Category Archives: Military

Inside Oliver Stone’s Kennedy-Conspiracy-Complex

Posted on May 9, 2022 by buzzanco

(I vanquished DiEugenio, so my challenge to Oliver Stone to debate is still on the table) “When Oliver Stone heard it, he immediately called me, as he was excited about the result.” And thus Kent Dorfman James DiEugenio, aka “Jimmy … Continue reading →

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John F. Kennedy Goes Hollywood: Oliver Stone’s Fantastic History

Posted on April 30, 2022 by buzzanco

©Robert Buzzanco Jim Garrison: I never realized Kennedy was so dangerous to the establishment. Is that why? X: Well that’s the real question, isn’t it? Why? The how and the who is just scenery for the public. Oswald, Ruby, Cuba, … Continue reading →

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Doing Miami’s Dirty Work (Wittingly or Not): Responding to “New Politics”

Posted on September 13, 2021 by buzzanco

A few days ago, the self-described socialist magazine New Politics put out an editorial, penned by Lois Weiner and Daniel Fischer, titled “NP on Cuba: Consistent Oppostion to US Imperialism and Support of Democratic Rights.”  The image attached to the … Continue reading →

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Noam Chomsky talks about the 1960s on Green and Red Podcast

Posted on June 28, 2021 by buzzanco

We recently had a great, lengthy discussion with Noam Chomsky about the 1960s radicalism, the New Left, The Black Panthers, SDS, the Vietnam Antiwar Movement, Student protests, feminism, “woke” politics, and much more. We also provided some edited clips of … Continue reading →

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The Limits of Power: Donald J. Trump

Posted on January 31, 2021 by buzzanco

Mitch McConnell and Democratic Weakness produced Trump’s successes……. Donald Trump, it seems, still reigns over the GOP and a good portion of the country.  Senators and representatives visit him to kiss his ring, the RNC is inviting him to speak … Continue reading →

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The Reality of the Tet Offensive: Military Failure and Economic Crisis

Posted on January 28, 2021 by buzzanco

Tet was a pivot point of the Vietnam War, and it’s been misrepresented ever since…… At the end of January the media will commemorate one of the more important and decisive events of the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive. On … Continue reading →

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This Is Not a Coup

Posted on January 8, 2021 by buzzanco

The Treachery of (Words and) Images Wednesday’s events were horrible, dangerous, infuriating, and predictable.  People with weapons easily breached the Capitol, gallows were hung (perhaps performative, maybe not), and people were attacked and five are now dead.  The country was … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Carter is a Liberal Saint Now, Was a War Criminal Then…..

Posted on November 19, 2020 by buzzanco

For a deeper discussion of this, check out Green and Red Podcast’s episode on Jimmy Carter as Liberal Saint/Neo-Lib War Criminal, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krp2XygLxgo&t=17s Please support Green and Red Podcast by subscribing, sharing and following on social media, and you can … Continue reading →

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Cracks in the Empire

Posted on June 5, 2020 by buzzanco

The Military Says “Stand Down” to Trump “I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I … Continue reading →

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Dien Bien Phu and the First Indochina War [Part 1]

Posted on May 7, 2020 by buzzanco

The French, Vietnamese Nationalism and Communism, and American Imperialism (Part 1 of 2, from French colonization to putative independence and war against France.  The story below is largely derived from my books Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life, and … Continue reading →

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