Venezuela: A show of US force, a testament of US decline

Marc Steiner speaks with Geo Maher, abolitionist scholar and author of We Created Chávez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution, about the untenable goals behind President Trump’s invasion of Venezuela, and what the US bid to reassert imperial dominance in the Western hemisphere reveals about its declining place on the global stage.

Additional links/info:

• Geo Maher Facebook page and Instagram
• Geo Maher, Duke University Press, “We Created Chávez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution”
• Geo Maher, Verso Books, “Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela”
• Mike Fox, Under the Shadow / The Real News Network, “The Americas will never be the same”

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Credits:
Studio Production: Cameron Granadino
Audio Post-Production: Stephen Frank

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