JFK's Revolutionary Foreign Policy

[Tracy Riddle]

Great article, Jim. I'm more convinced than ever that the re-writing of history - the dumbing-down of JFK's presidency to fit the traditional Cold War template - is part of the ongoing coverup of his assassination. Even most "educated" people on the Left don't know any better, so they go on handing down the same stupidity to future generations.

[Nathaniel Heidenheimer]

"Even most "educated" people on the Left don't know any better, so they go on handing down the same stupidity to future generations."

I hate to sound like a broken record but obviously not enough, and also I'm good at it.

The above comment is accurate because 1) by far and away the worst lies are aimed at the left
2) of all the left banter fed into unspreadable silo at different points along the new internet n cable spectrum-- a spectrum MUCH EASIER TO CONTAIN AND OR SPREAD ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF THE STATE COMPARED TO THE OLD 3 NETWORKS MODEL SAY IN 1965-- the ONLY thing the rest of the spectrum picks up and spreads is ChomskyHershCockburn sewage from the Time-Warner's Republic of North Virginia.

BUT guess what. There is some GOOD news. Since the sources of widely read (by standards of todays publishable psudo-left as corrupted by CIA) are few, IT IS EASY TO reach large numbers of these internet-brain-caged citizens by DIRECTLY ANSWERING THE LIES ABOUT JFK AND CIA ON THOSE SITES THEMSELVES.

Now see... the internet minders KNOW DARN WELL that that few are likely to bother doing this because such a crowd has been marketed into Crunchy niche since 1970 so few who know about the history of the National Security State will go there , worried that they will be attacked by too many readers of Z magazine typing the word neoliberalism 5,000 times and then wondering why few of the Wall Mart workers they purport to be helping say anything in response.

However, this is actually CHANGING! In around 2003 when I posted anything about the 1963 Coup, on a site like Counterpunch ... and I specifically target the Foundation funded "left?""" because of the full spectrum role they play on assassinations alone....i would be hounded into oblivion by votes of 31 to 5.

Now on one site I got a 17 to ZERO positive vote! I have posted lots to I have a huge sample size that compared to ten years ago the tricks of the left-gatekeepers are wearing off. SO PEOPLE PLEASE KEEP POSTING INTO THESE SITES LIKE TRUTHOUT , COUNTERPUNCH, COMMON DREAMS, ALTERNET ETC. These are the Hersheyparks of the CIA, and they have 57 flavors too, with lots of great articles on other topics, and now they are even putting some good stuff on like the Kuznick interview but still bad with favoring of Guru Noam. But there are signs of real progress and remember, ...

It is not about these readers alone, it is about their function within the new internet and cable spectrum. Also THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY KNOW A LOT AND ON OTHER TOPICS OFTEN DO SO THEY TEND TO SPREAD STUFF WAY MORE THAN MSM READERS OF POLITICS.

[Jim DiEugenio]

http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/

We are making some progress.

I also got a reply from someone on Truth Out.

So let us keep posting it around.

[R.K. Locke]

Great stuff, Jim. This is really valuable work.

[Jim DiEugenio]

Thanks so much.

DId anyone see anything mentioned in the article during that deluge of propaganda which lasted for three weeks? CLosest thing to the opening scenes of 1984 I can recall.

Hopefully this will circulate around to those liberal web sites Nathaniel talks about, and do some good.

A good place to start would be Democratic Underground.

[Tracy Riddle]

Robert Rakove's book looks like a good one:

"Historians of the Cold War have long criticized U.S. leaders for unsophisticated and heavy-handed policies toward the Third World. Robert Rakove convincingly challenges this view, demonstrating that for a few years in the early 1960s, U.S. decision makers embraced a remarkably nuanced, tolerant approach to India, Egypt, and other nonaligned' nations. The book fundamentally alters our understanding of John F. Kennedy and underscores the tragedy that occurred when subsequent presidents abandoned his approach. Anyone interested in the Cold War and the roots of present-day tensions between the United States and the developing world will gain much from this elegantly crafted, deeply researched study." Mark Atwood Lawrence, University of Texas at Austin

[URL="http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/history-after-1945-general/kennedy-johnson-and-nonaligned-world"]http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/history-after-1945-general/kennedy-johnson-and-nonaligned-world


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[Dawn Meredith]

Very comprehensive piece Jim. Bravo.
Send it to Dallek.
Better yet Bill Moyers.
Sigh...

Dawn

[Albert Doyle]

Can't find the specific article on that Cannonfire site.

[Jim DiEugenio]

Here it is Albert:

http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2013/11/t...story.html

[Michele Herrmanns]

[quote=Jim DiEugenio]http://consortiumnews.com/2013/11/25/jfk...ionalists/

Well Nathaniel, here it is. My anti-Left Gatekeeper piece.

Thanks Jim. I have all your books and went down the bibliography in your second Destiny
Betrayed and bought every book in there I could find (with a lot of help from Andy W.). But I have to say your essay here has taught me so much about this part of history and JFK's mindset than any of those books. Thank you for making it so understandable to people like myself who were taught none of this history in school. I think your article is exceptional and gives me a starting point to swim through all the disinformation and rewriting of history out there.