“How to Hide an Empire”: Daniel Immerwahr on the History of the Greater ...

CA
Search




3

Avatar image


3:23 / 30:32
#USterritories #UShistory #PuertoRico
“How to Hide an Empire”: Daniel Immerwahr on the History of the Greater United States
343,144 views•Mar 5, 2019

8.5K

305

SHARE

SAVE


Democracy Now!
675K subscribers

“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.

#USterritories #UShistory #PuertoRico

Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org

Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: https://democracynow.org/donate

FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:
YouTube: http://youtube.com/democracynow
Facebook: http://facebook.com/democracynow
Twitter: https://twitter.com/democracynow
Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracynow
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/democracynow
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/demo...
Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
Category
News & Politics
1,921 Comments
Auggie Giuseppe
Add a public comment...
georgetheonlyporge
georgetheonlyporge
2 weeks ago
Immerwahr is a great name. It literally means: always true.

44


Erich Von Molder
Erich Von Molder
1 year ago (edited)
The US plays fast and loose with history and 99% of people don't know anything about it.  An Excellent Video!

127


Game Queen
Game Queen
1 year ago
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.

589


Hello Giddy
Hello Giddy
1 year ago (edited)
This should be taught in Philippine schools...

54


Richard Burt
Richard Burt
1 year ago
This interview is a must-see!  I learned so much . . . and am horrified.

58


The Four Horsemen
The Four Horsemen
1 week ago
If you cannot see that the United States is an empire, you haven't been paying attention.

38


Paul Gibby
Paul Gibby
1 year ago (edited)
Immerwahr auf Deutsch means "Always True". Book ordered. Thanks DN and Mr. Immerwahr.

185


Joey Mccullough
Joey Mccullough
2 weeks ago
And these guys judged the Germans at Nuremburg, no hypocrisy there....

75


Carole McDonnell
Carole McDonnell
1 year ago
Wow! That was soo good! Thanks, Democracy Now!

139


Jasper Paolo
Jasper Paolo
1 year ago
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”

165


Barbara Bartleson
Barbara Bartleson
2 weeks ago (edited)
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 .. 😲‼️

39


Andy Feehan
Andy Feehan
1 year ago
The USA has a loooooong shadow to acknowledge. God dammit.

125


Joe M
Joe M
1 year ago
Carry on the work of Howard Zinn's critique of US Imperialism.

43


Mark El
Mark El
1 year ago
The government STILL experiments on us (service members).

During Operation Iraqi Freedom, they shot us up with an EXPERIMENTAL Anthrax vaccine.

If we refused we were subject to UCMJ punishment for disobeying orders. 

I know a couple of people who have lifelong medical issues due to the vaccine.

It didn’t adversely effect all of us, but it did for some.

The government/DoD still uses service members as guinea pigs.

329


Katrina O'Connor
Katrina O'Connor
2 weeks ago
Cornelius Rhodes does not have a "dual legacy". He's a depraved psychopath period. 22:22

31


Shawn Steven
Shawn Steven
1 year ago
The US must be stopped

17


Annaliza
Annaliza
2 weeks ago (edited)
This is important for people to know.  Its gross how the U.S. hides such horrific information on the countries they colonize.  I am also angry that they exposed my father to Agent Orange during his time in the Vietnam War, an unnecessary war.  He is in his 80's with Alzheimer, PTSD, and agoraphoia.  The government disgust me.

109


guariba63
guariba63
11 months ago (edited)
Beautiful Name: "immerwahr" in german means "always true"... A program...

9


MrLorbu
MrLorbu
1 year ago
Well with a name like "Immerwahr" you cannot tell something untrue anyway, so good job :)

8


Anita Kyota
Anita Kyota
2 weeks ago
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

16


terriej123
terriej123
1 year ago
“Imperial shopping-spree”

10


Lying Dutchman
Lying Dutchman
1 year ago
I was thoroughly impressed with this interview, as well as with the excellent two-parter on surveillance capitalism. These issues are critically important. Thanks for providing informative, in-depth discussions on these topics. You won't see any such substantive segments on CNN or MSNBC...

