History of US empire: The Global South and JFK

Historian Aaron Good discusses US President John F. Kennedy’s policies toward Africa, particularly Congo and its anti-colonial leader Patrice Lumumba, as well as Indonesia’s leftist nationalist leader Sukarno and the assassination of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld. This is the Empire and the Deep State series that Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. This is part 3 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: You can support American Exception at || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at Patreon: Podcast: Newsletter: