“How to Hide an Empire”: Daniel Immerwahr on the History of the Greater United States
“How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States.” That’s the title of a new book examining a part of the U.S. that is often overlooked: the nation’s overseas territories from Puerto Rico to Guam, former territories like the Philippines, and its hundreds of military bases scattered across the globe. We speak with the book’s author, Daniel Immerwahr, who writes, “At various times, the inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot, shelled, starved, interned, dispossessed, tortured and experimented on. What they haven’t been, by and large, is seen.” Immerwahr is an associate professor of history at Northwestern University.
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I'm Puerto Rican and this was brutal but important to know. Thank you for reporting on the important issues and topics so neglected elsewhere.
btw andrew yang is pro-puerto rico
As a mainlander, I think it's fucked up all the territories aren't states. If America "owns" them, then they all should "own" their place in the United States. Representatives and Congress all constitutional rights , etc
Queen, I am so sorry for your loss . I spent some years in the Keys under onslaught by hurricanes....l also apologize for our so-called president. We will make it right , like President Obama made New Orleans right after the so-called president Bush . I would like to visit
Qué viva Puerto Rico, libre y soberano.
Independence NOW for Puerto Rico. Get rid of them. They can make the island nation Great without the Red Tape and Welfare of the US Mainland. Spanish Catholic, societies, countries are not bad because of the USA. They are BAD because of Catholic Corruption. mcg-truth Freedom From Religion made USA Great; not under the thumb one Religious Cult.
I’m Puerto Rican and I can attest to the fact that many of the atrocities committed by the USA in Puerto Rico are erased from history books and not taught in schools. Also, facts are distorted to try to justify certain atrocities. For example, the invasion of 1898 is referred to as a “landing”
Also , add the Spanish catholic genocide of the indigenous peoples Dont forget the catholic church with its Spaniards and Portuguese did holocaust in the Americas for jesus
Robert Mitchell Actually most of the Natives died of diseases. The Spaniards massacred Natives in the early 1500s but stopped when they realized they could be used for slave labor instead. The real genocide occured in North America. Look at the demographics of Latin America- Native blood is dominant. In the USA most of the natives who survived European diseases were eventually massacred
It's genocidal warfare. Study the colonizers history and everywhere these people go they commit genocides.
@@Smile2Joy Ever since these 2 demonic abrahamic cults christianity and Islam came into being it utter bloodshed violence hatred etc Forcing all of mankind to pray to the dead man on a cross God And the desert God Allah trapped in a black box in mecca
Jasper Paolo They saw the American Dream from the other side. They saw nightmare.
When I got to university in 1978 and began studying US history, my professor enlightened us about US imperialism. Many of us were shocked to hear all this for the first time. We had been indoctrinated with bullshit about the moral superiority of our government. I remember our high school teachers telling us about the wonderful roads and democratic institutions we brought to Hawaii and the Philippines. Thanks, Prof. Immerwahr. How apt that your name in German means "always true."
List of countries that the United States bombed/attacked after the Second World War: Japan (1945) Korea and China (1950-53) Guatemala (1954) Indonesia (1958) Cuba (1959-61) Guatemala (1960) Congo (1964) Laos (1964-73) Vietnam (1961-73) Cambodia (1969-70) Guatemala (1967-69) Grenada (1983) Lebanon (1983,1984) Libya (1986) Salvador (1980s) Nicaragua (1980s) Iran (1987) Panama (1989) Iraq (1991) Kuwait (1991) Somalia (1993) Bosnia (1994, 1995) Sudan (1998) Afghanistan (1998) Yugoslavia (1999) Yemen (2002) Iraq (1991-2003) Iraq (2003-2015) Afghanistan (2001-2015) Pakistan (2007-2015) Somalia (2007, 2008, 2011) Yemen (2009, 2011) Libya (2011, 2015) Syria (2014 - and to this day) Ukraine (2014 - to this day. Proxy war)
How come this is not regarded as hate speech against the United States?
@@vi3613 f..thy Russian BoT...!
@@diamolyn4991 because you shouldn't make your hate for the truth THAT obvious as you have. It better to hide such a mental condition.
@@vi3613 What a pity that this list is not taught in our schools. Instead we are given bs propaganda.
WOW! I was born on St. Croix. Repeatedly taught proudly we were a 'territory'. Now, in my 50's, learning true history for the first time. This is good! Thank you.
@karlapetersen3406 Just what is the truth?
@@dennisweidner288 Plunder.
The US plays fast and loose with history and 99% of people don't know anything about it. An Excellent Video!
THANK YOU
Try geography. Someone asked me if Dominican republic was in south america. I was like sure😂😂
@@josephgodslayer9961 Close; but no Ceegar!
they would be shocked about the real history than this plandemic.
Indeed. See The Untold History of the United States of America from Oliver Stone in which for example you can learn that the USA dropped those nuclear bombs on Japan despite the USA knowing that Japan was about to surrender. The USA lied about it and they dropped those bombs to do a field test and to show power. We all know about the false red flags with which they started numerous invasions, the coupes which the USA orchestrated and still is orchestrating...
