American Imperialism

[DisruptiveBehaviour]

For those who do not know what Imperialism is, here is a short definition provided by dictionary.com

imperialism n. The policy, practice, or advocacy of seeking, or acquiescing in, the extension of the control, dominion, or empire of a nation, as by the acquirement of new, esp. distant, territory or dependencies, or by the closer union of parts more or less independent of each other for operations of war, copyright, internal commerce, etc.

Shortly put, that means a nation state trying to extend its control or influence over an area or country, in aggresive diplomacy, or direct military invasion.

I would also like to note that the countries here are only those affected negatively by imperialism and also, that I have only listed countries that were directly affected by imperialism, this includes;
Installing puppet leaders, squashing of a coup , assasination of a leader, helping a coup against a leader, spreading of propaganda and trade blockades
So most , (if not all) of the countries listed will have had one or more of the previous actions inflicted upon them by the United States of America.

So finally, thanks to Joon , Thursday night , Crazy Pete , CCCP , Timbaly and KrazyKilla I have compiled a list of countries affected by American Imperialism in the last century.

Countries affected by American Imperialism:
Afghanistan

Angola

Bosnia

Cambodia

China

Chile

Cuba

The Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Greece

Grenada

Guam

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiwaï

Haïti

Honduras

Iran

Iraq

Panama

Phillipenes

Puerto Rico

Poland

Korea (North & South)

Kuwait

Laos

Libya

Nicaragua

Mexico

Samoa

Somalia

Vietnam (North & South)

Virgin Islands

Yugoslavia

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Note: This is incomplete so *if you have anymore countries you would like add or remove or would like to add definitions of how imperialism affected them please email me.

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[Pete]

March 19 2003. Iraq.

[timbaly]

Dominican Republic

I also heard that the US wouldn't give Italy aid after WWII unless they expelled the Socialists in the parliament.. But thats bullying not really imperialism.

[thursday night]

Indeed, Western Europe has been affected very much by American imperialism. A different kind of imperialist than Third World countries have been subjected to, not militarist and brutal but subliminal things: infiltrating socialist/leftist/progressive circles, bribing, supporting right-wing terrorism, rigging elections (especially in Italy) and so forth.

[Non-Sectarian Bastard!]

Greece, for fighting the leftist opposition with arms and money. Setting up a rightwing dictatorial government.

Italy, widespread campaign in the US, calling up American Italians to convince their Italian families not to support communists.

[DisruptiveBehaviour]

Email me I said! My email adress is in my profile..

[mentalbunny]

Can you put details next to the countries' names, and also can a Mod sticky this thread.

[KRAZYKILLA]

Guyana---- 2001.... america sent troops to stop a militairy coup of the parliament...... please include guyana. also Poland in 1945... after the defeat of Germany the US made some HORRIFIC bounday lines of Poland... poland is actually half germany and half poland is claimed by the russians.

[chamo]

You should also add in the affect on the UK. The masturbation of the United Kindom if you will. Making a puppet of a nation's leader. It is pure ventriloquy.

In all the whole list is a disgusting compilation of the prosperity of a nation.

[Larissa]

"I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great
country away from them. There were great
numbers of people who needed new land,
and the Indians were selfishly trying
to keep it for themselves."
-- John Wayne

The imperialist propagand thru the movie industry

[Borincano]

Puerto Rico still suffers under American imperialism. :(

[DisruptiveBehaviour]

I have added all countries that you have requested, and am trying to work on how they were affected by American Imperialism..

Happyguy, I can't put the UK under there because the ties are much too indirect, or else I could put Canada, Australia, and basically any country in the world.
And Borincano, Puerto Rico is up there

[mentalbunny]

Thanks, disruptive behaviour, i think this is an awesome thread, great idea!!!

[Palmares]

Russia as well, sending in thier troops to help the 'White Russians'.

[Invader Zim]

Every third world country. They are poor because western companies rip them off, and follow the western economys, America dominates ALL western economies, and as such the companies which rip off the people of the third world.

[Wenty]

http://www.neravt.com/left/invade.htm - Let the Bloody truth be told, at last!

Metal Bunny - that quote you have is quite annoying actuallly, it reminds me of a similiar title in the mirror. It was so condescending! How dare they talk down to us, they're not an authority in anything!

[mentalbunny]

Errrr, excuse me Comrade Wenty? I don't understand what you're talking about, and I'm mentalbunny, not metal bunny.

[Wenty]

sorry, the point still stands though

[YerbaMateJ]

Quote: from Larissa on 7:14 pm on Mar. 21, 2003
"I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great
country away from them. There were great
numbers of people who needed new land,
and the Indians were selfishly trying
to keep it for themselves."
-- John Wayne

The imperialist propagand thru the movie industry


Did John Wayne say that in a movie or real life? It's a fine line, I know.

And then John Wayne Ron became president...

[Moondog]

I got this list off of adbusters.com, in an article called "America Against the World". Thought you guys might be interested, theres a few that you missed. Enjoy.

WORLD WAR II 1941-45
Fought Axis forces for three years; first nuclear war, against Japan.

GREECE 1947-49
Supports and directs extreme right in civil war.

PHILIPPINES 1948-54
CIA directs war against leftist Huk Rebellion.

PUERTO RICO 1950
Nationalist insurrection challenges American occupation; US command operation puts down rebellion.

KOREAN WAR 1950-53
Joins South Korea and other allies to fight China and North Korea.

IRAN 1953
CIA directs overthrow of elected left-leaning government, installs Shah.

GUATEMALA 1954
CIA directs exile invasion and overthrow of leftist government; military junta installed.

LEBANON 1958
US occupation ends under UN Observer Group.

VIETNAM WAR 1960-75
Fought South Vietnam rebels and North Vietnam forces; 1-2 million killed.

CUBA 1961
CIA-directed "Bay of Pigs" invasion.

LAOS 1962
Green Berets active in training, military buildup, support of rightist forces during guerrilla war.

PANAMA 1964
Control of Panama Canal Zone challenged; rioting against US forces.

INDONESIA 1965
Army coup assisted to an unknown degree by CIA; left-leaning elected government toppled; between 250,000 to 1,000,000 lives lost.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1965-66
Troops invade during election as pre-emptive action against leftist rebellion or communist government.

GUATEMALA 1966-67
Command operation; Green Berets aid in combat against leftist rebels.

CAMBODIA 1969-75
War against leftist forces; intense bombing; up to 2 million killed.

OMAN 1970
US directs Iranian invasion in support of Omani government against Marxist "Dhufar rebellion."

LAOS 1971-73
US directs South Vietnamese invasion.

CHILE 1973
CIA-backed coup ousts elected leftist president; rightist dictator installed.

ANGOLA 1976-92
CIA assists South African-backed rebels.

EL SALVADOR 1981-92
Advisors aid government forces against leftist rebels.

NICARAGUA 1981-90
US directs guerrilla exile invasion ("Contra war") against revolutionary government; US forces plant mines.

LEBANON 1982-84
Marines help police negotiated evacuation of Palestine Liberation Organization; US forces combat Muslim and Syrian fighters in support of Christian government.

HONDURAS 1983-89
Military bases established for US-backed "Contra war" with Nicaragua.

GRENADA 1983-84
US troops topple pro-Cuban government.

LIBYA 1986
Air strikes against nationalist government with terrorist links.

BOLIVIA 1986
Operation Blast Furnace; US troops and Bolivian police face peasant resistance in cocaine-producing regions.

IRAN 1987-88
Intervention on side of Iraq in war against Iran.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 1989
Troops restore order after civil unrest spurred by Hurricane Hugo.

PHILIPPINES 1989
Armed US aircraft support constitutional government against failed coup.

PANAMA 1989-90
Nationalist government ousted by 27,000 US soldiers; more than 2,000 people killed.

GULF WAR 1990-
Operation Desert Storm drives Iraq out of Kuwait; 200,000+ killed. No-fly zone ongoing; periodic bombing.

SOMALIA 1992-94
US-led United Nations occupation during civil war.

YUGOSLAVIA 1992-94
US troops in NATO operation to enforce sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro.

BOSNIA 1993-95
Operation Deny Flight patrols civil war no-fly zone; air combat, Serbs bombed.

HAITI 1994-96
Troops restore elected leftist president to office three years after coup.

CROATIA 1995
American and NATO forces attack Bosnian Serb airfields prior to Croatian offensive.

SUDAN 1998
Pharmaceutical factory with terrorist links bombed; retaliation for terrorist attacks on US embassies in Africa.

AFGHANISTAN 1998
Bombing of Islamic fundamentalist military camps; retaliation for terrorist attacks on US embassies in Africa.

YUGOSLAVIA 1999
US aircraft play the key role in heavy NATO air strikes against Serbian forces in Kosovo.

COLOMBIA 2000
Special Forces train anti-narcotics and anti-rebel battalions, supply combat aircraft.

MACEDONIA 2001
US forces in NATO's Operation Essential Harvest partially disarm Albanian rebels.

AFGHANISTAN 2001
In retaliation for terrorist attacks in US, forces attempt ouster of Afghanistan's Taliban government, attack bases linked to Islamic militant Osama bin Laden.

[firehead]

MEXICO.
Don't forget the invasions my country has suffered and how we lost california, arizona, new mexico and other states that formed half of our territory

[Dirty Jersey]

it wouls seem the countrys he had up were just the ones we dabbled in from ww2 til now. but thats a good point. i would like to know what countrys we fucked with before ww2. on a side note thats a phat name picture thingy dealy. i dont know what they are called but you know what i mean right?

[AINATANIA]

South Africa - The mobilisation and militancy of the black working class had grown to the point that it could no longer be kept at bay just by repression -thus threatening the white bourgeoisie's rule (**). US imperialism had noticed the time for change had come, thus pressing De Klerk's government and other representatives of the white ruling class into accepting some kind of concessions -i.e. a largely restrained "government of the (black) majority".

Argentina - Argentina witnessed a revival of workers fights and middle class unrest, both of which undermined the social foundations of the dictatorship. The military defeat in the Malvinas War at the hands of the UK-USA imperialist coalition brought about its collapse

[hazard]

lest we forget CANADA?

war of 1812 ( north american subset )

[Wolfie]

And dont forget all the worldwide political strings it has pulled, bieng 'the superpower' and all.

[kingbee]

cheers moondog- easier for someone to describe what the actions were instead of letting us guessing.

AINATANIA- re apartheid- the cia (apparently) helped capture nelson mandela in the first place, and also dick cheney was against the release of mandela, due to him being an "unruly terrorist". (mandela held no grudges despite being innocent and being put into prison for 27 years, and his first request on being released were sunglasses, which i think is well cool)

[angry]

let us not forget, iceland, yankee go home !!! :angry:

[Dirty Jersey]

hey kingbee. its all in this book killing hope.

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[Borincano]

Click here: A Chapter of USA Imperialism will End (http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/topic.pl?forum=11&topic=3575)

[Subcomandante Marcos]

Chile.

After the undiscriminated intervention if the US on the decade of the 70 and ending with the coup of 73 up until now the US has been present

after the elections of 88 everyone has been too afraid of the US to do anything, my government almost cried when rumsfeld said it was angry at chile because it wouldnt support their position on the oil war, they even proposed to vote against the human rights presented to the security council some time ago.

[ndppinko]

Mexico should be added to the list because the USA squashed the Zapatistas with incredible (and unnecessary) force in 1994.

[Lefty]

Thanks, guys. I am doing a project in english on U.S. imperialism, and this thread will be the basis of my "history of u.s. imperialism" section.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

nice list, comrade. I sent you a message, but I'll write it here anyway.
Brazil suffered for twenty years under a right-wing dictatorship greatly supported by the U$.

[Konstatin Ivanov]

2003
American/British Invasion and State Terrorism of the Iraqi People

Estimated civilian deaths: over 3,500 people

In March 2003 the literally satanic U.S. military/government launched a murderous invasion of Iraq. Disregarding America’s widely scorned state propaganda, there are three true reasons for the invasion and occupation: 1) taking control of Iraq’s oil; 2) forcing Iraq to return to using the dollar instead of the euro for oil payments; 3) eliminating the largest, independent Arab power on behalf of the terrorist, racist State of Israel.

Along with its British puppets the American military destroyed the hopelessly outgunned Iraqi military, once again slaughtering thousands of Iraqi civilian men, women and children in the process. The invaders now occupy the country.

See report and photos:
Satanic American/British Babykillers: State Terrorism of the Iraqi People



See also:

American-British Terrorism of the Iraqi People 1991-2003

The 3 BIG LIES About Iraq

The Fire This Time: U.S. War Crimes in the Gulf

Desert Slaughter: The Imperialist War Against Iraq

The Highway of Death

Iraq’s Poisoned Water

Bibliography:
American Sanctions Against the Iraqi People

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1948 – Present
American/Israeli State Terrorism of the Palestinian People

Estimated civilian deaths: 100,000 Palestinian people

From the very beginning of the Zionist State of Israel in 1948, the racist Israelis have mass-murdered and terrorized the Palestinian people.

One of the earliest and most notorious incidents of Israeli terrorism was the Deir Yassin massacre in April, 1948. 250 Palestinian men, women and children were murdered in cold blood by Menachem Begin’s Zionist “Irgun” group as it went from house to house seeking to drive all Palestinians out of their ancient homeland. It hasn’t gotten any better since then.

Besides murdering women and children, Israelis routinely torture Palestinian prisoners in jail. And almost all of it has been kept hidden by the mainstream American mass-media for 55 years.

Just to give you another example of who the Israelis really are: in 1946, Menachem Begin’s terrorist organization blew up the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, murdering British nurses, in order to drive the British out of Palestine. Israeli society later rewarded Menachem Begin by electing him Prime Minister.

And another example: on June 8, 1967 the armed forces of Israel killed 34 U.S. Navy sailors during a sustained air and sea attack on the USS Liberty.

In 1982 the Israelis invaded Lebanon and murdered 17,500 people. During the Israeli occupation, Ariel Sharon was the primary authority behind the massacres at the Shatilla and Sabra refugee camps in which over 1000 helpless Palestinian children, women and civilian men were murdered in cold blood by Lebanese Christians. Now that Ariel Sharon is the Israeli Prime Minister, it should come as no surprise that the viciously racist Israeli Army was encouraged to commit the Jenin massacre. Israelis like having bloodthirsty war criminals as Prime Ministers.

The United States government gives billions of your tax dollars to the Israelis every year. And the U.S. government never pays people to do things it doesn’t want done. Israeli state terrorism is essentially American state terrorism.

See also:

American/Israeli Terrorism of the Palestinian People

Zionism is Jewish Naziism: A Photo Essay on Israeli State Terrorism

The Jenin Massacre

Racist Zionism: Israeli Apartheid (Bibliography)

The Israeli Connection To 9-11

Ariel Sharon: The Jewish Hitler

Return of the Terrorist: The Crimes of Ariel Sharon

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2001 – Present
American State Terrorism of the Afghan Peoples

Estimated civilian deaths: 4000–5000 people

With total hypocrisy the United States military terrorized and mass-murdered thousands of innocent Afghan civilian people, supposedly in reprisal for the terror attacks of September 11. As they did in Yugoslavia and Iraq, heroic U.S. Air Force pilots murdered thousands of women and children by bombing hospitals and schools and private homes. They even bombed an Afghan wedding party. None of these innocent, civilian victims had anything whatsoever to do with the September 11 attacks.

Obviously the so-called “war on terrorism” is a total sham. The real reason the U.S. is in Afghanistan is to get control of Caspian Sea oil. To get the oil out of the Caspian basin they have to run pipelines through Afghanistan. Most unfortunate for the hapless Afghan people.

See also:

Imperial Hypocrisy: American State Terrorism of the Afghan Peoples, 2001-Present

The Truth About American Terrorism of the Afghan Peoples

The United States Government Committed the September 11 Attacks

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1991 – Present
American/British State Terrorism of the Iraqi People

Estimated total civilian deaths: at least 200,000 people directly from the 1991 terror campaign;
1,000,000 — 2,000,000 people since then from the combined effects of depleted uranium poisoning, polluted water and sanctions

Like the terrorization of the entire civilian population of Yugoslavia, the so-called Gulf “War” was in fact a cowardly, high-tech slaughter, a total mismatch of military power. 177 million pounds of bombs were dropped on the people of Iraq in the most concentrated aerial bombardment in the history of the world. Sadistic American forces even slaughtered retreating Iraqi soldiers as they tried to flee along a highway back to Iraq.

And as with Yugoslavia, the “Desert Storm” terror campaign was directed primarily against the civilian population, a genocidal six-week assault on all the civilian people and infrastructure of Iraq. Particularly targeted were every grain silo and public water-treatment plant in the country. The assault included the most extensive use in history of depleted uranium missiles, and the most intensive use of cluster bombs, fuel-air bombs, napalm, cruise missiles and so-called “smart bombs”.

The Dutch Laka Foundation estimates that this particular U.S. terror campaign left behind 300-800 tons of radioactive waste from the depleted uranium ammunition all over Kuwait and Iraq — poisoning the air, the land, the water and the people everywhere.

Afterwards, wherever the depleted uranium firing had been concentrated, there were cancer epidemics among Iraqi civilians living nearby. In the ten years since, sanctions, bacteria-laden water and depleted uranium together have killed somewhere between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 Iraqi civilians. Most of the victims were, and are, children.

Since the American terror campaign, thousands of Iraqi babies have been born with horrible birth defects. This is something that has never before been seen in Iraq.

More than 120,000 American Gulf War veterans are chronically ill — suffering from Gulf War Syndrome. A U.S. Department of Veterans study of 251 veteran’s families found that 67% had children with severe illnesses or birth defects.

Even the United Nations estimates that over one million Iraqi civilians, including 600,000 children below the age of five have died as a result of diseases from polluted water — and the American sanctions which deny them the needed medicines.

See also:

American Babykillers on the Attack: Iraq Genocide 2

American-British Terrorism of the Iraqi People

The 3 BIG LIES About Iraq

The Fire This Time: U.S. War Crimes in the Gulf

Desert Slaughter: The Imperialist War Against Iraq

The Highway of Death

Iraq’s Poisoned Water

Bibliography:
American Sanctions Against the Iraqi People

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1960s – Present
American Support for Colombian State Terrorism of the Colombian People

Estimated civilian deaths: over 67,000 people

Under the guise of aid for “counternarcotics” operations, the U.S. Corporate Mafia Government is supplying weapons, training, troops and $1.3 billion of American taxpayers’ money to its murderous apprentices in the Colombian military. The real purpose of all this aid is to support the government’s massive political oppression of the Colombian people. It’s Vietnam all over again.

Colombia is the most violent country in the world. The vast majority of the terror is committed by the U.S.-supported military and right-wing paramilitary forces — who are heavily involved in cocaine production and smuggling. They have tortured and murdered tens of thousands of people in trade unions and left-wing movements, including many human rights activists and grassroots organizers.

See also:

Colombia: the Genocidal Democracy

Chronology of U.S. Terrorism and Genocide of the Central American, South American & Caribbean peoples

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1992 – Present
American/NATO State Terrorism and Subversion of the Yugoslavian Peoples

Estimated civilian deaths: over 3000 people from the 1999 terror-bombing
Weapons of mass-destruction used by U.S.-dominated NATO forces included cluster bombs, depleted uranium missiles, fuel-air bombs, napalm, cruise missiles and other so-called “smart bombs”.

250,000 people were killed during the U.S./German-sponsored civil war in Bosnia of 1992-1995, and in Krajina, 1995.

Estimated civilian injuries: 9000+ people from the 1999 American terror campaign alone. Many people, including children, dismembered and crippled for life by cluster bombs.

In addition, over 1 million people who now live in Serbia-Yugoslavia are refugees from Krajina, Bosnia and Kosovo — victims of the U.S./German-sponsored terror campaigns of the 1990s.

For 78 days and nights in the Spring of 1999, United States Air Force and Navy pilots rained death indiscriminately upon women and children, old men and women shopping in marketplaces, passengers in trains, people in cars and buses, people in schools, patients in hospitals — anyone and everyone — everywhere in Yugoslavia.

The American terror campaign actually began in 1992 with the American/German sponsored subversion and breakup of Yugoslavia and subsequent civil war in Bosnia. It continued with the “ethnic cleansing” of approximately 300,000 to 500,000 Serbians from the Krajina region in 1995. Thousands of Serbian refugees were murdered as they tried to flee the sadistic, gratuitous bombing by the American-backed Croatian forces. American terrorism peaked with the bombing of the entire civilian population and infrastructure of Yugoslavia in 1999. It has continued to this day with the brutal occupation of Kosovo.

NATO/KFOR occupation troops have stood idly by, watching sympathetically as Albanian extremists kidnapped, publicly beat, murdered and tortured Serbs, Roma and Jews, burning down their houses and dynamiting centuries-old Christian churches. Over 200,000 non-Albanians were “ethnically cleansed” from Kosovo with America’s total blessing.

