America's Early Role in the Congo Tragedy
Robert Wuliger : Congo
How US financiers helped Belgium's King Leopold rape the homeland of some 20 million Africans.
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The Fight to Save Congo's Forests
Christian Parenti : Environment
A history of colonial neglect and endemic corruption has unleashed a lawless logging binge in the heart of Congo's massive woodlands.
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The Uninvited Guest
Roger Owen : History
Juan Cole's Napoleon's Egypt examines the little dictator's doomed attempt to occupy an Arab country.
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The Illogic of Empire
Gary Younge : India
Iraq is America's colonial war. Arguments for maintaining colonial rule in India are almost identical to the justifications offered for the continuing presence of US troops in Iraq and escalation of the war.
2006
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The Business of America
George Scialabba : Non-Fiction
The American Way of Strategy and Empire's Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.
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Empire as a Way of Life
Two new histories of British imperial rule in India take the narrow view. In fact, the scandal of empire can be isolated neither to Europe nor to the past.
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From Imperialism to Empire
Michael Hardt : America As Empire
The crises faced by Bush signal not only the errors of his Administration but the end of imperialism itself--and the emergence of new, more dangerous forces.
2005
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Gore Vidal, Octocontrarian
Marc Cooper interviews Gore Vidal about an America that is increasingly controlled by corporations and suggests that the Gulf Coast hurricanes and the Iraq debacle signal the breakdown of an empire.
This week: Political shifts in the U.K.; Roberto Lovato and Jeanvieve Williams talk about "Juan Crow," a matrix of anti-immigration laws; and Ross Tuttle and Scott Horton look at the chaos in Guantanamo, as the first detainees head to trial. (13mb mp3)
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