An economist from Wisconsin told me 25 years ago about US-firms using the loophole to label their products prestigiously "Made in USA" while getting the items (like clothes, shoes, bags etc.) manufactured on some of these islands under 3rd-World conditions, paying the workers merely a lousy buck per day.
I also remember rather recently that a certain percentage of raw materials made in the USA is required for a product to be legally labeled as made in the USA based on knowledge obtained from a prior job. That is certainly another recent loophole as well.
In Tonga - Philippine people brought to barbed wire work camps (aren't allow to shop in town) must buy food at company store & company run cafeteria. Pay company for bed (dorms) and work permit - so very little mmoney left over to send home. Denim pants were sown there 1990s to be marked made in USA. Are they still ??
Almost like Nazi Germany. The Third Reich hasn’t been destroyed. It just changed the venue. - Michael Ruppert
@@kulturfreund6631 Hitler and his plans were popular among many powerful families. A few generations down the road, those families haven’t just disappeared.
@@andrewgawlik4961 Look at a baseball cap. If it has a string attached between the brim and the top, it can be labeled "made in the USA". Without that string then not.
As a veteran this is why I tell people don't thank me for my service.
We thank you for the tragedy of idealism. Most people are not selfless.
That's what true patriotism is. You think about the people, not just the top 1%.
If this is why you feel that way you failed to understand the whole picture. Unless of course you see China as having a better way of life than the US.
@@sidewinder3781 There they don't bankrupt you for becoming ill.. so...
@@sidewinder3781 that hardly makes sense. different topics like apples and oranges.
Fun fact: "Immerwahr " means "always true" in German. Best name for a historian.
Immerwahr is a great name. It literally means: always true.
@Jamey Craig German.
Stimmt genau und ist auch sehr traurig. 😟
@@jennifercampbell-klomps5549 I beg your pardon?
@@georgetheonlyporge "Exactly right and is also very sad."
@@jennifercampbell-klomps5549 Mit diesem Name seine Geschichte muss erste Klasse sein.
My father while in the Air Force was subjected to agent orange & I believe it contributed to his ALS that he died from Nov 2001. My father was a native Hawaiian
Anita Kyota / I’m so sorry to hear that!
My condolences, he is an honored ancestor and I am sorry for your loss
I understand that Queen Liliuokalani’s diary surfaced in 1993. It’s dated around 1893 and survived the destruction of most other incriminating documents. In it Queen Lil’ writes of her imprisonment in Iolani Palace and having a gun put to her head under McKinley’s authority to sign the territorial papers. Manifest Destiny, McKinley rationalized now goes beyond the shameless original coast-to-coast appeal and now to to Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, Philippines... I was a proud American. I am still American and will defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic” yet since the first thanksgiving (Native Americans were slaughtered if they hadn’t already died of imported viruses,) we’ve committed atrocities in over 160 countries been lied to every step of the way by our government. Lies and false flags are not so easily perpetrated in this day of high tech and timely information. Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and other founding fathers had such high hopes for a land with justice and equality (so long as you were white) and inalienable rights of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. That promise remains today in our Constitution and Bill of Rights yet the enemies it warns of trample over it with no respect. No, Obama, this document is of utmost relevance at least until AI infiltrates our consciousness. Our Constitution is the greatest human contract the world has ever seen and we must disinfect any government which breaches it. (Equality of race, creed and gender is at least moving positively.) For the People, of the People and by the People. Not for the Corporations, of the Secret Societies and by the Elites. We the people when united, are more powerful than any government. History proves this. How much suffering will America tolerate before we get off our couches and do something?
@@allthingsloveone4584 You mean merely spraying it on the Vietnamese and their crops? Where is the 'honor' in that? BTW, precisely WHO made the money out of it all?
@@trackdusty Anita Kyotas native Hawaiian father. Aim your angst correctly and read slowly
This interview is blowing my mind! She is absolutely astounding. I will be buying his book right now
My American neighbor did not believe the US was an empire even though he had a Ph.D from Columbia. He got angry with me and accused Canada of being an empire over Quebec. I gave him one of Chalmers Johnson's books on empire. He returned it after reading about a quarter of it and we never spoke of it again. Hard to believe given his education.
Some people can't accept truths because the idea they built in their head crumbles into nothingness. So their prejudices have no foundation and they'd rather believe the lie to keep their current warped mentality.
No, it's not difficult to believe. Schools, such as Columbia, are where America's Ruling Class goes to receive its indoctrination.
Your testimony is sorrowful but not surprising.
It is not an empire to have a collection of small islands. Nor is it imperialism when you pour more wealth into an island than you extract value from it. Nor is it an empire when territories become states with full legal rights. Given American power we could have amassed a real empire had we wanted to do so.
