Killed by the US

[Orcris]

Being an American, the bourgeois media is always talking about all the people killed by communist regimes. What are some examples of the US or US-backed countries killing and oppressing civilians, though? Off the top of my head, I can think of Israel, apartheid South Africa, and Batista's Cuba killing and oppressing people, but what other examples are there of American imperialism killing civilians?

[Sidagma]

Dude, spin a globe and throw a dart. Nearly every country has a history of being massacred wholesale by the US, a puppet regime backed by the US, or the byproducts of American imperialism.

The collapse of the Soviet bloc led to a drop in life expectancy measured in the double digits and a massive spike in alcoholism and human trafficking. Greece was ruled by US-backed dictators for decades after the "civil war", which wasn't so much a civil war as it was a war that we lost against US and UK-trained anti-left forces, who have now established a party called Golden Dawn that apes those kind of politics. Similarly, groups throughout the middle east and South Asia like the Taliban were brought into the region in an effort to destroy the Left in those places. The US has supported puppet governments in almost(?) every Arab country, Mubarak's Egypt comes immediately to mind. Iran overthrew a brutal US-backed dictator in the establishment of the existing Islamic state. The US has drones patrolling the skies of Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia. The legacy of US imperialism in South America is such that even certain sections of our middle class developing a taste for Quinoa can have disastrous effects that disrupt centuries-old food cultures. Vietnam. Afghanistan. Korea. Japan. Iraq. Not just invading Iraq, but installing Saddam in the first damn place. The establishment of the United States has involved the genocide of over 400 American Indian nations that continue to this day.

If you want a really comprehensive list of US military actions, I recommend On the Justice of Roosting Chickens by Ward Churchill.

[Crabbensmasher]

US involvement in Afghanistan during the Afghan Civil War: The US backed the mujaheddin "freedom fighters" against the Soviets.
Like most major events in history, it's ironic. Many of these freedom fighters were affiliated with the Taliban. The destruction this caused should be apparent in itself.

Moreso, Africa became an all-out Cold War battleground. Half of all the civil wars that occurred during the cold war were at least partly financed by the US.

The list is exhaustive. It goes on and on.

[TheEmancipator]

Shall we start with the Native Americans?

[Nevsky]

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two poor italian immigrants who joined the anarchist worker's movement, were murdered in a show trial by the US-government. One of the many "Red Scare" crimes.

[Sidagma]

Come on, if you wanna bring up the US justice system you can do way better than a couple white guys. The USA has more prisoners than any country on the planet. Not per capita. Total. These prisoners constitute a large majority of industrial production for cents a day, and produce things like furniture for universities and body armor for US soldiers, among many other things. Prisons in the United States are literally funded by the government based on how many prisoners they have, giving the private entities that own them a massive incentive to stuff them as full as possible. And of course there is a major race disparity in who gets put in prisons.

I read an estimate a few years ago that one in nine black men was currently either in prison or on parole, and of course the number has only grown since then.

[Comrade Nasser]

Being an American, the bourgeois media is always talking about all the people killed by communist regimes. What are some examples of the US or US-backed countries killing and oppressing civilians, though? Off the top of my head, I can think of Israel, apartheid South Africa, and Batista's Cuba killing and oppressing people, but what other examples are there of American imperialism killing civilians?

The new Iraqi "democracy" that was instilled after the invasion aren't necessarily saints...

[La Guaneña]

Native Americans and Operation Condor come quickly to mind. Guantanamo is also there for everyone to see.

[Red Commissar]

Some from my knowledge

-Death squads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_squads) and the like in Central America

-Overthrow of Salvador Allende (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_coup_of_1973) in Chile and the consolidation of power by the junta, later total control by Pinochet.

-US and other's involvement in Afghanistan in the 80s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan).

-Nicaragua (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaraguan_Revolution), big time. US was a supporter of the Somoza dictatorship, then supported the contras to bug the Sandinsta government. Contras terrorized the population of Nicaragua.

