you could not travel from colony, from one area of latin america to another. you could not do commerce. you were prevented as a colony of spain from doing any many manufacturing at all to you were prevented from owning a mind. you were prevented from any kind of commerce whatsoever. and it was punishable by execution. so you see, the whole business, you can imagine, being together a revolution in a place that is so isolated of its colonial power, ma was a very difficult thing. and this is what bolivar came up against. and it wasn't automatic that countries would liberate them even though they wanted to be liberated. it wasn't automatic that the races would all play a part in it. in fact, the races kept shifting. in the beginning, the blacks on him so much of the revolution depended were aligned themselves with the spain because they knew what that meant. they didn't know what the revolution would bring. but feelings that they already knew, the evil that existed in the colonial system, they could deal with that but they didn't know what was coming with these wh

you've written article titled all colonial wars are alike where you state that the u.s. is reconfigured its army for colonial forces and warfare how did they do this will be going on now for ten years ever since afghanistan and the pentagon has had to train its troops for guerilla warfare the cold counterinsurgency it's got it more helicopters less heavy equipment less tanks and heavy artillery and it has to develop all kinds of or reconnaissance techniques and tactics doctrine they call it in the military how to use this thing to hunt small groups of lightly armed combatants but the quick question that bothers me is the british army in the late eighteenth hundreds was similarly trained and equipped to fight its colonial wars on the northwest frontier of india plays in zulu wars when the british ran into real soldiers at the some in one thousand nine hundred fourteen sixteen in the in the western front two britons were horribly massacred because they were trained from our war of the united states is now announced that it's pivoting towards asia and u.s. military developm

this, but spain was very, very assertive in making sure the colonies had no contact with each other, like folks of the wheel. if there were -- you could not travel from colony, from vice -- from one area to another, you could not do commerce. you were prevented as a colony of spain from doing any manufacturing at all, prevented from owning a mine, prevented from any kind of commerce whatsoever, and it was punishable by ux cushion, so you see the whole business, you can imagine, looking together for a revolution in a place that's so isolated by the colonial power, a very difficult thing, and this is what he came up against. it was not automatic that countries would welcome him to to liberate them, even though they wanted to be liberated. it was not automatic the races all play a part in it, and, in fact, the races shifted. in the beginning, the blacks on whom so much of the revolution pended were aligning themselves with spain because they knew what it meant. they didn't know what the revolution would bring, but feeling they already knew the evil that existed in the colonial system, t

is it fair to say that your thesis in that book is humanitarian intervention equals colonialism? >> guest: certainly the choice of lineage of ideas and political practice is to go back to the colonial era because if you are trying to explain how it is that some people can today start by calling intervention in the name of jefferson and thomas paine and in the name of the immense peter ideas of the 18th-century evolutions and end up, you know, making calls for just bombing of the press essentially, which i think that he did a couple of times, certainly it was that a few people had died in fallujah because too many jihadis had escaped. i started to wonder how could you sort of your night -- unite the positions and i found i had to go back to not just of the victorian period, not just to john stuart mill, who was a liberal and very much in favor of self-determination for women and working class people in england, but also colonialism abroad because you felt that those people were not yet able to govern themselves and efficiently. financially i had to go back to the origins of libera

that's fundamentally, i think, a colonial idea, but if not for the colonial idea, i think it would be fundamentally wrong and misguided because of the, well, mainly because of the consequences that it has, but because i have a fundamental belief that i believe people should be in charge of the own destiny, and if they ask for helpings that's one thing, and if you are in solidarity with them and in conversation with them, you can take actions that they might ask you to take. that doesn't happen to be the case when we talk about states going to war. >> host: richard seymour, how well do your books do in the u.s., and have you done a book tour there? >> guest: i have done a book tour. my books don't sell in the u.s.. "unhitched," is the first to get attention in the american press at all. thus far, mixed. the "washington post" review, obviously, was i don't think the reviewer liked it, denver post more positive, but that's the first time i've had any coverage in the american press. the only book tour i've done in america was for "american insurgents," and i did a tour of the sort of the

