How the US Creates "Sh*thole" Countries - Softcover

McKinney PhD, Cynthia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999874713 ISBN 13: 9780999874714

Publisher: Clarity Press, Inc., 2018

Synopsis

Donald Trump’s purported reference to “Sh*thole Countries” has captured the (outraged) attention of the global community.  And while there is some dispute as to whether or not the President uttered those exact words, what is not disputed is that the US President derided certain countries while discussing US immigration policy reform, suggesting that the US should have more immigrants from countries like Norway.  How the US Creates Sh*thole Countries seizes this unique moment of global focus on the world’s most suffering countries to address some causative factors, and the extent to which their lamentable state is not of their doing.  It questions the legitimacy, means and ends of US interventions in their domestic affairs in pursuit of its “interests”, which the US then regards as matters of national security.  And from there it proceeds to other questions:Why and how does a country become a US target?  What socio-economic, political and military policies—overt and covert—does the US undertake to bring the victim country into line?  What are the results for the targeted countries?  For US citizens, who have little idea what is going on, but are footing the bill?  The seasoned analysts contributing to this book come from all walks of life and every shade of the political spectrum. Some have held high positions in government or at the United Nations; some taught or teach at prestigious universities; some are in forced exile because of their political beliefs and the exercise of their Constitutional rights; some have spent time in prison for acting on their beliefs; one of them sacrificed the limbs on his body.

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About the Author

Cynthia McKinney is a former US Congreswoman and 2008 Green Party Candidate for President. She holds a PH.D. from Antioch University.

Mike Gravel is an American politician who was a Democratic United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 and a candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. As a Senator, Gravel became nationally known for his forceful but unsuccessful attempts to end the draft during the War in Vietnam and for putting the Pentagon Papers into the public record in 1971 at some risk to himself.

Review

“The information in these essays is all rigorously documented with extensive footnotes. ...is an indispensable read.” ROBERT FANTINA, Consortium News

“In a series of essays written by activists, scholars, and analysts from across the political spectrum, McKinney's new book is an invaluable piece of literature that seeks to transform anti-war ideas into an anti-war movement.” BLACK AGENDA REPORT

"The great freedom fighter and anti-war activist, Cynthia McKinney, has compiled valid statements from every side of the aisle showing that the US government creates the very problems it says it is fighting against..."

JEFF BERWICK, The Dollar Vigilante

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarity Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0999874713
• ISBN 13: 9780999874714
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 406