As if this weren’t appalling enough, a massive sex-slave trade of Eastern European women and girls has flourished in Kosovo since the American/NATO occupation began. The women and girls are often beaten, they are forced to live in poverty and filth, they are raped many times every day, and many are murdered. The pimps are all Albanian KLA/mafia with a reputation for brutal violence. The customers are American/NATO occupation troops (ludicrously called “peacekeepers” by the corporate-owned mass-media) and so-called “international peace workers”.

Ah yes, “humanitarianism” and “democracy”. Isn’t that what America is all about?

See also:

Hidden Agenda: U.S./NATO Takeover of Yugoslavia

American State Terrorism of the Yugoslavian Peoples

To Kill A Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia

The U.S./NATO Terror Campaign: Nine Myths and Realities

At a Serb Funeral: Tears for Victims of a “Regrettable Mistake”

NATO in the Balkans: Voices in Opposition

NATO Targets: The Civilian People of Yugoslavia

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1960 – Present
American Assassination of Patrice Lumumba and Support of State Terrorism of the People of The Congo/Zaire

From Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since WWII
by William Blum:

In June 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the Congo’s first prime minister after independence from Belgium. But Belgium retained its vast mineral wealth in Katanga province, prominent Eisenhower administration officials had financial ties to the same wealth, and Lumumba, at Independence Day ceremonies before a host of foreign dignitaries, called for the nation’s economic as well as its political liberation, and recounted a list of injustices against the natives by the white owners of the country. The man was obviously a “Communist.” The poor man was obviously doomed.

Eleven days later, Katanga province seceded, in September, Lumumba was dismissed by the president at the instigation of the United States, and in January 1961 he was assassinated at the express request of [President] Dwight Eisenhower. There followed several years of civil conflict and chaos and the rise to power of Mobutu Sese Seko, a man not a stranger to the CIA. Mobutu went on to rule the country for more than 30 years, with a level of corruption and cruelty that shocked even his CIA handlers. The Zairian people lived in abject poverty despite the plentiful natural wealth, while Mobutu became a multibillionaire.

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1959 – Present
American Subversion and State Terrorism of the Cuban People

From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

Fidel Castro came to power at the beginning of 1959. A U.S. National Security Council meeting of March 10, 1959 included on its agenda the feasibility of bringing “another government to power in Cuba.” There followed 40 years of terrorist attacks, bombings, full-scale military invasion, sanctions, embargoes, isolation, assassinations...Cuba had carried out The Unforgivable Revolution, a very serious threat of setting a “good example” in Latin America.

The saddest part of this is that the world will never know what kind of society Cuba could have produced if left alone, if not constantly under the gun and the threat of invasion, if allowed to relax its control at home. The idealism, the vision, the talent were all there. But we’ll never know. And that of course was the idea.

See also:

U.S. Terrorism of the Central American, South American and Caribbean Peoples

Bibliography:
Cuban Liberation: Fidel Castro, Che Guevara & Jose Marti

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1953 – Present
American-backed Genocide of the Guatemalan People

Estimated civilian deaths: over 200,000 people

From Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower
by William Blum:

A CIA-organized coup overthrew the democratically-elected and progressive government of Jacobo Arbenz, initiating 40 years of military-government death squads, torture, disappearances, mass executions and unimaginable cruelty, totaling more than 200,000 victims — indisputably one of the most inhumane chapters of the 20th century.

The justification for the coup that has been put forth over the years is that Guatemala had been on the verge of the proverbial Soviet takeover. In actuality, the Russians had so little interest in the country that it didn’t even maintain diplomatic relations. The real problem was that Arbenz had taken over some of the uncultivated land of the US firm, United Fruit Company [Chiquita bananas], which had extremely close ties to the American power elite.

Moreover, in the eyes of Washington, there was the danger of Guatemala’s social-democracy model spreading to other countries in Latin America.

Despite a 1996 “peace” accord between the government and rebels, respect for human rights remains as only a concept in Guatemala; death squads continue to operate with a significant measure of impunity against union activists and other dissidents; torture still rears its ugly head; the lower classes are as wretched as ever; the military endures as a formidable institution; the US continues to arm and train the Guatemalan military and carry out exercises with it; and key provisions of the peace accord concerning military reform have not been carried out.

See also:

Making Guatemala a Killing Field
From What Uncle Sam Really Wants
by Noam Chomsky

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1980 – Present
American Terrorism of the El Salvadoran People

Estimated civilian deaths: over 75,000 people

From Derailing Democracy: The America the Media Don’t Want You to See
by Dave McGowan:

Massive amounts of arms, training and funding were poured into El Salvador to prop up the puppet government against a popular uprising. Featured the covert use of U.S. air power and ground forces, as well as the training, at the “School of the Americas” [in Ft. Benning, Georgia], of the leaders of the right-wing death squads which executed thousands of Salvadorans.

Some of the highlights of the death squad activities included the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, the execution of six Jesuit priests along with their housekeeper and her daughter, the rape and execution of four American church women, and the mass execution of some 800 civilians at the village of El Mozote.



From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

El Salvador’s dissidents tried to work within the system. But with U.S. support, the government made that impossible, using repeated electoral fraud and murdering hundreds of protesters and strikers. In 1980, the dissidents took to the gun, and civil war.

Officially, the U.S. military presence in El Salvador was limited to an advisory capacity. In actuality, military and CIA personnel played a more active role on a continuous basis. About 20 Americans were killed or wounded in helicopter and plane crashes while flying reconnaissance or other missions over combat areas, and considerable evidence surfaced of a U.S. role in the ground fighting as well. The war came to an official end in 1992; 75,000 civilian deaths and the U.S. Treasury depleted by six billion dollars.

Meaningful social change has been largely thwarted. A handful of the wealthy still own the country, the poor remain as ever, and dissidents still have to fear right-wing death squads.

See also:

The Crucifixion of El Salvador
From What Uncle Sam Really Wants
by Noam Chomsky

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1975 – 1999
American-backed Genocide of the People of East Timor

Estimated civilian deaths: over 200,000 people

From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

In December 1975, Indonesia invaded East Timor, which lies at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago, and which had proclaimed its independence after Portugal had relinquished control of it. The invasion was launched the day after U.S. President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had left Indonesia after giving Suharto permission to use American arms, which, under U.S. law, could not be used for aggression. Indonesia was Washington’s most valuable tool in Southeast Asia.

Amnesty International estimated that by 1989, Indonesian troops, with the aim of forcibly annexing East Timor, had killed 200,000 people out of a population of between 600,000 and 700,000. The United States consistently supported Indonesia’s claim to East Timor (unlike the UN and the EU), and downplayed the slaughter to a remarkable degree, at the same time supplying Indonesia with all the military hardware and training it needed to carry out the job.

From Derailing Democracy
by Dave McGowan:

The U.S.-backed government of Indonesia invaded East Timor just one day after a visit by President Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger. As many as a third of the tiny island’s population were exterminated using American supplied weaponry.

The Indonesian government, kept propped up with U.S. taxpayers’ money, continues to this day to be one of the worst human rights abusers on the planet.

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1987 – 1994
American-supported State Terrorism of the Haitian People

From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

The U.S. supported the Duvalier family dictatorship for 30 years, then opposed the reformist priest, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Meanwhile, the CIA was working intimately with death squads, torturers, and drug traffickers.

With this as background, the Clinton White House found itself in the awkward position of having to pretend — because of all their rhetoric about “democracy” — that they supported Aristide’s return to power in Haiti after he had been ousted in a 1991 military coup. After delaying his return for more than two years, Washington finally had its military restore Aristide to office, but only after obliging the priest to guarantee that he would not help the poor at the expense of the rich, and that he would stick closely to free-market economics. This meant that Haiti would continue to be the assembly plant of the Western Hemisphere, with its workers receiving literally starvation wages.

See also:

U.S. Terrorism of the Central American, South American and Caribbean Peoples

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1993
American Slaughter of People in Somalia

Estimated civilian deaths: 10,000 people

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

It was supposed to be a mission to help feed the starving masses. Before long, the U.S. was trying to rearrange the country’s political map by eliminating the dominant warlord, Mohamed Aidid, and his power base. On many occasions, beginning in June, U.S. helicopters strafed groups of Aidid’s supporters and fired missiles at them. Scores were killed. Then, in October, a daring attempt by some 120 elite American forces to kidnap two leaders of Aidid’s clan resulted in a horrendous bloody battle. The final tally was five U.S. helicopters shot down, 18 Americans dead, 73 wounded, 500 to 1000 Somalians killed, many more injured.

It’s questionable that getting food to hungry people was as important as the fact that four American oil giants were holding exploratory rights to large areas of land and were hoping that U.S. troops would put an end to the chaos which threatened their highly expensive investments. There was also the Pentagon’s ongoing need to sell itself to those in Congress who were trying to cut the military budget in the post-Cold War world. “Humanitarian” actions and (unnecessary) amphibious landings by U.S. Marines on the beach in the glare of T.V. cameras were thought to be good selling points. Washington designed the operation in such a way that the show would be run by the U.S. military and not the United Nations, under whose aegis it supposedly fell.

In any event, by the time the Marines landed, the worst of the famine was over. It had peaked months before.



From the International Action Center:

On December 12, 1992, the U.S. sent 28,000 soldiers into Somalia under the cover of the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) in what they said was a “humanitarian mission” to bring food to starving people. The invasion came when a several-year drought that had taken tens of thousands of lives was actually abating. At the time, the evening news showed images of thousands of starving Somalis. What people didn’t see was U.S. troops — not delivering food — but instead engaged in daily gun battles and bombing raids in heavily populated neighborhoods. In ten months, more than 10,000 Somalis died as the U.S. engaged in aggressive military action against those who resisted.

Resistance among Somali women, men and even children to the foreign troops became widespread. The Somali people have a long and proud history of resistance. They fought for the freedom of their country from Italian, French and British colonialism — and they resisted the U.S. attempts to recolonize their country.

In the beginning of the military intervention in 1992, Colin Powell, at the time the chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, called the invasion a “paid political advertisement” for the Pentagon at a time (less than a year after the end of the so-called Cold War) when Congress was under growing pressure to cut the war budget. Powell opposed calls that money be used instead for jobs, education, health care, housing and other social needs, and instead sought to maintain the $300-billion-plus military budget.

In reporting on the U.S./UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM), the human rights organization Africa Rights stated that troops “have engaged in abuses of human rights, including killing of civilians, physical abuse, theft... Many UNOSOM soldiers have also displayed unacceptable levels of racism toward Somalis.” These abuses included opening fire with machine guns against unarmed protesters, firing missiles into residential areas and outright murder civilians, including many youth. The report states “UNOSOM has become an army of occupation.”

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1979 – 1992
American Subversion in Afghanistan

Estimated civilian deaths: over 1,000,000 people

From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

Everyone knows of the unbelievable repression of women in Afghanistan, carried out by Islamic fundamentalists, even before the Taliban. But how many people know that during the late 1970s and most of the 1980s, Afghanistan had a government committed to bringing the incredibly backward nation into the 20th century, including giving women equal rights?

What happened, however, is that the United States poured billions of dollars into waging a terrible war against this government, simply because it was supported by the Soviet Union. Prior to this, CIA operations had knowingly increased the probability of a Soviet intervention, which is what occurred. In the end, the United States won, and the women, and the rest of Afghanistan, lost. More than a million dead, three million disabled, five million refugees, in total about half the population.

See also:

Imperial Hypocrisy: American/British state terrorism of the Afghan Peoples, 2001-2002

The Truth About American Terrorism of the Afghan Peoples

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1981 – 1990
American Terrorism of the Nicaraguan People

Estimated civilian deaths: over 13,000 people

From Derailing Democracy
by Dave McGowan:

Following the fall of the Somoza regime, which had been backed for decades by the U.S., the CIA formed and armed the covert army known as the “Contras” from the remains of Somoza’s National Guard. Assisted by covert U.S. air power, this proxy army inflicted considerable death and destruction across the Nicaraguan countryside.

From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

When the Sandinistas overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1978, it was clear to Washington that they might well be that long-dreaded beast — “another Cuba.” Under President Carter, attempts to sabotage the revolution took diplomatic and economic forms. Under Reagan, violence was the method of choice. For eight terribly long years, the people of Nicaragua were under attack by Washington’s proxy army, the Contras, formed from Somoza’s vicious National Guard and other supporters of the dictator.

It was all-out war, aiming to destroy the progressive social and economic programs of the government, burning down schools and medical clinics, raping, torturing, mining harbors, bombing and strafing. These were Ronald Reagan’s “freedom fighters.” There would be no revolution in Nicaragua.



From a talk by John Stockwell, 13-year veteran of the CIA and former U.S. Marine Corps major:

“Systematically, the Contras have been assassinating religious workers, teachers, health workers, elected officials, government administrators. Remember the ‘Assassination Manual’ that surfaced in 1984? It caused such a stir that President Reagan had to address it himself in the presidential debates with Walter Mondale. They use terror to traumatize society so that it cannot function.

“I don’t mean to abuse you with verbal violence, but you have to understand what your Government and its agents are doing.

“They go into villages. They haul out families. With the children forced to watch, they castrate the father. They peel the skin off his face. They put a grenade in his mouth, and pull the pin. With the children forced to watch, they gang-rape the mother, and slash her breasts off. And sometimes, for variety, they make the parents watch while they do these things to the children.

“This is nobody’s propaganda!

“There have been over a hundred thousand American ‘Witnesses for Peace’ who’ve gone down there, and they have filmed and photographed and witnessed these atrocities immediately after they’ve happened, and documented thirteen thousand people killed this way — mostly women and children.

“These are the activities done by the Contras. The Contras are the people President Reagan called ‘freedom fighters.’ He said: ‘they are the moral equivalent of our founding fathers.’”

See also:

Teaching Nicaragua a lesson
From What Uncle Sam Really Wants
by Noam Chomsky

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1989
American Invasion of Panama

Estimated civilian deaths: several thousand people

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

Less than two weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States showed its joy that a new era of world peace was now possible by invading Panama, as Washington’s mad bombers struck again. On December 20, 1989, a large tenement barrio in Panama City was wiped out; 15,000 people were left homeless. Counting several days of ground fighting between U.S. and Panamanian forces, 500-something natives dead was the official body count — i.e., what the United States and the new U.S.-installed Panamanian government admitted to. Other sources, examining more evidence, concluded that thousands had died. Additionally, some 3,000 Panamanians were wounded, 23 Americans died, 324 were wounded.

Question from reporter: “Was it really worth it to send people to their death for this? To get Noriega?"

George Bush: “Every human life is precious, and yet I have to answer, yes, it has been worth it.”

Manuel Noriega had been an American ally and informant for years until he outlived his usefulness. But getting him was hardly a major motive for the attack. Bush wanted to send a clear message to the people of Nicaragua, who had an election scheduled in two months, that this might be their fate if they reelected the Sandinistas. Bush also wanted to flex some military muscle to illustrate to Congress the need for a large combat-ready force even after the very recent dissolution of the “Soviet threat.” The official explanation for the American ouster was Noriega’s drug trafficking, which Washington had known about for years and had not been at all bothered by. And they could easily have gotten their hands on the man without wreaking such terrible devastation upon the Panamanian people.

See also:

The Panama Deception

The Invasion of Panama
From What Uncle Sam Really Wants
by Noam Chomsky

1981 – 1989
American Terror-Campaign Against the Libyan People;
Numerous CIA Assassination Attempts on Muammar Qadhafi

Estimated civilian deaths from the April 1986 attack: over 100 people, including Qadhafi’s two-year-old daughter

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

The official reason for the Reagan administration’s intense antipathy toward Moammar Qaddafi was that he supported terrorism. In actuality, the Libyan leader’s crime was not his support for terrorist groups per se, but that he was supporting the wrong terrorist groups; i.e., Qaddafi was not supporting the same terrorists that Reagan was, such as the Nicaraguan Contras, UNITA in Angola, Cuban exiles in Miami, the governments of El Salvador and Guatemala and the U.S. military in Grenada. The one band of terrorists the two men supported in common was the Moujahedeen in Afghanistan.

On top of this, Washington has a deep-seated antipathy toward Middle east oil-producing countries that it can’t exert proper control over. Qaddafi was uppity, and he had overthrown a rich ruling clique and instituted a welfare state. He and his country would have to be put in their place. Five years later, the United States bombed one of Qaddafi’s residences, killing scores of people. There were other attempts to assassinate the man, operations to overthrow him, economic sanctions, and a major disinformation campaign reporting one piece of nonsense after another, including conspicuous exaggerations of his support for terrorism, and shifting the blame for the 1988 bombing of PanAm 103 to Libya and away from Iran and Syria when the Gulf War campaign required the support of the latter two countries.

To Washington, Libya was like magnetic north: the finger always pointed there.

(End of Rogue State excerpt)



On April 15, 1986, 19 warplanes of the U.S. Air Force took off from their bases in Great Britain and flew to Libya, whereupon the heroic F111 pilots bombed the private house of Muammar Qadhafi and violently murdered his little two-year-old daughter.

At least 100 other people — including civilian men, women and children — were slaughtered as the U.S. Air Force pilots bombed private homes and mosques all over Tripoli and Benghazi.

They actually managed to hit a military target too, the Al-Azizia barracks, which was Qadhafi’s headquarters. On April 16 the American pilots who perpetrated these war crimes openly admitted that the purpose of the attack had been to assassinate Qadhafi.

For years prior to this outrage the U.S. Corporate Mafia Government had been trying to murder the popular Libyan leader. Navy jets from the U.S. Sixth Fleet had repeatedly violated Libyan airspace while Navy ships violated Libyan territorial waters in bullying attempts to provoke a reaction.

The U.S. Navy shot down Libyan planes over Libyan territory, and sank Libyan Coast Guard boats in Libyan territorial waters. Here are some of the highlights of this American terror campaign:

In the summer of 1980 the CIA attempted to shoot down the plane of Qadhafi as he was on a flight to Eastern Europe. An Italian plane flying over Ostika was mistakenly shot down instead.

July 27, 1981 — Newsweek published an article reporting that CIA Director William Casey had authorized extensive plans to assassinate Qadhafi and overthrow the popular democratic government of Libya. This classic American M.O. included a media propaganda campaign and numerous “psy-ops”, or psychological warfare operations, aimed at creating turmoil within Libya.

August 19, 1981 — Eight American jet fighters attacked two Libyan air force reconnaissance planes over Libyan territory in the Gulf of Sirte, shooting them down.

1985 — The CIA recruited mercenaries to be trained for several attempts to assassinate Qadhafi. One of the plans called for sprinkling a special poison into his food that would weaken his immune system, causing a gradual death with symptoms that would not be immediately recognized.

March 25, 1986 — U.S. Navy warplanes from the Sixth Fleet bombed Libyan civilian targets in the Gulf of Sirte. They attacked a Libyan Coast Guard boat, murdering the crew of 10 men. The Navy jets also attacked a larger Libyan Coast Guard ship. 42 men of the crew escaped into the water and attempted to swim to shore. The U.S. Navy pilots slaughtered them all in the water.

April 4, 1986 — While on a victory tour of the aircraft carrier “Enterprise”, stationed off the coast of Oman, Vice President George Bush characterized the U.S. Sixth Fleet’s terror campaign against innocent Libyan people as “a tough lesson for Qadhafi” which had given him a “nosebleed”. The brainwashed morons of the crew cheered.



Eleven days later, over 100 innocent people lay dead in the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi — including a little two-year-old girl. Murdered by these American heros.

See also:

The Continuing Terror Against Libya

Why America Hates Qadhafi

Libya, Qadhafi and the Green Revolution

Information on the present-day situation in Libya can be found on Mathaba.net at http://www.mathaba.net/

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1988
U.S. Navy Mass-Murder of Civilian Iranian Airline Passengers

Known civilian deaths: 290 people

From the WSWS article:
“Pan Am Flight 103: Trial opens of Libyans accused of Lockerbie bombing”
By Steve James
6 May 2000
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/may2000/.../lock-m06.shtml (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/may2000/lock-m06.shtml)

On July 3, 1988 the U.S. Navy warship the Vincennes was operating within Iranian waters, providing military support for Iraq in the ongoing Iran/Iraq war. During a one-sided battle against a small number of lightly armed Iranian gunboats, the Vincennes fired two missiles at an [Iranian] Airbus, which was on a routine civilian flight. All 290 civilians onboard were killed.

This act of mass murder by the U.S. has never resulted in any court case. The captain and crew of the Vincennes were militarily decorated. Attempts by relatives of the victims to bring legal action against the American government were rejected by the US Supreme Court in 1993. Despite the fact that the vast majority of victims were Iranian, the US paid $2.9 million in compensation only to non-Iranian victims of the shooting.



“I will never apologize for the United States of America — I don’t care what the facts are.”

— President George Bush, Sr.
referring to the mass-murder
of Iranian civilian people
by the U.S.S. Vincennes

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1979 – 1984
American Subversion and Invasion of tiny Grenada

Estimated civilian deaths: several hundred people

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

How impoverished, small, weak or far away must a country be before it is not a threat to the U.S. government? In a 1979 coup, Maurice Bishop and his followers had taken power in this island country of 110 thousand, and though their actual policies were not as revolutionary as Castro’s, Washington was again driven by its fear of “another Cuba,” particularly when public appearances by the Grenadian leaders in other countries of the region met with great enthusiasm.

Reagan administration destabilization tactics against the Bishop government began soon after the coup, featuring outrageous disinformation and deception. Finally came the invasion in October 1983, which put into power individuals more beholden to U.S. foreign policy objectives. The U.S. suffered 135 killed or wounded; there were also some 400 Grenadian casualties, and 84 Cubans, mainly construction workers. The invasion was attended by yet more transparent lies, created by Washington to justify its gross violations of international law.

(Added note: This invasion was not attended, however, by newsreporters. The 1983 invasion of Grenada was the first major American military assault in which newsreporters were barred from being present. The U.S. government didn’t want the world to witness the great superpower beating up on a tiny island and murdering its civilian inhabitants.)



From What Uncle Sam Really Wants
by Noam Chomsky:

No country is exempt from this treatment [i.e. American state terrorism], no matter how unimportant. In fact, it’s the weakest, poorest countries that often arouse the greatest hysteria.

Grenada has a hundred thousand people who produce a little nutmeg, and you could hardly find it on a map. But when Grenada began to undergo a mild social revolution, Washington quickly moved to destroy the threat.

There’s a reason for that. The weaker and poorer a country is, the more dangerous it is as an example. If a tiny, poor country like Grenada can succeed in bringing about a better life for its people, some other place that has more resources will ask, “why not us?”



From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

At the end of 1984, a questionable election was held which was won by a man supported by the Reagan administration. One year later, the human rights organization, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, reported that Grenada’s new U.S.-trained police force and counter-insurgency forces had acquired a reputation for brutality, arbitrary arrest, and abuse of authority, and were eroding civil rights.

In April 1989, the government issued a list of more than 80 books which were prohibited from being imported. Four months later, the prime minister suspended parliament to forestall a threatened no-confidence vote resulting from what his critics called “an increasingly authoritarian style.”

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1964 – 1974
American-backed Subversion, Mass-Murder, Torture and Overthrow of Democracy in Greece

Estimated civilian deaths: over 10,000 people

From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

The military coup took place in April 1967, just two days before the campaign for national elections was to begin, elections which appeared certain to bring the veteran liberal leader George Papandreou back as prime minister. Papandreou had been elected in February 1964 with the only outright majority in the history of modern Greek elections. The successful machinations to unseat him had begun immediately, a joint effort of the Royal Court, the Greek military, and the American military and CIA stationed in Greece.

The 1967 coup was followed immediately by the traditional martial law, censorship, arrests, beatings, torture, and killings, the victims totaling some 8,000 in the first month. This was accompanied by the equally traditional declaration that this was all being done to save the nation from a “Communist takeover.” Corrupting and subversive influences in Greek life were to be removed. Among these were miniskirts, long hair, and foreign newspapers; church attendance for the young would be compulsory.

It was torture, however, which most indelibly marked the seven-year Greek nightmare. James Becket, an American attorney sent to Greece by Amnesty International, wrote in December 1969 that “a conservative estimate would place at not less than two thousand” the number of people tortured, usually in the most gruesome of ways, often with equipment supplied by the United States.

Becket reported the following: Hundreds of prisoners have listened to the little speech given by Inspector Basil Lambrou, who sits behind his desk which displays the red, white, and blue clasped-hand symbol of American aid. He tries to show the prisoner the absolute futility of resistance:

“You make yourself ridiculous by thinking you can do anything. The world is divided in two. There are the communists on that side and on this side the free world. The Russians and the Americans, no one else. What are we? Americans. Behind me there is the government, behind the government is NATO, behind NATO is the U.S. You can’t fight us, we are Americans.”

George Papandreou was not any kind of radical. He was a liberal anti-Communist type. But his son Andreas, the heir-apparent, while only a little to the left of his father had not disguised his wish to take Greece out of the Cold War, and had questioned remaining in NATO, or at least as a satellite of the United States.

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1964 – 1973
American-backed Overthrow of the Democratic Government of Chile

Estimated civilian deaths: over 5000 people from the subsequent Pinochet terror campaign; at least 1000 people missing and presumed dead

From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

[Democratic Marxist President] Salvador Allende was the worst possible scenario for a Washington imperialist, [who] could imagine only one thing worse than a Marxist in power — an elected Marxist in power, who honored the constitution, and became increasingly popular. This shook the very foundation stones on which the anti-Communist tower was built: the doctrine, painstakingly cultivated for decades, that “communists" can take power only through force and deception, that they can retain that power only through terrorizing and brainwashing the population.

After sabotaging Allende’s electoral endeavor in 1964, and failing to do so in 1970, despite their best efforts, the CIA and the rest of the American foreign policy machine left no stone unturned in their attempt to destabilize the Allende government over the next three years, paying particular attention to building up military hostility. Finally, in September 1973, the military overthrew the government, Allende dying in the process.

They closed the country to the outside world for a week, while the tanks rolled and the soldiers broke down doors; the stadiums rang with the sounds of execution and the bodies piled up along the streets and floated in the river; the torture centers opened for business; the subversive books were thrown into bonfires; soldiers slit the trouser legs of women, shouting that “In Chile women wear dresses!”; the poor returned to their natural state; and the men of the world in Washington and in the halls of international finance opened up their check-books. In the end, more than 3,000 had been executed, thousands more tortured or disappeared.
(End of Killing Hope excerpt)

In the bloody coup of September 11, 1973, Henry Kissinger and the CIA helped General Augusto Pinochet overthrow the democratically-elected leftist government of President Salvador Allende. The Fascist puppet-regime of Augusto Pinochet then embarked on a 17-year terror campaign against the people of Chile, which included mass arrests and executions, death squads, torture and disappearances. Many of the victims were fingered as “radicals” by lists provided by the CIA.

Santiago’s national stadium was used as a mass execution site. Robert Saldias, the first army officer to come forward publicly without concealing his identity, said prisoners entering the stadium were identified by yellow, black, and red discs. “Whoever received a red disc had no chance,” Saldias said.

Many of the professional torturers and assassins in the Chilean military (and in every other Fascist country of Central and South America) were trained at the School of the Americas, in Fort Benning, Georgia.

Under Pinochet, Chile also participated in “Operation Condor,” a joint collaboration between the U.S.-backed dictatorships of Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil to hunt down and murder exiled opponents of those regimes. Successful hits included the 1976 car-bomb explosion in Washington D.C., which killed Allende’s exiled foreign minister Orlando Letelier, and his aide, American Ronnie Moffitt.

“I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist because of the irresponsibility of its own people.”

— Henry Kissinger
1970
referring to Chilean voters

See also:

Remember Chile: General Pinochet and human rights abuses
http://www.remember-chile.org.uk/

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Mid-1950s, 1970-71
American Assassination Attempts on the Elected Leader of Costa Rica

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

To liberal American political leaders, President Jose Figueres was the quintessential “liberal democrat”, the kind of statesman they liked to think, and liked the world to think, was the natural partner of US foreign policy rather than the military dictators who somehow kept popping up as allies.

Yet the United States tried to overthrow Figueres (in the 1950s, and perhaps also in the 1970s, when he was again president), and tried to assassinate him twice. The reasons? Figueres was not tough enough on the left, led Costa Rica to become the first country in Central America to establish diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and on occasion questioned American foreign policy, like the Bay of Pigs invasion.

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1963 – 1966
American Subversion and Tyranny in the Dominican Republic

From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

In February 1963, Juan Bosch took office as the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic since 1924. Here at last was John F. Kennedy’s liberal anti-Communist, to counter the charge that the U.S. supported only military dictatorships. Bosch’s government was to be the long sought “showcase of democracy” that would put the lie to Fidel Castro. He was given the grand treatment in Washington shortly before he took office.

Bosch was true to his beliefs. He called for land reform, low-rent housing, modest nationalization of business, and foreign investment provided it was not excessively exploitative of the country and other policies making up the program of any liberal Third World leader serious about social change. He was likewise serious about civil liberties: Communists, or those labeled as such, were not to be persecuted unless they actually violated the law.

A number of American officials and congresspeople expressed their discomfort with Bosch’s plans, as well as his stance of independence from the United States. Land reform and nationalization are always touchy issues in Washington, the stuff that “creeping socialism” is made of. In several quarters of the U.S. press Bosch was red-baited.

In September, the military boots marched. Bosch was out. The United States, which could discourage a military coup in Latin America with a frown, did nothing.

Nineteen months later, a revolt broke out which promised to put the exiled Bosch back into power. The United States sent 23,000 troops to help crush it.

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1945 – 1974
American Genocide of the Vietnamese People

Estimated total civilian deaths: 2,500,000 – 3,500,000 people

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

The slippery slope began with the US siding with the French, the former colonizers, and with collaborators with the Japanese, against Ho Chi Minh and his followers, who had worked closely with the Allied war effort and admired all things American.

Ho Chi Minh was, after all, some kind of “communist” (one of those bad-for-you label warnings).

He had written numerous letters to President Truman and the State Department asking for America’s help in winning Vietnamese independence from the French and finding a peaceful solution for his country. All his entreaties were ignored. For he was some kind of communist.

Ho Chi Minh modeled the new Vietnamese declaration of independence on the American, beginning it with “All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with...” But this would count for nothing in Washington. Ho Chi Minh was some kind of communist.

More than twenty years and more than a million dead later, the United States withdrew its military forces from Vietnam. Most people believe that the US lost the war. But by destroying Vietnam to its core, by poisoning the earth, the water and the gene pool for generations, Washington had in fact achieved its primary purpose: preventing what might have been the rise of a good development option for Asia. Ho Chi Minh was, after all, some kind of communist.

See also:

American Genocide of the Vietnamese People

The My Lai Massacre

The Phoenix Program

The Phoenix Program, My Lai and the “Tiger Cages”

American Patriots and the Napalm Attack on the People of Trang Bang

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1955 – 1973
American Genocide of the Cambodian People

Estimated total civilian deaths: 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 people

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

Prince Sihanouk was yet another leader who did not fancy being an American client. After many years of hostility toward his regime, including assassination plots and the infamous Nixon/Kissinger secret “carpet bombings” of 1969-70, Washington finally overthrew Sihanouk in a coup in 1970. This was all that was needed to impel Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge forces to enter the fray. Five years later, they took power. But the years of American bombing had caused Cambodia’s traditional economy to vanish. The old Cambodia had been destroyed forever.

Incredibly, the Khmer Rouge were to inflict even greater misery upon this unhappy land. And to multiply the irony, the United States supported Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge after their subsequent defeat by the Vietnamese.

See also:

American Genocide of the Cambodian People, 1969-1973

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1957 – 1973
American Genocide of the Laotian People

Estimated total civilian deaths: over 500,000 people

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

The Laotian left, led by the Pathet Lao, tried to effect social change peacefully, making significant electoral gains and taking part in coalition governments. But the United States would have none of that.

The CIA and the State Department, through force, bribery and other pressures, engineered coups in 1958, 1959 and 1960. Eventually, the only option left for the Pathet Lao was armed force.

The CIA created its famous “Arme Clandestine” — totaling 30,000, from every corner of Asia — to do battle, while the US Air Force, between 1965 and 1973, rained down more than two million tons of bombs upon the people of Laos, many of whom were forced to live in caves for years in a desperate attempt to escape the monsters falling from the sky.

After hundreds of thousands had been killed, many more maimed, and countless bombed villages with hardly stone standing upon stone, the Pathet Lao took control of the country, following on the heels of events in Vietnam.

See also:

American Genocide of the Laotian People, 1965-1973

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1965 – 1973
American Tyranny and Terrorization of the People of Thailand

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

While using the country to facilitate its daily bombings of Vietnam and Laos, the US military took the time to try to suppress insurgents who were fighting for economic reform, an end to police repression and in opposition to the mammoth US military presence, with its huge airbases, piers, barracks, road building and other major projects, which appeared to be taking the country apart and taking it over.

Eventually, the American military personnel count in Thailand reached 40,000, with those engaged in the civil conflict — including 365 Green Beret forces — officially designated as “advisers”, as they were in Vietnam.

To fight the guerillas, the US financed, armed, equipped and trained police and military units in counter-insurgency, significantly increasing their numbers; transported government forces by helicopter to combat areas; were present in the field as well, as battalion advisers and sometimes accompanied Thai soldiers on anti-guerrilla sweeps.

In addition, the Americans instituted considerable propaganda and psychological warfare activities, and actually encouraged the Thai government to adopt a more forceful response. However, the conflict in Thailand, and the US role, never approached the dimensions of Vietnam.

In 1966, the Washington Post reported that “In the view of some observers, continued dictatorship in Thailand suits the United States, since it assures a continuation of American bases in the country and that, as a US official put it bluntly, ‘is our real interest in this place.’”

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1947 – 1970s
American Perversion of Democracy in Italy

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

In 1947, the US forced the Italian government to dismiss its Communist and Socialist cabinet members in order to receive American economic aid. The following year and for decades thereafter, each time a combined front of the Communists and Socialists, or the Communists alone, threatened to defeat the US-supported Christian Democrats in national elections, the CIA used every (dirty) trick in the book and trained its big economic, political and psychological-warfare guns on the Italian people, while covertly funding the CD candidates.

And it worked. Again and again. This perversion of democracy was done in the name of “saving democracy” in Italy.

American corporations also contributed many millions of dollars to help keep the left from a share of power.

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1965
American-backed Genocide of the Indonesian People

Estimated civilian deaths: 500,000 – 1,000,000 people

From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

A complex series of events, involving a supposed coup attempt, a counter-coup, and perhaps a counter-counter-coup, with American fingerprints apparent at various points, resulted in the ouster from power of Sukarno and his replacement by a military coup led by General Suharto. The massacre that began immediately — of Communists, Communist sympathizers, suspected Communists, suspected Communist sympathizers, and none of the above — was called by the New York Times “one of the most savage mass slayings of modern political history.” The estimates of the number killed in the course of a few years begin at half a million and go above a million.

It was later learned that the U.S. embassy had compiled lists of “Communist” operatives, from top echelons down to village cadres, as many as 5,000 names, and turned them over to the army, which then hunted those persons down and killed them. The Americans would then check off the names of those who had been killed or captured.

“It really was a big help to the army. They probably killed a lot of people, and I probably have a lot of blood on my hands,” said one U.S. diplomat. “But that’s not all bad. There’s a time when you have to strike hard at a decisive moment.”

Added note: To this day, Indonesia’s military and police forces continue to be one of America’s best customers for weapons, training, and torture devices.

[Back to list]


1961 – 1964
American-backed State Terrorism and Overthrow of Democracy in Brazil

From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

President Joao Goulart was guilty of the usual crimes: He took an independent stand in foreign policy, resuming relations with socialist countries and opposing sanctions against Cuba; his administration passed a law limiting the amount of profits multinationals could transmit outside the country; a subsidiary of ITT was nationalized; he promoted economic and social reforms. And Attorney-General Robert Kennedy was uneasy about Goulart allowing “communists” to hold positions in government agencies.

Yet the man was no radical. He was a millionaire land-owner and a Catholic who wore a medal of the Virgin around his neck. That, however, was not enough to save him. In 1964, he was overthrown in a military coup which had deep, covert American involvement. The official Washington line was...yes, it’s unfortunate that democracy has been overthrown in Brazil...but, still, the country has been saved from communism.

For the next 15 years, all the features of military dictatorship that Latin America has come to know were instituted: Congress was shut down, political opposition was reduced to virtual extinction, habeas corpus for “political crimes” was suspended, criticism of the president was forbidden by law, labor unions were taken over by government interveners, mounting protests were met by police and military firing into crowds, peasants’ homes were burned down, priests were brutalized...disappearances, death squads, a remarkable degree and depravity of torture...the government had a name for its program: the “moral rehabilitation” of Brazil.

Washington was very pleased. Brazil broke relations with Cuba and became one of the United States’ most reliable allies in Latin America.

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1953 – 1964
American/British Overthrow of the Democratically-Elected President of Guyana

From Killing Hope
by William Blum:

For 11 years, two of the oldest democracies in the world, Great Britain and the United States, went to great lengths to prevent a democratically elected leader from occupying his office. Cheddi Jagan was another Third World leader who tried to remain neutral and independent. He was elected three times. Although a leftist-more so than Sukarno or Arbenz — his policies in office were not revolutionary. But he was still a marked man, for he represented Washington’s greatest fear: building a society that might be a successful example of an alternative to the capitalist model. Using a wide variety of tactics — from general strikes and disinformation to terrorism and British legalisms, the U. S. and Britain finally forced Jagan out in 1964. John F. Kennedy had given a direct order for his ouster, as, presumably, had Eisenhower.

One of the better-off countries in the region under Jagan, Guyana, by the 1980s, was one of the poorest. Its principal export became people.

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1963
American/British Assassination of the Leader of Iraq

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

In July 1958, Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem overthrew the monarchy and established a republic. Though somewhat of a reformist, he was by no means any kind of radical. His action, however, awakened revolutionary fervor in the masses and increased the influence of the Iraqi Communist Party.

By April of the following year, CIA Director Allen Dulles, with his customary hyperbole, was telling Congress that the Iraqi Communists were close to a “complete takeover” and the situation in that country was “the most dangerous in the world today.” In actuality, Kassem aimed at being a neutralist in the Cold War and pursued rather inconsistent policies toward the Iraqi Communists, never allowing them formal representation in his cabinet, nor even full legality, though they strongly desired both. He tried to maintain power by playing the Communists off against other ideological groups.

A secret plan for a joint US-Turkish invasion of the country was drafted by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff shortly after the 1958 coup. Reportedly, only Soviet threats to intercede on Iraq’s side forced Washington to hold back. But in 1960, the United States began to fund the Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq who were fighting for a measure of autonomy and the CIA undertook an assassination attempt against Kassem, which was unsuccessful.

The Iraqi leader made himself even more of a marked man when, in that same year, he began to help create the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which challenged the stranglehold Western oil companies had on the marketing of Arab oil; and in 1962 he created a national oil company to exploit the nation’s oil.

In February 1963, Kassem told the French daily, Le Monde, that he had received a note from Washington — “in terms scarcely veiled, calling upon me to change my attitude, under threat of sanctions against Iraq... All our trouble with the imperialists [the US and the UK] began the day we claimed our legitimate rights to Kuwait.” (Kuwait was a key element in US and UK hegemonic designs over mid-east oil.)

A few days after Kassem’s remarks were published, he was overthrown in a coup and summarily executed; thousands of communists were killed.

The State Department soon informed the press that it was pleased that the new regime would respect international agreements and was not interested in nationalizing the giant Iraq Petroleum Co., of which the US was a major owner. The new government, at least for the time being, also cooled its claim to Kuwait.

Papers of the British cabinet of 1963, later declassified, disclose that the coup had been backed by the British and the CIA.
1940s – 1960s
American Assassination, Sabotage and Subversion Within the Soviet Union

From Rogue State
by William Blum:

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[DrunkenGI]

You guys are missing a whole bunch. Join the military and they'll let you know all kinds of classified shit.

[Al Khabir]

The "coalition" governments talk of Iraq not being another Vietnam. That may be true, but it looks more and more like a new Northern Ireland

[Gaddafi]

What about Iraq in 1963, didnt the CIA aid the rightwing Iraqi "Baathists" in ousting Prime Minister Kassem? Didnt America if not taking involvement at least verbally support the military coup in Venezuela in 2001 against the elected popular socialist president, Hugo Chavez??? Didnt the CIA as well as aid the South African backed rightist guerrila groups UNITA and the FNLA in Angola also aid the even worse RENAMO (National Resistance Movement) in Mozambique? Didnt America help Somalia against Ethiopia during the late 70s and early 80s? Didnt the CIA take involvement in the overthrow of the Congo's only elected Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba in 1961? Didnt the CIA just overthrow Saddam Hussein, granted not a bad thing, but just who exactly will succeed him??? Didnt the U.S. establish a puppet regime led by Hamid Karzai and ran by the paramilitaries in Afghanistan after ousting the Taliban in 2001? Though Im not saying that the new military regime is worse than the Taliban, the Taliban and Mullah Mohammed Omar were just pure evil!! Theres alot you guys have all missed, what about the coup the CIA supported and directed in 1972 in Cambodia that ousted Prince Sihanouk and brought General Lon Nol into power? Or Brazil in 1966? South Vietnam in 1963 (not saying that General Van Thieu was any worse than his predeseccor Boa Dai), and many other countries. They brought the Samoza family dynasty to power in Nicaragua in 1934, They aided the worst tyrant the western hemisphere has ever known, Colonel Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic(in the end they finally got rid of him, but only after supporting him for more than 3 decades)!

[Moskitto]

Maurice Bishop wasn't actually leader of Grenada at the time of the invasion, He was executed before the invasion with his family and advisors in a coup by someone who decided he was too moderate.

