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Articles Written by: RICHARD GOTT
Chile is today in the grip of a military regime, with every indication early this morning that President Salvador Allende had committed suicide after the presidential palace had been subjected to air and ground attacks. Early yesterday morning a ...
The massacre at My Lai in 1968 was grotesque, but it wasnt exceptional. The rape, torture and murder of Vietnamese civilians went on before and after. The real war criminals are those who allowed it to continue
Years ago, as the New Statesman's ...
From RICHARD GOTT,
New Statesman,
13 Aug 2009
Great crowds arouse curious emotions. What exactly were half a million people doing in Hyde Park for seven hours on Saturday?
Ostensibly they were there for a free concert by the Rolling Stones. In practice they seemed to be registering their presence ...
In line with this unwritten command, the rightwing elements in the Honduran congress, supreme court and armed forces have gone out of their way to claim legitimacy for their campaign against the leftwing president. Zelaya's proposal to hold a ...
From RICHARD GOTT,
Comment Is Free,
29 Jun 2009
The name of Friedrich Engels was once famous throughout the world, given to towns and streets, and to ships and railway engines. Years ago, I found his portrait displayed in a peasants hut on the mountain border between Vietnam and Laos. His name was ...
From RICHARD GOTT,
New Statesman,
23 Apr 2009
Some surprise has been expressed in the Anglo-Saxon world that Hugo Chávez should have presented a book to Barack Obama by Eduardo Galeano. Ignorance can be the only defence, the very fault that the Venezuelan president had earlier accused his US ...
From RICHARD GOTT,
Comment Is Free,
20 Apr 2009
A spectre haunts the gatherings of the political elites of much of the world as they contemplate the imminent collapse of the economic and political model they have fondly supported for the last 30 years. Politicians and economists wedded to the ...
From RICHARD GOTT,
Comment Is Free,
4 Feb 2009
John Rettie, who has died aged 83, was among the last of those gentleman foreign reporters who deployed their linguistic skills and historical understanding to illuminate the countries in which they were stationed. Writing for nearly half a century, ...
Putting a brave face on a major electoral setback early on Monday morning, president Hugo Chavez quoted from a Guardian editorial
that had referred to Venezuela's "vibrant democracy". The result of
Sunday's regional elections, Chavez suggested, had ...
From RICHARD GOTT - COMMENT IS FREE,
Venezuela Analysis,
25 Nov 2008
Richard Gott: The loss by the Chavistas of the main cities in Venezuala is a huge blow, and threatens the survival of the ...