Timeline of US Hegemony: Difference between revisions

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Content Warning: This article contains extensive discussion and description of torture, rape, murder and genocide

Note: We acknowledge that occasionally, US hegemony CAN have benefits (for instance, killing Nazis) and we do not support all groups opposed to US hegemony. The US is also not behind every event in global politics, they are an empire but not omnipotent. However, we strongly condemn US hegemony as most of it leads to loss of life and the underdevelopment of countries, condemning hundreds of millions to a life of poverty.

A timeline of the actions taken by the United States government in order to secure greater hegemony and power and wealth at the expense of people, both its own and abroad. We include authoritarian regimes and dictatorships supported by the US, coups supported by the US, interference in elections, invasions, suppression of rebellions (domestic and abroad), bombing campaigns and support for terrorist or guerilla groups. Actions against piracy and retaliation against states that the declared war on the US are not included on this list, except in situations where the US used it for hegemonic gains or lied to their population.

1891: Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii (Wikipedia)
1936: US Corporations arm Nationalists in Spanish Civil War, leading to their victory
1950: Support for Franco Dictatorship in Spain
1950: Bombing of North Korea
1952: Support for Batista Dictatorship in Cuba
1954: Support for Guatemala military coup
1954: Support for Paraguay military coup
1959: Support for Haiti coup
1960: Terrorism against Cuba
1962: Support for Military Dictatorship in Brazil
1962: Support for Peru military coup
1963: Invasion of Vietnam
1964: Support for Colombia in Civil War
1964: Support for Brazil military coup
1965: Support for Dominican Republic coup
1967: Support for Indonesian New Order
1973: Support for Pinochet Dictatorship in Chile
1973: Support for Civic-Military Dictatorship in Uruguay
1975: Support for Peru military coup
1976: Support for Argentina military coup
1979: Support for Taliban in Afghani Civil War.
1980: Support for El Salvador military coup
1982: Support for Habre Dictatorship in Chad
1983: Invasion of Grenada
1986: Bombing of Libya
1986: Assassination of Swedish prime minister (speculated)
1989: Invasion of Panama
1990: Bombing of Iraq
2001: Invasion of Afghanistan
2002: Support for Venezuelan military coup
2003: Invasion of Iraq
2004: Support for Haiti coup
2005: Support for Kyrgyzstan coup
2006: Support for Palestine coup
2009: Support for Syria coup
2011: Support for Vietnam coup
2011: Support for Libya military coup
2014: Support for Thailand coup
2019: Support for Venezuela coup

