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Why JFK was hated: his embrace of Third World nationalists

Why JFK was hated: his embrace of Third World nationalists

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Jefferson Morley
Dec 10, 2013
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The story about the CIA role in the arrest of Nelson Mandela in 1962 highlights a bigger and often overlooked feature of President Kennedy's time in office: his embrace of Third World nationalists.

As recounted by independent scholar Jim DiEugenio in Robert Parry's Consortium News, JFK supported Third World independence movements that the Pentagon and th…

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