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''
-== 1900s ==
+''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.''
-* 1936: The US refuses to aid Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War (despite FDR's sympathy for their cause and plans to assist, diplomatic advisors block it) and US corporations provide massive aid to the Nationalists, including providing oil on credit and 12,000 trucks to their forces.
-* 1945: The US begins smuggling Nazi and Japanese war criminals into their country and giving them amnesty for their crimes against humanity in exchange for information of military strategy, spy networks, torture techniques, chemical warfare, weapons and disease outbreaks.
-* 1947: The US and UK begin assisting former fascists and far-right militias in Greece to prevent socialists from taking power.
-* 1947: The US rigs elections in Italy to prevent socialists taking government power for the next 24 years through a combination of massive funding of opposition, working with the mafia to attack communist offices, intimidate communists and occasionally murder them.
-* 1949: The US assists a coup in Syria to ensure control of oil pipelines.
-* 1949: The US and UK work to overthrow the socialist government in Albania, using former fascists and Nazi collaborates paid by the US.
-* 1950: The US aids exiled Chinese anti-communists in northern Myanmar, using CIA-owned airlines to help move troops, weapons and guns that finance their operations. This leads to an explosion in the global heroin trade and continued attacks in China.
-* 1953: The US sponsors a coup in Iran to stop the president from nationalising oil supplies in order to pay for a welfare state based on the New Deal.
-* 1954: The US sponsors a coup that overthrows a social democracy in Guatemala for their redistribution of unused land owned by US-corporations and sponsoring of literacy programs.
-* 1955: The US begins sponsoring the Tibetan Independence Movement during anti-socialist uprisings.
-* 1956: US-sponsored radio stations encourage citizens across Hungary to rebel, helping begin the doomed Second Hungarian Revolution.
-* 1973: The US organises and assists a military coup in Chile to overthrow the socialist president Salvador Allende, who's administration had seen nationalisation of copper mines, expansion of the welfare state and the formation of workers' councils.
-* 1973: The US supports a failed far-right Islamic paramilitaries in attempting a coup against the socialist president Mohammed Daoud by providing weapons, vehicles and communication equipment.<ref name=":0">Diego Cordovez (1995): Out of Afghanistan: The Inside Story of the Soviet Withdrawal, page 16
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-* 1974: The US supports a failed far-right Islamic paramilitaries in attempting a coup against the socialist president Mohammed Daoud by providing weapons, vehicles and communication equipment.<ref name=":0" />
-* 1975: The US uses CIA pressure on [[Australia|Australian]] government officials to end the prime ministry of Gough Whitlam, a social democrat who planned to close US military bases in the country, notably Pine Gap.
-* 1987: It is suspected by [[William Blum|some]] that the US organised the coup in Fiji, as the social democratic government attempted to stop nuclear vessels entering Fijian ports and to stop nuclear weapons testing in Fijian waters, and the new government assisted the nuclear program.<ref>[[William Blum]] (1990) - [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA/Reagan_CIA.html Ronald Reagan's Legacy: Eight Years of CIA Covert Action]</ref> This led to a three-year long dictatorship and a huge economic recession.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Fijian_coups_d%27%C3%A9tat#Aftermath</ref>
-=== 1990s ===
+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.
-* 1991: The US quickly begins supporting the newly independent [[Azerbaijan|Republic of Azerbaijan]] after its exit from the [[USSR]]. Despite the countries restrictions on the media, democratic rights and repression against journalists and critics of the regime.<ref>Freedom House: [https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/azerbaijan#.VbphefNViko Azerbaijan]</ref> Azerbaijan sends troops to assist in later wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as allowing 40% of naval and ground supplies for the wars and US corporations sell weapons and military vehicles to the country.<ref>Consulate General of the Republic of Azerbaijan: [https://www.azconsulatela.org/Azerbaijan/Azerbaijan-US-Relations Azerbaijan-US relations]</ref>
-* 1992: Following the 1990 election in Algeria which saw the victory of the Islamic Salvation Front, supporting Islam, trade unionism and anti-imperialism, the US and France support the military who organise a coup, and the resulting civil war kills between 44,000 and 200,000 people.
-* 1995: The US begins supporting various paramilitaries in the [[Chiapas Conflict]] to crush the socialist EZLN forces.
-* 1996: The US begins providing heavy support for the anti-communist electoral candidate of Boris Yeltsin after the communist party becomes popular enough to win the Russian election. The US provides massive amounts of money to his campaign, trains his advisors and even scripts and stages Yeltsin standing up to NATO and the US, Yeltsin wins the election by 35% of the vote over 32% gained by the communists.
-== 2000s ==
+* 1891: Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom Wikipedia])
+* 1936: US Corporations arm Nationalists in [[Spanish Civil War]], leading to their victory
+* 1950: Support for [[Franco Dictatorship]] in Spain
+* 1950: [[US Bombing of North Korea|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 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
-=== 2010s ===
+See also [[US Atrocities]]
-* 2011: The US begins supporting the authoritarian regime in [[Vietnam]], a 'communist' country which employs [[Slavery|forced labour]], [[torture]] of dissidents, censorship, arresting of critical journalists and protesters, the lack of democratic rights and an economy built around sweatshop labor.<ref>Human Rights Watch: [https://www.hrw.org/report/2011/09/07/rehab-archipelago/forced-labor-and-other-abuses-drug-detention-centers-southern The Rehab Archipelago - Forced Labor and Other Abuses in Drug Detention Centers in Southern Vietnam]</ref><ref>Freedom House: [https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2011/vietnam?page=22&country=8164&year=2011 Vietnam]</ref> The US begins engaging in joint-naval exercises in the South China Sea (to intimidate [[China]]), assisting the creation of nuclear technology and donations of foreign aid, as well as US corporations exploiting the Vietnamese working class for cheap labor to make food, clothing and electronics.
-== 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]]