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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. | 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. | ||
* | * 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> | ||
* | * 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. | |||
* 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. | |||
* 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> | |||
* 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" /> | |||
* 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" /> | |||
* 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" /> | |||
* 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" /> | |||
* 1998: The US stops 14 candidates from running in elections in [[Bosnia]] due to their leftist rhetoric.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
* 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. | |||
* 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 == | ||
Revision as of 15:52, 21 June 2019
A timeline of the actions taken by the United States Government in order to secure greater power and wealth at the expense of people, both its own and abroad.
- 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 UK, Canada, France and Australia) invades Northern Russia (specifically Arkhangelsk) in order to secure a victory for the Whites in the Russian Civil War, killing nearly 3,000 people in a a pointless war.[1]
- 1918: The US (alongside the UK, Canada, France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, China, Mongolia and Japan) invades Eastern Siberia, Russia in order to secure a victory for the Whites in the Russian Civil War, killing nearly 8,000 people in a a pointless war.[2]
- 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.
- 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.
- 1958: The US begins financing conservative governments in Japan to stop the socialists rising to power.[3]
- 1974: After the Carnation Revolution in Portugal (which called for workers' control, free elections and a large welfare state) the US begins sending millions of dollars to the social democrats to ensure communists will not take power electorally.[3]
- 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.[3]
- 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.[3]
- 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.[3]
- 1998: The US stops 14 candidates from running in elections in Bosnia due to their leftist rhetoric.[3]
- 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.
- 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
- ↑ Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Russia_Intervention
- ↑ Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Intervention
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 William Blum (2003) Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower, Chapter 18: Perverting Elections