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Lessons to be learned from Washington's lethal war against the world
Vijay Prashad's investigation of US's murderous global interventions against socialism and national liberation is a must-read, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
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Washington Bullets
by Vijay Prashad
(LeftWord/Monthly Review Press, £14.99)
THE LATEST book from Indian Marxist Vijay Prashad is a passionate critique of the “US-led liberal international order,” in which Washington has fired — and still fires — its bullets at the peoples of the Global South and the socialist world.
In Guatemala, Congo, Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia, Haiti, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Yemen, Sudan, Grenada, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Angola and so many other countries, Washington’s bullets have been deployed in the pursuance of regime change, the protection of US hegemony and opposition to the emergence of truly sovereign post-colonial nations, all in flagrant violation of international law.
Most of these bullets hit their targets, which is why we continue to live in a world dominated by imperialism. As Evo Morales observes in the preface: “If the salvation of humanity is far away, it is because Washington insists on using its bullets against the world's people.”
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