The Energy of Empire 5. The Philippines - 'Nothing Left to do but Take Them All'

In this fifth instalment of the Energy of Empire series we’ll look at the US invasion of the Philippines, how the nature of the ensuing occupation changed over the following decades, and in what form it persists to this day.

Sources:
The True Flag, by Stephen Kinzer
https://stephenkinzer.com/2016/07/the-true-flag-theodore-roosevelt-mark-twain-and-the-birth-of-american-empire/

Killing Hope, by William Bloom
https://williamblum.org/books/killing-hope

Buying a Slave and The Roots of the Philippines Trafficking Epidemic, produced by Abbey Martin
https://truthout.org/video/empire-files-buying-a-slave-the-hidden-world-of-us-philippines-trafficking/

War by Other Means, produced by John Pilger
http://johnpilger.com/videos/war-by-other-means

Rain and Tears by Neutrin05 https://soundcloud.com/neutrin05
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