NATO Was Founded to Crush Communist, Socialist, and Anti-colonial Movements Worldwide

NATO was never a good idea gone wrong. It was founded to crush communist, socialist, and anti-colonial movements in Europe and around the world. Medea Benjamin and David Swanson explain NATO’s supremely violent history in NATO: What You Need to Know . The organization was born on April 4, 1949, when foreign ministers from 12 nations came [...]