When I was a kid in the early 60's, my family lived on Kwajelein Island ..part of the Marshall Islands Archepeligo, which was used for a U.S. Nike Zeus ballistic missile site .. the U.S. " relocated " the indigenous people of Kwaj, the Marshallese People, to neighboring less desirable islands .. their Homeland was stolen by the U.S. .. We ( the U.S. ) also buried TONS of spent radioactive material, in an unlined pit on one nearby island, that has been and continues to leak radioactive waste into the So. Pacific Ocean .. 😲‼️
Barbara Bartleson all I see is red now...
the corporation/empire/militarydictatorship
@@some_goomba Me too .. 😔
@@douglashoward4206 Hindsight is 2020 .. Was about 57 yrs. ago I lived there .. of course I was an innocent child .. looking back on it now .. and how all the puzzle pieces fall into place .. US & the World need a MASSIVE Global Paradigm shift .. before it's too late .. 🌍🌎🌏
I read xrays from Kwajelein Island, must be all military stuff.
This interview is a must-see! I learned so much . . . and am horrified.
😐😲😨😱👽😦😧☝😠
Interesting, the rest of the world know this stuff. I’m Australian and this is just confirming what I learned as a child.
I heard him give a way more in-depth interview of his book on thehighersidechats
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After this interview I bought the book and read it. And read it. Each chapter was a layer of such profound and surprising content that brings meaning to our lives today. Highly recommend!
I have watched this episode twice now 👍 This Has SO Much Relevant Information! Much Gratitude For Every Individual Involved In Telling The Whole Story ❣️ Love The Jacket Amy
Obama was born in Hawaii and many white people acted like Hawaii wasn't a part of the United States. But John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone and there didn't seem to be a problem with people where he was born.
Nubian Kingdom 23 CE One is white & one is colored.
Americans didn't know Hawaii was part of the United States.
There was a credible poll from a university, I can’t remember just now. Probably later. Basically, 12% of the population do not believe Hawaii is a state. Perhaps it’s not a coincidence that 12% do not believe President Obama was born in the US
Nubian Kingdom 23 CE it's because John McCain's dad was deployed on a military base and no one on the right believed who Obama said his biological father was. Obama's family in Kenya trying to cash in with a tourist attraction of the Hut he was born in didn't help. My favorite theory is that he is the offspring of the Indonesian cult leader lol. Birth certificates and tax returns should be a requirement to run for office and much strife could be avoided.
@@highwayrockstar1 Few could tell you exactly where it is.
Good man that man there. John Pilger's documentary that exposes 42 kilotons of experimentation on the Marshall Islands and the Pacific is but a snippet of territorial experimentation , still leaches effects. Definitely buying this book.
Rolla Films I’ve seen that Pilger doco too. Enlightening.
Many thanks Amy to you and your team. Excellent work. The world watches and listens, aghast.
Wow. This is fascinating. As a Brit who has read substantially about uk colonies and some of the dreadful things we did over the decades it is fascinating that all of this happened. I didn’t even know that the Philippines were owned by the USA. I need to get this book.
@juliewake4585 Because of the U.S. the Philippines was the only Asian country besides Japan to have a public school system. The United States left the Philippines much wealthier than it found it. And America in 1935 committed to Filipino independence. way before the decolonization process following World War II. It is true that the Filipino-American War was brutal. But there was no political oppression following it. America introduced a free press and democratic elections. A far cry from what Britain did in most of it colonies.
@@dennisweidner288 I’m well aware of the terrible things that the UK did. I’m pretty sure there was an awful lot of things going in in various countries in Latin America of course, certainly partly instigated and encouraged by the USA. I’ve also read “How to Hide an Empire” by Daniel Immerwahr, which makes very interesting reading.
@@juliewake4585 Actually, the United States had very little to do with Latin America, except with Mexico, but made no real effort to colonize the area. This changed in the 20th century, especially concerning the Panama Canal, but there was no effort to colonize. Actually, I think 'terrible things' have to be put into context. Britain also did a lot of good. And a lot of these so-called atrocities seem rather minor in comparison to the atrocities of the 20th-century totalitarian powers.
@@dennisweidner288 colonising isn’t necessary when all you have to do is help the right wing dictators overthrow democratically elected governments.
@@juliewake4585 There was very little of that. Perhaps Guatemala and Chile. But don't forget this was during the Cold War when fragile governments were prey to Communism. It is easy to make woke statements like that but look what happened to the Cuban people or now the Venezuelan people when America di not act.
This was a very enlightening piece. I’ve always found it so appalling that Puerto Rico isn’t given the help that they deserve as US citizens. It’s absolutely crazy. And in our education system, you can forget learning about all of the other territories, let alone Puerto Rico. They don’t tell you that Puerto Rico and all of the other territories cannot participate in the presidential election in November, regardless of their citizenship. And the thing that really makes me upset is how American Samoa is treated. People born in AS aren’t given automatic citizenship. They’re called “US nationals”, and their passports reflect that. They look like regular US passports, but in the back it has a line about this person not being an actual citizen, but rather a US national.
There are no political rights associated with US citizenship because the US citizen relies on the 14th amendment for its creation and the 14th amendment doesn't incorporate the Bill of rights protections into the amendment. There were no US citizens until the slaves were freed and Dred Scott ruling that blacks could never have Constitutional rights because the Constitution considered the blacks as property. The United States is all the land owned by the United States of America. Google US citizens are federal citizens or US citizen vs State Citizen.
