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Dandelion Salad, with Chris Hedges, RT America, on Feb 13, 2022
On the show, Chris Hedges interviews economist Richard Wolff on the precarious state of the US economy and its consequences.
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Smedley Butler Wasn’t Kidding, by David Swanson
by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
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February 4, 2022
Smedley Butler is generally left out of U.S. history. If you bring up a guy who prevented a Wall Street coup against FDR, you do real damage to the tale of peaceful respect for government from the beginning of time up through January 6, 2021. If you mention the scandal that erupted when he recounted how Mussolini had run over a little girl with his car, it’s hard to leave out the U.S. government’s friendly relations with Mussolini.
Smedley Butler Wasn’t Kidding, by David Swanson
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The West colonized and enslaved Africa for centuries at the point of a gun, and then sought to continue its colonization through financial weapons. The wealth and power of Europe was created through extraction and colonization. China has no history, need, or desire for colonization. It developed independently and has had amicable and equal relations with Africa for millennia. The CPC has supported African liberation movements, unlike the west, which violently suppressed them.
Justin Podur on Trevor Noah on China in Africa. Why Comparing Chinese Africa Investment to Western Colonialism Is No Joke.
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