The Real del Monte miners' strike, 1766 A short history of the first ever strike in North American history, by Mexican silver miners.
1990-1991: The Gulf War Noam Chomsky on the 1991 US and UK war with Iraq following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1989-today: The War on Drugs Noam Chomsky on the 'war' on drugs that Western governments have been allegedly pursuing since 1989. In reality, their response to the drug trade…
The US invasion of Grenada, 1983 - Howard Zinn Historian Howard Zinn's account of the American invasion of the small Caribbean island of Grenada, ostensibly to 'protect' US citizens, but in…
The Mayaguez affair, 1975 - Howard Zinn Historian Howard Zinn's account of the brief but disatrous invasion of a Cambodian island by a small US force which suffered massive casualties…
1948-1991: US intervention and war in South East Asia Noam Chomsky's very brief account of US military, economic and "diplomatic" action in Indochina in…
The Cold War, 1940-1989 - Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky explains the nature of the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union before its collapse in 1989.
1957-1975: The Vietnam War Howard Zinn's short history of the war in Vietnam from the beginning of the Communist insurgency in 1957 until the defeat of US and South…
1968-1990: The invasion of Panama and US intervention Noam Chomsky's account of the US invasion of Panama, its intervention over the previous twenty years…
The contra war in Nicaragua - Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky's account of the US-backed “contra” counter-insurgency in Nicaragua against the left-wing government brought to power on the back of…
1944-1989: The coup and US intervention in Guatemala Noam Chomsky on the US intervention and coup following the 1944 revolution which overthrew Guatemala's brutal dictator.
1970-1990: The war of counter-insurgency in El Salvador Noam Chomsky on the ultra-violent war of the right-wing regime in El Salvador against grassroots…
