EPISODE · Apr 5, 2023 · 1H 10M
History of US empire: The Global South and JFK
from Geopolitical Economy Report · host Ben Norton
Historian Aaron Good discusses US President John F. Kennedy's policies toward Africa, particularly Congo and its anti-colonial leader Patrice Lumumba, as well as Indonesia's leftist nationalist President Sukarno. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=V_h_3SYc0c8 This is the Empire and the Deep State series that Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. This is part 3 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://Patreon.com/AmericanException
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Historian Aaron Good discusses US President John F. Kennedy's policies toward Africa, particularly Congo and its anti-colonial leader Patrice Lumumba, as well as Indonesia's leftist nationalist President Sukarno. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=V_h_3SYc0c8 This is the Empire and the Deep State series that Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. This is part 3 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://Patreon.com/AmericanException
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