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The Red, White and Blue Notes

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jan 24, 2024 “Soundtrack to a Coup d'État” takes an impressionistic approach to the weaponization of American music during the Cold War. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: JFK’s Cold War Chains

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Apr 6, 2019 His obsession with foreign communism blinded him to U.S. domestic needs. It's time for Americans to stop mythologizing a reckless president. Dig deeper ( 32 Min. Read )

Joe Kennedy III, a False Progressive Idol Like JFK

Paul Street / Truthdig Feb 4, 2018 America does not need another elite Kennedy pretending to lead us out of the darkness of authoritarian capitalism, racism, militarism and other evils. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Korean Missile Crisis vs. the Cuban Missile Crisis

Paul Street / Truthdig Aug 13, 2017 John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev avoided nuclear war in 1962. Whether Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will do so remains a question. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

John F. Kennedy on World Peace in 1963: ‘No Problem of Human Destiny Is Beyond Human Beings’ (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2017 Fifty-four years after the "Peace Speech," the 35th president's words still inspire hope that building peace is possible. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Week the World Stood Still

By Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch Oct 16, 2012 In 1962, nuclear war with the Soviet Union was avoided by Khrushchev’s willingness to accept that the U.S. effectively owns the world by right and may deploy massive offensive force against those who even think of deterring the benign global hegemon. But we can hardly count on such sanity forever. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )