Word: imperialists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sudan is probably farther off than ever. The government promptly recognized East Germany on the basis of East Berlin's opposition to Israel, and announced its intention of sending a mission to Moscow to seek arms. At home, the new rulers hinted at nationalizing "local capital with imperialist connections," which could only sound ominous to the owners of Sudan's British Petroleum, Shell and Mobil oil interests. The military character of the regime, moreover, probably also means a stepped-up campaign against the blacks in the south. Even in the capital, the coup may not long remain bloodless...
Though I find the words "imperialist" and "revolutionary" rather droll in American usage, now I wonder if the generation gap is not something more than that--a distinction between a search for truth and a belief in forms. When the non-violent and stupid excesses of those without authority are met by the grisly, sadistic, and inordinate excesses of authority, where is "academic freedom" or "democratic process"? And where are they when the authorities excuse their own excesses as "only human, after all." I know of no such humanity...
...elite is no accident: many prestigious Harvard professors and administrators are deacons of the church of American empire. Their hands are bloody. The work they do ends in the murder of millions and the looting of the resources of the world. Official Harvard is a dynamo in the imperialist machine...
Early last Fall, SDS focused its attention on the presence of ROTC at Harvard. As the New York Times pointed out in December. ROTC-graduated second lieutenants play a vital role in the Vietnam War. From a broader perspective, the U.S. military provides support for America's more refined imperialist presence in underdeveloped countries around the world with soldiers, weapons technology, and training in counter-insurgency methods...
Kissinger calls himself a political independent. "If I were in 19th century Great Britain," he says, "I might be a Disraeli Conservative in domestic affairs, but not in foreign policy." Disraeli was an unabashed imperialist. Kissinger, by contrast, believes that U.S. power must not be spread too thinly, especially in politically underdeveloped areas that Americans little understand...