The U.S. is going through an emotional meltdown about people who might be meddling in their affairs. At the same time, we read in the NYT that U.S. officials have met several times with Venezuelan army officers that are described as "renegades" over whether or not a military coup should occur against Maduro. Yves Engler describes the activities of the "Lima Group" that plans Venezuela's destabilization via funding opposition forces and information warfare. Canada's social-democratic party, the NDP, has either remained silent or overtly supported the U.S./Canadian attempts to overthrow a social-democratic government.
At the same time, who is paying attention to the soft coup in Brazil against popular president Lula? Not the NDP. Engler explains that the NDP largely follows the corporate media in determining its foreign policy. That's a reason why it no longer follows its own doctrinal policy to get out of NATO. Engler details long history of pro-militarist positions upheld by the NDP. He also discusses George Grant's role in promoting a kind of liberal Canadian nationalism that ends up supporting empire. The missionary language of "doing good" in the world always leads to buying more ships and planes in order to spread Canadian goodness throughout the world. In this way, Canada is a willing "sub-partner" in U.S. exceptionalism.
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