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''Note: We acknowledge that occasionally, US Imperialism CAN have benefits (for instance, killing Nazis) and we do not support all groups opposed to US Imperialism. The US is also not behind every event in global politics, they are an empire but not omnipotent. However, we strongly condemn US Imperialism as most of it leads to loss of life and the underdevelopment of countries, condemning hundreds of millions to a life of poverty.''
{{Infobox_item|image = USImperalismMap.GIF|imagecaption = Countries featured on this list where the US has invaded, bombed, supported authoritarian regimes, supported coups, supported terrorists or organised crime groups, or interfered in elections are coloured in red.}}''Note: We acknowledge that occasionally, US Imperialism CAN have benefits (for instance, killing Nazis) and we do not support all groups opposed to US Imperialism. The US is also not behind every event in global politics, they are an empire but not omnipotent. However, we strongly condemn US Imperialism 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 of America|United States]] Government in order to secure greater 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.
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. 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 imperialist gains or lied to their population.


== 1700s ==
== 1700s ==
 
* 1775: American Revolution, US wipes out indigenous nations.
=== 1770s ===
* 1783: US lies about Constitution.
* 1775: The [[American Revolution]] begins, splitting the [[Haudenosaunee Confederacy|Haudenosaunee]] in half and becoming a proxy wars between the [[British Empire|British]] and [[French Empire|French empires]].<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War</ref>
* 1785: US invades 13 indigenous nations in the Western Confederacy.
* 1776: The US military begins to [[Cherokee-American Wars|invade]] indigenous [[Cherokee]] territory, during the American Revolution.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee%E2%80%93American_wars</ref>
* 1786: US represses a democratic rebellion.
* 1778: The US signs a treaty promising the right to indigenous people to have their own autonomous nations within the USA.<ref>[[Ray Raphael]] (2002) -  ''[[A People's History of the American Revolution (Book)|A People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence]]'', page 272</ref>
* 1791: US represses tax resisters.
 
* 1798: US attacks French ships.
=== 1780s ===
* 1799: US represses tax resisters.
* 1783: The US drives the [[British Empire]] out of its territory, despite promising 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness the US still denies most people the right to vote (only granting it to the bourgeoisie), retains the institution of slavery, represses the rights of women and LGBT people, invades and wipes out indigenous nations and ensures the permanent control of the country by a wealthy elite.<ref>[[Howard Zinn]] (2003) - [[A People's History of the United States]]</ref>
* 1785: The US invades the [[Western Confederacy]], an alliance of 13 indigenous nations, in order to expand US control of land.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Indian_War</ref>
* 1786: The US represses a group of former soldiers who were disillusioned at the failure of the American Revolution to create a free society and attempted to start [[Shay's Rebellion|another revolution]]. The new soldiers push for direct democracy, land reform and lower taxes.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays%27_Rebellion</ref>
 
=== 1790s ===
* 1791: The US [[Whiskey Rebellion|represses]] former soldiers and farmers of the American Revolution who were angry that they were being taxed without representation.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion</ref>
* 1798: The US begins to [[Quasi-War|attack the ships]] of their former allies in Revolutionary France to avoid paying legal debts. Siding with the British Empire despite saying they'd help the [[French Revolution]].<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-War</ref>
* 1799: The US [[House Tax Rebellion|represses]] farmers who were angry that they were being taxed without representation.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fries%27s_Rebellion</ref>


== 1800s ==
== 1800s ==
* 1876: The US begins to support the authoritarian Porfiriato regime in Mexico,  
* 1812: US tries to invade Canada and lots of indigenous nations.
* 1898: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in [[Guatemala]] (ending in 1920)
* 1846: US invades Mexico.
* 1853: US forces Japan to end isolation.
* 1854: US navy creates the Yangtze Patrol (until 1949)
* 1856: US intervenes in the Second Opium War.
* 1876: US supports dictatorship in Mexico (until (1911)
* 1887: US interferes in civil war in Samoa.
* 1893: US overthrows monarchy in Hawaii to annex it
* 1898: US invades Spanish Empire, gaining Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
* 1898: US annexes American Samoa.
* 1898: US supports dictatorship in Guatemala (until 1920)  
* 1899: US suppresses the Boxer Rebellion in China