[Biz]

Are we all saying this so called "imperialism" has generated an overall worse situation in the world? All I hear is they have been "Affected" by American military strength, but not usually how. I am not saying all of these instences created desierable effects, but you can't accept a super-power to be without mistakes. I just want to say that you guys should understand that many of these countries mentioned are far better of as a result of the freedoms they now enjoy because of American military/economic strength. Everyone's talking about how the U.S. has screwed Europe. But no one seems to ever mentioned the giant Marshal Plan, or the economic activity that each power shares with eachother.

Thank You.

[elijahcraig]

Let's put it this way cappie: "death squads" usually don't help the situation. Throwing democratically elected officials out and instoring dictators usually doesn't help the situation. Killing millions of "suspected" communists usually doesn't help the situation.

[NeOcLiS]

YOU FORGOT TO STATE ANOTHER COUNTRY AFFECTED BY AMERICAN IMPERIALISM: MY COUNTRY, CYPRUS...

[giant24us]

did ne one mention hawaii yet? Also dont forget parts of china... in the 19th century.

[Eastside Revolt]

The CIA in Columbia: Bush Revisits Iran-Contra?
January 23, 2002
by Faun Otter

For some reason, our always-probing US media have hardly mentioned the rising toll of murdered civilians in Colombia, the heart of Latin America's cocaine exporting region. The BBC report that the right wing hit teams, the AUC, are led by medellin drug lords such as Jose Rodriguez Gacha and Fidel Castano. The AUC sign up anyone who wants to grab a gun and slaughter people that they brand "guerrillas." Their recruits are a mixture of local warlords, drugs traffickers and disaffected members of the security forces, ominously similar to the Contras under Reagan.

The paramilitaries have experienced tremendous growth under Bush's chum, president Andres Pastrana. This is due in part to their links to the Colombian army. As their numbers have swollen, so have the number of massacres and murders of left-wing intellectuals, union workers, human rights activists and journalists.

For anyone who has read about the CIA supervised methods of suppressing peasant populations, the AUC's procedures are chillingly familiar -

"The death squads arrive in communities in areas of guerrilla influence with a list in hand. The list contains names of suspected guerrilla sympathisers. All those on the list are killed, usually in front of their families and in a most gruesome manner." [Source]

The parrots may squawk, "September eleventh changed everything!" But clearly, it didn't change CIA procedures in our southern neighbor's homelands. We still have people slaughtered for getting in the way of our covert foreign policies. The classic example of our thug-based foreign interference was the massacre of 800 civilians in El Mozote. Never heard of it? Start your search engine and plug in El Mozote along with the name Bonner.

You may not be aware but the CIA have a legal requirement to report criminal actions by their operatives. You also may not be aware that under Reagan, the CIA persuaded Attorney General French Smith to grant them a secret waiver that exempted them from the legal duty of reporting drug crimes by their foreign assets.

How are we hiding the financing of Colombia's drug cartel death squads with US money? Its the big lie (as usual) we are told that the money is for an ANTI-drug effort! We are supplying several hundred military advisers to train three elite battalions of the Colombian army. We have sent dozens of Super Huey and Black hawk helicopters and an unknown number of delightfully benign sounding "private contract pilots and technical crews" AKA the CIA's hit men.

The price tag (paid in US dollars from you and me, the tax payers) - $1,600,000,000. But that is spread over two years. Gosh, what a deal! If you ever see our press cover this, it may be dubbed "Plan Colombia" and you'll hear about the laudable stated goal of wiping out half of the coca fields within five years. The vast majority of the money is to be expended on a military incursion into the guerilla haven in southern Colombia. That is where about half the country's coca can be found, much of the affect land only recently converted to this crop.

So let me see, the "leftist" rebels have half the cocaine and the CIA's buddies have about half. So where is a military attack focussed? The coke fields that are in competition with the CIA. Plan Colombia won't cut drug use in the US but it should push up the price of cocaine and make coke dealing more profitable.

Listen to these words from Marc Cooper in The Nation:

"The Indian communities have been caught in the crossfire and have lost much of their traditional leadership in the bloodshed."

This last paragraph could describe the cocaine coup in Bolivia, the Contras, death squads in El Salvador or Nicaragua. It all starts to sound the same. As the public are distrcated by Enron and the war on empty caves, are Otto Reich and his friends supervising the drug supplier's death squads under the pretence of fighting 'leftist' guerillas? There are just a few too many Iran-Contra players being brought in by the Bush regime for this possibility to be ignored.

If you want to learn more about CIA involvement in the drug trade, read any of these texts:

"Lost History" by Robert Parry - PBS and AP investigative journalist shows the rest of the media how research used to be done in the good old days. Excellent use of published government papers.

"Barry and the boys" by Daniel Hopsicker - NBC news producer digs into the files on murdered super drug dealer Barry Seal... and finds he was a CIA agent and member of the same air guard unit as Lee Harvey Oswald. Keep a vomit bag handy, this reveals more than you want to know about the crime family we call an intelligence agency.

"Cocaine Politics" by Peter Scott and Jonathan Marshall - with sources as indisputable as grand jury indictments, this is well documented evidence of narcotics being an instrument of our foreign policy.

"Dark Alliance" by Gary Webb - investigates the LA crack market and CIA/NSC use of drug dealers to secretly fund ring wing Latin American guerillas. The original story broke in the San Jose Mercury News. This is the follow up book with new info on DEA and FBI turf wars over drug dealer arrests - and none arrests, as you will be dismayed to learn.

"Firewall" by Lawrence Walsh - watch as GWB's handlers in the Enron crisis attempt the same old ploy they used for Reagan during Iran-Contra, namely building a "firewall" of plausible deniability around their boss. Walsh is, as with the other authors, a reliable source. He was the independent counsel in the government investigation.

If you want to buy any of these books, be sure to use the DU bookstore link to Amazon. It helps pay for this den of free thought. The other way to check this accuracy of these stories would be to wait 12 years for the Bush regime's papers to be released..... Oh, sorry. That's doesn't work anymore now the selected president and his men have placed their papers above the law.

[Fidelbrand]

in fact.. 90% of the whole world is being fucked by U.S. 's imperialism (via hyper-capitalism).

It has a straw in its hand, and pokes at the ass of a nation that it sees/connotes as doing wrong or seems to has the potential of threatening their welfare. Also, it chants slogans of bringing liberty and freedom to the troubled nations, but the genuine intention is to gain for itself e.g. setting up army sites , exploit via economic means, etc.

[ComradeRobertRiley]

Thats over 60 years of the yanks at war virtually constantly.



I FUCKING HATE THE USA
:angry:
I FUCKING HATE THE USA
:angry:
I FUCKING HATE THE USA
:angry:

[dannie]

did someone mention the marshall islands??

usa moved a shitload of people to the other islands to test nukes
to this day lots of kids are born with abnormalitys to their body's (forgive my crappy english in this sentence)

[Spanish_Guerillas]

1917 russia. when lenin and the bolchevik party went a fought the evil czars. 13 or more nations including the u.s.a went and fought against the Bolshevik Revolution.

[Severian]

Toledo Blade's investigative reporters uncover a previously concealed series of Vietnam War massacres. (http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031022/SRTIGERFORCE/110190169)

It's a four-part series of articles. That link is to a page with links to the four parts.

The first is the most important. Explains, in passing, that these massacres of Vietnamese peasants had the function of terrorizing others into leaving their villages and going to the "strategic hamlets" where they were confined behind barbed wire. Prison camps for the entire rural population, basically, and if the peasants refused to go they were killed.

"An operation, not an aberration", as Ron Ridenhour, the antiwar GI who uncovered it, said of My Lai.

Link directly to first article of series. (http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031022/SRTIGERFORCE/110190168)

[Charred_Phoenix]

http://cpa.org.au/special.html

A history of US wars of aggression and intervention:
From China to Cambodia:



The Guardian July 12, 2000



US wars of aggression and intervention


by William Blum

The engine of American foreign policy has been fuelled not by a devotion to
any kind of morality, but by the necessity to serve other imperatives:

1) to make the world safe for American corporations;

2) to enhance the financial statements of defence contractors at home who
have contributed generously to members of Congress;

3) to prevent the rise of any society that might serve as a successful
example of an alternative to the capitalist model;

4) to extend political and economic hegemony over as wide an area as
possible, as befits a "great power".

All of this in the name of fighting a supposed moral crusade against what
cold warriors convinced themselves and the American people, was the
existence of an evil International Communist Conspiracy, which in fact
never existed, evil or not.

The United States carried out extremely serious interventions into more
than 70 nations in this period. Among these were the following:

China 1945-49: The US intervened in a civil war, taking the side of
Chiang Kai-shek against the communists, even though the latter had been a
much closer ally of the United States in the world war. The US used
defeated Japanese soldiers to fight for its side. The communists forced
Chiang to flee to Taiwan in 1949.

Italy 1947-48: Using every trick in the book, the US interfered in
the elections to prevent the Communist Party from coming to power legally
and fairly.

This perversion of democracy was done in the name of "saving democracy" in
Italy. The Communists lost.

For the next few decades, the CIA, along with US corporations, continued to
intervene in Italian elections, pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars
and much psychological warfare to block the spectre that was haunting
Europe.

Greece 1947-49: Intervened in a civil war, taking the side of the
neo-fascists against the Greek left which had fought the Nazis
courageously.

The neo-fascists won and instituted a highly brutal regime, for which the
CIA created a new internal security agency, KYP. Before long, KYP was
carrying out all the endearing practices of secret police everywhere,
including systematic torture.

Philippines 1945-53: US military fought against leftist forces
(Huks) even while the Huks were still fighting against the Japanese
invaders.

After the war, the US continued its fight against the Huks, defeating them,
and then installing a series of puppets as President, culminating in the
dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.

South Korea 1945-53: After World War II, the United States
suppressed the popular progressive forces in favour of the conservatives
who had collaborated with the Japanese. This led to a long era of corrupt,
reactionary, and brutal governments.

Albania 1949-53: US and Britain tried unsuccessfully to overthrow
the communist government and install a new one that would have been pro-
Western and composed largely of monarchists and collaborators with Italian
fascists and Nazis.

Germany 1950s: The CIA orchestrated a wide-ranging campaign of
sabotage, terrorism, dirty tricks, and psychological warfare against East
Germany. This was one of the factors which led to the building of the
Berlin Wall in 1961.

Iran 1953: Prime Minister Mossadegh was overthrown in a joint US and
British operation. Mossadegh had been elected to his position by a large
majority of parliament, but he had made the fateful mistake of spearheading
the movement to nationalise a British-owned oil company, the sole oil
company operating in Iran.

The coup restored the Shah to absolute power and began a period of 25 years
of repression and torture, with the oil industry being restored to foreign
ownership, as follows: Britain and the US, each 40 per cent, other nations
20 per cent.

Guatemala 1953-1990s: A CIA-organised coup overthrew the
democratically-elected and progressive government of Jacobo Arbenz,
initiating 40 years of death-squads, torture, disappearances, mass
executions, and unimaginable cruelty, totaling well over 100,000 victims -
indisputably one of the most inhuman chapters of the 20th century.

Arbenz had nationalised the US firm, United Fruit Company, which had
extremely close ties to the American power elite.

As justification for the coup, Washington declared that Guatemala had been
on the verge of a Soviet takeover, when in fact the USSR had so little
interest in the country that it didn't even maintain diplomatic relations
with it.

The real problem in the eyes of Washington, in addition to United Fruit,
was the danger of Guatemala's social democracy spreading to other countries
in Latin America.

Middle East 1956-58: The Eisenhower Doctrine stated that the United
States "is prepared to use armed forces to assist" any Middle East country
"requesting assistance against armed aggression from any country controlled
by international communism".

The English translation of this was that no one would be allowed to
dominate, or have excessive influence over, the Middle East and its oil
fields except the United States, and that anyone who tried would be, by
definition, "communist".

In keeping with this policy, the United States twice attempted to overthrow
the Syrian Government, staged several shows-of-force in the Mediterranean
to intimidate movements opposed to US-supported governments in Jordan and
Lebanon, landed 14,000 troops in Lebanon, and conspired to overthrow or
assassinate Nasser of Egypt and his troublesome Middle-East nationalism.

Indonesia 1957-58: Sukarno, like Nasser, was the kind of Third World
leader the United States could not abide. He took neutralism in the Cold
War seriously, making trips to the Soviet Union and China (though to the
White House as well).

He nationalised many private holdings of the Dutch, the former colonial
power. And he refused to crack down on the Indonesian Communist Party,
which was walking the legal, peaceful road and making impressive gains
electorally.

Such policies could easily give other Third World leaders "wrong ideas".

Thus it was that the CIA began throwing money into the elections, plotted
Sukarno's assassination, tried to blackmail him with a phoney sex film, and
joined forces with dissident military officers to wage a full-scale war
against the Government. Sukarno survived it all.

British Guyana, 1953-64: For 11 years, two of the oldest democracies
in the world, Great Britain and the United States, went to great lengths to
prevent a democratically elected leader from occupying his office.

Cheddi Jagan was another Third World leader who tried to remain neutral and
independent. He was elected three times.

Although a leftist - more so than Sukarno or Arbenz - his policies in
office were not revolutionary. But he was still a marked man, for he
represented Washington's greatest fear: building a society that might be a
successful example of an alternative to the capitalist model.

Using a wide variety of tactics - from general strikes and disinformation
to terrorism and British legalisms, the US and Britain finally forced Jagan
out in 1964.

John F Kennedy had given a direct order for him to be outed as, presumably,
had Eisenhower.

One of the better-off countries in the region under Jagan, Guyana, by the
1980s, became one of the poorest. Its principal export became people.

Vietnam, 1950-73: The slippery slope began by siding with the
French, the former colonisers and collaborators with the Japanese, and
against Ho Chi Minh and his followers who had worked closely with the
Allied war effort and admired all things American.

Ho Chi Minh had written numerous letters to President Truman and the State
Department asking for America's help in winning Vietnamese independence
from the French and finding a peaceful solution for his country. All his
entreaties were ignored.

For he was some kind of communist. Twenty-three years, and more than a
million dead, later, the United States withdrew its military forces from
Vietnam. Most people say that the US lost the war.

But by destroying Vietnam to its core, and poisoning the earth and the gene
pool for generations, Washington had in fact achieved its main purpose:
preventing what might have been the rise of a good development option for
Asia. Ho Chi Minh was, after all, some kind of communist.

Cambodia 1955-73: Prince Sihanouk was yet another leader who did not
fancy being an American client. After many years of hostility towards his
regime, including assassination plots and the infamous Nixon/Kissinger
secret "carpet bombings" of 1969-70, Washington finally overthrew Sihanouk
in a coup in 1970.

This was all that was needed to impel Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge forces to
enter the fray. Five years later, they took power.

But five years of American bombing had caused Cambodia's traditional
economy to vanish. The old Cambodia had been destroyed forever.

Incredibly, the Khmer Rouge were to inflict even greater misery upon this
unhappy land. To add to the irony, the United States supported Pol Pot,
militarily and diplomatically, after the subsequent defeat of the Khmer
Rouge by the Vietnamese.

* * *


From the Congo to Greece:



The Guardian July 19, 2000


United States Interventions (Part II)


by William Blum

Since 1945 the United States has carried out extremely serious
interventions into more than 70 nations. Part I of this series, published
last week, looked at wars and other interventions commenced during the
1940s and '50s. This week the series continues from the Congo to
Greece.

The Congo/Zaire 1960-65: In June 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the
Congo's first Prime Minister after independence from Belgium. But Belgium
retained its vast mineral wealth in Katanga province and prominent
Eisenhower administration officials had financial ties to the same wealth.

Lumumba, at Independence Day ceremonies before a host of foreign
dignitaries, called for the nation's economic as well as its political
liberation, and recounted a list of injustices against the natives by the
white owners of the country.

The poor man was obviously a "communist". The poor man was obviously
doomed. Eleven days later, Katanga province seceded.

In September, Lumumba was dismissed by the President at the instigation of
the United States and in January 1961 he was assassinated at the express
request of Dwight Eisenhower.

There followed several years of civil conflict and chaos and the rise to
power of Mobutu Sese Seko, a man not a stranger to the CIA. Mobutu went on
to rule the country for more than 30 years, with a level of corruption and
cruelty that shocked even his CIA handlers.

The Zairian people lived in abject poverty despite the country's plentiful
natural wealth, while Mobutu became a multi-billionaire.

Brazil 1961-64: President Joao Goulart was guilty of the usual
crimes. He took an independent stand in foreign policy, resuming relations
with socialist countries and opposing sanctions against Cuba.

His administration passed a law limiting the amount of profits
multinationals could transmit outside the country; a subsidiary of ITT was
nationalised; he promoted economic and social reforms.

US Attorney-General Robert Kennedy was uneasy about Goulart allowing
"communists" to hold positions in government agencies. Yet the man was no
radical.

He was a millionaire land-owner and a Catholic. That, however, was not
enough to save him. In 1964, he was overthrown in a military coup that had
deep, covert American involvement.

The official Washington line was ... yes, it's unfortunate that democracy
has been overthrown in Brazil ... but, still, the country has been saved
from communism.

For the next 15 years, all the features of military dictatorship which
Latin America has come to know were instituted: Congress was shut down,
political opposition was reduced to virtual extinction, habeas corpus for
"political crimes" was suspended, criticism of the President was forbidden
by law.

Trade unions were taken over by government, mounting protests were met by
police and military firing into crowds, peasants' homes were burned down,
priests were brutalised.

Disappearances, death squads, a remarkable degree of depravity, torture ...
the government had a name for its program: the "moral rehabilitation" of
Brazil.

Washington was very pleased. Brazil broke relations with Cuba and became
one of the United States' most reliable allies in Latin America.

Dominican Republic, 1963-66: In February 1963, Juan Bosch took
office as the first democratically elected President of the Dominican
Republic since 1924. Here at last was John F Kennedy's liberal anti-
communist, to counter the charge that the US supported only military
dictatorships.

Bosch's government was to be the long sought "showcase of democracy" that
would put the lie to Fidel Castro.

Bosch was true to his beliefs. He called for land reform; low-rent housing;
modest nationalisation of business; and foreign investment provided it was
not excessively exploitative of the country.

A number of American officials and Congressmen expressed their discomfort
with Bosch's plans, as well as his stance of independence from the United
States.

Land reform and nationalisation are always touchy issues in Washington, the
stuff that "creeping socialism" is made of. In several quarters of the US
press Bosch was red-baited.

In September, the military boots marched. Bosch was out. The United States,
which could discourage a military coup in Latin America with a frown, did
nothing.

Nineteen months later, a revolt broke out which promised to put the exiled
Bosch back into power. The United States sent 23,000 troops to help crush
it.

Cuba 1959 to present: Fidel Castro came to power at the beginning of
1959. A US National Security Council meeting of March 10, 1959 included on
its agenda the feasibility of bringing "another government to power in
Cuba".

There followed 40 years of terrorist attacks, bombings, full-scale military
invasion, sanctions, embargoes, isolation, assassinations ... Cuba had
carried out The Unforgivable Revolution, a very serious threat of setting a
"good example" in Latin America.

Indonesia 1965: A complex series of events, involving a supposed
coup attempt, a counter-coup, and perhaps a counter-counter-coup, with
American fingerprints apparent at various points, resulted in the removal
of President Sukarno from power and his replacement by General Suharto.

The massacre that began immediately - of communists, communist
sympathisers, suspected communists, suspected communist sympathisers, and
none of the above - was called by the New York Times "one of the
most savage mass slayings of modern political history".

The estimates of the number killed in the course of a few years begin at
half a million and go above a million.

It was later learned that the US Embassy had compiled lists of "communist"
operatives, from top echelons down to village cadres, as many as 5,000
names, and turned them over to the army, which then hunted those persons
down and killed them.

The Americans would then check off the names of those who had been killed
or captured. "It really was a big help to the army. They probably killed a
lot of people, and I probably have a lot of blood on my hands", said one US
diplomat.

"But that's not all bad. There's a time when you have to strike hard at a
decisive moment."

Chile, 1964-73: Salvador Allende was the worst possible scenario for
a Washington imperialist. He could imagine only one thing worse than a
Marxist in power - an elected Marxist in power, who honoured the
constitution, and became increasingly popular.

This shook the very foundation stones upon which the anti-communist tower
was built: the doctrine, painstakingly cultivated for decades, that
"communists" can take power only through force and deception, that they can
retain that power only through terrorising and brainwashing the population.

After sabotaging Allende's electoral endeavour in 1964, the CIA and the
rest of the American foreign policy machine failed to do so in 1970,
despite their best efforts.

Over the next three years they left no stone unturned in their attempt to
destabilise the Allende Government, paying particular attention to building
up military hostility.

Finally, in September 1973, the military overthrew the Government. Allende
died in the process.

Thus it was that they closed the country to the outside world for a week,
while the tanks rolled and the soldiers broke down doors; the stadiums rang
with the sounds of execution and the bodies piled up along the streets and
floated in the river.

The torture centres opened for business; subversive books were thrown to
the bonfires; soldiers slit the trouser legs of women, shouting that "In
Chile women wear dresses!"; the poor returned to their natural state; and
the men of the world in Washington and in the halls of international
finance opened up their cheque-books.

