On this day in 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis began after President JFK announced a blockade on Cuba🇨🇺, following the discovery of Soviet missile sites in the country.

The Soviet Union’s positioning of missiles was a direct response to US nuclear weapons being placed in Turkey and Italy, aimed at the USSR…

And the US’ failed CIA Bay of Pigs invasion, which was an embarrassing attempt at removing Fidel Castro from power.

For 13 days, the Soviet Union and the United States stood at the brink of nuclear Armageddon. Tense negotiations between General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy averted disaster, with the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, while the US pledged to not invade Cuba and promised to remove its nuclear weapons from Turkey.

Arguably, the situation today is far worse than the Cuban Missile Crisis. NATO weaponry is being fired deep into Russia via Washington’s proxy, Zelensky, a scenario that would have been unthinkable even at the height of the so-called Cold War.

One event, one strike hitting an important target in Russia, could put the world minutes away from nuclear Armageddon again.

How was nuclear war averted during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which began on this day in 1962?

President JFK refused to listen to his advisors who were advocating for the US Air Force to bomb the Soviet missile sites in Cuba.

He understood that the US would have to make concessions to pull the world back from the brink, as US nuclear missiles were stationed in Italy and Turkey aimed directly at the USSR.

Following the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy launched a peace initiative to end the Cold War hostility with the Soviet Union…shortly afterwards, he was assassinated.

THROWBACK: How the Leader of Venezuela’s🇻🇪 Bolivarian Revolution Hugo Chavez dealt with the CIA asset Maria Corina Machado:

‘You called me a thief in front of the country, I won’t cause you offence. An eagle doesn’t hunt flies, Congresswoman.’

The Trump Administration is poised to attack Venezuela🇻🇪. The reason is not ‘narco-trafficking’. The reason is to steal Venezuela’s oil:

"One of the reasons we have...given licenses to Chevron and a number of service companies...is to make it easier in the recovery of oil production..after the regime is replaced.”

-Elliot Abrams on Venezuela during the 1st Trump Administration

Jabalia, Gaza. A post-apocalyptic hellscape, resembling the aftermath of a nuclear strike.

This was only possible because of the US, UK, and EU nations’ complicity and participation.

Don’t forget this when you hear the endless lectures on ‘human rights’ and ‘democracy’

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

"If Saudi Arabia tells us ‘normalization in exchange for a Palestinian state,’ friends, no thank you. Keep riding camels in the desert in Saudi Arabia🇸🇦."

Bezalel Smotrich and his band of genocidal fanatics can enjoy an Israel that is almost globally reviled, despised, and isolated thanks to their ideology of ethnic supremacism and bloodthirst.

Saudi Arabia does not need normalisation with Israel, it’s a booming economy with an important role to play in the multipolar world. It’s Israel and the United States that seek legitimacy for the barbaric settler-colonial project.

J.D. Vance SLAMS the Israeli Knesset vote which approved a bill to annex the West Bank as a “very stupid political stunt” that he felt “insulted by”.

He goes on to concretely say that the Trump Administration WILL NOT allow Israel to annex the Palestinian West Bank.

Are we finally beginning to see the consequences of the MAGA movement’s turn against Israel slowly reflect in the Trump Administration?

Israel’s repugnant policy of trying to enact a 21st century version of Lebensraum has managed to even disgust committed Zionists like Vance and Trump.

Pressure from GCC countries drawing a red line on West Bank annexation has also had an impact in making the Trump Administration slam the breaks on the Greater Israel plan.

Trump on Israel annexing the West Bank:

“It won't happen. It won’t happen because I gave my word to the Arab countries. And you can't do that now. We've had great Arab support. Israel would lose all of its support from the United States if that happened.”

Pressure from the GCC and other Arab states seems to have halted Israel’s genocidal expansionist agenda…for now.

🚨GAZA: EUROPEAN VASSAL STATES HAVE WORKED TO CEMENT THEIR OWN IRRELEVANCE

‘I’ve never seen a bloc of countries work as assiduously to ensure its own irrelevance as the European Union — or the Europeans more generally. During the Gaza genocide, they’ve basically played the role of obedient puppy, of the submissive underling.

But in terms of any strategic autonomy, let alone seeking to influence the reality, they have worked night and day to ensure their total irrelevance. And we’re seeing this now not only with regard to Gaza, but at least as much so now with regard to Iran.

Europe has some very fundamental differences with Washington, primarily regarding trade and tariffs and so on. And it’s doing everything it can to mollify Washington — to ensure Washington at least formally remains on board with European policy towards Ukraine and so on.

A genocide isn’t that big a deal for Europeans. I mean, you’ll be familiar with European history, so I don’t need to elaborate on that. And in this case, as far as they’re concerned, they’re not going to pick a fight with Washington over something they see as important to the Americans while they have much bigger fish to fry, like Ukraine, tariffs, et cetera.’

-Mouin Rabbani, Co-Editor of Jadaliyya, joins us for Saturday’s episode of Going Underground

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On this day in 1970, Salvador Allende, a Marxist, was elected by the Chilean Congress to become the new President of Chile🇨🇱 following his victory in a democratic election.

The CIA launched a coup against Allende in 1973 using their ally General Augusto Pinochet after a protracted US campaign to sabotage and impoverish the Chilean people as punishment for electing a President not subservient to Washington.