-Western support for groups like UNITA and RENAMO in Angola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angolan_Civil_War) and Mozambique (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambican_Civil_War) respectively which caused a lot of mayhem in their countries.

-Operation Condor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor) and support for military dictatorships in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.

-Long-time dictator of Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroessner), one of the longest serving heads of state in history going from 1954 to 1989 who outlived his usefulness once the Soviet Union imploded.

-The massive anti-communist purges (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_killings_of_1965–1966) in Indonesia in the 60s as Suharto was rising to power.

-Indonesia's invasion and subsequent occupation of East Timor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_invasion_of_East_Timor).

-American-backed overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27état) because a fruit company got angry.

-Syngman Rhee in South Korea and anti-Communist massacres in 1950 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodo_League_massacre). South Korea, much like Taiwan, was also essentially a dictatorship in the late 60s through the 70s.

-The Congo Crisis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Crisis) and the rise of Mobutu Sese Seko. Mobutu is seen pretty much as the worst dictator to have existed on that continent, tied with Idi Amin I guess (who also, initially, took a pro-western position).

-Like you said, the Apartheid regime in South Africa. The US also supported its colonizing efforts in SW Africa (Namibia) and the wars it was involved in. Many of said wars and insurgent sweeps killed a lot of people, there are plenty of instances of oppression by the government on the blacks and other non-whites in that country especially with forced relocations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_under_apartheid#Forced_removal).

-US intervention in the Dominican Republic, notably in the mid 60s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_the_Dominican_Republic _(1965–66)) to overthrow the government there. There was resistance to this naturally, so people got killed.

-US intervened in Haiti on several occassions in its history. They apparently supported the 1991 Coup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Haitian_coup_d%27état), only to backtrack and remove the military government in the 1994 invasion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Uphold_Democracy). In 2004 another coup took place (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Haitian_coup_d%27état) which is believed to have had involvement from the US.

-On the topic of Haiti, the US was a patron of the zany dictatorship of Papa Doc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Doc) and his son, Baby Doc in an on and off relationship with their governments.

-The US was a strong supporter of the strongman dictator Rafael Trujillo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Trujillo) in the Dominican Republic until he outlived his usefulness.

-The US is widely believed to have supported the abortive 2002 coup in Venezuela (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Venezuelan_coup_d%27état_attempt).

-US and other western countries continued to prop up the authoritarian monarchy in Iran until its end. They intervened in the 50s to oppose moves by the PM to nationalize oil, and in effect moved power away from the civil government back to the monarchy. US continues this logic with support for monarchies in the gulf.

-US support for authoritarian regimes like Egypt's Mubarak (~30 years), Tunisia's Ben Ali (over 20 years), Yemen's Saleh (30 years).

-Iraq was able to garner both US and Soviet support, especially by the 80s in its war against Iran. Saddam's own consolidation of power in that country was believed to have been encouraged by the US because he would've been more open to them than the other parts of the party. In spite of the US's condemnation of chemical weapons in the 90s, the government was more than likely able to develop them because of American support, leading to some significant massacres (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anfal_campaign). Which was then used to justify war later.

-The US probably had some involvement in the coup in Honduras (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Honduran_coup_d%27état) and the failed Ecuador coup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Ecuador_crisis).

-And I guess most amusingly, despite often holding up the Khmer Rouge as an example of communist excess, the US was among several countries that continued to recognize their government as the legitimate Cambodia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Kampuchea#China.2C_East_Asi a_and_the_West) after they were overthrown, in order to oppose the Vietnamese client Cambodia that was by extension pro-Soviet. As such the Khmer Rouge and the non-communist resistance got support from western groups in their efforts.

And a graphic showing US involvement in Latin America.

http://www.soaw.org/presente/images/stories/artists/ilcinkhighressm.jpg

[Starship Stormtrooper]

Wow, Commissar's list is quite extensive, I just thought I'd add that Abu Ghraib and similar facilities in Iraq are also good to bring up as instances of US brutality. Attempts at suppressing movements in the 60s-70s are also good, for example the BIA's complicity in the murder of various Native American activists (In the Spirit of Crazy Horse is good about this) as well as other groups such as Fred Hampton and the BPP.

