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Imperial Head Doesn’t Know What Imperial Hand Is Doing
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
20 Aug 2018
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“The whole imperialist system is in a state of severe crisis,” said Black Is Back Coalition chairman Omali Yeshitela, at the coalition’s annual conference, in St. Louis. “Trump says, ‘The Russians are cool,’ and the state apparatus puts more sanctions on the Russians. Trump says, “We want to get along with North Korea,’ and then the vice president says we’re going to do North Korea just like we did Gaddafi.”

U.S. Imperialism in Decline

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