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ISBN: 978-0-9998747-1-4 $29.95 405 pp 2018 Ebook $20.00 ISBN: 978-0-9998747-2-1 |
| HOW THE US CREATES "SH*THOLE" COUNTRIES edited by CYNTHIA McKINNEY |
| CYNTHIA MCKINNEY, Ph.D 2008 Green Party Candidate for President and Former Congresswoman |
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A devastating critique of the effects of US foreign policy at home and abroad.
- REVIEWS
"In a series of essays written by activists, scholars, and
analysts from across the political spectrum, McKinney
shows through practice what this should look like. Her
new book How the U.S. Creates ‘Sh*thole’ Countries is an
invaluable piece of literature that seeks to transform anti-
war ideas into an anti-war movement. The book
challenges the liberal ethos that Trump’s vulgar
“sh*thole” comments in January of 2018 were some
aberration or detached from reality."
"Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney has assembled an all-star
cast of voices for peace, and against imperialism, in How
the US Creates Sh*tholes . Ever since John F. Kennedy
was assassinated, the dreams of people everywhere
having the right to govern themselves independently
have been crushed by the cruel reality of American
imperialism. The Alliance for Progress and Peace Corps
have been supplanted by a perpetual war against an
unidentifiable and largely imaginary foe. In reality, the
most obvious enemy of reasonable Americans is our
monstrous military-industrial complex. The exploitation of
smaller, poorer nations all over the world continues to be
the central tenet of America's "bipartisan" foreign policy.
With this important book, Cynthia McKinney and company
provide some of those "tiny ripples of hope" that Robert
F. Kennedy so eloquently spoke of. Every American
should read this book, and keep it in mind when they
hear the continuous propaganda spewed out by the
mainstream media and career politicians serving our one
and only War Party."
—DONALD JEFFRIES, author of Hidden History
"This book is a call to peaceful action. Dr McKinney has
compiled works by an impressive assortment of
investigators, academics, activists and retired federal
employees to awaken us to the cruel realities of US
imperial policy from the era of Manifest Destiny to the
'Full Spectrum Dominance' of the present. This book is
essential reading for anyone who wants to know what's
really going on in the wider world!"
—Dr T.J. COLES, author/editor of Voices for Peace
"The United States creates sh*thole countries through
military violence and war by other means, such as
economic sanctions which create suffering in Venezuela
and Cuba and Iran. The U.S. is not a democracy for its own
citizens and routinely violates the sovereignty of people
all over the world. Leaders who choose an independent
path face threats of coups and assassinations. From Haiti,
to Libya, to Honduras, to Somalia to Ukraine, United
States foreign policy creates failed states and human
misery on a massive scale."
—MARGARET KIMBERLEY, 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. No matter if
you are left, right or libertarian you will hear eloquent
writers making this exact case. It is up to the people to
realize what is happening before the military industrial
complex and the massive amount of debt it creates turns
the US into a third world shithole country."
—JEFF BERWICK, The Dollar Vigilante
Cynthia McKinney is an international peace and human rights activist,
noted for her inconvenient truth-telling about the U.S. war machine.
She was held for seven days in an Israeli prison after attempting to
enter Gaza by sea, and travelled to Libya during U.S. bombing and
witnessed the crimes against humanity committed against that
country's people. She has also travelled to Cuba, Syria, Russia, Iran,
Pakistan, and as she puts it: "Wherever U.S. bombs are dropping or
U.S. sanctions are biting." She is Assistant Professor at North-South
University.
noted for her inconvenient truth-telling about the U.S. war machine.
She was held for seven days in an Israeli prison after attempting to
enter Gaza by sea, and travelled to Libya during U.S. bombing and
witnessed the crimes against humanity committed against that
country's people. She has also travelled to Cuba, Syria, Russia, Iran,
Pakistan, and as she puts it: "Wherever U.S. bombs are dropping or
U.S. sanctions are biting." She is Assistant Professor at North-South
University.