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-A timeline of the actions taken by the [[United States of America|United States]] Government in order to secure greater power and wealth at the expense of people, both its own and abroad.
+''Content Warning: This article contains extensive discussion and description of torture, rape, murder and genocide''
-* 1893: The US and several businessmen engineer a coup that overthrows the monarchy in Hawaii and leads to its annexation by the US, without the consent of the population.
-* 1918: The US (alongside the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Canada]], [[France]] and [[Australia]]) invades Northern Russia (specifically Arkhangelsk) in order to secure a victory for the [[Whites (Russia)|Whites]] in the [[Russian Civil War]], killing nearly 3,000 people in a a pointless war.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Russia_Intervention</ref>
+''Note: We acknowledge that occasionally, US hegemony CAN have benefits (for instance, [[Anti-Fascism|killing Nazis]]) and we do not support all groups opposed to US hegemony. The US is also not behind every event in global politics, they are an empire but not omnipotent. However, we strongly condemn US hegemony as most of it leads to loss of life and the underdevelopment of countries, condemning hundreds of millions to a life of poverty.''
-* 1918: The US (alongside the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Canada]], [[France]], [[Italy]], Czechoslovakia, China, Mongolia and Japan) invades Eastern Siberia, Russia in order to secure a victory for the [[Whites (Russia)|Whites]] in the [[Russian Civil War]], killing nearly 8,000 people in a a pointless war.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Intervention</ref>
-* 1941: The US orders and executes a military coup in [[Panama]] due to Panama's refusal to allow the US to build 130 military bases in the country for a low price, creating a new puppet government.
+A timeline of the actions taken by the [[United States of America|United States]] government in order to secure greater [[US Hegemony|hegemony]] and power and wealth at the expense of people, both its own and abroad. We include authoritarian regimes and dictatorships supported by the US, coups supported by the US, interference in elections, invasions, suppression of rebellions (domestic and abroad), bombing campaigns and support for terrorist or guerilla groups. Actions against piracy and retaliation against states that the declared war on the US are not included on this list, except in situations where the US used it for hegemonic gains or lied to their population.
-* 1949: The US helps (although the exact level of their involvement is unknown) a military coup in [[Syria]] overthrow a democratically elected government, the new regime fast tracks the construction of the Trans-Arabian Oil Pipeline.
-* 1952: Project FF (the "FF" standing for "Fat Fucker") sees the US organise a military coup in Egypt, toppling a monarchy and creating a puppet republic which was nationalistic and anti-communist, claiming that the monarchy wasn't taking enough of a stand against the USSR.
+* 1891: Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom Wikipedia])
-* 1958: The US begins financing conservative governments in [[Japan]] to stop the socialists rising to power.<ref name=":0">[[William Blum]] (2003) [[Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower]], Chapter 18: Perverting Elections</ref>
+* 1936: US Corporations arm Nationalists in [[Spanish Civil War]], leading to their victory
-* 1974: After the [[Carnation Revolution]] in [[Portugal]] (which called for [[Workers' Self-Management|workers' control]], free elections and a large welfare state) the US begins sending millions of dollars to the [[Social Democracy|social democrats]] to ensure communists will not take power electorally.<ref name=":0" />
+* 1950: Support for [[Franco Dictatorship]] in Spain
-* 1987: The US tries to rig the first free elections in Haiti in 30 years, supporting various right-wing candidates and paying propaganda outlets to portray centre-left candidates as communists until ordered to stop by the US senate.<ref name=":0" />
+* 1950: [[US Bombing of North Korea|Bombing of North Korea]]
-* 1996: The US helps Boris Yeltsin win the 1996 election in Russia by using sophisticated methods of public relations like message development, polling, focus groups, paid crowds, direct-mailing and a scripted a meeting with US president Bill Clinton to make it seem like Russia could stand up to the west.<ref name=":0" />
+* 1952: Support for [[Batista Dictatorship]] in Cuba
-* 1996: The US helps various right-wing parties in [[Mongolia]] stop the incredibly popular communist party winning elections. The new parties lowered taxes, cut the welfare state, privatised state industry and housing, leading to widespread poverty in the country. The US also set up electronic listening posts in Mongolia to help spy on China as well as deploying agents into [[China]] from there.<ref name=":0" />
+* 1954: Support for Guatemala military coup
-* 1998: The US stops 14 candidates from running in elections in [[Bosnia]] due to their leftist rhetoric.<ref name=":0" />
+* 1954: Support for Paraguay military coup
-* 2019: The US begins efforts to undertaken regime change in [[Venezuela]] in order to stop the authoritarian socialist government and create a puppet state in a country with the world's largest oil reserves.
+* 1959: Support for Haiti coup
-* 2019: The US prepares for an invasion of Iran, blaming the sinking of two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on the government.
+* 1960: [[Terrorism in Cuba|Terrorism against Cuba]]
+* 1962: Support for Military Dictatorship in Brazil
+* 1962: Support for Peru military coup
+* 1963: [[Vietnam War|Invasion of Vietnam]]
+* 1964: Support for Colombia in Civil War
+* 1964: Support for Brazil military coup
+* 1965: Support for Dominican Republic coup
+* 1967: Support for [[New Order (Indonesia)|Indonesian New Order]]
+* 1973: Support for Pinochet Dictatorship in Chile
+* 1973: Support for Civic-Military Dictatorship in Uruguay
+* 1975: Support for Peru military coup
+* 1976: Support for Argentina military coup
+* 1979: Support for Taliban in Afghani Civil War.
+* 1980: Support for El Salvador military coup
+* 1982: Support for Habre Dictatorship in Chad
+* 1983: Invasion of Grenada
+* 1986: Bombing of Libya
+* 1986: [[Olof Palme|Assassination of Swedish prime minister]] (speculated)
+* 1989: [[US Invasion of Panama|Invasion of Panama]]
+* 1990: [[Gulf War (1990)|Bombing of Iraq]]
+* 2001: Invasion of Afghanistan
+* 2002: Support for Venezuelan military coup
+* 2003: Invasion of Iraq
+* 2004: Support for Haiti coup
+* 2005: Support for Kyrgyzstan coup
+* 2006: Support for Palestine coup
+* 2009: Support for Syria coup
+* 2011: Support for [[Vietnam]] coup
+* 2011: Support for Libya military coup
+* 2014: Support for Thailand coup
+* 2019: Support for Venezuela coup
+See also [[US Atrocities]]
-== References ==
-<references />
 [[Category:USA]]
-[[Category:Libertarian Socialist Wiki]]
+[[Category:AnarWiki]]
 [[Category:North America]]
 [[Category:Timelines]]
+[[Category:US Imperialism]]
+[[wikipedia:United_States_involvement_in_regime_change|Wikipedia Article on United States involvement in regime change]]