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The Lazaro Cardenas Revolution, Part II

The Lazaro Cardenas Revolution, Part II

MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL ISSUE By Daniel Nardini One other important thing Cardenas did to stabilize the country was to make sure that all commanding officers swore an oath to… Read more »

The Lazaro Cardenas Revolution, Part I

The Lazaro Cardenas Revolution, Part I

MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL ISSUE By Daniel Nardini When Mexico became an independent country in 1821, one of two things that had eluded the country for a long time was… Read more »

Did Frida Kahlo Know About Communist Crimes?

Did Frida Kahlo Know About Communist Crimes?

By Daniel Nardini It has become a major political firestorm in Mexico. U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau made a controversial comment rhetorically asking whether renowned Mexican artist and feminist… Read more »

No Change in Nicaragua’s Dictatorship

No Change in Nicaragua’s Dictatorship

By Daniel Nardini Well, Nicaragua still has political prisoners from the marches and demonstrations from last year in jail, and human rights abuses by the police and militias are widespread…. Read more »

Hong Kong on the Precipice

Hong Kong on the Precipice

By Daniel Nardini As Chinese troops are massed on the border separating the city and territory of Hong Kong from the rest of China, the question seems to be if… Read more »

Mental Health Care in Crisis

Mental Health Care in Crisis

By Daniel Nardini In the rural town of Mount Carroll, just 25 minutes from the Mississippi River in northwest Illinois, is a health clinic which provides services for people who… Read more »

Cry “Fascist”

Cry “Fascist”

By Daniel Nardini I see this word almost every week. The term “Fascist” is used to describe either U.S. President Donald Trump or some rightwing rally or some state or… Read more »

The Butcher of Beijing Dead

The Butcher of Beijing Dead

By Daniel Nardini I hope there is an especially warm place for Li Peng in Hell. Li Peng, nicknamed the “Butcher of Beijing,” was one of the architects of the… Read more »

The Scourge of Malaria Returns to Venezuela

The Scourge of Malaria Returns to Venezuela

By Daniel Nardini When I was in Venezuela, one of the things that I did not have to worry about was getting the dreaded disease malaria. Before I ever went… Read more »

ANTIFA Seriously Attacks and Injures a Journalist

ANTIFA Seriously Attacks and Injures a Journalist

By Daniel Nardini If this had happened at an alt-right rally and demonstration the U.S. mainstream news media would have been all over this. This happened however at a left… Read more »