we had to fight what to call the un to colonial wars to free ourselves and they were being taught there not just small wars but a bitter when africa became free there was no other engine and how to make up for that so they were left as they were up to this day in some of the african countries are still have the armies of the former colonial countries what do they want there you still have a mentality there do they look at you as a former subject when they do business with you and defect that you have not shifted in terms of how the quantum of the lessons. that's a bigger problem the companies that dominate this country come from the former colonial countries in no way you have the indigenous companies growing to be in charge so to speak so that's a kind of relationship with as well as cute. balance and there's been no effort to them who have the means to help balance in the relationship that's not what we're talking about we were saying also because it terms is a bit of an interference in what africans do you know if since you say you have listened to some of us speaking you must have l

you've written article titled all colonial wars are alike where you state that the us has reconfigured its army for colonial forces and warfare how did they do this the pentagon has had to train its troops for guerilla warfare the cold counterinsurgency it's got a more helicopters less heavy equipment less tanks with heavy artillery and it has to develop all kinds of or a reconnaissance techniques and tactics doctrine they call it in the military how to use this think to hunt small groups of lightly armed combatants but the quick question that bothers me is the british army in the late eighteenth hundreds was similarly trained and equipped to fight its colonial wars on the northwest frontier of india plays in zulu wars when the british ran into real soldiers at the some in in one thousand nine hundred fourteen sixteen in the in the western front the britons were horribly massacred because they were trained from our war of the united states is now announced that it's pivoting towards asia and u.s. military development will have to take china into account how do you do that with an army

they can harass capital, slaves, used to running ant colony. they just were not interested in having a resources in their case who could relate on south carolina, telling him what to do with economic affairs. 1719 had a revolution of teammate team and is the only honest-to-goodness overthrow of government and the american colony of 1776 penne tossed the proprietors that it became a royal colony. secession to read the american revolution and south carolina was involved while before lexington and concorde. the government seized in 1769, 1770 because of an internal dispute. the revolution must take an 1871, 72, 73 of blood was shed in south carolina before the declaration of independence. this is the second state before there was the declaration of independence. of course the session three, which most people recognize as the civil war had calculated the value, which thought carolinians began to do in the 1820s, but also the question of how you do with the majority of the population who are enslaved. south carolina had the largest in state populati

these are the offices, businesses, and public buildings of the british colonials.building was once one of the swankest department stores in rangoon. a century ago in the poem by kipling, a generation of young englishmen, you could buy fine egyptian cigarettes, french liquears. the floor tiles were shipped over from manchester. now people live here. a half century of a pariah state has left very few of these buildings in good repair. there are divergent views on whether to preserve them. for many a reminder of colonial subjugation, for others, a vestige of a golden time. ♪ >>> these days in myanmar in the streets, on the docks, it's all about moving forward. in an economy ripe to explode if things continue to trend, the busy port appears even busier today as workers prepare for the oncoming holiday. hey, chef. how are you doing? >> it figures, doesn't it? >> it does. welcome to myanmar. >> philip lajaunie, owner and proprietor of my old restaurant les halles. seems only natural that we would be in myanmar at the same time as me. back before i wrote the book that cha

there must be a change in the colonial status.activism brought conflict with the established authority. which and away, they sought as a threat not to the power or the ruling,ites that are and he was targeted. finally, he was arrested. he was accused of seditious conspiracy. he was not accused of killing anybody. he was not accused of placing any bombs. he was not accused of maiming anybody. he was accused of being associated with an organization that favored [indiscernible] to the southerners who wanted to secede from the union. all thosecivil war, persons that were convicted seditious conspiracy, were freed. the law was not applied anymore in the history of the united states until 1937. in 1937, seditious conspiracy emerges as against a leader for the independence of puerto rico. and since then, the u.s. has systematically applied the law of seditious conspiracy to puerto ricans struggling for independence. he was arrested when he was 38 years old. he has spent 32 years in jail. he is 70 at the moment. the authorities want to ke

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they can't leave europe never became part of it because of their island mentality and colonial past. when you know they are not in the euro zone if they want to leave i say go for it i'm not sure what they'll get out of it. those germans that say that they are concerned whether the u.k. remains in the european union or not they find their infer something of a shock should the united kingdom opt for independence because if the u.k. were to leave the single market would string by fifteen percent and three hundred billion euro worth of annual trade would face extra costs and this would affect of course everyone those in german chancellor angela merkel's own party have wondered if the u.k. is a truly became a member of the e.u. great britain the intricate part of your for more than one thousand years has always been uneasy with being a member of the european union so now it comes to the fore we have to deal with the summer i think promised britain a referendum on e.u.