In the end, more than 3,000 had been executed, thousands more tortured or
disappeared.

Greece 1964-74: The military coup took place in April 1967, just two
days before the campaign for national elections was to begin, elections
which appeared certain to bring the veteran liberal leader George
Papandreou back as Prime Minister.

Papandreou had been elected in February 1964 with the only outright
majority in the history of modern Greek elections.

The successful machinations to unseat him had begun immediately, a joint
effort of the Royal Court, the Greek military, and the American military
and CIA stationed in Greece.

The 1967 coup was followed immediately by the traditional martial law,
censorship, arrests, beatings, torture, and killings, the victims totaling
some 8,000 in the first month.

This was accompanied by the equally traditional declaration that this was
all being done to save the nation from a "communist takeover".

Corrupting and subversive influences in Greek life were to be removed.
Among these were miniskirts, long hair, and foreign newspapers; church
attendance for the young would be compulsory.

However, it was torture, usually in the most gruesome of ways, often with
equipment supplied by the United States, which most indelibly marked the
seven-year Greek nightmare.

James Becket, an American attorney sent to Greece by Amnesty International,
wrote in December 1969: "Hundreds of prisoners have listened to the little
speech given by Inspector Basil Lambrou, who sits behind his desk which
displays the red, white, and blue clasped-hand symbol of American aid.

"He tries to show the prisoner the absolute futility of resistance: `You
make yourself ridiculous by thinking you can do anything. The world is
divided in two. There are the communists on that side and on this side the
free world. The Russians and the Americans, no one else. What are we?
Americans. Behind me there is the government, behind the government is
NATO, behind NATO is the US. You can't fight us, we are Americans.'"

* * *


From East Timor to Yugoslavia:



The Guardian July 26, 2000



United States Intervention (Part III)


by William Blum

Since 1945 the United States has carried out extremely serious wars of
aggression and interventions in more than 70 nations. Parts I and II of
this series, published in the last two issues of The Guardian,
brought the series up to the 1960s. This week, the final in the series,
covers actions commenced in the 1970s up to the present.

East Timor, 1975 to present: In December 1975, Indonesia invaded
East Timor, which lies at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago,
and which had proclaimed its independence after Portugal had relinquished
control of it.

The invasion was launched the day after US President Gerald Ford and
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had left Indonesia after giving
President Suharto permission to use American arms which, under US law,
could not be used for aggression. Indonesia was Washington's most valuable
tool in Southeast Asia.

Amnesty International estimated that by 1989, Indonesian troops, with the
aim of forcibly annexing East Timor, had killed 200,000 people out of a
population of between 600,000 and 700,000.

The United States consistently supported Indonesia's claim to East Timor
(unlike the UN and the EU), and downplayed the slaughter to a remarkable
degree.

At the same time the US supplied Indonesia with all the military hardware
and training it needed to carry out the job.

Nicaragua 1978-89: When the Sandinistas overthrew the Somoza
dictatorship in 1978, it was clear to Washington that they might well be
that long-dreaded beast - "another Cuba".

Under President Carter, attempts to sabotage the revolution took diplomatic
and economic forms.

Under Reagan, violence was the method of choice. For eight terribly long
years, the people of Nicaragua were under attack by Washington's proxy
army, the Contras, formed from Somoza's vicious National Guardsmen and
other supporters of the dictator.

It was all-out war, aiming to destroy the progressive social and economic
programs of the government, burning down schools and medical clinics,
raping, torturing, mining harbours, bombing and strafing. These were Ronald
Reagan's "freedom fighters".

There would be no revolution in Nicaragua.

Grenada 1979-84: What would drive the most powerful nation in the
world to invade a country of 110,000?

Maurice Bishop and his followers had taken power in a 1979 coup. Although
their actual policies were not as revolutionary as Castro's, public
appearances by the Grenadian leaders in other countries of the region met
with great enthusiasm.

Washington was again driven by its fear of "another Cuba". US
destabilisation tactics against the Bishop Government began soon after the
coup and continued until 1983, featuring numerous acts of disinformation
and dirty tricks.

The US invasion in October 1983 met minimal resistance, although the US
suffered 135 killed or wounded; there were also some 400 Grenadian
casualties, and 84 Cubans, mainly construction workers.

What conceivable human purpose these people died for has not been revealed.
At the end of 1984, a questionable election was held. It was won by a man
supported by the Reagan administration.

One year later, the human rights organisation, Council on Hemispheric
Affairs, reported that Grenada's new US-trained police force and counter-
insurgency forces had acquired a reputation for brutality, arbitrary
arrest, and abuse of authority, and were eroding civil rights.

In April 1989, the government issued a list of more than 80 books which
were prohibited from being imported. Four months later, the Prime Minister
suspended parliament to forestall a threatened no-confidence vote resulting
from what his critics called "an increasingly authoritarian style".

Libya 1981-89: Libya refused to be a proper Middle East client state
of Washington. Its leader, Muammar el-Qaddafi, was uppity. He would have to
be punished.

US planes shot down two Libyan planes in what Libya regarded as its air
space. The US also dropped bombs on the country, killing at least 40
people, including Qaddafi's daughter.

There were other attempts to assassinate the man, operations to overthrow
him, a major disinformation campaign, economic sanctions, and blaming Libya
for being behind the Pan Am 103 bombing without any good evidence.

Panama, 1989: Washington's mad bombers strike again. December 1989,
a large tenement barrio in Panama City wiped out, 15,000 people left
homeless.

Counting several days of ground fighting against Panamanian forces, 500-
something dead was the official body count (what the US and the new US-
installed Panamanian Government admitted to).

Other sources, with no less evidence, insisted that thousands had died;
3,000-something wounded. Twenty-three Americans dead, 324 wounded.

Question from reporter: "Was it really worth it to send people to their
death for this? To get Noriega?"

George Bush: "Every human life is precious, and yet I have to answer, yes,
it has been worth it."

Manuel Noriega had been an American ally and informant for years until he
outlived his usefulness. But getting him was not the only motive for the
attack.

Bush wanted to send a clear message to the people of Nicaragua, who had an
election scheduled in two months, that this might be their fate if they re-
elected the Sandinistas.

Bush also wanted to flex some military muscle to illustrate to Congress the
need for a large combat-ready force, even after the very recent dissolution
of the "Soviet threat".

The official explanation for the American ouster was Noriega's drug
trafficking, which Washington had known about for years and had not been at
all bothered by.

Iraq 1990s: Relentless bombing for more than 40 days and nights,
against one of the most advanced nations in the Middle East, devastating
its ancient and modern capital city.

177 million pounds of bombs falling on the people of Iraq, the most
concentrated aerial onslaught in the history of the world; using depleted
uranium weapons and incinerating people, causing cancer.

Chemical and biological weapon storages and oil facilities blasted,
poisoning the atmosphere to a degree perhaps never matched anywhere;
soldiers buried alive, deliberately.

The infrastructure destroyed, with a terrible effect on health; sanctions
continued to this day multiplying the health problems; perhaps a million
children dead by now from all of these things, even more adults.

Iraq was the strongest military power amongst the Arab states. This may
have been their crime.

Noam Chomsky has written: "It's been a leading, driving doctrine of US
foreign policy since the 1940s that the vast and unparalleled energy
resources of the Gulf region will be effectively dominated by the United
States and its clients and, crucially, that no independent, indigenous
force will be permitted to have a substantial influence on the
administration of oil production and price."

Afghanistan 1979-92: Everyone knows of the unbelievable repression
of women in Afghanistan, carried out by Islamic fundamentalists, even
before the Taliban.

But how many people know that during the late 1970s and most of the 1980s,
Afghanistan had a government committed to bringing the incredibly backward
nation into the 20th century, including giving women equal rights?

What happened, however, is that the United States poured billions of
dollars into waging a terrible war against this government, simply because
it was supported by the Soviet Union.

Prior to this, CIA operations had knowingly increased the probability of a
Soviet intervention, which is what occurred. In the end, the United States
won, and the women, and the rest of Afghanistan, lost.

More than a million dead, three million disabled, five million refugees, in
total about half the population.

El Salvador, 1980-92: Salvador's dissidents tried to work within the
system. But with US support, the government made that impossible, using
repeated electoral fraud and murdering hundreds of protesters and strikers.
In 1980, the dissidents took to the gun, and civil war.

Officially, the US military presence in El Salvador was limited to an
advisory capacity. In actuality, military and CIA personnel played a more
active role on a continuous basis.

About 20 Americans were killed or wounded in helicopter and plane crashes
while flying reconnaissance or other missions over combat areas, and
considerable evidence surfaced of a US role in the ground fighting as well.

The war came to an official end in 1992; 75,000 civilian deaths and the US
Treasury depleted by US$6 billion.

Meaningful social change has been largely thwarted. A handful of the
wealthy still own the country, the poor remain as ever, and dissidents
still have to fear right-wing death squads.

Haiti, 1987-94: The US supported the Duvalier family dictatorship
for 30 years, then opposed the reformist priest, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Meanwhile, the CIA was working intimately with death squads, torturers and
drug traffickers.

With this as background, the Clinton White House found itself in the
awkward position of having to pretend - because of all their rhetoric
about "democracy" - that they supported Aristide's return to power in
Haiti after he had been ousted in a 1991 military coup.

After delaying his return for more than two years, Washington finally had
its military restore Aristide to office, but only after obliging the priest
to guarantee that he would not help the poor at the expense of the rich,
and that he would stick closely to free-market economics.

This meant that Haiti would continue to be the assembly plant of the
Western Hemisphere, with its workers receiving literally starvation wages.

Yugoslavia, 1999: The United States set about bombing the country
back to a pre-industrial era. It would like the world to believe that its
intervention was motivated only by "humanitarian" impulses.

Perhaps the above history of US interventions, can help one decide how much
weight to place on this claim.

[Intifada]

the usa has attacked 72 countries, and counting, since ww2. :angry:

talk about a rogue nation. <_<

BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS USA&#33;&#33;&#33;

[Soviet power supreme]

I think all is in this list.

SOUTH DAKOTA 1890 (-?) Troops 300 Lakota Indians massacred at Wounded Knee.

ARGENTINA 1890 Troops Buenos Aires interests protected.

CHILE 1891 Troops Marines clash with nationalist rebels.

HAITI 1891 Troops Black workers revolt on U.S.-claimed Navassa Island defeated.

IDAHO 1892 Troops Army suppresses silver miners&#39; strike.

HAWAII 1893 (-?) Naval, troops Independent kingdom overthrown, annexed.

CHICAGO 1894 Troops Breaking of rail strike, 34 killed.

NICARAGUA 1894 Troops Month-long occupation of Bluefields.

CHINA 1894-95 Naval, troops Marines land in Sino-Japanese War.

KOREA 1894-96 Troops Marines kept in Seoul during war.

PANAMA 1895 Troops, naval Marines land in Colombian province.

NICARAGUA 1896 Troops Marines land in port of Corinto.

CHINA 1898-1900 Troops Boxer Rebellion fought by foreign armies.

PHILIPPINES 1898-1910(-?) Naval, troops Seized from Spain, killed 600,000 Filipinos.

CUBA 1898-1902(-?) Naval, troops Seized from Spain, still hold Navy base.

PUERTO RICO 1898(-?) Naval, troops Seized from Spain, occupation continues.

GUAM 1898(-?) Naval, troops Seized from Spain, still use as base.

MINNESOTA 1898(-?) Troops Army battles Chippewa at Leech Lake.

NICARAGUA 1894 Troops Month-long occupation of Bluefields.

CHINA 1894-95 Naval, troops Marines land in Sino-Japanese War.

KOREA 1894-96 Troops Marines kept in Seoul during war.

PANAMA 1895 Troops, naval Marines land in Colombian province.

NICARAGUA 1896 Troops Marines land in port of Corinto.

CHINA 1898-1900 Troops Boxer Rebellion fought by foreign armies.

PHILIPPINES 1898-1910(-?) Naval, troops Seized from Spain, killed 600,000 Filipinos.

CUBA 1898-1902(-?) Naval, troops Seized from Spain, still hold Navy base.

PUERTO RICO 1898(-?) Naval, troops Seized from Spain, occupation continues.

GUAM 1898(-?) Naval, troops Seized from Spain, still use as base.

MINNESOTA 1898(-?) Troops Army battles Chippewa at Leech Lake.

NICARAGUA 1898 Troops Marines land at port of San Juan del Sur.

SAMOA 1899(-?) Troops Battle over succession to throne.

NICARAGUA 1899 Troops Marines land at port of Bluefields.

IDAHO 1899-1901 Troops Army occupies Coeur d&#39;Alene mining region.

OKLAHOMA 1901 Troops Army battles Creek Indian revolt.

PANAMA 1901-14 Naval, troops Broke off from Colombia 1903, annexed Canal Zone 1914-99.

HONDURAS 1903 Troops Marines intervene in revolution.

DOMINICAN REP. 1903-04 Troops U.S. interests protected in Revolution.

KOREA 1904-05 Troops Marines land in Russo-Japanese War.

CUBA 1906-09 Troops Marines land in democratic election.

NICARAGUA 1907 Troops "Dollar Diplomacy" protectorate set up.

HONDURAS 1907 Troops Marines land during war with Nicaragua.

PANAMA 1908 Troops Marines intervene in election contest.

NICARAGUA 1910 Troops Marines land in Bluefields and Corinto.

HONDURAS 1911 Troops U.S. interests protected in civil war.

CHINA 1911-41 Naval, troops Continuous occupation with flare-ups.

CUBA 1912 Troops U.S. interests protected in Havanna.

PANAMA 19l2 Troops Marines land during heated election.

HONDURAS 19l2 Troops Marines protect U.S. economic interests.

NICARAGUA 1912-33 Troops, bombing 20-year occupation, fought guerrillas.

MEXICO 19l3 Naval Americans evacuated during revolution.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1914 Naval Fight with rebels over Santo Domingo.

COLORADO 1914 Troops Breaking of miners&#39; strike by Army.

MEXICO 1914-18 Naval, troops Series of interventions against nationalists.

HAITI 1914-34 Troops, bombing 19-year occupation after revolts.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1916-24 Troops 8-year Marine occupation.

CUBA 1917-33 Troops Military occupation, economic protectorate.

WORLD WAR I 19l7-18 Naval, troops Ships sunk, fought Germany

RUSSIA 1918-22 Naval, troops Five landings to fight Bolsheviks.

PANAMA 1918-20 Troops "Police duty" during unrest after elections.

YUGOSLAVIA 1919 Troops Marines intervene for Italy against Serbs in Dalmatia.

HONDURAS 1919 Troops Marines land during election campaign.

GUATEMALA 1920 Troops 2-week intervention against unionists.

WEST VIRGINIA 1920-21 Troops, bombing Army intervenes against mineworkers.

TURKEY 1922 Troops Fought nationalists in Smyrna (Izmir).

CHINA 1922-27 Naval, troops Deployment during nationalist revolt.

HONDURAS 1924-25 Troops Landed twice during election strife.

PANAMA 1925 Troops Marines suppress general strike.

CHINA 1927-34 Troops Marines stationed throughout the country.

EL SALVADOR 1932 Naval Warships sent during Faribundo Marti revolt.

WASHINGTON DC 1932 Troops Army stops WWI vet bonus protest.

WORLD WAR II 1941-45 Naval,troops, bombing, nuclear Fought Axis for 3 years; Over 200,000 civilian casualties in 1st nuclear strikes.

DETROIT 1943 Troops Army puts down Black rebellion.

IRAN 1946 Nuclear threat Soviet troops told to leave north (Iranian Azerbaijan).

YUGOSLAVIA 1946 Naval Response to shooting-down of U.S. plane.

URUGUAY 1947 Nuclear threat Bombers deployed as show of strength.

GREECE 1947-49 Command operation U.S. directs extreme-right in civil war.

CHINA 1948-49 Troops Marines evacuate Americans before Communist victory.

GERMANY 1948 Nuclear threat Atomic-capable bombers guard Berlin Airlift.

PHILIPPINES 1948-54 Command operation CIA directs war against Huk Rebellion.

PUERTO RICO 1950 Command operation Independence rebellion crushed in Ponce.

KOREA 1950-53 Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats U.S.& South Korea fight China & North Korea to stalemate; A-bomb threat in 1950, & vs. China in 1953. Still have bases.

IRAN 1953 Command operation CIA overthrows democracy, installs Shah.

VIETNAM 1954 Nuclear threat Bombs offered to French to use against siege.

GUATEMALA 1954 Command operation, bombing, nuclear threat CIA directs exile invasion after new gov&#39;t nationalizes U.S. company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua.

EGYPT 1956 Nuclear threat, troops Soviets told to keep out of Suez crisis; marines evacuate foreigners.

LEBANON 1958 Troops, naval Marine occupation against rebels.

IRAQ 1958 Nuclear threat Iraq warned against invading Kuwait.

CHINA 1958 Nuclear threat China told not to move on Taiwan isles.

PANAMA 1958 Troops Flag protests erupt into confrontation.

VIETNAM 1960-75 Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats Fought South Vietnam revolt & North Vietnam; 1-2 million killed in longest U.S. war; atomic bomb threats in 1968 and 1969.

CUBA 1961 Command operation CIA-directed exile invasion fails.

GERMANY 1961 Nuclear threat Alert during Berlin Wall crisis.

CUBA 1962 Nuclear threat Naval Blockade during missile crisis; near-war with USSR.

LAOS 1962 Command operation Military buildup during guerrilla war.

PANAMA 1964 Troops Panamanians shot for urging canal&#39;s return.

INDONESIA 1965 Command operation Million killed in CIA-assisted army coup.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1965-66 Troops, bombing Marines land during election campaign.

GUATEMALA 1966-67 Command operation Green Berets intervene against rebels.

DETROIT 1967 Troops Army battles Blacks, 43 killed.

UNITED STATES 1968 Troops After King is shot; over 21,000 soldiers in cities.

CAMBODIA 1969-75 Bombing, troops, naval Up to 2 million killed in decade of bombing, starvation, and political chaos.

OMAN 1970 Command operation U.S. directs Iranian marine invasion.

LAOS 1971-73 Command operation, bombing U.S. directs South Vietnamese invasion; "carpet-bombs" countryside.

SOUTH DAKOTA 1973 Command operation Army directs Wounded Knee siege of Lakotas.

MIDEAST 1973 Nuclear threat World-wide alert during Mideast War.

CHILE 1973 Command operation CIA-backed coup ousts elected marxist president.

CAMBODIA 1975 Troops, bombing Gas captured ship, 28 die in copter crash.

ANGOLA 1976-92 Command operation CIA assists South African-backed rebels.

IRAN 1980 Troops, nuclear threat, aborted bombing Raid to rescue Embassy hostages; 8 troops die in copter-plane crash. Soviets warned not to get involved in revolution.

LIBYA 1981 Naval jets Two Libyan jets shot down in maneuvers.

EL SALVADOR 1981-92 Command operation, troop advisors, overflight aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved in hostage clash.

NICARAGUA 1981-90 Command operation, naval CIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against revolution.

LEBANON 1982-84 Naval, bombing, troops Marines expel PLO and back Phalangists, Navy bombs and shells Muslim and Syrian positions.

HONDURAS 1983-89 Troops Maneuvers help build bases near borders.

GRENADA 1983-84 Troops, bombing invasion four years after revolution.

IRAN 1984 Jets Two Iranian jets shot down over Persian Gulf.

LIBYA 1986 Bombing, naval Air strikes to topple nationalist gov&#39;t.

BOLIVIA 1986 Troops Army assists raids on cocaine region.

IRAN 1987-88 Naval, bombing US intervenes on side of Iraq in war.

LIBYA 1989 Naval jets Two Libyan jets shot down.

VIRGIN ISLANDS 1989 Troops St. Croix Black unrest after storm.

PHILIPPINES 1989 Jets Air cover provided for government against coup.

PANAMA 1989-90 Troops, bombing Nationalist government ousted by 27,000 soldiers, leaders arrested, 2000+ killed.

LIBERIA 1990 Troops Foreigners evacuated during civil war.

SAUDI ARABIA 1990-91 Troops, jets Iraq countered after invading Kuwait; 540,000 troops also stationed in Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Israel.

IRAQ 1990-1992 Bombing, troops, naval Blockade of Iraqi and Jordanian ports, air strikes; 200,000+ killed in invasion of Iraq and Kuwait; no-fly zone over Kurdish north, Shiite south, large-scale destruction of Iraqi military.

KUWAIT 1991 Naval, bombing, troops Kuwait royal family returned to throne.

LOS ANGELES 1992 Troops Army, Marines deployed against anti-police uprising.

SOMALIA 1992-94 Troops, naval, bombing U.S.-led United Nations occupation during civil war; raids against one Mogadishu faction.

YUGOSLAVIA 1992-94 Naval Nato blockade of Serbia and Montenegro.

BOSNIA 1993-95 Jets, bombing No-fly zone patrolled in civil war; downed jets, bombed Serbs.

HAITI 1994-96 Troops, naval Blockade against military government; troops restore President Aristide to office three years after coup.

