bsmall2Sep 18, 2025
> His fervor to “Christianize” the Filipinos, most of whom were already practicing Catholics, suggested his ignorance of conditions on the islands. He certainly had no idea that they were in the throes of the first anticolonial revolution in the modern history of Asia.
> “The episode marked a pivotal point in the American experience,” Stanley Karnow wrote in his history of the Philippines.
https://libcom.org/article/us-conquest-philippines-1898-1902
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The US conquest of the Philippines, 1898-1902

An account of the American takeover of the Philippines, beginning with the US defeating Spain, and ending with it brutally suppressing Filipino resistance, written by Stephen Kinzer.

libcom.org
ecosentidoNov 12, 2022

The colonial legacy of environmental injustice in U.S. territories

#USterritories face many environmental challenges, but research on #environmentalInjustice often neglects these locations. A new study shows that the burdens of environmental crimes inequitably fall on these #islands and the vulnerable people that live there.
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https://environment-review.yale.edu/colonial-legacy-environmental-injustice-us-territories

The colonial legacy of environmental injustice in U.S. territories

The United States’ legacy of colonialism is alive and well in its territories across the world. While scholars often describe the current era as one of “post”-colonialism, world powers like the United States maintain an extractive hold on distant lands. For example, the residents of these islands across the Caribbean and the Pacific exist in a political limbo where they are barred from many benefits that citizens have in the 50 states.

Yale Environment Review