we see it and, you know, show her her can cross live now to american historian and author gerald horn, and thanks for being with us here in our to international. so in your opinion, does this look like a potential provocation by ukraine? i mean, why do you believe that this incident could have occurred? well, i think you have to put it in a larger context. cold war, one was all about moscow. cold war 2 is all about beijing. and washington feels that moscow is not willing to play ball with regard to confronting beijing. therefore, washington is engaging in what's referred to in the treat as coercive diplomacy. unfortunately, what's happening in many ways is an update of the old british empire. recall that london, the way of search to power in the late 16th century, was that it was willing to confront it. antagonists, speaking of catholic spain, to the last dutchman, washington is willing to confront russia to the last ukrainian. and sadly, ukraine is willing to play ball, which is one of the reasons why you're having this confrontation. there is another issue as well, which is natural

gerald horne has never gone for that and as the historian who i mentioned earlier joanna fernandez, geraldhorne writes with a rigorous incentive and powerfully deciphering quality that also reveals itself in exceptionally clear and startling prose which for those of you in the kevin meaney no is an exception in academic writing which is often quite turgid and impenetrable. again one of our preeminent historians who has penetrated into this history with a forensic death, and it's a great honor to welcome gerald horne who is generously joining us by video and winning this year for the donning of the apocalypse, the roots of white supremacy and capitalism in the long 19th century. gerald horne. >> i would like to thank the before columbus foundation for honoring not only made that the intellectual tradition for which i sprang for this prestigious honor. the book you have singled out as many facets and purposes much is which is reflected in the subtitle and that's genealogy would add modestly that connects to the elongated black american tradition of critiquing our plight in the face of my aci

there is a book by fellow gerald horne which is race words exactly about this subject the japanese attempts to appeal, not just african-americans but two in particular because remember their facing the british empire around the globe particularly in asia but to point out that these people are being treated abysmally by these imperialists and as well to african-americans they are being treated abysmally by their white counterparts. the japanese are the perfect government to set this right, to stop this freedom and in a sense you're remembering world war ii the japanese and the russians in 1945 they were the country that could lead the sort of freedom movement. as we well know, for those of us who follow the history of the second world war, the japanese, after making certain they had slept and humiliated the british, went to run asia stopping everyone in their path had no intention of freeing them had subjugated them and use them in the japanese international war effort and campaigns. some african-american intellectuals were drawn to these appeals. especially after 1919. it's interesting beca

there's a book by a fellow named gerald horn. it's entitled "race war." it is exactly about this subject, the japanese attempts to appeal not just african-americans but to, in particular -- remember, they're facing the british empire around the globe. they were facing it particularly in asia. but to point out that these people are being treated abysmally by these imperialists and as well to african-americans that they're being treated abysmally by their white counterparts and that the japanese are the perfect government to set this right, to stop this freedom. in a sense, you'll remember in world war ii that the japanese with their greater east asian cold prosperities sphere were suggesting to asians, as they had been ever since they beat the first the chinese in 1904 and the russians in 1904-'05 that they were the country who could lead this sort of freedom movement. as we well know, for those of us who follow the history of the second world war, the japanese, after making certain they had slapped and humiliated the british, went around asia and southeas

a book by a fellow named gerald horn entitled "race war" and it is exactly about this subject, the japanese attempts to appeal not just african americans but to in particular, remember, they're facing the british empire, facing it in particular in asia, but to point out that these people are being treated abysmally by these imperialists and swerls african americans being treated abysmally by their white counterparts and the japanese are the perfect government to set this right, to stop this freedom. in a sense, you remember in world war ii the japanese with their greater east asian coprosperityies sphere were suggesting to asians as they had been ever since they beat first the chinese in 1894 and then the russians in 1904-05 that they were the country that could lead this sort of freedom movement. as we well know for those of us who follow the history the second world war, the japanese after making certain they had slapped and humiliated the british, went around asia and southeast asia slapping and humiliating everyone in their path. and they had no intention of freeing them. they had the i

there is a book by a fellow named gerald horn, then this entitled race war. there was a subject that the japanese attempts to appeal, not just african americans, air in particular, they're facing the british empire, around the particular in asia. we it is a point that these people are being treated, abysmally, by these imperialists. african americans are being treated abysmally, by their white counterparts. and the japanese are the perfect government to set this right. to stop this freedom. in a sense, you will remember, in world war ii, the japanese, with their greater, east asian, co-prosperity sphere, were suggesting to asians, as they had been, ever since they first beat the chinese, in 1894, and then the russians, in 19 oh, four or five, that they were the country that could lead the sort of freedom of movement. as we well know, for those of us following the history of the second world war, the japanese, certainly, has left, and humiliated the british, went around asia, and southeast asia, slapping, and humiliating, everyone in their path. it is intentio