Occupy New England included this caption:
September 11, 2012
Alcaraz's "twin tipis" cartoon
This cartoon made the rounds on Facebook on the 11th anniversary of 9/11:
Occupy New England included this caption:On September 11th, politicians and media pundits will portray America, the world's bully and torturer, as a victim. But the world did not begin on 9-11. From 1492 to 1900, European colonialists and the US government systematically exterminated 100 million Indigenous Peoples. From 1900 to the present, the US government killed 100 million abroad directly or through crippling neo-colonial economic imperialism. The only difference between America and Nazi Germany is the Nazi terror only lasted for 12 years. Don't be a holocaust denier, don't be silent. Not today, not ever. We will never forget! Comment: For more on the subject, see No Holocaust Museum for Indians and Colorado Rejects "Genocide" Label.
Occupy New England included this caption:
That's t shirt worthy, like the Homeland Security since 1492 one.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is pure fiction:
ReplyDelete"From 1900 to the present, the US government killed 100 million abroad directly or through crippling neo-colonial economic imperialism."
as US imperialism ended around the time of WW2.
"Neo-colonial economic imperialism" may mean the US had a hand in many of the colonial wars of the 20th century. Unless you know what the author meant, saying it's "fiction" is ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteAs for US imperialism, it's continued in new forms. As two examples, the Korean and Vietnam wars arguably were fought to preserve the American empire.
Here, read what some experts think:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_imperialism
In the book "Empire," Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri argue that "the decline of Empire has begun." Hardt says the Iraq War is a classically imperialist war, and is the last gasp of a doomed strategy. This new era still has colonizing power, but it has moved from national military forces based on an economy of physical goods to networked biopower based on an informational and affective economy. The U.S. is central to the development and constitution of a new global regime of international power and sovereignty, termed Empire, but is decentralized and global, and not ruled by one sovereign state.