[Comrade Nasser]

Wow, Commissar's list is quite extensive, I just thought I'd add that Abu Ghraib and similar facilities in Iraq are also good to bring up as instances of US brutality. Attempts at suppressing movements in the 60s-70s are also good, for example the BIA's complicity in the murder of various Native American activists (In the Spirit of Crazy Horse is good about this) as well as other groups such as Fred Hampton and the BPP.

Don't forget Leonard Peltier (the native american) and the new regimes instilled in Iraq and Libya with U.S. support lol. I mean gaddafi was one crazy motherfucker LOL but once the libyan rebels took the capital they hoisted the black and white flag of Al-Qaeda lmfao :laugh:

[Starship Stormtrooper]

Yeah, I should have mentioned him given that the book was mostly about him. No point in recommending a book and not being more specific as to what its about. Have you read it? The number of murder attempts in his first few years in prison was insane (like 3+) and when they couldn't get to him a couple of his friends suspiciously died.

[MP5]

I think Britain could still blow the US out of the water in terms of crimes caused in the name of country but for a relatively young nation you can't accuse the US of not being ambitious in terms of catching up with other countries when you count crimes caused by Capitalism and imperialism.

[Workers-Control-Over-Prod]

The savage killing of 1 million Indonesian Communist sympathizers and every Third Communist Party member through the US financed, supplied and backed Suharto military dictatorship which killed hundreds of thousands of East Timorese through genocide. But the list is really endless.

[Sidagma]

I think Britain could still blow the US out of the water in terms of crimes caused in the name of country but for a relatively young nation you can't accuse the US of not being ambitious in terms of catching up with other countries when you count crimes caused by Capitalism and imperialism.

Honestly? The foundation of the United States is probably on Britain's long list of crimes. Any catching up the US has done is largely because the USA has more resources with which to massively murder people with, and it is of course made easier in that the world now, because of the British and a few other (mostly) European powers, consists of a great many largely powerless post-colonial states. This colonial legacy has done a great job of positioning itself rhetorically as the default, which I think is why a lot of its atrocities go underacknowledged; because of course they happened, why wouldn't they, Europe was civilizing everyone and anyway now everyone's liberal and free, so it was worth it, right?

Hahahahahahahaha just kidding, that liberalization happened because entire continents had their societies decimated by (mostly) Europeans in order to establish global capitalism.

[ckaihatsu]

Amnesty, Pakistan PM Criticize US Drone Program

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX1Zhh_Eq2U


Human rights reports renew debate on Obama's drone policies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpACU2O5-Mo

[argeiphontes]

The "thanks" button refuses to load on my phone, so yes, all of the above. US is basically an outlaw state in international relations. It's ironic that states like Iran are "rogue states" and supporters of "terrorism" but drone strikes are somehow not terrorism.

[Sinister Cultural Marxist]

What about slavery?


The "thanks" button refuses to load on my phone, so yes, all of the above. US is basically an outlaw state in international relations. It's ironic that states like Iran are "rogue states" and supporters of "terrorism" but drone strikes are somehow not terrorism.

Sufficiently old posts on the forum don't have a "Thanks" button actually.

[ckaihatsu]

Yep.

There's more -- it's finally hitting the news somewhat....


Pakistani prime minister slams US for drone strikes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJquJpwpL7o


Pakistani Prime Minister Urges Obama to End Drone Strikes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V56ThJjTNcs


The Drone Reports - US Engaging in Unlawful Killings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt_38BpopqY


US may be guilty of war crimes over drone use -- Amnesty Intl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3POpXof2JHU

[DasFapital]

The 5-0 kills everyday

[Firebrand]

Every flag of every nation is stained with blood. How much blood and who it belonged to, depends on who holds power and what opportunities they had.

