Democracy
I recommend John Pilger’s documentary The War on Democracy. It’s about the adventures of the US in Latin America. The basic idea is that the US has done whatever it feels it needs to do to further its ‘national interests’, including supporting coups of democratically-elected leaders. Pilger is a little simplistic, too easily concluding that the enemy of my enemy is my friend (Chavez, Castro), but he’s still mostly spot on.
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i heard an interview with Pilger by gentleman Jim Mora. I have rarely heard a more obnoxious twerp. Its a bit funny how a big lefty would think that two dictators are great guys. Never-the- less I will check out the DVD at some stage thank you.