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there's the revolution of 1917, the overthrown of the american colonies prior to 1776. they tossed the proprietors out, became a colony, and this was referred to as secession one, and secession two was the war, and the government here ceased in 1769-1770 # because of the internal dispute between our elected common house of assembly and royal authority. the road to revolution was pretty much taken in 1771, 72, and 73, and bloodshed in south carolina before the declaration of independence. this was the second state to adopt a state constitution in march 1776 before there was the declaration of independence. we come to secession three, people outside of south carolina recognize as the civil war. call claiting the -- beginning in the 1820s, there's the question of how do you deal with a majority of the population who are enslaved? south carolina had the largest enslaved population of any state in terms of percentage in the united states. 1860, it was almost 60% of the population, and if slavery were abolished, as many in the north were calling for in the 1850 #s, what do yo

actions in neighboring mali fears of a domino effect and violence spreading throughout former french colony. and britain sees a spike in islamophobia incidents in the wake of the harrowing murder of a british soldier bring me the debate on whether blaming immigrants and muslims justify. you watching r.t. with me on tree farm life from sky our top story one policeman has been killed and ten injured after a suicide blast rocked the building of the interior ministry in the capital of russia's republic of dagestan it is the latest in a string of attacks in this republic this week on monday twin car bomb killed four and injured at least forty people. side a court building we will have more on this when we get it. in just the last hour or so and as we do you get more details i will bring the party. tens of thousands of activists is teaming up for a global day of action against biotech giant monsanto they claim the corporation has established a seed monopoly from the u.s. to asia holding small farmers hostage to their product and forcing those who don't use it out of business the worldwide protest

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. >> we went to producers and said can i rent a couple thousand colonies, so we tapped into resources bees that we never tapped into about of. >> eric mussen is a bee expert at uc davis. he says you can't blame one thing for the collapse of bee colonies, parasites, maybe pesticides, the midwest drought. a lot of beekeepers say they're starving to death as urbanization replaces bee food. >> we've converted some of the lands that used to have nice food for bees to places where they can't find food anymore. they're just plain short on food. >> reporter: what are people trying to do about it they're trying to plant flowers and bee food. europe is considering banning pest cites harmful to bees bottom lines colonies will rebuild, food will get pollenated, it just will take longer and cost more. >> yeah, it will cost a lot more. thank you, janie, very much. >>> last night was the annual robin hood gala. "power lunch" was there. see what the biggest names on wall street were talking about over dinner. >>> you're not going to believe how some tour ises are trying to get ahead at disney world.

out, and became a colony and they refer to this as the session one. secession to be the american revolution and south carolina was involved well before the next content and concorde. government seized in 1769, 1770 because of an internal dispute. the road to the revolution was taken in 1771, 72, 73 and blood was shed on south carolina before the declaration of independence. in march 1776 before there was the declaration of independence. then we come to secession three, which most people recognize as the civil war. south carolinians began to do beginning in the 1820s. it's also the question is how do you do with the majority of the population who are enslaved. south carolina has the largest insect population in terms of percentage in the united states. 1860 was almost 60% of the population and if slavery were abolished as many of the north were calling for an 1850s, what do you do with a population that is all of a sudden a majority. what about economic competition for the white working class. there were a lot of issues involved, but south carolina mad

that is fundamentally a colonial idea that if it wasn't a colonial idea it would be fundamentally wrong and misguided because of the consequences that it has but because i have a fundamental egalitarian believe that people should be charged in their own destiny and if they are asking for help, that's one thing and you are generally having a conversation with them you can take actions they might ask you to take but that doesn't happen to be the case when you are talking about states going to the war. >> host: how well do your books to in the u.s. and have you done a book tour? >> guest: i have. my books don't sell in the u.s.. "unhitched" as probably the first that's gotten any attention in the press at all. thus far it sort of makes the review obviously i don't think the reviewer liked it very much. the denver post was a bit more positive but that's the first time i'd had any coverage in the american press. the only book tour i've done is for american insurgents, and i did a tour of the sort of east coast. i went from d.c. to philadelphia, boston and new york but then there was mainly a

