Articles by Roger Harris
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US Intervenes as Venezuela Prepares for High Stakes Election
Roger Harris - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Nov 2020
26 Nov 2020 – A long list of international figures including Noble Prize winners and former heads of state petitioned the EU:
“This election represents, above all a democratic, legal and peaceful way out of the political and institutional crisis that was triggered in January 2019 by the self-appointment of Juan Guaidó as ‘interim president’ of Venezuela.”
US Presidential Campaign Spectacle: Distracts from Essential Issues while Playing the Race Card
Roger Harris - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Oct 2020
So, we have a marvelous symmetry of contention. Republicans accuse Democrats of collusion with Antifa to establish a socialist tyranny. Democrats accuse Republicans of marching to a fascist dictatorship with the Proud Boys.
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New York Times Releases Sequel of Putin-the-Poisoner: The Incredulous Case of Mr. N
Roger Harris - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Sep 2020
26 Sep 2020 – The editorial board declares, “Many questions remain unanswered and are likely to remain so. Chief among them is whether President Vladimir Putin ordered or approved the attempted assassination.” Later in the editorial, this chief question is answered: “Mr. Putin knows what happened, or he can find out,” but “… he continues to hide behind glaringly phony denials.”
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Belarus’s Options in the Midst of a Color Revolution
Roger Harris - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Aug 2020
25 Aug 2020 – Belarus shows that any small state with a mildly socialist system and independent foreign policy invites subversion by the Yankee hegemon and its collaborators. Even if Belarus had met the highest standards of democracy and efficiency, a western-backed color revolution might not have been avoided.
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“Black Lives Matter” Is International: Where There Is Oppression, There Will Be Resistance
Roger Harris | Council on Hemispheric Affairs - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jun 2020
18 Jun 2020 – The police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th was the spark that ignited the tinder of accrued injustice throughout the US and globally. There is a shared history of colonial conquest of the Indigenous and the abominable institution of the enslavement of African peoples. What happened has its roots in systemic oppression that has resonated internationally.
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U.S. Uses “Humanitarian Intervention” to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests
Roger Harris – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 May 2020
No More War, By Dan Kovalik, 2020, New York: Skyhorse Publishing –> The book focuses on the one nation in recent times that has been continuously engaged in wars of aggression. In fact, that nation has been engaged in wars or military occupations in all but five years since its founding in 1776.
→ read full article2019 Latin America in Review: Year of the Revolt of the Dispossessed
Roger Harris | COHA – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2019
2019 has not been an entirely bullish year for US imperialism, notwithstanding the hard turns to the right in Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Powerful winds against neoliberalism are gusting in Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala, and even in the US “Commonwealth” of Puerto Rico. Regime-change operations failed in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
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Roger Harris – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Feb 2019
Donald Trump imagines Juan Guaidó is the rightful president of Venezuela but he is a product of a decade-long project overseen by Washington’s regime change trainers. As Alfred de Zayas, UN rapporteur tweeted, “Article 233 of the Venezuelan constitution is inapplicable and cannot be twisted into legitimizing Guaidó’s self-proclamation as interim President. A coup is a coup.”
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Roger Harris - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2019
3 Feb 2019 – Close to 700 conferees from 65 countries convened in Havana, Cuba from January 28-31, for peace and “world balance.” This, the fourth such conference, was dedicated to honoring the ideals of Cuban national hero José Martí who died in 1895 at the age of 42 fighting for independence from colonial Spain. The event was organized by the José Martí Project of International Solidarity, which is sponsored by UNESCO.
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Mexico on the Eve of AMLO – “So Far from God and So Close to the United States”
Roger Harris – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2018
30 Nov 2018 – Mexico is bucking an international right-wing tide, shifting its government from right to left-of-center with the presidential inauguration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on December 1. Speaking for international capital, The Economist is worried. The other 99% of humanity is hopeful. A cautionary history of this trice conquered land follows.
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International Conference Against US/NATO Bases Addresses Militarism
Roger Harris – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2018
On November 16-18, some 300 peace activists representing over 35 countries gathered in Dublin, Ireland for the first International Conference Against US/NATO Military Bases to address this tragic paradox of the technical ability to serve humanity and the political proclivity by the ruling circles in the West to do the opposite. Actions are being planned in Washington, D.C., around the 70th anniversary of NATO on April 4th. Coincidentally that is the date of the assassination of Martin Luther King.
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The Troika of Tyranny: The Imperialist Project in Latin America and Its Epigones
Roger Harris – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Nov 2018
Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela are today threatened by US imperialism. The first salvo of the modern Age of Imperialism started back in 1898 when the US seized Cuba along with Puerto Rico and the Philippines in the Spanish-American War. The Age of Imperialism is characterized by the competition of the various imperial powers for dominance. That inter-imperialist rivalry led to World War I.
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Lamenting Venezuela’s “Humanitarian Crisis” while Blocking Its Resolution
Roger Harris – CounterPunch,
1 Jan 2018
29 Dec 2017 – A New York Times headline screams “As Venezuela collapses, children are dying of hunger.” Lurid pictures show dead infants. The key to understanding the wellspring of the Times’ indignation about humanitarian issues confronting Venezuela is hinted at in the by-line to the article: “Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world.” The stakes are high for the US empire.
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