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with Jim Kavanagh
Writer, Dandelion Salad
The Polemicist
February 20, 2019
RT America on Feb 19, 2019
As US politicians are putting rhetoric against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro into high gear, US President Donald Trump gave a speech in Miami calling for Maduro to step down and for an end to socialism in Latin America. RT America’s Manila Chan interviews political analyst Jim Kavanagh to discuss why he considers the Trump administration’s attacks on Maduro as nothing more than “overt imperialism.”
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Articled mentioned in the video: The Siege of Venezuela and The Travails of Empire by Jim Kavanagh (must-read)
About The Polemicist
Left-socialist analysis from Jim Kavanagh, a New York City native and denizen. Also publishing on Dandelion Salad, CounterPunch, Op-Ed News, The Greanville Post, Reader Supported News, Z, and various sites on the net.
From the archives:
Kevin Zeese on Venezuela’s Economy: It’s Not Socialism, It’s Abusive Capitalism and US Imperialism
David Swanson: The Dirty Truth About NATO
Will Griffin: Militarism is Capitalism
The Venezuelan Myth by Ellen Brown
Chris Hedges: Coup in Venezuela is an Open Violation of International Law
Trump’s Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemony by Michael Hudson (must-read)
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Yanquis fuera de Venezuela
Yes!
Absolutamente
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