== 1900s ==
== 1900s ==
* 1904: The US military [[Santo Domingo Affair|takes control]] of Dominican Republic customs houses by force to collect on international debts, forcing the Dominican Republic to sign a treaty guaranteeing debt payments.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_Domingo_Affair</ref>
* 1903: US supports the Colombian Civil war to create an independent Panama
* 1908: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Venezuela (which ends in 1935)
* 1903: US invades Honduras
 
* 1904: US invades Dominican Republic to steal money.
=== 1910s ===
* 1907: US invades Honduras
* 1911: The US stops supporting the authoritarian [[Porfiriato]] regime after the [[Mexican Revolution]] overthrows the government by forcing Porfirio to flee for Spain.
* 1908: US supports dictatorship in Venezuela (until 1935)
* 1912: The US invades Nicaragua and occupies the country for 21 years, making it a haven for US corporations.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Nicaragua</ref>
* 1911: US invades Honduras
* 1914: The US military seizes the gold reserves of Haiti after US banks request it.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Haiti#Causes</ref>
* 1911: US invades Mexico
* 1915: The US invades Haiti and [[US Occupation of Haiti|occupies the country]] for 19 years, taking control of their banks and custom houses and ensuring the country becomes a haven for US corporations.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Haiti</ref>
* 1912: US invades Honduras
* 1916: The US invades the Dominican Republic and occupies the country for 8 years, making it a haven for US corporations.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_the_Dominican_Republic_(1916%E2%80%9324)</ref>
* 1912: US invades Nicaragua and occupies it until 1933.
* 1918: The US lands 13,000 soldiers at various points in the [[Russian Civil War]], notably in the [[Siberian Intervention]] and the [[North Russia Intervention]] alongside the [[British Empire]], [[Japanese Empire]], France, Serbia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Italy, [[Canada]] and China in order to prop up the [[Whites (Russia)|Whites]] and ensure the failure of the [[October Revolution (Russia)|October Revolution]], these fail and the US withdraws the next year.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_intervention_in_the_Russian_Civil_War</ref>
* 1914: US invades Mexico
 
* 1914: US seize gold reserves of Haiti for their banks.
=== 1920s ===
* 1915: US invades Haiti and occupies it until 1934.
* 1929: The US begins to support the authoritarian 'socialist' regime in Mexico, for the next 71 years.
* 1916: US invades the Dominican Republic and occupies it until 1924.
 
* 1916: US invades Mexico
=== 1930s ===
* 1917: US enters World War I despite saying they wouldn't.
* 1930: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in the Dominican Republic (ending in 1961 with a US-backed coup)
* 1918: US invades Russia to stop Bolsheviks.
* 1931: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in [[Guatemala]] (ending in 1944 with a popular uprising)
* 1919: US invades Honduras
* 1932: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in El Salvador (which ends in 1944 due to a confusing uprising)
* 1920: US invades Honduras
* 1932: A [[Salvadoran Peasant Massacre (1932)|peasant rebellion]], led by [[Farabundo Martí]], challenges the authority of the government. 10,000 to 40,000 communist rebels, many indigenous, are systematically murdered by the regime of military leader [[Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]], the nation’s acting president. The United States and Great Britain, having bankrolled the nation’s economy and owning the majority of its export-oriented coffee plantations and railways, send naval support to quell the rebellion.
* 1924: US invades Honduras
* 1933: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Honduras (which ends in 1949 in response to uprisings in surrounding countries)
* 1925: US invades Honduras
* 1933: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Portugal (which ends in 1974)
* 1927: US stations soldiers in China (until 1941)
* 1936: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Nicaragua (which ends in 1979 in response to a popular uprising)
* 1929: US supports dictatorship in Mexico (until 2000)
 