CROATIA 1995 Bombing Krajina Serb airfields attacked before Croatian offensive.

ZAIRE (CONGO) 1996-97 Troops Marines at Rwandan Hutu refuge camps, in area where Congo revolution begins.

LIBERIA 1997 Troops Soldiers under fire during evacuation of foreigners.

ALBANIA 1997 Troops Soldiers under fire during evacuation of foreigners.

SUDAN 1998 Missiles Attack on pharmaceutical plant alleged to be "terrorist" nerve gas plant. Over 30, 000 civilian casualties. US blocks UN war-crimes inquiry at the security council.

AFGHANISTAN 1998 Missiles Attack on former CIA training camps used by Islamic fundamentalist groups alleged to have attacked embassies.

IRAQ 1998-2003 Bombing, Missiles Four days of intensive air strikes after weapons inspectors alleged Iraqi obstructions.

YUGOSLAVIA 1999. Bombing, Missiles Heavy NATO air strikes after Serbia declines to withdraw from Kosovo.

YEMEN 2000 Naval Suicide bomb attack on USS Cole.

MACEDONIA 2001 Troops NATO troops shift and partially disarm Albanian rebels.

UNITED STATES 2001 Jets, naval Response to hijacking attacks.

AFGHANISTAN 2001 Massive U.S. mobilization to attack Taliban, Bin Laden.

IRAQ 2003. Occupation with the pretext of existence of "mass destruction weapons". No mass destruction weapons found.

[STI]

Well, the U&#036; attacked [what is now] Canada in 1812. We chased them back to Washington and burned the White House, though. Harhar&#33; It was Britain then, though, but American non-friendliness afterward was a big factor in Canada becoming a sort- of- independant nation (Britain still had a pretty strong stranglehold on our politics until the 1920s).

[Vladimir I. Kropotkin]

Originally posted by [email protected] 22 2003, 09:56 PM
Are we all saying this so called "imperialism" has generated an overall worse situation in the world? All I hear is they have been "Affected" by American military strength, but not usually how. I am not saying all of these instences created desierable effects, but you can&#39;t accept a super-power to be without mistakes. I just want to say that you guys should understand that many of these countries mentioned are far better of as a result of the freedoms they now enjoy because of American military/economic strength. Everyone&#39;s talking about how the U.S. has screwed Europe. But no one seems to ever mentioned the giant Marshal Plan, or the economic activity that each power shares with eachother.

Thank You.
Ok then, go head and name all the countries that are "better off" now that they&#39;ve been raped and bombed by the US military or it&#39;s dollar militias. Moreover, you want to talk about the wonderous Marshall plan? are you actually that naive that you believe the motivation was sense of charity? It&#39;s purpose was to help rebuild US "allies", so that the US had someone to trade with. Studies conducted by the US govt. at the time pointed to this as crucial, declaring that the US economy could not survive without this reconstruction. Furthermore it was used to throw water on working class unrest in the west, since only friendly west european countrys received this aid, the aid was a crutch to many western governents that faced communist and socialist partys whom emerged from the war with a reputation for being the strongest resisters and opponents of the fascists. Thus it was used to strengthen western capitalism, that is primarily the US, capital wasnt just given away, in many instances it was tied, like modern aid, those who received aid had to buy US goods, and of course in defence of the communist hordes in the east whom no doubt were waiting for the right moment before launching their barbarous onslaught into western europe.

[bubbrubb]

You all complain about american imperialism but i don&#39;t see you doing anything about it except... well complain. Whut u r doing obviously isn&#39;t working... I WANT RESULTS&#33;

[STI]

Originally posted by [email protected] 28 2004, 10:12 PM
You all complain about american imperialism but i don&#39;t see you doing anything about it except... well complain. Whut u r doing obviously isn&#39;t working... I WANT RESULTS&#33;
...And what YOU&#39;RE doing is working just great. :rolleyes:

[enderisdragon]

as mao states we must find who are friends are let us fight the enemy not ourselves


and NeOcLiS pls do not have rage and che in the same quote


thank you

[enderisdragon]

Originally posted by [email protected] 28 2003, 03:26 PM
MEXICO.
Don&#39;t forget the invasions my country has suffered and how we lost california, arizona, new mexico and other states that formed half of our territory
firehead
your country stole, raped and plundered the land and its inhabitants california, arizona, new mexico

[LuZhiming]

Originally posted by [email protected] 29 2004, 07:06 AM
firehead
your country stole, raped and plundered the land and its inhabitants california, arizona, new mexico
:lol: So what are you saying? That the U.S. outterrorized the Mexicans?

[enderisdragon]

the Us was (is) the best at what they do

[setumismo]

http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/v80/setumismo/thompson.jpg

[abigratsass]

what about good old egypt.....
the states supports the facist dicatator mubark all the way &#33;&#33;
and they supported israel in 67 i think &#33;&#33;

[afiCHEonado]

Also Colombia, they got taken what now is Panama. Just to make a canal which is now the Panama Canal that Panama controls, but still United States controls the military aspect of the canal, by having military bases there.



afiCHEonado

[<<-VoDKa->>]

Look guys i think we should all jus email all the other countries to the guy who started this thread so he can give us a large list and we can thank him

[insurgency03]

Panama

a really weird situation at that too, a CIA correspondent was leading the country, and then 1 day he decided to defy D.C. then we sent in the troops to "restore order", killed around 2,000 people in the process

not 2 mention any country involved in the drug trade, where the cia is thick in the middle of it

[Colombia]

Originally posted by [email protected] 22 2004, 05:40 AM
Also Colombia, they got taken what now is Panama. Just to make a canal which is now the Panama Canal that Panama controls, but still United States controls the military aspect of the canal, by having military bases there.



afiCHEonado
Are you saying that the US took Panama from Colombia?

[Leninist thug]

The moon. Hello people?

[Tupac-Amaru]

Originally posted by [email protected] 8 2004, 04:55 AM





Are you saying that the US took Panama from Colombia?


Panama and Colombia used to be one country, but then america "created" Panama in order to build the canal there...they basically own the place&#33;

[Polish Prince]

Originally posted by [email protected] 21 2003, 12:06 AM
Guyana---- 2001.... america sent troops to stop a militairy coup of the parliament...... please include guyana. also Poland in 1945... after the defeat of Germany the US made some HORRIFIC bounday lines of Poland... poland is actually half germany and half poland is claimed by the russians.
actually if u read ur history the only true part of your statement is that half of poland is claimed by now ukraine, belarus and lithuania

[Polish Prince]

i never realized how much suffering us has brought the world

[Danielle]

This depends on what you consider imperialism. I believe it is military or economic interference and all that is correct. But I also believe imperialism can be seen culturally through the entertainment industry and such. This transpires that America has been imperialistic in most countries around the world. There is most likely not one western country that doesn&#39;t have a McDonald&#39;s restaurant. This is different sort of imperialism but it has been effective too for the Americans.

[Big_Don]

Originally posted by [email protected] 24 2005, 02:06 PM
This depends on what you consider imperialism. I believe it is military or economic interference and all that is correct. But I also believe imperialism can be scene culturally through the entertainment industry and such. This transpires that America has been imperialistic in most countries around the world. There is most likely not one western country that doesn&#39;t have a McDonald&#39;s restaurant. This is different sort of imperialism but it has been effective to for the Americans.
I tototally agree

[RedStarOverChina]

I can not think of a nation NOT　ｅｆｆｅｃｔｅｄ　ｂｙ　ＵＳ　Ｉｍｐｅｒｉａｌｉｓｍ．

[viva le revolution]

Not to forget southeast asia, after years of sanctions against India and Pakistan the imperialist nation threatens to ignite an arms race that would put the people on both sides at more risk, but hell it means more dollars for the Capitalist jackals.
if another country had supplied arms to either nation they would be blamed for destabilizing asia furthur, but uncle sam can do whatever he wants..to hell with the world.

[Totalitarian Militant]

I cant believe you people actually accept/believe in this topic.

For Christs sake, everyone followed imperialism at one point, and if they didnt, they wish they could have at the time.

Britian, France, Russia, and many more all did it, so dont bring up this waste of space making it look like America did everything.

Pathetic.

[CEWS]

Your pathetic.

Of course other countries were imperialist.

1400&#39;s - present. The Native Americans were hardly mentioned. The US is the occupation of their land.

[lennonist-leninist]

and i dont know if u forgot mexico with the us attemps to stop the poor and less fortunate to enter the country and how the us now is finding new countrys for trade and leaving mexico in a time where it needs the us trade the most.

[GAY JESUS (usa)]

Originally posted by [email protected] 21 2003, 07:14 PM
"I don&#39;t feel we did wrong in taking this great
country away from them. There were great
numbers of people who needed new land,
and the Indians were selfishly trying
to keep it for themselves."
-- John Wayne

The imperialist propagand thru the movie industry
John wayne said that in real life. He didnt have very nice things to say about blacks either. My teacher once told me awhile ago that there are about 6 billion people on planet right now. If you gave everybody in the world one acre of land, you cant fit the entire worlds population inside the state of Texas, and still have land left over. So that kinda busts a hole in that Europeans needed new land therory. It was just an excuse for imperialism.

[*Hippie*]

I think the U.S. is the only thing coming between Canada and Socialism. I am tired of their horrible culture seeping over the border and taking over our culture. :(
So we haven&#39;t had a war waged on us by the U.S. but they are still controlling us in a sense. They have stopped trade on certain goods before to make us do what they want.

[FreeChechnya]

you might be forgetting one - that or i skipped it.


CANADA

[CrazyModerate]

Originally posted by [email protected] 15 2005, 02:04 AM
you might be forgetting one - that or i skipped it.


CANADA
I once heard "During the Cold War, the Soviet Union raped, and the United States seduced."

I&#39;d say the United States raped and seduced.

[Rawthentic]

yes sir. down with imperialism&#33;

[Master Che]

Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia and Peru : Installed Dictatorship&#39;s which killed hundreds of thousands of people, just because the president of those countries of that time were socailist shame on American -_-.

Soviet Union: Started the cold war , betrayed them after WW2.

Iraq: War for oil and the beginning of WWIII.


I hope that before i die the US Reich DIES, i hope that i can see it collapse before i die. That would be the best gift anyone can give me.
They have ruined my country and many other countries in this region and in many other parts of the world. And the fucking fool&#39;s living in the US think "it&#39;s a ray of freedom". I hope in 2000 years when people look back and study the US they will see the TRUTH.

[Ginger Goodwin]

;)

[La_Dominicana_Rebelde]

Dominican Republic is in such a horrible situation because the US have always fucked with our politics....they think ur too dumb too think for ourselves....to think DR could actually be doing well right now really makes me angry...

[Master Che]

What pisses me off even more is how ignorent the average US citizen is. They believe the US is a force and beacon of "freedom and hope" all over the world... Yeah my ass <_< asshole&#39;s.

[Re-visionist 05]

I remember readina about a pretty absurd international incident involvign Amercan inperialism, cant remember the exact details though. I involved the Vanderbuilts, the u.s goverment, the theft of a watermelon, and the nation of guatamala ( i think?)

Can anyone refresh my memory here?

[pin75]

why do many people leave cuba?

[Tormented by Treachery]

Originally posted by Re&#045;visionist [email protected] 6 2006, 12:34 AM
I remember readina about a pretty absurd international incident involvign Amercan inperialism, cant remember the exact details though. I involved the Vanderbuilts, the u.s goverment, the theft of a watermelon, and the nation of guatamala ( i think?)

Can anyone refresh my memory here?
If you could give us a time frame it would probably be helpful, I could look it up... I believe I&#39;ve heard of the incident however, comrade...

[Kaze no Kae]

Originally posted by [email protected] 20 2003, 02:05 AM
Dominican Republic

I also heard that the US wouldn&#39;t give Italy aid after WWII unless they expelled the Socialists in the parliament.. But thats bullying not really imperialism.
Its political blackmail. Im not sure if it wouldnt come under imperialism.

Banning a political party isnt something youd expect in your own country, nevermind elsewhere.

[redsoldier32]

about the yugoslavia thing, they were killing muslims like crazy, oh and the dont

forget the people themselves, the smart ones (scientists philosophers) , who have

been attacked all the time because they&#39;re not religous enough or right-wing, and

then the people in hawii, a total takeover, and them they have the nads to build a

battleship harbor,

[Wells]

Lets not forget that American imperialism is not only enforced through invasion and wars, but through American culture and ideology. These are nearly as dangerous as invasions. Here in Britain the American ideology and infuence has run rampant. You can&#39;t go down the street without running into a McDonalds or Burger King. Its been imeresed into our own culture so that Tesco has become big money grabbing exploitators&#33; With such control they can also force their "Ally" countries like Britain to go to war with places such as Iraq.

[The Grey Blur]

I&#39;m always wary of those who talk about Cultural Imperialism or &#39;Americanism&#39; - it seems kind of anti-progressive or Nationalist at times

[Wells]

Not at all, Its not Nationalistic to defend ones own culture and to defend the working class values in your own country. American imperialism can be passive or aggressive, thats my point. You got me all wrong.

[The Grey Blur]

Define culture and define how you &#39;defend&#39; culture


defend the working class values in your own country
So long as those &#39;values&#39; are progressive

Sorry, if I seem overly skeptical of this - the whole cultural defense thing has an air of the petit-beurgeois "worthwhile" cause about it

[Wells]

So long as those &#39;values&#39; are progressive

Progressive culture would be that of the working class, that is where the ideology and strength of change originated from.

May I ask where you live? In whatever country you come from you will have cultures and shared values, which American imperialism can dominate and manipulate. This is not only to Britain but many societies in the world.

Basically I think we can agree that American imperialism is no good for any country, whether it is through force or cultural aspects.

[The Grey Blur]

Progressive culture would be that of the working class, that is where the ideology and strength of change originated from.
I disagree - industrial strength does not equal culure


May I ask where you live?
Belfast, Ireland


In whatever country you come from you will have cultures and shared values, which American imperialism can dominate and manipulate
In whatever country you come from you will have a cultural identity which the beurgeois will promote as the greatest in the world. And that it must be &#39;protected&#39;


This is not only to Britain but many societies in the world.
What part of British culture should be protected from those evil Americans - Morris dancing? Or do you mean the old empire mentality that is slowly but surely deteriorating


whether it is through force or cultural aspects.
You can&#39;t equate one with the other comrade, it would be silly to do so

[Wells]

Okay, it seems that we have got off on the wrong foot.

For a moment lets leave cultural aspects out of this. Now as I said earlier American imperialism can be used in a definitive way to manipulate the ideas of a rival country, so that it can be dangerous by creating an ally which then serves American interests. That was my original point on this subject. Of course British culture has never been an outstanding one throughout the world, and I&#39;m not putting our culture above the rest, I&#39;m stating the infulence of American ideology can have profound effects.

The working class on the other hand through its economic strength created thier own sub-cultures and comunities, that has been badly destroyed by Capitalist-Globalization. This is one of the products of Americanization.

[The Grey Blur]

Hmm okay, agreed for the moment

I&#39;m too tired to argue anymore anyways

Nite nite

[Wells]

You&#39;re right, culture is a tool used by the bourgeoise to split the working class.

Yea, me tired too. At least I can go to bed knowing we are on the same lines. :D

[wad1224]

im glad that hawaii is listed up there as a nation that has been effected by American imperialism because most Americans dont think of hawaii that way. Im not hawaiian or anything but that is something Americans must know. Hawaii was once a rather successful country with a vibrant culture. Now it has been reduced to a bunch of cities crowded onto these islands once lush with wilderness and beauty. The hawaiian people dont recieve an ounce of reparations for their suffering. Their culture is also dying as a result of this modernization that has been taking place on the islands for the past few decades.

[pastradamus]

IRELAND. My home country should be added to that list. We are totally under their thumb. America could Pull out all its industries tomorrow and We would go into the biggest recession in our history.

[Comrade Marcel]

This is a great book to reference on the subject:

http://members.aol.com/Bblum6/American_holocaust.htm

[SmashCapitalism]

Originally posted by [email protected] 06, 2005 11:09 pm
Dominican Republic is in such a horrible situation because the US have always fucked with our politics....they think ur too dumb too think for ourselves....to think DR could actually be doing well right now really makes me angry...
The USA has supported several dictatorships here... Trujillo&#39;s at first (only as long as he served our interests), the Second Triumvirate...

The way that the US stopped a popular uprising here to support brutal dictators in 1964 and allowed people from the parties they didn&#39;t like to be killed by the governement... ergghghghg. Disgusting.

[yulives]

I agree on most of the things here, except on the final country on your list. Yugoslavia didnt break appart because of US imperialism (not directly, anyway), but because of nationalists within the state. But in a sense were all affected by the US. If nothing less, because they spread their system all over the world.

[EwokUtopia]

Id start with the nations that the US currently resides on. All of what we now call the USA is the victim of US imperialism.

They are also making moves into Nunavut to get the oil that lies there. Of course Harper is licking Bush&#39;s balls while this is going on.

[SandyAnon]

Good point EWOK.

These fake anti-imperialists who are against occupation everywhere but in North America are basically white chauvinists.

Amerikkkans need to get the fuck off of Mexican and First Nation land. Maoists are going to be their packing their bags for them&#33;

[EwokUtopia]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16, 2007 02:18 am
Amerikkkans need to get the fuck off of Mexican and First Nation land. Maoists are going to be their packing their bags for them&#33;
uhhhh.....I wouldnt go so far as to say deport all white people back to Europe. Indeed, Id merely open the borders to immigrants from across the world, give them equal rights (which they dont have) and strongly encourage intermarriage, as well as doubling the size of all reservations to include arable land, and granting them full soveriegnty.

Essentially, Id take the Tito approach, and after a few decades, we can all forget about this silly nationalism buisiness.

[SandyAnon]

No, sending them to Europe isn&#39;t the best plan. All these Amerikans need to be cast to the winds and sent down the the global countryside to be re-educated by the international proletariat. They can do hard labor there and help pay back some of the reparations they owe humynity.

[EwokUtopia]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16, 2007 02:57 am
No, sending them to Europe isn&#39;t the best plan. All these Amerikans need to be cast to the winds and sent down the the global countryside to be re-educated by the international proletariat. They can do hard labor there and help pay back some of the reparations they owe humynity.
Well arent you the little revenge monger. Next youll say its a good Idea to nuke the US?

Yeah, these are all really coherant ideas your throwing out there; "The US has fucked alot of people over so why not just bring slavery back?" It is a rare occasion when I find myself defending the Americans, but what your talking about is not the way to liberate people. You do not liberate a people by making slaves out of the people of the oppressor nation.

The Tutsi&#39;s had unfair advantage over the Hutu&#39;s, but I suppose you also think they got what they had comming. Suppose we throw all Germans in the gas chambers to make up for that as well.

Your spelling of Humanity is ridiculous. The etymology of the word "Human" is not rooted in sexism, the origional english word for men was "Werman" and women was "Wifman", "man" was just a word for people in general. Thats the way the word "Human" evolved, not due to sexist construction, but due to linguistic development. I suppose you also think "History" means "His Story".....ridiculous.

Kid, your trying too hard. The point of revolution is equalization of wealth, not petty revenge against the ignorant white collar henchmen of capitalism.

[SandyAnon]

Typical kiss amerikkkan ass BS.

The proletariat smashes the its class enemies. It&#39;s called class war. Amerikkka is a totally bought-off nation without a proletariat (unless you count prisoners). So, fuck Amerikkka. It&#39;s necessary to send class enemies down to be re-educated, so Maoists plan to send Amerikkkans down to pay their debt to society.

Who cares about the word-origins of "humanity"? The alternative spelling is for agitational purposes. And, if you can&#39;t grasp how it could be useful, that says more about your own patriarchal blinders.

[xskater11x]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16, 2007 05:33 am
The proletariat smashes the its class enemies. It&#39;s called class war. Amerikkka is a totally bought-off nation without a proletariat (unless you count prisoners). So, fuck Amerikkka. It&#39;s necessary to send class enemies down to be re-educated, so Maoists plan to send Amerikkkans down to pay their debt to society.
It seems to me you are rather blinded by your own self-hatred for Americans. You cannot say any one country, at this present time, does not have a proletariat, as the fact is that even in America the working class is oppressed, if we were so bought-off why is there movements to convert to other economic forms.

You also overlook the fact there is a Maoist basis in America as well, I am sure they do not wish to destroy themselves because they are American. Unless you have something against people with the same beliefs as you as well.

[EwokUtopia]

Typical kiss amerikkkan ass BS.

The proletariat smashes the its class enemies. It&#39;s called class war. Amerikkka is a totally bought-off nation without a proletariat (unless you count prisoners). So, fuck Amerikkka. It&#39;s necessary to send class enemies down to be re-educated, so Maoists plan to send Amerikkkans down to pay their debt to society.

Ever been to West Virginia? There is alot of poverty in America, and to ignore that is just that, ignorance. True, Americans by and large do have life better than most people of the world, but so do Canadians, Austraillians, New Zealanders, Europeans, Japanese, Argentinians, Chileans, South Koreans, Saudi&#39;s, Kuwaiti&#39;s, Singaporese, Urban Chinese, et cetera. Should they also be sent for re-edukkkation by the proletarians of humynyty?