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there was one girl i remember that was coming from the french colony. she was in algeria and came back to france. she had a very white skin. very, very white with speckles? >> freckles. >> freckles. more glamorous. glittering. but she was glamorous for me, sparkles -- no, freckles. sorry, i cannot say. [laughter] but she has beautiful red hair, light afro type but red hair. to me, i was like, oh, my god, she is so beautiful. for me, if i want to be friends with someone that i admire, i have to be like him or her, cannot have the red hair. so i say, i also come from nigeria and i am like you. [laughter] i do not think she believed me so i was inventing names. anyway. so she influenced me. she had white skin. you could see her veins. she was very strange but beautiful for me. i was always attracted by different beauty that i saw everywhere. i remember some movies called guess who's coming to have dinner tonight with sydney party. i remember i said to my parents -- i was 12. if i come with a black girl, what will you say? and they say, if you love her, tha

. >> reporter: because the bee die-off, what some call colony collapse disorder, appeared to accelerate. >> this year it seemed like it got the whole nation. >> reporter: brett ady is the largest beekeeper in the country. a decade ago he figured on a 5% loss on hives. this winter he lost 42%. >> i don't think there is anybody else we can call to get bees if we have a shortage again. >> reporter: a shortage that drove bee prices sky high for almond farmer eric clarkson. >> turns into a bidding war. who has them, who doesn't and how much you are willing to pay. >> reporter: he paid twice as much for bees this year as he did five years ago. there are theories but no single cause as to what's killing the bee that is make our food possible. the suspects include mites, diseases, weather and pesticides. university of california at davis researcher eric mucin has identified residues of 150 different chemicals in the bee colonies he's studied. >> when you mix certain chemicals in together they become much more toxic to bees than either one alone would be. >> reporter: the european union voted to

the president is old enough to remember the land as a british colony. was came the civil war somalia and finally a declaration of independence. he says somalia, like other somali colonies, should have a right to choose its own path. it has been accepted by the international community. , so whyeen accepted this tolia protest the international community? >> for years, this has been way to free the speech in the horn of africa. but i cannot get government loans and reconstruct -- but they cannot get government loans and reconstruct the region. they depend on the money of those living abroad and those coming home. like this person, who used to live in canada. >> it was built on the blood of martyrs. 50,000 people were killed. to whole world reacted gaddafi using airplanes on civilians. little did they know that his pilots were used to attack this very city. we deserve our recognition. we have taken leaps and strides. >> this person remembers the bombs falling. he is a veteran of that war. he admits that somalia now has a more stable government, but there ar

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or colonial museum? >> i know all about those. local news station, we had fake fruit all over the place. >> did you really? >> yes. >> it turns out not a whole lot of people can make this a faux food look real. >> really looks incredible some of it. >> it's tough. >> a texas artist one of the best in the business. maya shea from our houston station shows us how it is all done. >> reporter: you can call henry gaboit, a fine connoisseur of sorts. he knows just what a perfectly ripe apple should look like. >> you have an artichoke. >> reporter: or how to shape the ideal artichoke. there is bread fresh from the oven. vegetables just pulled from the garden, and even a ham, almost ready for slicing. hollow. >> reporter: nothing here is edible. gabois is one of our country's premier food artists. >> very, very popular. >> reporter: a former high school fine arts teacher, gabois, got into the faux food business with curators at houston's fine arts collection asked him to produce foods for the holiday display. that was more than 30 years a

now we have graphic evidence of just what they had to do to keep one of the first north american colonies alive. al jazeera reporting. >> beginning in the 1980's, the near globalization with built-in self relating mechanisms d