Thanks for the correction, you're correct. I think that I remember
Chavez suggesting Chomsky's book in an interview.
I'll check Galeano out at the library tomorrow. (I tend to love books
banned by right wing regimes!)
Here is an actor giving American whistle blower, General Smedley
Butler's speech, "War is a Racket". In this speech, with the same title
as his short book, Smedley admits his own role as a corporate muscleman
in Cuba, Haiti, Mexico and across Latin America at the beginning of the
20th century. Like with Eisenhower's farewell speech, these truths are
not given by activists, but by whistle blowers with the courage to speak
out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3_EXqJ8f-0
Here is the text of Butler's book, War is a Racket. (scroll down, it's
very short). Butler is excluded from most American history lessons.
During the 1930's, he exposed the fascist coup to overthrow the US
government because of Roosevelt's New Deal.
http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm
On 7/15/2010 10:22 AM, Gerardo Razumney wrote:
I believe the book was Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin
America", which is required reading for anyone interested in Latin
American history.
Gerardo Razumney
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Glenn moyer <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Here is an excellent editorial about the democracies, leadership,
hope and change in South America. If the people of North America
revolted and wanted a people's democracy instead of a military
empire and oligarchy, we would find great support from our
brothers and sisters in the South. But the Honduras example shows
that our empire is staying the course of the past 100 years in
Latin America. (I seem to remember that it was Chomsky's most
recent book that Chavez gave to Obama in the photo.)
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20100715_What_Hugo_Chavez_could_teach_Obama.html
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