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Mia and James discuss Trump's imperialist drive to take Canada, the Panama Canal, Gaza and Greenland and how it differs from previous versions of free trade American imperialism.
Sources:
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782h
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-direct-action
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/politics/trump-expansion-ideas-what-matters/index.html
https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.9669319
https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/mex/partner/usa
https://www.ilscompany.com/products-imported-from-mexico/
https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/mexico-automotive-industry
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/imports/mexico
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