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fromOpen Culture
1 day ago

Howard Zinn's "What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me About the American Empire": An Illustrated Video Narrated by Viggo Mortensen

U.S. military action has primarily advanced economic, political, and military power rather than serving moral objectives.
#greenland
US politics
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

I've Covered Migration and Borders for Years. This Is What I've Learned.

U.S. imperialism escalated under Trump, combining foreign military aggression with domestic repression and deportation of migrants and refugees.
US politics
fromThe Nation
4 weeks ago

Is Cuba Next?

The US is pursuing renewed hemispheric imperialism targeting Cuba for regime change, with Trump and allies threatening economic strangulation and symbolic domination.
#venezuela
World politics
fromThe Walrus
1 month ago

The United States Has Now Gone Full Villain | The Walrus

FDR's Good Neighbor Policy committed the United States to respecting Latin American sovereignty and agreements, reversing earlier imperial interventions and occupations.
History
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

Before There Was Nicolas Maduro, There Was Cipriano Castro

Foreign commercial and political machinations, especially U.S. actors and financiers, produced debt, violence, and international intervention in early-20th-century Venezuela.
fromWIRED
1 month ago

The 3 Keys to Understanding Trump's Retro Coup in Venezuela

Donald Trump is hardly the first US president to look south and conquer. Over the last century, no fewer than a dozen of Trump's predecessors embraced the belief that democracy and profit in Latin America were only one successful coup d'état away. But the particular strain of imperial ambition that Trump appears to have set loose with this weekend's raid in Venezuela appears simultaneously to be deeply atavistic and uniquely Trumpian. And it's one that doesn't look set to die down anytime soon.
US politics
World politics
from48 hills
1 month ago

Venezuela protests this weekend are part of a long history in San Francisco - 48 hills

Bay Area protesters continue a longstanding tradition of resisting U.S. interventions and imperialism in Latin America.
World politics
fromFuncheap
5 months ago

Free Talk: US-Mexico Imperialism + New Pamphlet (Berkeley)

U.S. domination of Mexico is imperialist, parasitic, and historically entrenched, extracting resources and exploiting Mexican labor and sovereignty for U.S. interests.
Books
fromFuncheap
6 months ago

Free "Pancho Villa" Book Launch + Filipino Boxing Showcase & Free Food (SF)

Pancho Villa became the first Asian flyweight world champion in 1923, shaping Filipino boxing history and resisting U.S. imperialism.
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