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US “Founders” Were Not Liberators
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
03 Feb 2020
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The founders of the United States intended to create a nation dominated by rich white men, and only the struggles of the oppressed have challenged these structures of power, said Dr Gerald Horne, one of the most prolific political authors of the 21st century. “Ultimately, the page is turning with regard to history,” Horne told the producers of a Washington Babylon podcast. “We are entering a stage of agonizing reappraisal of the origins of the United States of America.”

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