@@whitefly2 The fact that you do not capitalize the word 'blacks',as in,"the blacks",speaks,nay,screams, volumes. You handle is simply ironic....SMFH
Thank your championing the truth. 🇵🇷
@@Rich_P_Anya thank you, Eric. I appreciate that 🤝 It's always interesting going back and getting to read comments I made a year or years ago lol.
So sad and feel sorry for you guys.😭😭Just can't comprehend their obstinate mentality😲😲😲
Wow! That was soo good! Thanks, Democracy Now!
Three days ago ☝️
@@philipmichel9273 ☝😠😩Trump tem se mostrado a sim na mídia.
Wow! Stunning information, a revelation: All things hidden shall come to light! Thank you professor for bringing this to light!!
So glad that I unintentionally viewed this -- so much learned , so much hidden darkness of this Empire...
Wish I could give two thumbs. This is the kind of education Americans need.
Eco Duck this is the kind of education Americans get. All college kids 25 and older hate their own country, it’s the younger kids who are starting to wake up.
"War is what gives America meaning." - Chris Hedges.
so
@@settledvessel2746 - Violence is the worst method to grow a country. It only leads to violent failure.
@@settledvessel2746 So... when we bring war to places, should we really be surprised when the people who live there bring war to us?
@@settledvessel2746 Honestly though. “So” Like...are you a toddler?
yup
Astounding! Thank you for this great content! 🙏
This is a great episode, thank you very much.
Wow! These "REAL" history lessons are gut-wrenching! Having my mouth wide open in shock at the atrocities committed and the sterilizing of the language used to describe them. Wow!
Between the US and Europe, they have killed billions of non-white people on this planet.
Excellent report DN!
This channel has some interesting videos. What a great find.
I still remember the stories of the brutal and horrendous experiences of WW II that the Filipinos went through which my grandparents, my mom and aunts and uncles would constantly tell us when we were young. NO ONE WOULD EVER, EVER UNDERSTAND HOW BRUTAL, HOW TRAUMATIC AND HOW HORRIBLE THEY WERE UNLESS THEY WERE ALSO VICTIMS OF A BRUTAL WAR. My grandma, a very strong woman would cry as she would tell their experiences. They lived in Manila which received the most brutal attacks by the Japanese. My aunts and an uncle would even show us their healed wounds caused by shrapnels. To this day, I still remember those horrible stories they told me and my cousins when we were little, whenever we would complain about petty things, to remind us how lucky we are for not experiencing what they went through during WW II. One particular story grandma told me that bothered my memory as a child was when the Japanese soldiers would line them up on the streets and would shoot those they would think as American spies, which were depicted in Filipino movies in the 70s and 80s. And if babies carried by mothers would cry, the Japanese soldiers would toss the babies in the air then they would catch the babies WITH THEIR BAYONETS, so those crying babies expectedly would become forever silent when they handed back to their mothers' arms. Then there were the horrible stories of Filipino "Comfort Women" which also were depicted in a famous Filipino movie and local TV series in the 80s. Those were Filipina women who were snatched or kidnapped by Japanese soldiers and used as sex slaves. My grandparents and my aunts uncles and mom would be filled with horrors whenever they would recall those stories. It's their way of unloading those emotional great burden they carried for decades, as professional help were never and still not available for casualties or victims or war. I cry now as I recall their experiences during WW II. No one deserves such horrible, brutal experiences in life and nobody wins in any war. The Philippines invasion by the Japanese actually opened the door to the eventual independence of the Philippines from the U.S. colonization. Let it be known also that despite being a colony of America, the Filipinos who came here in the U.S. during the American colony of the Philippines were NEVER treated well and were seen as nothing better than any other colored people. And the Philippines despite being a U.S. colony never received anything special that would have improved their lives in their own nation. The Americans who moved and lived in the Philippines during the American colonization on the other hand were given special privileges, based again on the stories of my grandparents. But they also told us that the Americans were fairly nice to them. The most significant thing they value actually was the English language which became the second language of the country even to this day. My grandfather I remember was still fluent in Spanish but when the Americans came they imposed the teaching of English in schools and government offices, thus, the remnants of Spanish language was scrapped. I hope there would also be an American book that would discuss the Paritry Rights and The Bell Act which are discussed in Philippine history classes BUT ARE NOT KNOWN here in the U.S. Those acts pushed by the American government opened the doors on plundering and pillaging the resources of the Philippines especially their natural resources for decades, even after their independence was granted. The Philippines is one of the few nations in the planet that suffered and went through several major wars; the Philippines-Spanish war, the Philippines-American war and then the WW II when the Japanese invaded the country, which is the shortest but the most brutal and most destructive war.
@panchang810 A lot of Americans died liberating the Philippines. You talk about how terrible America was. I suggest you compare the American rule to Spanish rule. And if America was doing all huis plundering, Why did the Philippines not prosper when America left?