And whatabout you? wealthy enough to afford internet I see? That makes you more privileged than at least 80% of humynyty. dont be such a hippokkkryte and own up to your own privileges&#33;



Who cares about the word-origins of "humanity"? The alternative spelling is for agitational purposes. And, if you can&#39;t grasp how it could be useful, that says more about your own patriarchal blinders.

So your basically doing it to be a shit-disturber? Thats why nobody could take your views seriously, you misspell shit for "Agitational Purposes". What the fuck is the purpose in that? You and your 20 friends can misspell things all you want and threaten us with re-edyukkkashun all you like, but we will just sit here and laugh at it before getting back to a serious discussion of politics.

[SandyAnon]

So what if I misspelled "agitational"? Are you interested in revolution or winning a spelling-bee?

Amerikkkans in West Virginia may be poor by Amerikkkan statndards, so what? They are rich by global standards. Globally, the median income is about 3&#036; a day -- maybe less, maybe a bit more. What is it in WV?

[EwokUtopia]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16, 2007 07:10 am
So what if I misspelled "agitational"? You mispelled "you&#39;re" two message ago. Are you interested in revolution or winning a spelling-bee?

I didnt say you misspelled "agitational", I was merely saying that its stupid and unneccesary to misspell things like "the United &#036;nakes of Amerikkka", and it makes you look like some angst-ridden teenager who is trying to be smart. What the fuck is the point of agitational spelling? It just makes you look like an idiot.

Its nice that you are trying to freak out the establishment by spelling humanity "humynyty", but in reality, it just makes everyone, left and right, laugh and not take you seriously.



Amerikkkans in West Virginia may be poor by Amerikkkan statndards, so what? They are rich by global standards. Globally, the median income is under 3&#036; a day -- maybe less, maybe a bit more. What is it in WV?

I already said that American standards are higher, as well as providing an incomplete list of other nations whose standards are higher. Hell, the poverty in the US is worse than it is in Canada or Sweden because America has a higher disparity rate, meaning that American workers are more exploited than Canadian or Swedish ones.

Also, &#036;3 a day isnt quite enough to afford a computer and internet, so I assume you are above the average, and under your "everyone who isnt bottom is top" worldview, are an oppressor yourself and in need of re-ejewkkkashun.
Come now, you dont actually think that your ridiculous beliefs of "scattering Amerikkkans to the winds" are credible, do you? Just what the fuck does it mean to scatter them to the winds? Are you saying we should give every american a glider and shove them off of a mountain? Or maybe go down to tornado alley and push them all in a big twister?

You seem to take anti-americanism with a crypto-religious zeal. It would be fucked up if it werent so ridiculous and incredible.

I will say one thing kid, your good for a laugh or two.

[SandyAnon]

Exploitation is based on the value of labor. Just because Americans may make less than others do not make them exploited. In order to establish who is and who is not exploited, you need to establish a bar based on some kind of rational method. Just walking around WV and saying "this guy is poor&#33;" is no serious method.

There are various ways to approach this issue, which, if you are interested you can read up on. I believe it was you who said socialism was about equality. Well, a distribution principle based on equality globally would necessarily reduce the wealth of all legally employed Amerikkkans.

In any case, you sound like you are more interested in kissing Amerikkkan ass and winning a spelling-bee than fighting imperialism in a serious way. So, I don&#39;t find much point in discussing this with you.

[EwokUtopia]

Originally posted by Sa[email protected] 16, 2007 07:44 am
Exploitation is based on the value of labor. Just because Americans may make less than others do not make them exploited. In order to establish who is and who is not exploited, you need to establish a bar based on some kind of rational method. Just walking around WV and saying "this guy is poor&#33;" is no serious method.
Never thought I&#39;d say this.....but lay off the Americans for a bit&#33; Why not say Swedes or Japanese or any other wealthy nation? Again, you still havnt addressed the issue of your own relative wealth and hypocracy. You are so quick to condemn an entire nation of people (very reactionary except for in your immature little psuedo-leftist bandwagon) yet you never consider your own wealth. Go cast yourself off into the wind, youll find that that would be much easier than casting 300 million mostly good people into the wind.



There are various ways to approach this issue, which, if you are interested you can read up on. I believe it was you who said socialism was about equality. Well, a distribution principle based on equality globally would necessarily reduce the wealth of all legally employed Amerikkkans.

Not true, the standard of living for lower middle class americans, in a completely egalitarian setting, would remain the same. Remember that even in the US, 90% of the wealth belongs to 5% of the population. What, you think that everyone in the US is super rich? You think that capitalism works different there, and that they all control the means of production and make profits? It is a small minority of Americans who do not make wages, and therefore it is a small minority of Americans who are not, under Marxist terms, Proletarians. Wealthy proletarians bred for consumerism (basically the pawns to translate labour into consumption to make profit) are still proletarians, and are still in need of liberation, not your forced labour bullshit.


In any case, you sound like you are more interested in kissing Amerikkkan ass and winning a spelling-bee than fighting imperialism in a serious way. So, I don&#39;t find much point in discussing this with you.

Your the only person here who insists on spelling things ridiculously. Its not a spelling be, they arent typo&#39;s, they are annoying little puns that you think add to your arguement. Ive seen your monkey eats heaven site, and I cant take any arguement seriously because they insist on being immature little angst-ridden teen rebels who try to freak people out by spelling things with three k&#39;s. You want to fight Imperialism in a serious way, maybe you should start by discussing imperialism in a serious way.

I mean really, tell me the point of "Amerikkka" and "humynyty". Agitational purposes? So your going to annoy capitalism into submission? Is that how your going to scatter us into the winds, through irritation? Do you have a little dictionary that tells you how to spell words to agitate Americans?

[Labor Shall Rule]

Actually, SandyAnon, exploitation is based on the unpaid, surplus labour that the worker performs for their employer. It is the inherent characteristic of the capitalist system, which necessitates the sale of labor-power in exchange for wages. Americans are exploited - there are vast sections of the white proletariat that are exploited. EwokUtopia made a remark about West Virginia; I have seen slums where many live in abandoned houses and woodplank cabins that have no plumbing and no lighting in some circumstances.

[Marion]

Amerikkkans need to get the fuck off of Mexican and First Nation land
Totally agree. I think it is a core aspect of communism that land should a) be able to be owned by certain groups (e.g. Mexicans) and b) that we are concerned with the rights of nations. For too long various so-called &#39;communists&#39; have concerned themselves with this idiotic notion of the &#39;working class&#39; and I am glad that the rights of the Mexican upper-class have finally been recognised through your allowing them to own land as part of the Mexican nation.

[ECD Hollis]

Originally posted by [email protected] 20, 2003 02:02 am
Dominican Republic

I also heard that the US wouldn&#39;t give Italy aid after WWII unless they expelled the Socialists in the parliament.. But thats bullying not really imperialism.
Well..............that&#39;s not true.

[bloody_capitalist_sham]

No, communists were not allowed to be in any governments in Europe if that country wanted to receive aid. Socialists could though.

This particularly effected France, as the communists were strong because they fought the Nazi&#39;s in the resistance.

[ECD Hollis]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16, 2007 01:32 pm
No, communists were not allowed to be in any governments in Europe if that country wanted to receive aid. Socialists could though.

This particularly effected France, as the communists were strong because they fought the Nazi&#39;s in the resistance.
France? I thought that was Spain.

[bloody_capitalist_sham]

Spain was under Franco during WW2, and they supported the Axis forces against the Allies. So, no communists were going to be in Government in Francos Spain.

[ECD Hollis]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16, 2007 01:37 pm
Spain was under Franco during WW2, and they supported the Axis forces against the Allies. So, no communists were going to be in Government in Francos Spain.
Oh, yeah, I misunderstood what you were trying to say.

[Vargha Poralli]

Originally posted by ECD Hollis+July 16, 2007 07:03 pm--> (ECD Hollis @ July 16, 2007 07:03 pm)
[email protected] 16, 2007 01:32 pm
No, communists were not allowed to be in any governments in Europe if that country wanted to receive aid. Socialists could though.

This particularly effected France, as the communists were strong because they fought the Nazi&#39;s in the resistance.
France? I thought that was Spain. [/b]
In France too. And also in Italy,Greece and Yugoslavia.

[PigmerikanMao]

Idk if this is up already, but the US has intervened in Brazil multiple times, and has noted to support coup after coup in the national govt. ;)

[The Gulag]

Originally posted by [email protected] 25, 2006 08:12 pm
IRELAND. My home country should be added to that list. We are totally under their thumb. America could Pull out all its industries tomorrow and We would go into the biggest recession in our history.
And how does that make America imperialist? I believe that a good deal of our Country is of Irish origin. Remember the New York Draft Riots during the Civil War when immigrants refused to fight for their new country, instead getting drunk, looting, setting fire to buildings, and lynching blacks?

[jake williams]

It's semi-direct in all three cases, but I think they should be mentioned: Palestine, Indonesia, and Turkey/Kurdistan.

[Joby]

Countries affected by American Imperialism:
Afghanistan

Angola

Bosnia

Cambodia

China

Chile

Cuba

The Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Greece

Grenada

Guam

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiwa&#239;

Ha&#239;ti

Honduras

Iran

Iraq

Panama

Phillipenes

Puerto Rico

Poland

Korea (North & South)

Kuwait

Laos

Libya

Nicaragua

Mexico

Samoa

Somalia

Vietnam (North & South)

Virgin Islands

Yugoslavia

Why not start by listing the 130 (out of 190) countries that have at least 1 US base on it?

Don't kid yourself. Every single nation on the Earth is affected by the US.

If a 3rd world nation kicks US authority out, they will likely face at least one of the following: an IMF-designed economic crisis, sanctions, a military coup, a bloody seccessionist movement, CIA-directed civil war, US-enforced No-FLY-Zones, and maybe even a few thousand Marines will drop by.

Every 1st world nation is dependent on an at least healthy American economy.

Unless, of course, you have a media darling like Fidel, then you just get an embargo. Nobody remembers those 200,000+ Guatemalans we helped see put away...

[Luís Henrique]

Countries not affected by US imperialism:

1. The United States;
2. er...

Luís Henrique

[Hit The North]

Isn't the US affected by its own imperialist policies?

[RedAnarchist]

Countries not affected by US imperialism:

1. The United States;
2. er...

Luís Henrique

I think the American working class are very much affected by US imperialism - the loss of many young people killed in war and an obscenely large amount of money being spent on defence rather than health and education.

[Andres Marcos]

I think the American working class are very much affected by US imperialism - the loss of many young people killed in war and an obscenely large amount of money being spent on defence rather than health and education.

aint that the truth, and its only going to get worse as time goes on, I know right now if I get any health problem right now then I am ruined.

[FreeFocus]

To be as accurate as possible when discussing American imperialism, you must begin with the first victims of it, the countless indigenous nations who are ruled to this day, mired by imperialism..that is, of course, if you don't want to buy into American exceptionalism. Manifest Destiny was and is imperialism, providing the basis for all other imperial (mis)adventures of the US, including Afghanistan and Iraq.

[Mala Tha Testa]

I think the American working class are very much affected by US imperialism - the loss of many young people killed in war and an obscenely large amount of money being spent on defence rather than health and education.

and also what about the native americans? after the US was set up under the Constitution it continued to rape, murder, etc. the Native Americans. so the US should definately be up there.

[Slave Revolt]

A few more...

Argentina - During the bloody dictatorships of Videla, Viola and Galtieri.

Bolivia - All the time, including now supporting the fascist secession movement

Brazil

Congo

Jamaica - Through the IMF and World Bank

Mozambique - Aiding opposition to FRELIMO

South Africa - Supporting apartheid

Venezuela - Supporting coups and aiding extremely right-wing media corporations and their puppet parties - In fact you might as well put the whole of Latin America thinking about it

Zimbabwe - Through the IMF (as in many cases) at the start of Mugabes reign

It would probably be easier to list countries not affected since practically every non-western country (and many western ones) with a Macdonalds have been victim.

I'll start the list for countries not affected

The Vatican (maybe)

That country off the coast of Suffolk, Sealand or something? (possibly)

Monaco (doubtful)

[Dosoftei]

This countries were afected when the mentality of the americans was another:confused::confused:

[AIM Correspondent]

US IMPERIALISM is a great danger - we should unite with everyone and fight their wars!

[Dharma]

America is a monopolist imperialist empire. Great thread comrade.

[Alejandrus89]

yeah, the americans are the responsible that a lot of countries in LatinAmerica are now from the 3rd world, for example my country, Guatemala, was in the 50´s a safe country, we had a good percentage on alfabetism, the most poverty was being erradicated with the leftist gov. of Col. Jacobo Arbenz; the CIA doesn´t liked a potential comunist country and unfairly they invaded us and started a 36 year war.. Now we are a very poor and unsafe country, a 80% poor people, 18% os medium class and only 2% live in good contions.. The CIA did a good job, they make a lot of poor guys and give all the money to their friends. I always get angry when I read Arbenz and civil war history.. :cursing:

[LOLseph Stalin]

The US did the same thing to Cuba in the 1950's. Fidel took power and the US tried to stage a coup because they were unhappy with the Socialist government. Cuba then went to the USSR for aid which added to American paranoia. Sounds pretty damn typical American to me. If they don't like a government in a country they'll invade to bring "freedom".

[nightazday]

both north and south America excluding greenland and iceland

[Rusty Shackleford]

i do not know if russia/early soviet union has been covered. during the revolution the americans and i think 20 other nations supported the white imperialists and even invaded archangelsk with the assistance or woufly 3000 soldiers

[ThiagoCL]

For those who live in America(continent) but out of USA and Canada, it is quitte clear that USA is an empire:
My country has no national car factory, but has lots of american ones.
In general our economy is ruled by foreingners.
Half our ex-national companies (state property ones) are owned by the same bourgoisie.

[Rusty Shackleford]

haha, i agree were an empire. we have hundreds of bases around the world, and plenty in central asia/former CCCP.

its almost like were an "empire on lease" plus, u.s. virgin islands, puerto rico, and i count Hawaii, Alaska, and pretty much all states west of the ohio river valley as imperial territory. My reason behind it is that, when we did become an independent state, we expanded like russia under the tsarist empire.

[Hoxhaist]

Not to mention the various adventures and interferences in the affairs of Latin America (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Grenada, and Panama all come to mind)

[Manifesto]

You forgot one of the most important. The Native Americans.

[LOLseph Stalin]

You forgot one of the most important. The Native Americans.

You mean as in how the white European Imperialists came in and stole their land? Even now they still suffer from that. Many were moved to reservations quite far from their original homeland. Here in Canada, the children were placed in residential schools to be pretty much forced into following European customs and religion(They were abused if they didn't) The reservations are often ignored by our government and even today remain some of the poorest parts of Canada. I'm not so sure about the conditions in America though.

[Manifesto]

Same here and fifty or so years ago I think some children were tormented for using their native language and religion in "schools".

[FreeFocus]

Same here and fifty or so years ago I think some children were tormented for using their native language and religion in "schools".

This is correct, as is SWI post before your's.

The plight of First Nations peoples in Canada is better though, not necessarily in terms of living conditions, but in terms of cultural vitality, because they still have their fighting spirit. Natives in the US, on the other hand, have lost their fighting spirit - there is no militant Native movement in the US, and even the most militant example in recent memory (AIM) was not all that militant.

Nonetheless, American imperialism's first victims are often overlooked when American imperialism is analyzed, which is utterly and completely stupid, and speaks to how institutionalized settler imperialism is in the US, when the American "left" simply skates over it as if it's no longer of any relevance. Well, of course it wouldn't be of any relevance for a beneficiary.

[LOLseph Stalin]

This is correct, as is SWI post before your's.

The plight of First Nations peoples in Canada is better though, not necessarily in terms of living conditions, but in terms of cultural vitality, because they still have their fighting spirit. Natives in the US, on the other hand, have lost their fighting spirit - there is no militant Native movement in the US, and even the most militant example in recent memory (AIM) was not all that militant.

Nonetheless, American imperialism's first victims are often overlooked when American imperialism is analyzed, which is utterly and completely stupid, and speaks to how institutionalized settler imperialism is in the US, when the American "left" simply skates over it as if it's no longer of any relevance. Well, of course it wouldn't be of any relevance for a beneficiary.

Yes, here in Canada the natives are still fighting to get their land back. There was one group, the Nisga'a up in northwestern British columbia who actually won a court case over this. Most natives on reservations here do not have to pay taxes, but part of the Nisga'a agreement stated that they could have their land, but would pay taxes. I'm pretty sure they're self-governing now too in some areas. They were also given fishing rights too so it's definitely a step in the right direction. As a result, they're probably one of the least inpoverished native groups in Canada now.

[Manifesto]

This is correct, as is SWI post before your's.

The plight of First Nations peoples in Canada is better though, not necessarily in terms of living conditions, but in terms of cultural vitality, because they still have their fighting spirit. Natives in the US, on the other hand, have lost their fighting spirit - there is no militant Native movement in the US, and even the most militant example in recent memory (AIM) was not all that militant.

Nonetheless, American imperialism's first victims are often overlooked when American imperialism is analyzed, which is utterly and completely stupid, and speaks to how institutionalized settler imperialism is in the US, when the American "left" simply skates over it as if it's no longer of any relevance. Well, of course it wouldn't be of any relevance for a beneficiary.
There was this one person on youtube that said they were anti-imperialist but supported America I thought this was pretty self-contradictory.

[☭World Views]

Doesn't the trans-national drug war, weapons trade, and chemical warfare in Colombia and the effects it has had on the people count as imperialism?

[The Situationist]

both north and south America excluding greenland and iceland

The U.S. tried to purchase Greenland during WWII.

[CommunistWaffle]

They didnt just used it as a naval base

[OldMoney]

Its a good list too look at, It really illustrates a dangerous point on how the Americans have far too much power to control global policy. There isnt a country in the world that isnt affected by the Imperialist American gouvernment, and the world will never be free until the balance of power is restored. I hate American policy, but cant hold it against an entire population.

In America the capitolist system of greed and waste is friven on by the general populace, however its propogated by the 3% with the 95% of the wealth. While the majority of Americans are iggnorat and have no idea of whats going on, the blame can not be assigned to the general population.

The more I travel America the more I see a population becoming more dissenfranchised with its gouvernment. The main problem is those in power have too much pull in public opinion and the people are far to gullable to realize their being brainwashed into national imperialist murderers.

Its apparent that the Capitolist system of greed and inefficient waste will crash, wether we have to wait until they rape every last resourse from the earth or there industrialization blackens the skys and boils the seas, or if the people will get feed up and revolt.

America is far too strong and the balance of power must be tilted in order to save humanity. I cant think of anywhere better for a revolution than in the heart of the beast. Anywhere else and the Americans will do what, historicaly they have been doing for years. Repress the socialist doctrine and keep thier power. look at the list. Down with the Capitolist Pigs

[the last donut of the night]

Brazil, in 1964.

The US supports a military coup d'etat that opens up previously nationalized mines in the Amazon to American corporations. The US builds up a military force to help the military regime in Brasília if the situation becomes violent.

[Barry Lyndon]

Native Americans killed/died of diseases/ starved to death due to westward expansion(1776-c.1900): Unknown. Indigenous population of present-day United States was approximately 10 million in 1500, it had shrunk to less then 250,000 by 1900.
Including:
> 4,000 Cherokees died on the 'Trail of Tears' forced march 1836-39.
> According to David Stannard in 'American Holocaust'(1992), 50,000 indigenous Californians killed 1849-70.
> Ward Churchill writes that US Army gave smallpox-infected blankets to Mandan Indians at Fort Clark in 1836. Within four years, the ensuing epidemic had wiped out 100,000 natives.
>Unknown number of Native Americans starved to death or died of cold due to systematic US military's slaughter of the buffalo, between 1869-74 alone, the US cavalry and hired bounty hunters killed 4 million buffalo, the indigenous population's main source of food, clothing, and fuel.

U.S. invasion/occupation of the Phillippines(1898-1913): 250,000 deaths

U.S. invasion/occupation of Haiti(1915-34): 50,000 deaths

United States/British/French/Japanese blockade of the Soviet Union(1917-21): 5 million deaths

Japanese civilians killed by or died of radiation sickness due to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki(1945): 220,000

US client Chiang Kai-Shek's massacre of Taiwan nationalists(1947): 35,000

Communists executed in South Korea(1948-50): 100,000

Iranians killed under the US-backed Shah of Iran(1953-79): Unknown, thousands.
> At least 1,000 killed in repressions of mass demonstrations against the Shah 1978-79.

Military juntas in Guatemala(1954-96): 200,000 killed.

US-backed "Papa" and "Baby" Doc Duvalier in Haiti(1957-86): 50,000 killed

CIA-sponsored right wing terrorism against Cuba(1959-present): 3,000 killed(in proportion to population, that's the equivalent of 60,000 US citizens).

