251 Interventions in 30 Years: A System Addicted to War w/ Ben Norton
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
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The US Military Interventions in World War II
The US becomes an independent country in essence in 1783. The US capitalist class is really focused on going to war against the original inhabitants of North America, meaning the indigenous people. There's a third era of decolonization where the people are fighting national liberation movements in the so-called third world and getting the assistance of the socialist camp. And after World War II, it tries to capture colonies and compete with European colonialism. So there's that era between 1945 and 1991, which is called the Cold War. We call it the era of global class war,. Where the people fighting for national liberation and socialism are in alliance with each other. They're the targets of the US war drive.
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