Kissinger, the man who helped plan the coup.
The Nagasaki Bomb and the Division of Korea
24 hours after Nagasaki, the U.S. divided Korea in half. Bruce Cumings, the leading historian of the Korean War, has called Truman's directive the “first act of containment." In fact, it was the opening salvo of a Cold War that would soon engulf Korea and the rest of Asia and, five years later, explode into another full-scale conflict.
The New York Times’ Deception Story
My latest, just published in The Nation. Here’s the lead: The New York Times may still have a Judith Miller problem—only now it’s a David Sanger problem. Miller, of course, is the former Times reporter who helped build the case for the…
Max Blumenthal’s Korea Scoop
Over at Harper’s yesterday, Washington journalist Max Blumenthal broke a major story about the Trump administration and North Korea. His scoop was buried in a typically gutsy story from Max about UN Ambassador (and major neocon) Nikki Haley and a speech she…
Agreed Framework was “murdered” by the Bush administration
In the midst of the massive pushback in Washington against the Trump administration’s denuclearization talks with Kim Jong Un, a former US intelligence analyst did some truth-telling about past negotiations. “The Agreed Framework did not fail; it was murdered. It…
How the U.S. prevented ROK retaliation in 2010 and what it could mean to the DPRK today
Here’s a blast from the past that could illuminate the future of US-North Korean relations. There’s been a lot of talk lately about how US troops in South Korea might fare after a peace agreement is signed between the US…
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