US invasion of Indochina(1963-75): 4 million killed including
>3 million Vietnamese, 2 million of them civilians
> 600,000 Cambodians
>200,000 Laotians

Massacres of communists in Indonesia by US-backed General Suharto (1965-66): 500,000-1.5 million

Colombia civil war(1966-present): 150,000 killed

CIA-assisted massacre of students in Mexico City(1968): 400

Pakistani military's genocide against Bengalis(1971): 1.5-3 million

Support of Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua(1972-79): 50,000

Chilean military dictatorship(1973): 3,197 killed(officially), 1 in 40 Chileans tortured

CIA UNITA proxy war against MPLA in Angola(1974-92): 500,000

Proxy war in Mozambique(1975-90): 1 million killed

Indonesian invasion/genocide in East Timor(1975-98): 200,000 killed

Argentina "Dirty War"(1976-82): 30,000 killed

El Salvador military junta(1977-92): 70,000 killed

'Contra' proxy war in Nicaragua against Sandanistas(1979-90): 30,000 killed

US-supported Israeli invasion/occupation of southern Lebanon(1982-2000): 20,000 killed

US invasion of Panama(1989): 3,000 killed

US sanctions and bombing against Iraq(1991-2003): 1.2 million died, including 500,000 children under the age of 12.

US intervention in Somalia(1992-93): 10,000 killed

US bombing of Al-Shifa plant in Sudan(1998): 1 killed, but Noam Chomsky estimates that 'tens of thousands' of children may have died due to the disruption of crucial medical supplies to war-torn regions of the country

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia(1999): 500-1,200 civilians killed

US-backed Israeli repression of the Palestinian intifada since 2000, including the Gaza massacre(2008-09): 5,000

US/NATO bombing, invasion, and occupation of Afghanistan(2001-present): 30,000 and counting

US-backed coup de tat attempt in Venezuela(2002): 50 killed

US invasion/occupation of Iraq(2003-present): 1 million civilians killed

US backed Israeli attack on Lebanon(2006): 1,000 civilians killed

US drone bombings of Pakistan(2008-present): approx. 1,000 civilians killed

Did I miss anything, comrades?

[AK]

The Communist Party of Australia has a good compilation of the history of US wars of aggression and intervention.

http://www.cpa.org.au/z-archive/campaign/ushistory.pdf

[hobo8675309]

how can the counrty be so uninformed as to voilently interfere in forgeign politics only in order to prevent communism? i understand that several people would like to voilently intervene to prevent genocide, terrorism, or disrespect for human rights, but leaders should be more advanced than to fight one another only because they have different viewpoints. actually, in this case, soviet russia is just as acciuntable as the us.

[stella2010]

That's for sure.

The truth was these con artist were interested in one thing.

That is to do the U.S dirty work for the Illuminati. Who are essentially the bankers pornographers and drug companies of the world.

Rome is an important part of the COLD WAR and will still remain an important part of the struggle for freedom.

[stella2010]

Greece, for fighting the leftist opposition with arms and money. Setting up a rightwing dictatorial government.

Italy, widespread campaign in the US, calling up American Italians to convince their Italian families not to support communists.


That's for sure.

The truth was these con artist were interested in one thing.

That is to do the U.S dirty work for the Illuminati. Who are essentially the bankers, pornography industry and drug companies of the world.

Rome is an important part of the COLD WAR and will still remain an important part of the struggle for freedom.

[stella2010]

[QUOTE=firehead;56476]MEXICO.
Don't forget the invasions my country has suffered and how we lost california, arizona, new mexico and other states that formed half of our territory[/QUOTES]


Mi Amigo
Fascism needs to attack.

The US economy is built on war.

for them....war is money.

Yes....they are capitalists.
Yes.... they are planning world dominion.
Yes....the bankers have always, and still do, control the world.

Now...what is in front of you at home.
This is the stuff that nobody cares about.
That's why its in your play pen.

YOU ARE THE SLAVE.... that works

THEY ARE ON HOLIDAYS

So why do they attack???

So they can stay on holidays.

[TheUSSocialist]

Literally, Americans are searching for the meaning of socialism. In a year marked by the beginning of the economic crisis in the US, the online edition of the Merrian-Webster dictionary announced that the word of the year for 2008 was ... bailout. Many of the other words in the list of the ten with the "the highest intensity of lookups on Merriam-Webster Online over the shortest period of time" were related either to the economic crisis and the uncertainty this generates (turmoil, precipice, rogue) and the US presidential election (maverick, bipartisan).
But number three in the list came the word socialism. Merrian-Webster Online claims traffic to their site "now exceeds 125 million individual page views per month", so that means many millions of US citizens are searching for the meaning of socialism. Surely a sign of the times!

[sologdin]

bill blum and zoltan grossman have good, succint lists, posted upthread.

i was going for something a bit more sythetic in writing this (http://www.apk2000.dk/netavisen/artikler/global_debat/2002-1126_us_imp_basic_stats.htm), back at the time that the US briefly oustered hugo chavez frias.

the tone is wrong, much is misconceptualized, and some of the allegations are erroneous (the point about JFK, e.g., is kind of embarrassing now, looking back nine years). overall, it needs serious revision, to capture missing content, as well as to source each allegation. it also needs a theoretical introduction and a declaration of principle. (i'm not sure how those dutchies who're hosting it got ahold of it, either.)

the primary intention was to produce a tertiary reference for activists, and the text makes no claim to original research. it accordingly relies heavily on secondary sources already in print, but not in list form.

my work is also obsolete now, and many years out of date. it had been initially disseminated on several IMC channels, under a copyleft rationale. i saw several years ago that it had been incorporated into a larger document, the dossier on america, that made the rounds during the later iraq invasion, much expanded and improved. i had no hand in those revisions, but they are in the same spirit, and i certainly approve.

[NewPartyTendency]

Puerto Rico still suffers under American imperialism

Peurto Rico wants to be a common wealth.


Did John Wayne say that in a movie or real life? *It's a fine line, I know.

And then John Wayne Ron became president...

That makes no sense what-so-ever. The indians needed Americans to stand up to the Canadians, British and French. Indians believed in Confederation which we all know doesn't work well as far as government. *Russian Federation good example!

[EspirituDeAmaru]

Wouldnt it be easier to name the countries the US didnt interfere in? :confused:

[Yuppie Grinder]

I think a simpler, more easily understandable definition of imperialism is: domination and subordination of one nation by another.

[Brasileirinho]

Brasil's dictatorship was also fault of the US Gov. , who used our Dictators like toys :crying:

[NorwegianCommunist]

What does exactly that list of countries mean?
Countries that USA invaded by military force or diplomatic?

[Geiseric]

[B]

Peurto Rico wants to be a common wealth.



That makes no sense what-so-ever. The indians needed Americans to stand up to the Canadians, British and French. Indians believed in Confederation which we all know doesn't work well as far as government. *Russian Federation good example!

Do me a favor and don't call yourself a Trotskyist if you think that the Indians wanted the Americans to "help them." That's some white man's burden, american exceptionalist bullshit.

[Bostana]

Basically every European, Asian, South America, and Middle Eastern country.

[andyx1205]

I wonder if American empire is really in decline or simply bouncing back as it will now focus strongly on China by shifting priority from Middle East (leaving it to its clients to take care of) to the Pacific.

[andyx1205]

I will give America credit. The propaganda system has convinced the population of the great myth similar to the Brits' white man's burden and French civilizing mission for their previous empires.

[Workers-Control-Over-Prod]

Dominican Republic

* I also heard that the US wouldn't give Italy aid after WWII unless they expelled the Socialists in the parliament.. *But thats bullying not really imperialism.

Not only that! The Allies, to destroy the very real "communist threat" in Italy at the time, set up operation "Gladio" also known as "Stay Behind" in the other parts of Europe.

[lan153rez]

American imperialism was/is economic... and it has long been a central US policy that NOTHING would be allowed to threaten its strategic oil supply. That meant it had to prop up a bunch of unsavory characters and regimes, which include the house of Saud, but also included The Shah of Iran and Saddam Hussein in their time. Lets face it by Western Democratic standards none of the regimes in the region were entirely savory.
:(

[Liberty]

Since when is the US Imperialist? We've been bringing freedom to the most Totalitarian of regimes. That includes the former Communist world that was lead by despotic rule for nearly 80 years.

With names like Mao, Brezhnev, Khrushchev, Stalin, Kim Il-Sung, Ho Chi Min, etc., indoctrinating their populations with Communist ideologies. It makes me sick!

I just wish our government didn't have so many Liberals, so we could take out the Totalitarian regimes in Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nepal, Syria, Moldova, Iran, North Korea, Belarus, Ukraine, those Stalinist Central Asian countries, and now France- who is forcing its citizens to pay huge taxes to the newly formed Totalitarian government.

[Brosa Luxemburg]

Since when is the US Imperialist? We've been bringing freedom to the most Totalitarian of regimes.

Nope we have not. You have to literally deny all evidence to believe this narrative. Tell me, how much "freedom" did we bring to Guatemala in the 1980's by supporting the suppression and assassination of union organizers, activists, etc. and supporting right-wing death squads (and the government that backed them) that stormed around the country? How about the "freedom" we brought to Nicaragua throughout the 1980's by backing the Contras who terrorized the population and took the CIA's advice to attack "soft targets?" What about all that freedom we unleashed on Vietnam by backing Diem and his dictatorship, only withdrawing support and instituting a coup when it was in our interests to get rid of him and install a new dictator? How about the Agent Orange that really "freed" the Vietnamese from having regular shaped bodies and giving them the "freedom" to have cancer, etc. If this is your definition of "freedom to the most Totalitarian of regimes" then I am sure as hell glad to not support that.


With names like Mao, Brezhnev, Khrushchev, Stalin, Kim Il-Sung, Ho Chi Min, etc., indoctrinating their populations with Communist ideologies. It makes me sick!

Yeah, I agree. Just like the media in these bourgeois democracies that indoctrinate their populations into thinking that our wars are wars to promote "freedom" and "justice".


I just wish our government didn't have so many Liberals, so we could take out the Totalitarian regimes in Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nepal, Syria, Moldova, Iran, North Korea, Belarus, Ukraine, those Stalinist Central Asian countries, and now France- who is forcing its citizens to pay huge taxes to the newly formed Totalitarian government.

What? Are you insane?

[Brosa Luxemburg]

Mr. Liberty, how about you educate youself?

Killing Hope by William Blum (http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Hope-C-I-Interventions-II--Updated/dp/1567512526/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343154005&sr=1-2&keywords=killing+hope)
Legacy of Ashes by Tim Wiener (http://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Ashes-The-History-CIA/dp/0307389006/ref=pd_sim_b_10)
All The Shah's Men by Stephen Kizner (http://www.amazon.com/All-Shahs-Men-American-Middle/dp/047018549X/ref=pd_sim_b_9)
The Terrorism Trap by Michael Parenti (http://www.amazon.com/Terrorism-Trap-September-11-Beyond/dp/0872864057/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343154207&sr=1-2&keywords=terrorism+trap)
The Vietnam Wars by Marilyn Young (http://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-Wars-1945-1990-Marilyn-Young/dp/0060921072/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343154249&sr=1-1&keywords=the+vietnam+wars)

[Ismail]

Ukraine,I actually agree; we should invade the country whose former President appeared on Glenn Beck's show denouncing the "horrors" of communism show and where it's a crime to deny the "Ukrainian holocaust" supposedly caused by Stalin. Ukrainian bourgeois nationalism is pretty shitty all-around to boot and is pretty much just "we aren't Russians."


those Stalinist Central Asian countries,You mean the ones which are pro-US and are helping it fight "terrorism"? And where Communist ideology is suppressed?


and now France- who is forcing its citizens to pay huge taxes to the newly formed Totalitarian government.France, also known as a fellow NATO member.

It's really hard to take you seriously.

[Brosa Luxemburg]

Since when is the US Imperialist?

Forgot to address this.

Some historians put the start of American Imperialism at the start of the doctrine of "Manifest Destiny" (some even earlier) but generally most historians agree that the United States became a formidable imperialist power during the Spanish-American War when the United States gained authority over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Cuba also became a protectorate, etc.

Again, educate yourself Liberty.

The War Lovers by Evan Thomas (http://www.amazon.com/The-War-Lovers-Roosevelt-Hearst/dp/031600412X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0)

[Geiseric]

Guys he's a troll. Japan is the biggest product of U.S. imperialism as was west germany. the entire country, and anywhere Americans live are products of U.S. imperialism. Almost every country has a U.S. military base in it. Britain ruled the seas, america rules literally continents via economic imperialism. the U.S.'s doomed though to be the last empire, unless capitalism goes into space.

[nativeabuse]

I feel like the list on the first page of this thread doesn't tell enough of the story.

Millitary intervention is one of america's major tools, but it is not the only tool we should be measuring the structure of imperialism by, imperialism comes in many forms.

Just google "countries sorted by borrowers obligation world bank" (it won't let me post links yet) it shows a nice spreadsheet of World Banks current loans sorted by the amount owed per country.

Every single country on this list is basically a slave to whatever the World Bank's demands are whether they like it or not, with the looming threat of throwing their country into an extreme economic crisis if they don't obey.

In todays society we only need millitary intervention in countries that can actually support themselves on their own, (like Libya, Syria, Iraq, Iran who prop themselves up with massive oil profits) In most other countries, we don't even have to intervene, because we have them tightly in our clutches already.

I feel like even though loans don't make big headlines like wars do, loans are a silent imperialist force that doesn't get discussed in depth enough.

[Comrade Alex]

That list is pretty complete we have the wars in Korea Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq
The CIA sniffing out arbenz in Guatemala and allende in Chile ( my mother grew up under pinochet not a fun time) and all the other "interventions"
Unfortunately we will never know the full extent of American imperialism this is only what they have allowed us to know
Perhaps someday we will know the true extent

[p0is0n]

Found this list: http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/usinterventionism.html written in 2002.

It has some factual inaccuracies, some sections are irrelevant perhaps, but I thought it is pretty impressive.

[waqob]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The United States was involved in the coup and assassination of Patrice Lumumba

[BritishLeft]

American Imperialism is something that we all loathe. I'm British and we all know that the American's take a lot of pride in the fact that they defeated the world's largest empire in order to gain their independence.

However, I find it so sad to see that way the US has developed over the years and has become more of an Imperialist state that Britain ever was with it's massive control over the Global economy and also the staggering influence that the United States has over world culture which thoroughly promotes it's quite idiotic, fierce capitalist views to the rest of the world.

I currently study Sociology at college and was studying the social class and ethnic impact on culture and society. I was fascinated to discover a study carried out by a sociologist by the name of Paul Gilroy who discovered that Black Americans, in particular teenagers, had adopted a gangster rap subculture in order to promote racial pride in being black.

Unconscious to this however, they were actually being exploited by the elite white capitalists in society who created products to sell to the youths and made a fortune from this subculture. This made the black American's become more even more oppressed in society as they had fed the capitalist machine which makes them struggle for liberation. Alarmingly though this still continues as I have witnessed over recent years. I have come to realise that British culture is becoming more American by the minute, despite it being dominated by American Culture since the 1950s, with American music, American fashion and American TV. I cannot stand the thought of countries not even being able to have their own individual culture and the loss of British individuality to Americanisation or Globalisation is perilous. Thinking about this deeply, I have to point out that Britain was a country which has a lot in common with American culture but has famously its own individual culture as well and I feel nothing but sympathy for smaller countries which have been plagued by the pro-Capitalist teachings of the majority idiotic American culture of late.

[fahadsul3man]

Pakistan since the 60s because of pro American military dictators , airbases and CIA bases and depends on the aid from imperialists

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[emilianozapata]

venezuela 2002, chavez ousted for 47 hours by right-wing opposition and it was supported by the US

operation menu 1969-1973, the secret bombing of cambodia and tens of thousands of people died.

[goalkeeper]

American Imperialism is something that we all loathe. I'm British and we all know that the American's take a lot of pride in the fact that they defeated the world's largest empire in order to gain their independence.

However, I find it so sad to see that way the US has developed over the years and has become more of an Imperialist state that Britain ever was with it's massive control over the Global economy and also the staggering influence that the United States has over world culture which thoroughly promotes it's quite idiotic, fierce capitalist views to the rest of the world.

I currently study Sociology at college and was studying the social class and ethnic impact on culture and society. I was fascinated to discover a study carried out by a sociologist by the name of Paul Gilroy who discovered that Black Americans, in particular teenagers, had adopted a gangster rap subculture in order to promote racial pride in being black.

Unconscious to this however, they were actually being exploited by the elite white capitalists in society who created products to sell to the youths and made a fortune from this subculture. This made the black American's become more even more oppressed in society as they had fed the capitalist machine which makes them struggle for liberation. Alarmingly though this still continues as I have witnessed over recent years. I have come to realise that British culture is becoming more American by the minute, despite it being dominated by American Culture since the 1950s, with American music, American fashion and American TV. I cannot stand the thought of countries not even being able to have their own individual culture and the loss of British individuality to Americanisation or Globalisation is perilous. Thinking about this deeply, I have to point out that Britain was a country which has a lot in common with American culture but has famously its own individual culture as well and I feel nothing but sympathy for smaller countries which have been plagued by the pro-Capitalist teachings of the majority idiotic American culture of late.

Your sniffing down the wrong path homie. American culture is great, its just that their guns and bombs aren't so much.

[Oulian]

Kyrgyz revolution in 2010 is the result of American imperialism, or at least profited from it. This country is the gate to more powerful ones (Kazakhstan which is the 1st producer of uranium in the world and has oil and so on, Russia, China, ...). NATO installed an airbase there but the Kyrgyz president wants them to leave in 2014. Putin fought for it, he promised the country financial help.


The news will heighten concern in the West that Almazbek Atambayev's election victory means Kyrgyzstan will drift further under the Kremlin's patronage.
Although the fee that the US pays Kyrgyzstan for the lease of the airbase is one of the former Soviet state's main incomes, Mr Atambayev said that the chance of a revenge attack by one of the US's enemies was a risk he did not want to take.
"We know that the United States is often engaged in conflict. First in Iraq, then in Afghanistan, and now relations are tense with Iran," he said.
"I would not want for one of these countries to launch a retaliatory strike on the military base."

This country is very poor and US definitely took advantage of their misery.

It seems that 2014 will be lavish with political events. It cost Kyrgyzstan much to reject the American military presence at Manas. In return, Russia will help the country with weapons, delivering helicopters, armored troops carriers and armored vehicles, 9K57 Hurricane multiple rocket launchers, artillery mounts, small arms, communications and intelligence equipment. Bishkek shows the greatest interest in the Army Forces that is caused by the geographical position of the country. Tajikistan will also receive the military equipment.

Experts point out that, helping to strengthen the armed forces of Central Asia, Russia cares about its security ahead of the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan, but the main thing – it tends not to give the U.S. a foothold in the region. The basic struggle for influence in Central Asia will develop exactly in 2014.


From RIA Novosti: Russia and Kyrgyzstan signed a series of deals on Thursday including an agreement on maintaining Russian military bases in the Central Asian state, following a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The 15-year base agreement, signed by the two nations' leaders, will come into effect in 2017 with a possible five-year extension. The agreement sets out what Russia will pay for renting the base, which has not been disclosed. . . .

The two sides also signed a deal on the settlement of Kyrgyzstan's debt to Russia, totaling $489 million. A $189 million loan Kyrgyzstan owed Russia from 2005 will be written off, while a $300 million loan from 2009 will also be written off in two tranches in ten years, starting from 2016.

[willwinall]

What about Europe?? Like Germany and Italy?

[Ismail]

What about Europe?? Like Germany and Italy?CNN's Cold War series had an episode about the Marshall Plan and how, among other things, the CIA worked to prevent a victory of the Communist Party in Italian elections. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzID2rtnHKQ

On the Marshall Plan see also: http://williamblum.org/aer/read/91

[Chomskyan]

Anyone have a reading list?

I just finished watching something on the Sandinistas, and I'm woefully deficient on this stuff. I have I.F. Stone on my reading list. US imperialism from it's earliest periods (Theodore Roosevelt) to the 80s is the time frame I'm looking for reading material.

[etiennel]

Japan???

[mushroompizza]

You should name every single Native tribe murdered in the name of "Manifest Destiny".
Oh and Hawaii, they had a local monarchy that america just overthrew because they needed a tiny island since they still had a land grab boner from conquering the old west.

[Artiom]

I don't know if this fit's in this thread but, on the 30th of April this year it was the 40 year anniversary since the end of the war in Vietnam and the date for a heroique poeple's victory against imperialism. Worth to menthion, at least....

[mushroompizza]

(I just thought of something stupid that no one should take seriously).

America is illegally occupying
-The Republic of Texas
-The California Republic
-The Conch Republic
and most importantly...
-The Confederate States of America

(There are assholes out there that believe this, I saw some neo-confederate anarcho-capitalist complaining about the illegal occupation of the south. Also a lot of ppl down here in florida believe the keys should be its own country).

[Anglo-Saxon Philistine]

I just thought of something stupid

This should be part of an explanation - not that we require any - for why you decided not to post.

[ShraddhaKapoor]

hi