@@dennisweidner288 First of all, the comments I posted above were BASED on the PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF MY FAMILY WHO LIVED THROUGH THOSE TIMES during the American and Japanese occupations of the Philippines as well as the HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS of the country. Secondly, I NEVER compared the American occupation to the Japanese occupation because the Japanese occupiers were brutal and evil, again according to the accounts of my family and as well as the historical accounts of the Philippines. Thirdly, I MENTIONED that my grandparents and aunts and uncles and my own parents told us that the AMERICANS WERE NICE TO THEM or the the Filipino people whom they colonized. And fourth, HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE PHILIPPINES LATELY? Obviously NOT because you obviously have no freaking idea of its current status as a nation as well as its economy in general compared to how it was during and after the Americans left afrer the country gained its independence. FYI the Philippines has had its own long list of impressive improvements and progress after gaining its independence and you can use your brain cells through google to learn about them. The Philippines actually was the expected "tiger economy" in Asia afrer it gained independence considering it ushered several "firsts" in Asia like the first Asian nation to have its own flag carrier - PAL even ahead of Japan. Its competent pilots even trained other Asian pilots etc. The first and only nation in Asia whose agriculture scientists introduced the "miracle rice" and other agriculture innovations in rice cultivation that were spearheaded when the IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) was established in the Philippines. A lot of the country's Asian neighbors benefited from its programs with their objectives of alleviating poverty, as rice is the staple food in Asia. Again google can be your bff to learn more about the country and its history, especially its different colonial eras. But I see your point when you implied about the Philippines not attaining progress after the Americans left. But AFTER being colonized by Spain for over 300 years, then by Americans for about 50 years, then by the Japanese for about 5 years, WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT FOR SUCH AN ENSLAVED, BRUTIZED NATION AND PEOPLE TO DO AFTER SUCH SUCCESSIONS OF FOREIGN COLONIZATIONS? STILL, COMPARE NOW AND I MEAN NOW THE PHILIPPINES TO ALL OTHER NATIONS IN ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND AFRICA THAT WERE ALSO COLONIZED BY FOREIGN POWERS FOR AGES, AND SEE WHERE THE PHILIPPINES STANDS CURRENTLY. The Philippines is NOT perfect and will never be, but what makes it tick is its people and their RESILIENCY. I strongly suggest that you go and visit the Philippines to see for yourself how it's doing now. But before you do that, REAS FIRST ITS HISTORY ESPECIALLY ITS DIFFERENT COLONIAL ERAS. 😉🫰
My parents were both born and raised on Guam and it's pretty amazing how many people here in America have never heard of Guam.
I knew a guy in high school who grew up there - Reese Hotson I think was his name
Guahan had a vibrant Hispanic Christian culture for over 300 years when the USA invaded it and stripped it of it's culture. The US pretended it was uncivilized as they also thought of the Phillipines even though that nation also had a rich Hispanic history of over 300 years. But that's been the agenda of the USA to act as if these places were barren and needed their guidance. To this day Puerto Rico is still a prisoner of this colonial racist Anglo mentality.
@bina nocht yea I was kinda thinking the same thing
So, what's your point?
And these guys judged the Germans at Nuremburg, no hypocrisy there....
Judged and learned from them... Operation Paperclip!
Eugenic didn't quite work. Humans are just another species trying to bypass the process of evolution by trying to bend the process without learning and hardwork. And... it's not working. Arrogance is no substitute for hardwork.
@Jamey Craig I call them the white wing godists. They're not Christian's by any stretch of the imagination.
Well, they also financed Hitler.
@@michelewalburn4376 they most certainly are christians
Thank you, Daniel, for this greatly needed book. Just ordered and cannot wait to read the history I never learned in school.
I will be getting this book! Thanks for highlighting it!
Carry on the work of Howard Zinn's critique of US Imperialism.
There is very little criticism, or explanation, in this soft presentation. It's a light overview of things that have been available in endless numbers of books for decades.
@@johnsmith1474 Amen.
I don’t hear any criticism here ... it’s just very educational video
He didn't mention Guantanamo, but I guess that is filed under "US Bases".
He did but not in detail.
Let’s not forget Point Gap in Australia. That’s American soil and goodness knows what they do there.
Whilst I don't disagree with your general sentiment, he probably didn't mention it because it's British territory, not American
Will be getting the book. It should be essential for all students. Professor is very knowledgeable .
Thank you, both for the authors work and the program.
...truth spoken here! As a Chamorro born in Guam in 1952 , i always wondered why there was so little information regarding our relationship with the USA. Our elders spoke little of it, or of their ancient history which existed long before being " discovered" by outsiders. After 300 years as a Spanish colony, and it's occupation by the Japanese in WW2, most wanted to forget about all those years of oppression. As an American Territory, we haven't fared that well either. We have a way to go as a nation, yes?...Hafa Adai and thanks for putting this out there.
@waveriderz Without America, Guam would be a Japanese colony. I suggest you read a bit about how the Japanese treated the Chamoros.
