The US government is seizing oil tankers and stealing Venezuela's crude. Donald Trump boasted that the USA will "keep" the oil and the ships. This is piracy. Ben Norton explains how Washington is blatantly violating international law in its imperialist war on Venezuela.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_pxZ-Rl6DM
Topics
0:00 USA is stealing Venezuela's oil
0:58 (CLIP) Trump: "We're keeping" the oil
1:22 Worst piracy on Earth
2:33 Trump's war plans
3:51 US blockade & sanctions are illegal
5:19 UN experts: US bombing is illegal
6:57 (CLIP) Trump: Venezuela's oil is ours
7:41 US laws don't apply worldwide
9:06 Maduro asks UN for action
9:59 China supports Venezuela
11:46 Trump threatens Maduro
12:08 María Corina Machado
12:19 (CLIP) Machado vows to privatize oil
14:25 Gunboat diplomacy
14:58 Colonial Monroe Doctrine
15:28 Trump & Roosevelt Corollary
17:29 US colonialism in Latin America
20:43 Big Stick policy
21:12 US National Security Strategy
22:26 Anti-imperialist General Smedley Butler
24:46 US imperialism in China
27:23 War for Wall Street
28:53 Criminality of US empire
29:39 Outro
