Timeline of US Hegemony: Difference between revisions

From AnarWiki
VisualWikitext
imported>AlexJFrost
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
Tag: 2017 source edit
 
(56 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
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''


== Timeline ==
''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.''


=== 1700s ===
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.
* 1766: The Sons of Liberty, a group that forms the ideological backbone of American Revolution, assists the British Empire in crushing the [[Westchester Tenant's Revolt (1766)|Westchester Tenant's Revolt]].
* 1776: The US begins invading Cherokee territory, conquering it by 1795.
* 1778: The US signs a treaty with indigenous nations promising to keep their independence.
* 1785: The US invades the indigenous Western Confederacy in order to expand their territory.
* 1786: The US helps crush the proto-socialist [[Shay's Revolt]] in Massachusetts.
* 1791: The US violently crushes tax protesters, leading to a rebellion which is soon suppressed.
* 1798: The US begins to attack French shipping in responses to attacks on American shipping, done in response to the American refusal to repay debt owed to France.


=== 1800s ===
* 1891: Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom Wikipedia])
* 1801: The US begins to attack North African states in responses to piracy.
* 1936: US Corporations arm Nationalists in [[Spanish Civil War]], leading to their victory
* 1811: The US violently suppresses a slave uprising in the Territory of Orleans (now Louisiana)
* 1950: Support for [[Franco Dictatorship]] in Spain
* 1811: The US invades Tecumeh's Confederacy, destroying it and claiming the territory for itself.
* 1950: [[US Bombing of North Korea|Bombing of North Korea]]
* 1812: The US attempts to invade Canada but is nearly destroyed by the British Empire.
* 1952: Support for [[Batista Dictatorship]] in Cuba
* 1813: The US invades the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, claiming the territory.
* 1954: Support for Guatemala military coup
* 1815: The US begins to attack North African states in responses to piracy.
* 1954: Support for Paraguay military coup
* 1817: The US invades Seminole territory and takes Spanish Florida.
* 1959: Support for Haiti coup
* 1820: The US and Mexico launch a war of extermination against the Comanche people in Texas.
* 1960: [[Terrorism in Cuba|Terrorism against Cuba]]
* 1823: The US attempts to invade indigenous Arikara territory in what is now North Dakota, but the war leads to a stalemate.
* 1962: Support for Military Dictatorship in Brazil
* 1825: The US navy begins operations in the Aegean sea to stop Greek Pirates.
* 1962: Support for Peru military coup
* 1827: The US suppresses the Winnebago Uprising to make way for lead mining interests.
* 1963: [[Vietnam War|Invasion of Vietnam]]
* 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.
* 1964: Support for Colombia in Civil War
* 1898: The US declares war on the Spanish Empire, taking Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba and the Philippines.
* 1964: Support for Brazil military coup
* 1899: The US helps crush the Boxer Rebellion to ensure the west will continue to control China.
* 1965: Support for Dominican Republic coup
* 1910: The US begins interfering in the Mexican Revolution, attempting to destroy socialist factions.
* 1967: Support for [[New Order (Indonesia)|Indonesian New Order]]
* 1912: The US occupies Nicaragua for the next 21 years.
* 1973: Support for Pinochet Dictatorship in Chile
* 1914: The US invades Mexico and occupies the city of Veracruz.
* 1973: Support for Civic-Military Dictatorship in Uruguay
* 1915: The US occupies Haiti for the 19 years.
* 1975: Support for Peru military coup
* 1916: The US occupies the Dominican Republic for 8 years.
* 1976: Support for Argentina military coup
* 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>
* 1979: Support for Taliban in Afghani Civil War.
* 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>
* 1980: Support for El Salvador military coup
* 1923: The US crushes the last attempted indigenous revolt in the country, ending 150 years of armed revolts by indigenous americans.
* 1982: Support for Habre Dictatorship in Chad
* 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.
* 1983: Invasion of Grenada
* 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.
* 1986: Bombing of Libya
* 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.
* 1986: [[Olof Palme|Assassination of Swedish prime minister]] (speculated)
* 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>
* 1989: [[US Invasion of Panama|Invasion of Panama]]
* 1958: The US military occupies airports and ports in Lebanon to stop socialist parties taking power.
* 1990: [[Gulf War (1990)|Bombing of Iraq]]
* 1961: The US fails to invade Cuba at the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion|Bay of Pigs]] in an effort to destroy the new socialist government.
* 2001: Invasion of Afghanistan
* 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" />
* 2002: Support for Venezuelan military coup
* 1983: The US invades Grenada in order to oust a successful socialist government.
* 2003: Invasion of Iraq
* 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" />
* 2004: Support for Haiti coup
* 1989: The US invades Panama in order to ensure US control and ownership of the Panama Canal.
* 2005: Support for Kyrgyzstan coup
* 1990: The US invades Iraq in order to secure the independence of Kuwait, a key part of US regional interests.
* 2006: Support for Palestine coup
* 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" />
* 2009: Support for Syria coup
* 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" />
* 2011: Support for [[Vietnam]] coup
* 1998: The US stops 14 candidates from running in elections in [[Bosnia]] due to their leftist rhetoric.<ref name=":0" />
* 2011: Support for Libya military coup
* 2001: The [[9/11 Terrorist Attacks|9/11 attacks]] occur, where hijacked airliners destroy several skyscrapers in New York and two others attempt to destroy key government buildings in Washington DC, speculation occurs that the US was behind the attacks to create a culture of fear and mistrust in the country, as well as justify invasions of other countries.
* 2014: Support for Thailand coup
* 2001: The US launches a controversial invasion of Afghanistan in retaliation for the 9/11 attacks.
* 2019: Support for Venezuela coup
* 2003: The US launches an invasion of Iraq to secure the interests of the oil industry.
 
* 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.
See also [[US Atrocities]]
* 2019: The US prepares for an invasion of Iran, blaming the sinking of two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on the government.


== References ==
<references />
[[Category:USA]]
[[Category:USA]]
[[Category:Libertarian Socialist Wiki]]
[[Category:AnarWiki]]
[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:Timelines]]
[[Category:Timelines]]
[[Category:US Imperialism]]
[[wikipedia:United_States_involvement_in_regime_change|Wikipedia Article on United States involvement in regime change]]

Latest revision as of 16:18, 31 July 2024

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

See also US Atrocities

Wikipedia Article on United States involvement in regime change

Retrieved from "http://anarwiki.org/index.php?title=Timeline_of_US_Hegemony&oldid=7435"