President Nixon ordered the CIA to “make the economy scream” in Chile to “prevent Allende from coming to power or to unseat him.” Allende refused to surrender to Pinochet’s troops and died defending the Presidential Palace.

Pinochet’s fascist dictatorship would see the deaths, imprisonment, or disappearance of over 40,000 people. The CIA-backed coup in Chile was part of establishing Operation Condor, a plan to impose de-facto continent-wide fascism in Latin America to crush socialist, communist and workers’ movements. Operation Condor is estimated to be responsible for 60,000-80,000 deaths in Latin America.

Here he is addressing the Chilean people for the last time, before he died defending the country from Pinochet’s fascism.

‘In the CIA, we didn’t give a hoot about democracy. It was fine if a government was elected and would cooperate with us, but if it didn’t, then democracy wouldn’t mean a thing to us’

-Former CIA Agent Philip Agee

Democratically elected Presidents overthrown via CIA-backed coups

Allende🇨🇱
Mossadegh🇮🇷
Árbenz🇬🇹
Lumumba🇨🇩
Chavez🇻🇪
Goulart🇧🇷
Whitlam🇦🇺
Peron🇦🇷
Sukarno🇮🇩
Arosemena Monroy🇪🇨
Bosch🇩🇴
Nkrumah🇬🇭

To name a few…

The US🇺🇸 Treasury has sanctioned Colombia’s🇨🇴 President Gustavo Petro on ridiculous charges of ‘narco-trafficking’…

The real reason for the sanctions is Petro refused to be an obedient vassal leader like previous Presidents, and has consistently spoken out against the US’ barbaric foreign policy.

Make no mistake, this is Washington’s ultimatum for Latin America:

Serve and obey as a US vassal, stay silent on the US’ crimes, and let US corporations pillage your country.

The deal on offer from China🇨🇳, and the rest of the BRICS+ bloc: economic development, national sovereignty, mutual respect and cooperation.

And yet the US wonders why Latin America and the rest of the global south are looking East more than ever…

🚨NEW EPISODE OF GOING UNDERGROUND

Can Trump Stop Israel From DESTROYING the Gaza Ceasefire? Is a 2nd War on Iran🇮🇷 Next? -Mouin Rabbani

https://rumble.com/v70ptc8-can-trump-stop-israel-from-destroying-the-gaza-ceasefire-is-a-2nd-war-on-ir.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a

🚨Mouin Rabbani: ‘Palestinian🇵🇸 Authority’s dereliction of duty during Gaza genocide has been SHOCKING’

‘For the past two years we’ve heard nary a peep from Ramallah and its leadership. It’s almost like what’s happening in Gaza was happening in Southeast Asia or the tip of South America. And their dereliction of duty has really been shocking.

They’re so eager and desperate to get back into the game that they’re actually willing to play ball with Tony Blair, who in addition to being, as you pointed out, a war criminal after Iraq, was also the Quartet special envoy in Palestine and was universally detested by Palestinian officials.

I’m not talking about Hamas, I’m talking about the Palestinian Authority. He was basically seen as an errand boy for the Israelis and they couldn’t stand him.

But now it seems all is forgiven and they’re willing to praise him to the high heavens, in a desperate attempt to get back into the game.’

-Mouin Rabbani, Co-Editor of Jadaliyya on the latest episode of Going Underground

FULL INTERVIEW: https://rumble.com/v70ptc8-can-trump-stop-israel-from-destroying-the-gaza-ceasefire-is-a-2nd-war-on-ir.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a

ARE YOU ONE OF NETANYAHU'S HOSTAGES?!'

We asked this question to Palestine’s UN Ambassador on a previous episode of Going Underground…

since the Palestinian Authority has been missing in action during the Gaza genocide and has repressed Palestinian movements on Israel’s orders.

Mouin Rabbani: ‘Russia🇷🇺, China🇨🇳, and the GCC must use their leverage on Trump to STOP a second Israeli war on Iran🇮🇷’

‘Trump is desperate for foreign policy successes. He’s completely failed to achieve anything meaningful in Ukraine, in Gaza, he basically has managed to force Israel into a ceasefire and is touting this as the most important breakthrough in diplomatic history for the last 3000 years.

And so I think Russia and China, but just as importantly the GCC states, could work in concert, to use their influence and leverage, with Washington not only to ensure that there isn’t another Israeli war on Iran, but also to present a reasonable and achievable diplomatic resolution, because, as you know, both the United States and Iran are in principle, willing to reach a diplomatic agreement.

The problem is that Israel, rather, the United States, is demanding terms from Iran that no sovereign government is prepared to accept, or in my view should accept.’

-Mouin Rabbani, Co-Editor of Jadaliyya on the latest episode of Going Underground

FULL INTERVIEW: https://rumble.com/v70ptc8-can-trump-stop-israel-from-destroying-the-gaza-ceasefire-is-a-2nd-war-on-ir.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a

"Why are we threatening Iran🇮🇷 which hasn’t invaded anyone for 400 years...Why do we journalists write what governments tell us? Why don’t they question them?"

-The incomparable, late, great John Pilger on Going Underground in 2019, on the move towards war against Iran.

Netanyahu seeks to line up a second war on Iran, and will try and drag Donald Trump into another disastrous war.