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On this day in 1960, Congolese independence leader, anti-colonial and Pan-Africanist icon Patrice Lumumba is assassinated after a coup that was backed by the US and Belgium. US President Eisenhower ordered the CIA to ‘eliminate’ Patrice Lumumba. For daring to oppose Belgian

We are in the age of the incredible shrinking secretary of state, says Stephen Kinzer in #GlobeIdeas. President Trump won’t care much about what Marco Rubio has to say, and neither should we. trib.al/OCFUDOr

The secretary of state is irrelevant now — In Boston Globe Ideas, Stephen Kinzer critiques the shrinking role of secretary of state under Trump, noting Marco Rubio’s likely sidelining by special envoys and shifting diplomatic power. ow.ly/WgZ650UL4Kk

"A kind of under-discussed reason why many young people gravitate toward Donald Trump, that his message of we’re going to focus on the problems here at home, we’re not going to try to go police the world, that really does have resonance with a younger generation who would

Real reason there are no mass protests after election in #Belarus: US NGOs that organized protests leading to government overthrows in Serbia, Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan are banned there.

My Boston Globe Ideas column: Trump "has resurrected the memory of President William McKinley [and] evidently sees him as a kindred spirit. That is passing strange, since in most regards McKinley was the quintessential anti-Trump." bostonglobe.com/2025/01/31/opi…

Trump loves McKinley. If only they were more alike. — Stephen Kinzer in Boston Globe Ideas: Despite Trump's admiration for McKinley, the two were opposites—McKinley was cautious and consensus-driven, while Trump is impulsive and confrontational. ow.ly/w9fX50USChF

Host Cody Cook sits down with esteemed journalist and author Stephen Kinzer to delve into the shadowy world of CIA’s former mind control program, MK-ULTRA. libertarianchristians.com/episode/episod…

Starting my 5th book by ⁦Stephen Kinzer⁩. If you’ve not read him, you’re missing out. He’s brilliant and a great writer. Not a bad combination.

Since the establishment of NATO in 1949, European countries have had little incentive to build up their own armies or plan for their continent’s security, writes Stephen Kinzer. They left that to Washington — but now they’re scrambling for ideas. Read: trib.al/diMd7el

My Boston Globe Ideas column: "How do you react when your longtime partner dumps you? Stunned European leaders are suddenly facing that question." bostonglobe.com/2025/02/25/opi…

President Trump says he wants to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls the US a "bully government," writes Stephen Kinzer in #GlobeIdeas. trib.al/qEWoIvU

Stephen Kinzer unravels the mystery of the most powerful American you’ve never heard of…the CIA’s Sidney Gottlieb youtu.be/9wMfvBhwt58?fe…

In the area of our house alone, 200 people I knew personally were killed. Some were shot, others were beheaded. They buried the bodies of everyone who had been killed in mass graves.

Friday on Randy Credico Live on the Fly on WBAI New York at 99.5 FM, streaming at wbai.org Award winning historian , war correspondent Stephen Kinzer Stephen Kinzer Plus TBA April 4, 3PM EST 99.5 FM NYC Stream wbai.org

Nayib Bukele "cleaned up" his country and became enormously popular by gutting its democracy, writes Stephen Kinzer. What lessons is our president taking from him? trib.al/CIHjHZc

Can a single leader destroy a nation? It’s difficult but not impossible. Modern history offers many examples of leaders who inherited thriving countries and drove them to collapse, writes Stephen Kinzer. trib.al/dMPtt13

My Boston Globe Ideas column: "Mexico is about to become the only country in the world where voters elect all judges. This constitutional reform was promoted as an anticorruption measure. It may have the opposite effect." (Text on FB) bostonglobe.com/2025/05/23/opi…

Jafar Panahi wins the Palme d’Or at Cannes for A Simple Accident. In his message, he urges all Iranians—of all views, inside & outside the country—to set aside differences for the sake of unity, freedom & dignity: “Let no one tell us what to do, what to wear, or what to create"

Mexico’s dangerous constitutional ‘reform’ — In his Boston Globe Ideas column, Stephen Kinzer warns that Mexico’s plan to elect all judges under the guise of reform could undermine judicial independence, empower corrupt elites, and weaken democracy. ow.ly/Qu5G50W02eC