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Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 76
A Crisis of Empire
At the end of World War II, the United States had half the world’s wealth with only 5% of the world’s population, and stated explicitly that its objectives in foreign policy were designed to “maintain this disparity.” George C. Marshall, former Secretary of State, noted at the time that there was a “world revolution” among “the little people,” who were rising up against the centuries of domination by Western colonial powers.
Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 76
A Crisis of Empire
At the end of World War II, the United States had half the world’s wealth with only 5% of the world’s population, and stated explicitly that its objectives in foreign policy were designed to “maintain this disparity.” George C. Marshall, former Secretary of State, noted at the time that there was a “world revolution” among “the little people,” who were rising up against the centuries of domination by Western colonial powers.
Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 74
Power, Ecology, and Society
The way in which our society is structured ensures that environmental degradation and destruction is written into the actual function of our society. Trade agreements not only allow rich countries and companies to exploit the cheap labor of poor nations, or to simply plunder their wealth and resources, but we also “offshore” our environmental degradation to poor countries, leaving profoundly negative side effects for health and ecology around the world. This process is called ‘ecological unequal exchange,’ and it is written into the system itself.
Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 74
Power, Ecology, and Society
The way in which our society is structured ensures that environmental degradation and destruction is written into the actual function of our society. Trade agreements not only allow rich countries and companies to exploit the cheap labor of poor nations, or to simply plunder their wealth and resources, but we also “offshore” our environmental degradation to poor countries, leaving profoundly negative side effects for health and ecology around the world. This process is called ‘ecological unequal exchange,’ and it is written into the system itself.