The Empire Files: They Need To Shut Down Red Hill Immediately

Abby Martin: Hawaii Emergency: Navy Poisons Drinking Water

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Empire Files on Jan 14, 2022

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro rakes in defense contractor cash while leaving victims of Navy fuel spill to fend for themselves on Christmas.

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Mike Prysner: Native Hawaiians Fight US Navy for Polluting Island’s Water

Mike Prysner: Native Hawaiians Fight US Navy for Polluting Island’s Water

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with Mike Prysner

Empire Files on Dec 30, 2021

Under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, Native Hawaiians surprised the gates of the US Navy Command with a civil disobedience action over the #RedHill fuel leak. Empire Files producer Mike Prysner was on the ground.

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Abby Martin: Hawaii Emergency: Navy Poisons Drinking Water + Mike Prysner: Navy Abandons Victims of Red Hill Fuel Leak

Abby Martin: Hawaii Emergency: Navy Poisons Drinking Water

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Updated: Dec. 20, 2021

with Abby Martin

Empire Files on Dec 7, 2021

The US Navy has poisoned the largest water supply in Hawaii. Nobody knows how long residents have been drinking toxic water, how big the chemical leak is, or how many it will impact. But instead of urgent action to save lives, the Navy is engaging in a cover up.

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Why We Need Decolonization in 2020 by David Swanson

Why We Need Decolonization in 2020 by David Swanson

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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
January 14, 2020

South Korea cannot choose to make peace with North Korea without the consent of a foreign power that keeps thirty thousand troops in South Korea, makes South Korea pay much of the cost of housing them, commands the South Korean military in war, holds veto power at the United Nations, and is not accountable to the International Criminal Court or the International Court of Justice.

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Abby Martin: “United States” to Imperial America: Our Hidden Empire

Abby Martin: "United States" to Imperial America: Our Hidden Empire

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with Abby Martin

Empire Files on Jul 28, 2019

The global expanse of US military bases is well-known; but its actual territorial empire is largely hidden. The true map of America is not taught in our schools.

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Coups R US: American Regime Changes and Their Aftermaths

Coups R US: American Regime Changes and Their Aftermaths

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RT Documentary on May 16, 2018

In March of 1951, Jacobo Arbenz came to power in Guatemala after having been resoundingly elected by the people. A little more than three years later, he was forced to resign in the midst of armed intervention. His reforms to redistribute unused land to poor peasants had fallen afoul of the United Fruit Company, which owned and warehoused vast tracts of Guatemalan land. The American corporation solicited the US government to overthrow the populist president and the Eisenhower administration delivered with the help of the Department of State and CIA, which happened to be led by the Dulles brothers, who had strong ties to the company. Arbenz’ ousting put an end to democracy in Guatemala for decades and replaced it by military rule. A civil war followed several years later, resulting in the deaths of over 200,000 people. The country remains one of Latin America’s most impoverished to this day.

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