Saturday, August 18, 2007

John Pilger online


Thanks to all of you who posted questions for John Pilger. Read his answers here.

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The Guardian

"ON HUGO CHAVEZ:

ON DEMOCRACY:

ON IMPERIALISM:
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9. Who or what are the driving forces behind US imperialism? (bluezebra)

The United States is the product of imperialism, which its independent leaders continued, first against the Native Americans and African Americans, then in its declaration of a "manifest destiny" to rule the lesser breeds of its own hemisphere. Race and Class are the major elements of imperialism, and US history has them in spades. I'm always amused when I read that the US only lost its "innocence" after World War II - not true.....

ON YOURSELF: "

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