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David Vine, author of Island of Shame, discusses the forty year exile of the Chagossians from their homeland on Diego Garcia and the larger Chagos Archipelago; the history of the Chagossians and their claim to the land that now houses a huge and strategic US military base; the US history of racism and displacing natives during land grabs; and the Pentagon’s strategy of using lily-pad bases to dominate the globe.

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