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Ellsberg: The Anti-Eichmann

Forty years ago, Dr. Daniel Ellsberg contemplated exposing top secret government documents on the Vietnam War. The RAND corporation analyst and war planner felt that the seven-thousand pages popularly known now as the ‘Pentagon Papers,” would bring to light the true history of the unfolding conflict and turn public opinion against it. The dramatic story [...]

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Subversive Historian – 09/04/09

The Election of Salvador Allende Back in the day on September 4th, 1970, Senator Salvador Allende claimed victory in the presidential election of Chile. A perennial candidate, the socialist leader finally won a relative majority of votes against his political rivals. In the historic campaign, Allende formed a broad based coalition known as Unidad Popular – [...]

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Subversive Historian – 03/24/09

The Coup in Argentina Back in the day on March 24th, 1976, the military junta of General Jorge Rafael Videla, Admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera, and Air Force Brigadier Orlando Ramon Agosti deposed and arrested then President Isabel Peron. Videla was designated President soon after and headed the dictatorial regime’s so-called “National Process of Reorganization” that reigned [...]

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