Since last summer, I have listened to this interview 5, maybe 6 times, and each time I have learned something new. I feel that it is something to be studied.
yea - I've seen 100's of WWII documentaries, and I'd never heard of Dec. 8th 1941 - this is all the shit they've hidden from us
@@schmoborama its not hidden you are just dumb too lazy to learn anything that wasn't force fed to you in history class
Why not read the book
@@pennycaldwell8141 why would i wast time reading garbage and giving money to shitty people ?
Me too...Mark...just found it.....similar to Raoul Peck's " Exterminate all The Brutes".....eye opening
Nice interview. It is amazing to see how language matters: like moving the language from colonies to territories or changing the language from attack onto the philippines (in a speech draft) to an attack on the US. Looking at the history keeps us sharp also today, where propaganda and manipulation are packaged even more sophisticated by all power players in the world. It always needed a lot of persuasion and skill to convince a population to go to war. The scary thing is how easily this was often achieved with a few tricks. A few flawed slides sufficed in the second Irak war.
Dont worry... We will regain consciousness.....
Another great program.
Im shook! This goes deep. Will definitely read. Sad and ironic we declared independence from England for no representation while doing that and far greater atrocities to our current colonies.
Because it was the same English who separated from England. England went around the World committing genocide for 2 more centuries and their descendants in the USA continued that same path with the Native Americans and peoples around the World.
@manp1826 Did you take any math classes? America is not perfect, but the atrocities we committed pale in comparison to the lives saved and atrocities prevented. In the Philippines alone the Japanese killed far more people in one month in Manila (February 1945) than the highly exaggerated totals of American atrocities. The number of Filipinos saved by the Americans in liberating the Philippines at a high cost is incalculable.
Excellent interview, both intriguing and insightful. This book needs to become required reading for students.
I would agree, but unfortunately, it would more likely get added to the burn list by conservative "patriots" who want to keep a "clean" image of the USA.
I can’t get over the fact that the US changed the language of “colony” to “territory.” I was just wondering about this after the Queen died (due to their own bloody colonial history), but after watching this it becomes pretty clear that confusion was always the intent.
Yeah they lied about how US gained independence when its really a succession from its parent colony. Independence is a word use by natives, not colonials.
I greatly appreciate when historians and writers begin to expose our real American history and legacy. Thank you.
@criticalcookie2579 What you are saying is you hate America and approve of junk history. Sure we have made mistakes. But the comparison here is to utopia. America does not have and has never had an empire. A collection of tiny islands is not an empire. And the Philippines pent only a few decades as an American territory. During which the lives of the Filipinos were vastly improved. And they were liberated from the horror of Japanese rule. A good many Americans died so the Philippines could have a free Democratic future.
This should be taught in Philippine schools...
@HelloGiddy Greetings, sir/madame. I learned much of this in school in the PI (Philippines). Did you not have history classes w/c taught this info regarding the PI (kung kababayan kayo) ? ✌ & ❤ from 😽
The Philippines will soon enough be taken over by communist China and then everything will be wonderful and this guy won't say a word about concentration reeducation camps, live organ harvesting or police state.
@@DidivsIvlianvs When you are bombarded with anti China propaganda, form official and private sources everywhere, while being hidden these other facts; when what China does has nothing to do with you, while what the US does is done with your tax money, by the people you vote; when there are enough people interested in all sorts of topics to let this person investigate about whatever he finds more interesting, important or compelling; while many of the things you find troubling of other governments are also done by yours; you are here, complaining that he talks about this? Go talk about how bad China is until your jaw falls off, I bet you can even find a good paying job doing just that.
@@frechjo you really need to do your research, not just reading chinese propaganda, especially what communism means and why china is so policed its has everything to do with you as a human being its about CONTROL its about putting government before the people. Go talk about how good china is bet you cant find a job here besides only in china. So yea had to teach you something. I'm not saying US is better in anyway, IMO most all countries have bad government.
@@ovoxomcful What are you trying to teach me? First you are assuming my position, that's a really bad place to start when trying to teach someone. Second you get some basics very wrong. If you think China is following anything resembling communism you have a lot of studying to do. Id I was to learn from you, I'd end up very confused on these topics. But I appreciate your intentions, keep up the good attitude.
I am buying this book on Kindle as I watch this video. Amazing interview!
It's worth it, believe me! There is a mind-boggling amount of information, but somehow the author makes it "digestible".
Wow. I am intrigued and shocked. Thank you. Looking forward to learning more.
😮Thank you for the insight. Holy moly I never heard of anything about this before.
Wow, I never even knew the Philippines was part of the USA, and so much other information on here, thank you!
It was a USA territory from 1899-1946.
@@harvey1954 it's not doing too well like most of the former colonies of the British and French Empires
@@lindalong5052 It's hard to do when your whole country is broken up into 7,000 islands.
@@lindalong5052 We only had 45 years to guide them compared to the 300 years the Brits ruled India and at least a century for the French and Vietnam.
The Philippines were one of the four territories that the USA took over after the Spanish-American War. Guam, Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Only Puerto Rico and Guam are still USA territories.
In the spirit of the late great Howard Zinn, thank you for the history lesson. :-)
A real eye-opener, thank you.
