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OIL giant Shell hatched plans for a secret Cold War propaganda unit in an attempt to maintain Western control over global oil supplies, historical documents revealed today.
Research by Declassified UK found that in 1960 the company commissioned a report, authored by Sir George Sinclair, into “communist efforts to disrupt the operations of major oil companies” across the developing world and what private industry should do about it.
Mr Sinclair received “the greatest help from Her Majesty’s Government and from Shell, not only in London but also … in many countries overseas,” and collaborated with Britain’s intelligence service, the publication said.
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
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JOE GILL appreciates a lucid demonstration of how capital today is an outgrowth of the colonial economy
The US’s bid for regime change in the Islamic Republic has become more urgent as it seeks to encircle and contain a resurgent China, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