[RebelDog]

If the lunatics in congress get to burn every last piece of fossil fuel on earth, like they seem determined to do, then we might as well add future generations and viable human existance to their victims.

[ckaihatsu]

A protest against violence in Yemen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn0xAv2riZY


CrossTalk - Drone Crimes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bCOfzycsXU


Oliver Stone - US doesn't care if it excites Muslim terrorists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68GPU473DQc

[RadioRaheem84]

What should be noted is that the US and it's proxy states deliberately killed millions upon millions of people, whereas the many communist states did not deliberately kill 200 zillion like what anti-communists describe. The deliberate horrible atrocities committed by the ML nations, while awful, number far less. This doesn't exonerate the ML nations but it damn sure puts things into perspective.

The thing is that it's not one nation doing all the slaughtering but an interconnected network of neo-imperialism by the capitalists countries at the center of global capitalism with the elite of the nations in the periphery. So there was never one boogeyman. There is no face per se. Only a system.

And that's just talking about the Cold War! US right wingers and liberals like to think that capitalism began in 1945 and only encompasses the golden era of capitalism with high investment in high tech and welfare, (and how Dengist China brought millions out of poverty :rolleyes:).

I am not even talking about the history of capitalism before 1945 which was just as worse. It's amazing the double standards proponents of capitalism resort to in order to paint capitalism as this humanitarian system.

Read William Blum's books on the Cold War and I am sure there is a 'black book of capitalism' somewhere.

[Flying Purple People Eater]

Sitcoms.

How about the massacre of millions of Indonesian maoists and trotskyists by the US-supplied, US-backed indonesian military? That's something that slips the historybooks a hell of a lot (no surprise since A - the Indonesian government basically banned all literature pertaining to the event and did not teach it as history in school for decades in 1984 fashion, and B - because every western president was cheering the massacre. The Australian PM at the time was actually applauding that the military had killed 'around 950'000 reds', in his own words. Filth). Easily one of the biggest anti-communist slaughters in history.

[RadioRaheem84]

Don't forget the open wars of aggression; Vietnam, Korea, Iraq.

Supplying both sides in the Iraq-Iran conflict. Supporting Apartheid in South Africa and the Apartheid forces in Angola.

Genocide in East Timor, I mean the list goes on. People just do not get how bloody capitalism and the US leading the charge really were/are.

[JudasMaiden]

Also don't forget the sanctions placed on Iraq in which at least 500,000 children died of starvation after the Persian Gulf War.

[RadioRaheem84]

Also don't forget the sanctions placed on Iraq in which at least 500,000 children died of starvation after the Persian Gulf War.

I still don't know the official consensus on that is. The Lancet reported on it but there was a big campaign to discredit those numbers.

[adipocere]

Sitcoms.

How about the massacre of millions of Indonesian maoists and trotskyists by the US-supplied, US-backed indonesian military? That's something that slips the historybooks a hell of a lot (no surprise since A - the Indonesian government basically banned all literature pertaining to the event and did not teach it as history in school for decades in 1984 fashion, and B - because every western president was cheering the massacre. The Australian PM at the time was actually applauding that the military had killed 'around 950'000 reds', in his own words. Filth). Easily one of the biggest anti-communist slaughters in history.

What the heck are you talking about? According to The American Point of View™ from the New Oxford American Dictionary:

Suharto: Indonesian president 1968-98. As president, he restored political, social, and economic stability to Indonesia, but after the economy began to falter in 1997 and opposition to his rule spread in 1998, he resigned from office.


You just hate 'Murica.

[ckaihatsu]

ARE THE DEMOCRATS REALLY THE “PEACE PARTY?”

“Our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do what we please….Our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.”
--President Barack Obama

I. Introduction

These words come from the president of the United States. As is so often the case, we see lofty ideals and glittering generalities used to describe our nation’s foreign policy. These words make for good press and they could perhaps inspire another generation of young idealists. However, these words are, alas, only words. They exist independently of the actual policies that the United States government pursues in countries around the globe. More importantly, these words stand in stark contrast to the human and material costs of U.S. foreign policy around the world.

