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 […]

Profiting From Repression: Canadian Firms in Colombia Protected by Military Death Squads

By Asad Ismi Since 1990, 35,000 Colombians have been killed in a horrific escalation of political violence. An average of ten political assassinations are reported every day. Colombia’s state security forces and their paramilitary allies have been responsible for the vast majority of these killings. Many paramilitary death squads have been created by the Colombian […]

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