An Unpunished War Criminal: The Trial of Henry Kissinger [Book Review]

By Asad Ismi THE TRIAL OF HENRY KISSINGER by Christopher Hitchens, Verso, 2001, $35 “Kissinger is a thug, a crook, a liar and a murderer.” – Christopher Hitchens The United States government is the most violent in the world and since 1945 has killed upwards of eight million people in the Third World. The Ribbentrop […]

The Western Heart of Darkness: Mineral-Rich Congo Ravaged by Genocide and Western Plunder

By Asad Ismi “I’m interested in land not [black people].” — Cecil Rhodes Rarely has Western savagery been more destructive than in the Congo. After 115 years of Belgian colonialism and U.S. neo-colonialism, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today is a war-ravaged, balkanized country where an incredible 2.5 million people have died during the […]

Who Killed Martin Luther King?: The Cover-Up of the Century

“The United States government is the greatest purveyor of violence in the world.” —-Martin Luther King Jr. On December 8, 1999, a jury in Memphis, Tennessee, reached the verdict that Martin Luther King Jr. was killed as a result of a conspiracy involving the FBI, CIA, U.S. Army, Memphis police and the Mafia. After a […]

Informed Dissent: Three Generals and the Vietnam War

Book published by Vietnam Generation Press, Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S., 1991. Written by Asad Ismi and Robert Buzzanco The book details the positions of three U.S. generals who opposed the U.S.’ deepening involvement in and invasion of Vietnam. Buy here Available from an additional seven booksellers here