ah, by the middle of the 20th century, the portuguese colonial empire was in an acute crisis. a particularly 10th situation had developed in mozambique the people of this country were put in a humiliating position, income inequality ramp, and illiteracy. disrespect by the portuguese for the local traditions, led to mass unrest in 964. the liberation front of mozambie, brailey mo, began its armed struggle for freedom. the regular army was not easy to resist, but the guerrillas inflicted considerable damage on the invaders groups. the fighters against the colonial regime were supported by the soviet union and china. whereas the united states and great britain took the side of the invaders, the portuguese responded to the guerrillas attacks with cruel counter insurgency.

however, greeley most 10 year courageous struggle was a success after the overthrow of the fascist regime in portugal in 1974, the new authorities surrendered. a year later, lisbon fully recognized the independence of mozambique. but the victory had been gained at a high price during the war, mozambique had lost tens of thousands of his sons and daughters. ah ah with

welcome to the party they have had our way of life, our freedom, our democracy for they keep that has been the catch all justification for the united states to go to war or to impose sanctions. but little consideration for the cost of the consequences or the least job was the case until washington moved to sanction the entire world in its effort to penalize russia. have them eric, and finally, no more than they can chew. or to discuss that i'm now joined by our blunders, an american political rider and an anti war activists. sorry, the great you talk to. thank you very much for your time. it's good to be here talking. now, you've been part of an anti war and anti a sanction group. since 1960 is, if we look at the american war expanses are spending over that period of time. what's really interesting is that it's significantly increased off to the end of the cold war, which the united states, presumably one and when the history presumably, and that. how do you explain such

a paradox that the americans chose to spend all that money on the war at the time of the highest historical glory and arguably the most peaceful time that humanity has ever been to? well, the expectation at the end of the cold war is that there would be a peace dividend that miss the billions and billions spent on war would now finally be used for social programs, desperately needed social programs in the u. s. and that the u. s. around the world would use that money in the reconstruction and help for so many countries. but i want to say that there were a small group of people in the us that really felt that the end of the cold war meant a new period of re conquest. and we colonization that the u. s. was driven

in the corporate power in the us. i don't mean the population that had such a hope for peace. i mean, the corporations that really are the decision makers with their best think tanks and political apparatus use this as a time to to absolutely consolidate their power in the most brutal way. they began aggressively the expansion of nato. at the very moment that they had promised that nato would not expand an inch to the east. and it was because they needed a police power in the countries of eastern europe to impose the new, extremely unequal destructive capitalist relations throughout eastern europe. now, you mentioned this unequal and exploited for relationship and i think it applies not only to some europe actually applies all over the world and even more so in the

united states because i myself studied there. i know that most americans are very conscientious, hard working, good hearted people. 7 who want to do good, both to that communities into the world who work hard, sometimes struggle to and to make as me. and yet, you know this, this message that you have been championing for many decades. either doesn't reach them or they don't seem to care. what is that? why do you think the majority of americans don't seem to be you know, responding to the activism of people like yourself? well, one thing right here in the very center of this imperialist system, i mean that is what, what this says. corporate power has absolute control of the media of the

message, whether it is through the schools and the churches, but it is through every form of media from sports to entertainment. and it is a very controlled, contrived message. and it intentionally excludes any real criticism of the system and the way that it functions. so we're up against a propaganda machine. when they go to war, they are able to demonize over night. have people who know nothing about a country suddenly expert that there is a monster that must be dealt with immediately. and in the same way, i mean, there are breakthroughs that really happen on the dr. pie wall street, the black lives matter movement. there are moments where there is a real breakthrough by millions of people. but for the most part they are able to keep are really tight clamp. there were moments against the iraq or where there was

millions in the street opposing that war. of course, corporate power, the big corporations, the think tanks of political establishment refused to listen. they shut it down, they're able to turn it off. the iraq case is probably the most publicized, but then there were many, many cases like this. and in fact, you recently published and, and told you of focuses on the impact of the years sanctions on 40 countries. that was the one 3rd of the global population. and when you see the combined, i think the, the most striking thing is not the one, the sort of the extended harm and suffering that it has produced. but the absolute futility of that effort because it doesn't hard to bring those powers, the desires, political outcome. why do you think they keep pressing that lever? i mean, over and over again, is it still political to do political to or simply i don't know. i mean to say it

is because it seems to breathe nothing but suffering. it's intended to breed suffering. and it is intended to challenge any country or tries to exist outside of us corporate control by putting them off from every access to development. and every ability to feed, provide medical care education for their own population. even countries that in no way could be a threat to the u. s. take small cuba, so decades under sanctions and blockade. why? because cuba was an example of what revolutionary change could do. and throughout latin america was look to. so it was important for them to start down q, but in every way to make it to make and even to travel to cuba, let alone any sort of exchange with cuba,

all but impossible from the us. because for them to but was a bad example. the same thing, tiny, nicaragua is considered a national security threat. can you imagine? i mean, it defies reality yet. it was a threat because they weren't ation. the dollar no longer exists as supreme power for country that is refusing to accept reality. our viewers that they know is the only country on record when they share purpose of destroying or humiliating and you have people and very powerful end of their system. that's dangerous. putting in the united states, what's happening in france today is rory in port of nato's war on in ukraine. it's really a struggle against what the war has in powerful much larger volume of trade with

sanctions. they have broken that very profitable break it with china. is a policy disastrous, where the countries, for example, throughout africa, from russia. so that's why there is a, a real, i say b dollarization. this is now upon us, given what dominance do you think they will allow the world to go secure anymore? and yeah, whenever other countries make against that, do you think they will allow the world i think we are really are on the precipice of a complete economic next. and we certainly would credit them is bordering on collapse because these policies are succeeded in its aims. had they been able to distill, then they might be on a new role that is facing us now. now, the country said new economic relations between russia and china, latin america,

with brazil, with other countries. you see they've been historic enemies. now, many of my questions on this way, because i actually, i admire many things about the united states and organize the roster. jeffers and they, they, they were given an amazing civilizational chance. do you think that chance is fully wasted or do you think it's still can be york of corporations and imperialism? is removed? well, could liberate the world. us agriculture itself. it's a, it's a rather dangerous track. i mean, they want to grow down crops and it's not months out of course. sure that, that's such a good point. i think especially the environmental, the climate. this is baring dak of the military, industrial media with the banks. it's a home nuggets, an enormous change coming from below. break this to break small and marginalized,

they're always underestimated in the us. and we should just be aware of that. there are descent to really come through. and yet that opposition, the so called american dream and also who understand also built on the the trade i read moodle history and commit stuff to really have reparations for the crimes of the past. the past that's, that's important. and the crimes against the world, the kind of thing, the only thing i'm concerned about that are unsafe a place up to that. we have to leave it there. but i agree. thank you for watching . hope to hear again on well to part a rec center, and i'm here played with chris. i listen opinion that you won't get anywhere else

with please if you go ahead james and whatever you do, don't walk through it. but again, you probably don't want to watch it because it might just change in tension or in the pacific. any universal support their exercises come just a day and investigation by the russian parliament claims to confirm the presence of .