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  • “Why, This Isn’t Cuba”

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    fitzdon

    Back in the 1890s those who believed conquering a continent was killing enough (without taking over Hawaii, the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, etc.) included Speaker of the House Thomas Reed. He clipped an article out of a newspaper about a lynching in South Carolina. He clipped a headline about “Another Outrage in Cuba.” He pasted…

  • Ugandans Resist Land Grabbing and US-backed Dictatorship: an Interview with Phil Wilmot

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    fitzdon

    Eighty-four percent of the population of Uganda are rural subsistence farmers. They are resisting both rampant land grabbing and US ally General Yoweri Museveni’s attempt to rule for life. I spoke to Phil Wilmot , an American-born activist who now lives in rural Uganda. Ann Garrison: Could you tell us how you came to live…