i think it's really important to look at what comes with us offers of help. One example is something called the office of public safety, which was kind of like this us. Led international police training programme. Over the course of 12 years they distributed 200 million in arms and equipment to police in forty seven countries. They also sent advisers to train over one million rank and file policemen around the world. So public safety didn't really mean protecting people. In many cases, it meant protecting authoritarian governments from their people who were fighting for racy. This reminds me that all politics comes with difficult ethical decisions. Especially consider in that, you know, we are where we are, and things are what
“America” and “empire.” Do those words go together? If so, what kind of imperialism does the U.S. practice, and how has American empire changed over time?
By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with Nikhil Singh and Daniel Immerwahr.
The series editor is Loretta Williams. Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and
Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.