II. Syria

The fact of the matter is that under President Obama and the Democratic Party as well as under President George W. Bush and the Republican Party, we see a startling contrast between professed ideals and actual policy. For example, concerning the strife-torn nation of Syria, President Obama forcefully asserted that he did not need either a resolution from the United Nations Security Council or a formal declaration of war from the United States Congress in order to begin punitive air strikes against Syria. There is no doubt that President Obama would have carried out these attacks but for the fact that the people of the United States, weary of the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, simply said “no” in opinion poll after opinion poll and in letters to their senators and representatives. The margin of opposition was overwhelming. Otherwise, President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, veterans of the fine art of ignoring public opinion, would have commenced the bombing of Syria.

It should be noted here that "liberal" senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), as well as Hillary Clinton and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) announced their support for a bombing strike. As for Stenny Hoyer (D-MD), second in command among Democrats to Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. House of Representatives, he advocated bombing Syria without Congressional approval if negotiations failed.

Yes, the use of chemical weapons against civilians in Syria was horrific. However, the bombing of Syria proposed by President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry would only have added to the body count and the increased human suffering in that war-torn country. It should also be noted that this Democratic president has continued the war in Afghanistan.

III. Interventionism

While many people thrill to the liberal rhetoric about peace and equality around the globe, the fact of the matter is that liberal Democratic administrations in Washington D.C. have been little different from their Republican counterparts in their willingness to intervene in the affairs of other nations. Often when liberal Democratic presidents do order U.S. troops to intervene, it is at the request of local dictators, local privileged elites, or U.S. owned companies in those nations. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy authorized the Bay of Pigs invasion of the small island nation of Cuba. Cuba, which had recently undergone a popular revolution, displayed a streak of independence which displeased policymakers in Washington. Four years later, in 1965, then President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered U.S. forces into another tiny island nation—the Dominican Republic. Johnson and his Secretary of State Dean Rusk complained that there was a “Communist presence” in the government of left-leaning populist, Juan Bosch. This government was overthrown and then, in the aftermath, a new election was commissioned which resulted in the “election” of a safe right-wing candidate to the presidency.

IV. A Bi-Partisan Foreign Policy

Since 1965 both Democratic and Republican administrations have pursued essentially the same foreign policy with regard to interventions, wars, and counter-insurgencies. In both Democratic and Republican administrations, there is the same commitment to sending troops to areas of the world where regimes in power act independently of Washington or where popular forces wish to determine their own future rather than to serve the interests of any outside nation.

There was the Korean war waged under Truman (D) and Eisenhower (R); the Congo intervention under Eisenhower (R); the Vietnam war waged under Eisenhower, Kennedy (D), Johnson (D), Nixon (R), and Ford (R); the Chile intervention under Nixon; the Grenada invasion under Reagan (R); the Panama invasion under George H.W. Bush (R), the bombing of Kosovo under Clinton (D), the Iraq war under George Bush (R); and the Afghanistan war under Bush and Obama(D). And that is only a partial list.


In other ways, U.S. policy remains the same regardless of whether the majority party in the U.S. Congress is the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. In nations such as Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvadore or Colombia, the United States strategy of counterinsurgency warfare is continued seamlessly. Under this strategy, to “militarize” and “modernize” the country in ways approved of by the local economic elite. Often this means the deployment of local military forces with U.S. advisers through the country so that dissident elements can be “pacified.” This was Plan Colombia begun in Colombia during the last days of the administration of President Bill Clinton. This policy has provided billions of dollars of aid to brutal and corrupt regimes whose policies have resulted in the deaths of 500,000 civilians and the murder of 500 trade unionists. This program of aide continued through and Bush Presidency and is still policy under the Obama administration.

