What Gives Imperialists the Right to Use the Word Democracy' w/ Vijay Prashad

When a powerful country imposes what it claims is “democracy” on other countries, it demeans the whole idea and crushes the possibility of any real democracy from taking root. Such a “democracy” — imposed by war or regime change – is destructive to the potential of the people and to a planet facing the threat of ecological devastation. Vijay Prashad, the Executive Director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and Chief Editor of LeftWord Books, speaks on the state of democracy in the United States. #BreakThroughNews