51


Rolla Films
Rolla Films
1 year ago (edited)
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.

37


Cheryl R Leigh
Cheryl R Leigh
1 year ago
Excellent interview! Just purchased via audible.com; many thanks to Democracy Now! and Daniel Immerwahr.

43


No thankyou
No thankyou
1 year ago
Excellent report DN!

53


akbar farzin
akbar farzin
2 weeks ago
USA build same way as Israel build for surely!!!

13


Lisa Houserman Lounging with Lisa
Lisa Houserman Lounging with Lisa
1 year ago
This is a good interview so far. Thanks.

36


Cj Earle
Cj Earle
1 week ago
The fact that this guy never seen a map with Puerto Rico on it says a lot about our awesome school system!! Wooo captolizium

8


Rodney Boone
Rodney Boone
2 weeks ago
Just like they experimented with African Americana in 1942 (the syphilis experiment)

42


bangmeister2012
bangmeister2012
11 months ago
Just imagine what sorts of things the shady gov is up to now. Spreading democracy? I think not

6


PMS
PMS
1 year ago
The U.S. Executive and Legislative branches are willing to invest in foreign wars of covet and subversion yet unwilling to extend human rights or statehood to targets of U.S. foreign aggression.

50


Daniel Steel
Daniel Steel
1 year ago
Sometimes, I really really love Democracy Now!

7


Complex Carbivorous
Complex Carbivorous
1 week ago (edited)
If informed people all over the world were asked which country is the biggest threat to world peace, the obvious answer would be the USA.

24


BLOODY POND LIVES
BLOODY POND LIVES
1 year ago
Yes you can say the United States is the new Rome.

223


micha McV.
micha McV.
1 year ago
you guys forgot to mention all the FAKE peaceagreements!

20


Remy Grunge
Remy Grunge
1 year ago
Ea, socio! Tu eres Boriícua? Saludos desde Caguas!

8


DJ Trevi
DJ Trevi
1 year ago
This should be shown even every history class! Great video.

14


crownretro
crownretro
1 year ago
I found this fascinating, absolutely fascinating, for some reason

11


Brandon Fouts
Brandon Fouts
2 weeks ago
1.5 million dead in Philippines -  685,000 US soldiers died in the entire WWII, right?  US people have no idea what is going on.

12


David Scholz
David Scholz
1 year ago
Any other German realized the meaning of the name of the writer? 😂
Immerwahr= always true

13


Man In A Pit
Man In A Pit
1 year ago
Quality episode.  Thanks for this high standard program

18


Chadmon Jackson
Chadmon Jackson
1 year ago
So like the rest of the world if  the state doesn’t have enough whites it’s not a state🤔or relatively important hmm

66


Charlie Jose
Charlie Jose
1 year ago
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.

36


James Quinlan
James Quinlan
1 year ago
Incredible story, thanks democracy now!

29


Tom Greg
Tom Greg
1 year ago
Right on, professor! I just added your book to my list! Thank you, sir!

5


richard ouvrier
richard ouvrier
1 year ago
Dr Rhoads of Harvard sounds like a Mengele.

5


BLOODY POND LIVES
BLOODY POND LIVES
1 year ago
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.

568


Romano Uni
Romano Uni
1 year ago
I am buying this book on Kindle as I watch this video. Amazing interview!

6


JAY YOUNG
JAY YOUNG
1 year ago
"Imperial shopping spree." 😂😂😂

1


Dr. Octo
Dr. Octo
2 weeks ago
amazing interview, love foreing policy ralated stuff!

2


Ed edd
Ed edd
1 year ago
I wish I could share this on Facebook and Facebook not deleting it

25


J
J
1 year ago
I want to see this info animated with with a Risk game board.

17


Nj Osborne
Nj Osborne
1 year ago
One of my favorite books is
“Our Islands And Their People”
It’s beautifully engraved but the title describes Our Interests ULTIMATELY‼️