History

The morning after Kennedy was buried, the country awoke to find a stranger in its bed. The indefatigable vulgarity of Lyndon Baines Johnson made unfavourable comparison inevitable.

u201cI donu2019t hate Thanksgivingu2014I just think itu2019s appropriate to critique a celebration that obscures the reality of the European conquest of the Americas.u201d

On this episode of Reality Asserts Itself, Paul Jay and historian Peter Kuznick discuss whether or not JFK intended to withdraw from Vietnam before his assassination.

The oppressive, homicidal nature of American Empire was shaped by the cultural/ political forces that killed President John F. Kennedy 50 years ago.

This “neo-con” absolutist approach to politics, of course, wasn't unique to the United States and didn't end with the passing of the Bush Administration.

This is where the so-called Tea Party comes into play, essentially playing the role of what political commentators call u201cuseful idiots.u201d

Should the final resting place for Americau2019s 16th President and his family be part of a cityu2019s civic pride or be used to pad the profits of a private …

It is no wonder why Palestinians are still struggling to tell the world such a simple, straightforward and truthful story.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his governmentu2019s intention to construct another u201cseparation barrieru201d - a large fortified wall or fence referred to by Palestinians as an apartheid …

When I chatted with Stone about it recently, he betrayed no false modesty on the subject. u201cJFK was staggeringly complex and beautiful.