Shane Quinn

Why Did Bush Reject Aid Offers From Cuba After Hurricane Katrina?

Hurricane Harvey brings to mind the devastation of predecessors like Katrina, whose death toll would have been reduced had the Bush administration accepted Cuban doctors.

A New Orleans family tries to make their way through floodwaters in the downtown area of the Crescent City on Aug. 30, 2005. The water continued to rise after Hurricane Katrina pounded the area. (AP/Bill Haber)

Of the many stories written about Hurricane Katrina in autumn 2005 and its devastating consequences, one crucial element is virtually overlooked. During the all-important hours after the tropical cyclone laid waste to sections of south-eastern United States, the Bush administration ignored the aid of its Cuban neighbor. Cuban leader Fidel

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Forgetting The US Downing Of Iran Air Flight 655 Passenger Airliner

All 290 people aboard the Iranian airliner were killed, including 66 children, and 38 people of non-Iranian nationality.

An Iran Air pilot mourns over the casket of his wife, Mina Motevaly, a crew member of Iran Air Flight 655 that was shot down over the Persian Gulf by the U.S. naval ship USS Vincennes, in Tehran, Iran, July 7, 1988. (AP/Mohammad Sayyad)

Having found no evidence, Western powers continue to blame Russia for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Virtually erased from the record are incidents like the blatant 1988 shooting down of Iran Air Flight 655, by a decorated American warship. On 3 July 1988, Iran Air Flight 655, flying from Tehran to Dubai, was shot down by

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5 Forgotten Instances Of US Regime Change

The US has been engaged in regime change for decades, including in these instances that are rarely discussed by mainstream media.

A protester holds up an poster of Uncle Sam during a rally protesting U.S. regime change efforts in Venezuela at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)

Some anniversaries are widely observed in the West: Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Holocaust Memorial Day, the September 11 atrocities, and so on. Yet there are other undesirable anniversaries that have been largely disappeared.   1 US-backed forces overthrow Goulart in Brazil (1964) Considering its vast size and abundant natural

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