The most interesting program so informative. So many pieces of our history we do not know if historians don't know then how is the General population- the masses- ever going to know? These programs are so valuable 4 our edification!
This is a good interview so far. Thanks.
So far?
@@arnoldlayne9918 lol I was probably halfway through when I left the comment
@@LisaHouserman ah got ya, I was thinking there might be another part, thanks :)
@@LisaHouserman MAS E REAL .
WOW, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE EXPOSE ! THE OBSCENITIES THAT CERTAIN PERSONS WITH POWER , INFLUENCE AND TITLES CAN GET AWAY WITH FOR YEARS WITH LITTLE OR NO JUSTICE !
Well actually aren’t we seeing that right now in America.
Thank you for bringing it on, the whole world's needs to know.
The whole world DOES know... Why do you think America is so hated right now?? You guys have mever formed an honest government
Thank you for sharing this. This has long disturbed me. I am so glad that the truth is spreading. 🇵🇷
Immerwahr auf Deutsch means "Always True". Book ordered. Thanks DN and Mr. Immerwahr.
@Gibby Ach, so his is a "nom de plume" then?
No apparently not. He does a good lecture here Lecture: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Guano But Were Afraid to Ask kzhead.info/sun/h9KCZNBuqXire4E/bejne.html @@MrHarpette Don't let yourself be to put off by the name....he explains about his name at the end. Hope that doesn't spoil it...
@@mrtrashcompaktor1540 Thanks for that weblink, that lecture was quite good indeed. Reminded me of the "Connections" series by James Burke.
@@otto.kretschmer Dutch people are from the Netherlands, Germans are from Germany.
@@Enzaio Dutch and Detusch have the same origins, but it differentiated troughout history. To this day swiss german say, Dütschi for germans...
I'm from the PH. No wonder we didn't get proper support from the US during WW2, we were just an afterthought. I pity those Americans who were stationed here and who died in the Bataan Death March and for those who died because of malnourishment and disease in Japanese prison camps. You even left behind your own kin to die. The lucky ones were Gen. MacArthur and his entourage. Plus, the only few who managed to profit from our colonizations are the Big Businesses who established trade and manufacturing here in the PH during the US colonial period. It sucks to be a colony of any imperialist.
Yep MacArthur left his ‘battling bastards of Bataan’ to die and the Filipinos. But his cowardice and betrayal was rewarded with being the American Raj of Japan, letting lots of class A war criminals off the hook, if not rewarded with lucrative positions there and in the States
We had to aid the white people in London England whom were related to the wealthy families in New England and to protect Wall Street. We should have defended the Philippines and fought the war there against Japan, We had the resources and the troops and the ships to defend the Philippines but wanted to fight a Europe first war. Don't blame the United States for what Japan did, but you can blame the United States for not putting the Philippines first in fighting the war and you can blame the United States for letting Japan war criminals off the hook because we wanted to use Japan to fight the cold war against Russia. There is a big lie that the United States was unprepared for WWII, while we weren't on a war footing we were already turning out planes and tanks and ships in vast numbers by December 1941 and could have fought and defeated Japan in the Philippine territories. We had over 1.5 millions soldiers and sailors in uniform in 1941, that would have been enough to defend the islands while we ramped up elsewhere.
You act like Japan won WW2 and you’re under Japanese rule.
Japan low key did get completely off the hook plus future military protection from their own hatred they antagonized from Russia, North Korea, and China to name a few. Something like 3/4 of Koreans as a whole have Japanese decent from the mas tape campaigns. Maybe the white man saw a little of himself in the Japanese when it comes to rape and colonization.
@@sparkymike83 the things the Japanese did during occupation though... Eish
WOW. Thank you for an excellent presentation of very important info. I'll be reading this book for sure. And hope high school teachers will as well....american exceptional ism--more ironic as our history is better known.
Reading this man's book now! I would recommend it. He actually has an interesting lineage...
Incredible story, thanks democracy now!
Hate AmeriKKKa
This information is badly needing to be discussed! Finally a book connected to the Whithehouse I actually want to read!
Wow fantastic I'll be sure to show my friends this they love history and many had fathers that was in WW11. Thank you for showing this.
In Puerto Rico, they made owning our flag a crime, schools became English only, even today if you don’t know English you can’t get any opportunities. LUMA energy last year refused to hire local electricians and after hurricane Fiona they brought in hundreds from Texas at 3x the salary. A high power electric line fell along the road across yards & patios, the electrified the line without re-installing it back up on the poles, when we asked if it was safe they just CUT the line and left us without power for weeks, saying “Now it’s Safe” in a Texas accent. We got together and we did what needed to be done. THANK YOU!
Thanks, Democracy Now! Excellent content!
This guy is all brains, just starting his talk Historian 🙌🏾
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." ~ George Orwell
HISTORY IS MOSTLY LIES 95 % IS ....
The Roman Empire never truly realized what was happening until the Enemy was coming over the walls.
Those "little specks of land" have huge marine territories.
