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The world’s growing economy continues to be dependent on oil. Meanwhile, the supply is running out and the U.S. the US is fighting a war in Iraq to secure the free flow of oil. In fact, this dependence on Middle East oil is a historical legacy going back all the way to FDR. That’s the premise of a book by Michael T Klare, a professor of peace and world security studies. In his book, Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America\u2019s Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum, Klare argues that the nation’s energy behavior dominated by four key trends: “an increasing need for imported oil; a pronounced shift toward unstable and unfriendly suppliers in dangerous parts of the world; a greater risk of anti-American or civil violence; and increased competition for what will likely be a diminishing supply pool.” In clear, lucid prose, Klare lays out a disheartening and damning indictment of U.S. foreign policy. Michael T Klare’s earlier book was Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict. He serves on the boards of directors of Human Rights Watch, and the Arms Control Association. He is a regular contributor to many publications including The Nation, Tom’s Dispatch, Mother Jones, and is a frequent columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus.<\/p>\n Now, the Media Education Foundation has just released a brand new documentary based on Michael T. Klare’s book, Blood and Oil. This hour long, compelling film by the same name as the book, is narrated by Michael T Klare and features rare, vintage footage as well as contemporary news clips to weave a clear picture of why the US fights wars for oil. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Support KPFK – Make a pledge at 818-985-5735, or online at www.kpfk.org. The world’s growing economy continues to be dependent on oil. Meanwhile, the supply is running out and the U.S. the US is fighting a war in Iraq to secure the free flow of oil. In fact, this dependence on Middle East oil is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Support KPFK – Make a pledge at 818-985-5735, or online at www.kpfk.org<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n