#6: Imperialism

Listen, support, and interact: https://linktr.ee/theentrylevelleft 00:20: Former CIA Director admits U.S meddles in foreign elections. https://bit.ly/2XzoqTe 01:23: What is Imperialism? 05:58: Why is Imperialism still a relevant topic for leftist discussion? 08:03: Elliott Abrams, imperialist chore boy extraordinaire. https://bit.ly/2DCo5ry 09:46: Kant’s racism influenced Western academia for centuries. https://bit.ly/2GqU8Ll 11:39: Herbert Spencer’s Social Darwinism: A culture of race realism. https://bit.ly/2IOtq23 13:25: What are some historical examples of imperialism? 16:54: How is imperialism different from colonialism in concept? 20:22: Edward Said: Orientalism https://bit.ly/2XFI401 21:11: What are contemporary examples of imperialism? 22:43: Soft power and hard power. https://bit.ly/2UzbPgW 23:15: The U.S has hundreds of foreign military bases. https://bit.ly/2VW2LUY 28:40: Rubio tweets about Gaddafi’s brutalization to provoke Maduro. https://hrld.us/2UMrNcq 30:45: Gassing Kurds? U.S sleeps. Saddam invades Kuwait: Real shit? https://bit.ly/2JYBf23 31:33: Observers confirm legitimacy of elections in Venezuela. https://bit.ly/2Vnzgy4 33:15: Max Blumenthal debunks imperialist propaganda in Venezuela. https://bit.ly/2Tdlk8S 35:01: Pro-capitalist opposition protestors in support of Guaido burn aid. https://bit.ly/2Hbymhy 36:26: U.S doing the same to Venezuela as done to Mosaddegh in Iran. https://bit.ly/1snDH2Q 36:32: U.S did the same thing in El Salvador with Allende. https://bit.ly/23R15Lk 37:00: Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins. https://bit.ly/2IC31VT 37:45: General Smedley Butler, actual economic hitman.https://bit.ly/1QLdBbl 38:28: Coca Cola hired hired death squads in Columbia. https://bit.ly/2IRjPYn 39:00: How does capitalism ultimately produce neo-imperial regimes? 40:05: Recession of the 1890’s. https://bit.ly/2StkIra Music produced by @southpointe__ on Instagram.