V. The War at Home

In addition to pursuing a foreign policy that is not different from that practiced by the Republicans, the Democrats have also conducted the “war on terror” in a manner that does not differ from the policies of the GOP. For example, one of the legacies of the Bush Administration—the Guantanamo Bay concentration camp—continues under the Obama Administration. In addition, the Obama Administration has even expanded the breadth and depth of government spying on U.S. citizens. Witness the massive gathering by the National Security Administration (NSA) of the electronic communications of millions of ordinary citizens. Another example would be the unprecedented use by the Obama Administration to use sections of the antiquated and unjust Sedition Act (passed in 1917 to suppress anti-war dissent) to persecute and prosecute whistleblowers who call attention to many of these policies. Finally, we must mention the Obama Administration’s unprecedented use of drones to target insurgents overseas in countries like Yemen and Pakistan. Some of these targets are U.S. citizens.

IV. Where Do We Go From Here?

Recently, a pundit on television stated that Democratic foreign policy is not different from Republican foreign policy because the more dovish Democratic Party does not want to seem weak. While that may be true of some individuals, a more fundamental reason is that both parties receive most of their financial support from the corporate, banking, and financial elite in the United States. On some social issues like abortion and marriage equality, the Democratic Party seems more enlightened than the GOP. However the Democrats pursue the same foreign policy as the Republicans because both parties are committed to extending the prerogatives of American and international business throughout the world. If furthering these private interests requires military intervention, so be it. If low intensity counter-insurgency programs are needed to terrorize local populations, so be it. If illegal and secretive measures are needed to cover up some of the unsavory details of these policies, then these will be undertaken. These two parties raise billions of dollars from corporate and business sources. Aren’t we somewhat naïve if we then believe that they will pursue policies that are harmful to their sources of support?

VI. Independent Politics

If Americans wish to see a different foreign policy, we will have to begin to build a political party that is not accountable to the same interests that fund both the Democrats and Republicans. Won’t this be hard to do? Yes. Is it essential? Yes as well. This would be a party that would be based on the American labor movement and it would be a party that would speak for all workers, organized and unorganized. This is the only way to end the bipartisan foreign policy of wars, interventions and counter-insurgencies.

Issued by the Emergency Labor Network (ELN)
For more information write [email protected] or P.O. Box 21004, Cleveland, OH 44121 or call 216-736-4715 or visit our website at http://laborfightback.org/eln/
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[ckaihatsu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHVjDiUm2IY

[ckaihatsu]

On Capitol Hill, Yemenis Tell of Drone Terror

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umC2N4zo0b8


San Francisco residents protest police brutality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbujeISISzg

[ckaihatsu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGe0Gouv3Y

[ckaihatsu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0lTpMJD1zg

[ckaihatsu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs_Oau0j_B8

[Ocean Seal]

Active Killing
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TR-MDhay2rA/TWAm7KPI9KI/AAAAAAAAANs/88zzIcOC9zo/s320/saigon%2Bexecution.jpg
Passive Killing
http://africaisdonesuffering.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/starvation.jpg

[ckaihatsu]

Missouri executes man after SCOTUS granted stay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PRifBpoW6A


Police Deaths Down, Police Killings Stay High

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w9HgHi6y-k


Video of cop shooting Arizona man contradicts police report

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJvfdV5G3GI


Woman gets forgotten in jail for five months

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XKb1FPE-HQ

[DoCt SPARTAN]

Look up the Banana Wars....

[tachosomoza]

The ground you walk on in the US is full of Native and African and Chinese bones. Many of whom didn't die in their sleep.

[Prometeo liberado]

The seed of The School of The Americas didn't flourish into a flowery enough field for you?

[La Guaneña]

"If the yankees come here to kill, they also deserve to die."

Fidel Castro, on the invasion of Santo Domingo in 1965.

"To die for the motherland is to live"

On the iminent (and very failed) attack on Girón.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcFJ2UxMniM

The cuban people have resisted with dignity to the worse things that the yankees had to throw at them, and to this day they pay the price for their boldness.

[BornDeist]

I suggest you read "On Western Terrorism" by Noam Chomsky. It's a short book based on a conversation he had, but it's entirely based on things Western Imperialism has caused.