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Told you so: The UK military pays the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) -- which is notorious for producing fake "leftist" imperialists who support regime change around the world -- for “cultural advice” on how to operate in former colonies
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/left…
Among the pro-imperialist fake "leftist" academics at @SOAS involved in the British military scheme is Gilbert Achcar, a strong supporter of regime change in Libya & Syria, portraying it as a "revolution"

Achcar gave training to the UK Ministry of Defence
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/left…
Pro-imperialist fake "leftist" academic Gilbert Achcar -- who we now know has voluntarily collaborated with the UK military, giving it training sessions -- is a regular contributor to @JacobinMag, where he portrays NATO regime-change plots as "revolutions"
jacobinmag.com/author/gilbert…
British military collaborator Gilbert Achcar was very popular with the Trotskyite International Socialist Organization (ISO). He became their go-to Middle East expert to try to portray the US State Department's position as the "real revolutionary" one
isreview.org/person/gilbert…
UK Ministry of Defence collaborator Gilbert Achcar published frequently in the ISO's newspaper Socialist Worker, and gave dozens of interviews, always portraying regime change as "progressive"
socialistworker.org/author/gilbert…
British military collaborator Gilbert Achcar is also frequently invited on @DemocracyNow, which unfortunately in recent years began pushing regime-change propaganda on Syria and other countries
democracynow.org/appearances/gi…
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The US government's colonial unelected Fiscal Oversight and Management Board (also known as la junta) is trying to exploit the ongoing protests in Puerto Rico to further curtail democracy on the island and tighten the colonial noose around its people
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Yesterday hundreds of thousands of people from across Nicaragua gathered in the capital Managua for an all-day celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution

It was one of the largest demonstrations I have seen in my life

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