Chris Hedges: How George Armstrong Custer Became a Martyr Used to Justify Genocide and US Imperialism

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Dandelion Salad

with Chris Hedges

TheRealNews on Sep 16, 2022

Custer became in death a martyr to the American empire. He was in popular mythology the last to die in the battle, a symbol of martial valor, although there is scant evidence for this assertion.

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The “American Experiment” is a Savage Nightmare, by Paul Street

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by Paul Street
Writer, Dandelion Salad
The Official Website of Paul Street, Feb. 11, 2022
February 22, 2022

“Your celebration is a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.” — Frederick Douglass, 1850

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Uncle Sam was Born Lethal by Paul Street

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by Paul Street
Writer, Dandelion Salad
The Official Website of Paul Street, Sept. 1, 2019
September 16, 2019

“For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.”

– Frederick Douglass, July 4, 1852

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Chris Hedges: The Rise of American Imperialism

US Imperialism

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Dandelion Salad

with Chris Hedges

Originally on RT America on Mar 18, 2017

The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel on Jul 7, 2022

On this week’s On Contact, Chris Hedges discusses the rise of American imperialism with Stephen Kinzer, author of “The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire”.

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One Giant Rez by William Norman Grigg

Dandelion Salad

Crossposted at Thomas Paine’s Corner thanks, Jason.

“What’s happening in my country is also happening in your country…. You don’t even know it, but you’re the Indians of the 21st Century, and that’s very sad.”

– Russell Means, Indian Activist and Facilitator of the newly created Independent Republic of Lakota.

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