Fishing rights, oil, gas and minerals.
and happen to be in a geographic key position or to have oil and other ressources
I found this fascinating, absolutely fascinating, for some reason
WOOOOOOW!!! GREAT INFORMATION IM SHARING EVERYWHERE
Wow! Thanks for the lesson. I learned so much.
I knew almost none of that history. I am amazed and horrified too. Amy, you find the most interesting topics to report upon.
In every empire, in every country, in every culture in the world, one who seeks the truth must leave the common narrative and dig for truth with the tenacity & the courage to look behind every obfuscation for the bloody mess so carefully concealed. Such is the sad inheritance of every generation of humanity - that the journey has been long & arduous, exploitive & brutal, domineering and morally unconscionable. "We have met the enemy and he is us."
Well said!
YES and when we finally grasp this & own it without false guilt or justification, we can begin to heal the source of our separation from "others" & life itself.
Ever heard of gang stalking?
I suggest you look at the term empire. Hawaii and Alaska are states with full legal rights. The rest of these territories have land and populations smaller than the average state. and rather than exploiting them, the Federal Government spends far more on supporting them than it extracts in money or resources.
Like so much (well, practically all!) of Democracy Now!, this history lesson is an absolute precious "historian's stone" (as contrasted to a "philosopher's stone"!) It shows America as "Empire" so clearly and unambiguously. Thank you so much!! :D
@LawrenceCarroll1234 Nonsense, but it does show how America permits free and open expression of ideas. Try to do that in Russia and China or most other countries. Had America wanted to build an empire it would have amounted to far more than a few small islands.
Awesome. Very informative
One of my favorite books is “Our Islands And Their People” It’s beautifully engraved but the title describes Our Interests ULTIMATELY‼️
E BOM SALVAR OU QUEM TEM UM PEDRIVE EXT NO COMPUTADOR E GRAVA
I am Hawaiian, Samoan and part Puerto Rican thank for explaining this to all of us native people what a great in site
I strongly recommend the book, if you get the chance to read it. It is also available in audio book format, which I listened to. I happen to be very interested in the history of Hawaii, and this book fills in a lot of "blank spaces". It also tells a lot about the history of the Philippines - another area it isn't always easy to find information about.
I am from Hawaii too. Many native Hawaiian or even Asian Hawaiian were killed during the US occupation.
Great reporting
Im soooo glad im watching this... Yall have the RIGHT eyes looking at this interview
I teach The History of Art of the U.S., I am always at a loss for texts to recommend to my students for historical context that reflects a nontraditional p.o.v. Many thanks!
Sometimes, I really really love _Democracy Now!_
Excellent report thank you.
Amazingly important report, video and book.
Amazing, and powerful, Democracy Now!!
Democracy is mob rule.
Right on, professor! I just added your book to my list! Thank you, sir!
Wow this was awesome The Book is a must HAVE!
When he said “Peulto Rico” ...I felt that right in the ila (isla) bonita
DN is in my opinion one of the finest sources of truth finding information. Thank you Amy and all who’ve worked hard to bring us theses reports. Your all beautiful people! !!! Peace
noun: prop- a- gan- da. Information, especially of a bias or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
@@ald3975 your in titled to your opinion, but considering the crap one hears on Fox’s and other right wing nonsense, DN and a few other sources, when one researches the issues, I’d say your very mistaken in your opinion…so what’s your take on why it’s propaganda…
Great show. I learned so much. Have to get this book!!
Wow! amazing stuff here. Great job
It's time for Puerto Rico to break free and declare independence. This has dragged on for over 100 years. Free Puerto Rico now!
I rank this among your most fascinating interviews, DN!☝🏿👌🏿 Excellent piece with Prof. Immerwahr. Excellent. A must watch. A must read. A must reflect!
This is a propaganda show, whatabout the KRIM, Democrazy now = communism
Thank you Prof. Immerwahr for this eye opening book for those of us who love this country and this world to work on reversing this horrible story of empire buildjng.
How can you love a Country but hate the history?
@@soulfuzz368 Setting doubts about your sincerity aside for a minute: Do you need to love absolutely everything about your childhood to love your family, or feel you have a home with them? No. It's absolutely unnecessary. In fact, even people who have been abused by their family can potentially reconcile with them. (that's not necessary either, and I'm not saying one should reconcile with abusive people for sure, just pointing out that people /can/ choose to do that.) So, the same is true of a country. From my perspective a country is for its peoples, if you love the peoples you can love the place. It is shaped and changed by them, it is the place they practice their culture and history is only one part of that culture. You can even want to radically change what dynamics are happening, and still love your country, in the same way again as you can feel that way about your family.
No - american needs to build its empire. America is the only country that can save the rest of the world
@@purpleghost106 excellent point!
CLARO QUE TRUMP DEU O SEU GOP . E AGORA INVENTA UM MONTE DE BABAQUICE . SO PRA FICAR COM AS ESTORIAS E A GRANA TODA . O VIROMENTAL . E CONFUNDIR PRA CONQUISTAR .
Thanks for this vital history. Knowledge is power, and US citizens deserve to know.
So enlightening.