* 1930: US supports dictatorship in the Dominican Republic (until 1961)
=== 1940s ===
* 1931: US supports dictatorship in Guatemala (until 1944)
* 1941: The US enters [[World War II]], and by the Nazis own admission, the war could've ended in 1943 had the allies focused on bombing military targets and factories (many of which were owned by US corporations) rather than bombing over 70 cities.<ref name=":1">[https://www.globalresearch.ca/second-world-war-could-have-ended-1943-had-allied-bombing-focused-military-related-targets/5682757 Second World War Could Have Ended in 1943 Had Allied Bombing Focused on Military-related Targets]
* 1932: US supports dictatorship in El Salvador (until 1944)
</ref> The US also doesn't bomb the railroads leading to concentration camps, ensuring millions meet their fate in the gas chambers (the Holocaust intensified in the end of the war)<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_bombing_debate</ref>, thus the US partially bears responsibility for the deaths of tens of millions and the reduction of hundreds of cities in Europe to rubble.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties</ref> Some allege that the US and Britain wish for the Nazis to be used to weaken the USSR, given that the US refused to share military intelligence on the German army, the constant pushing back of [[D-Day (1944)|D-day]] (despite possessing the military resources) and the US and Britain planned for an invasion and bombing of the USSR after the war.<ref name=":1" />
* 1933: Us supports dictatorship in Honduras (until 1949)
* 1944: The US supports the anti-communists in the [[Greek Civil War]] in order to stop a successful socialist revolution (which had driven out the Nazis). The damage is so severe that 8% of the population is killed (178,000 people), 2000 villages are completely destroyed, and the entire countries cars and ship fleets are destroyed.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Greece#World_War_II</ref> Even in the midst of World War II (in the first phase), the US and Britain invade Greece to fight anti-fascist forces, using soldiers and equipment that could've been used against Nazi Germany or to liberate the victims of the [[Holocaust]]...but...no.<ref>[[William Blum]] (1990) - [[Killing Hope (Book)|Killing Hope: Greece 1947 to early 1950s, From cradle of democracy to client state]] </ref>
* 1933: US supports dictatorship in Portugal (until 1974)
* 1945: The US 'liberates' the Philippines, notably by arresting and disarming the leftist rebel Huk forces, destroying the local governments they set up, refusing to help Huk forces still fighting the Japanese and restoring the power of landlords, police and government officials, many of whom had collaborated with the Japanese. In other words, the US was more willing to work with those who helped Japan than leftists, and didn't even wait until Japan had left the country to start this.
* 1936: US supports dictatorship in Nicaragua (until 1979)
* 1945: The US drops two [[Nuclear Weapons|nuclear bombs]] on the [[Nuclear Bombings of Japan|Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]]. Whether this was done to force a Japanese surrender and prevent a brutal land invasion of Japan or to intimidate the [[USSR]] from taking Korea and Japan remains controversial to this day.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate_over_the_atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki</ref>
* 1941: US supports a military coup in Panama
* 1945: World War II ends with Japanese surrender, and the US uses the popularity of the war as a propaganda tool to justify all future attacks, claiming that any country they invade 'could be another Hitler', it also uses the weakening of the British and French Empires to draft their own colonial ambitions, aiming for the entire world to become subservient to US corporations. Key parts of the strategy including defining anyone who opposes this as a 'communist' (later the word 'terrorist' is used).
* 1941: US enters World War II and fails so badly they effectively lengthen the Nazi regime, US bombing is largely unnecessary but occurs anyway.
* 1945: The US begins to support the [[Kuomintang (China)|Kuomintang]] (now holding many former Japanese soldiers and collaborators) with the resumption of the [[Chinese Civil War]], transporting and training 500,000 Kuomingtang soldiers by ship and plane across China, and deploying 100,000 US soldiers to across the country to guard key US installations and assist the Kuomingtang. The US carries out bombings and attacks on pro-communist villages, and even attempts to assassinate key military commanders to prevent a communist victory, the effort fails and the US has to withdraw forces in 1949.<ref name=":0">[[William Blum]] (1990) - [[Killing Hope (Book)|Killing Hope]]</ref>
* 1943: US installs a former fascist as prime minister of Italy
* 1945: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Saudi Arabia (which continues to this day)
* 1944: US supports fascists in Greek Civil War, making it so brutal hundreds of thousands die and Greece is pushed back to the stone age.
* 1946: The US interferes in Filipino elections to ensure the leftist Huks do not win due to their pushing of land reform and industrialisation, threatening the power of US corporations. The US also assists police in carrying out a reign of terror against Huk supporters, killing hundreds and burning down entire villages. Over the next few years, the US builds military bases in the Philippines and sells lots of weapons to the government.
* 1944: US attempts 25 coups in Guatemala (until 1954)
* 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Thailand (which ended in 1973)
* 1945: US starts attacking leftist guerillas in the Philippines who had fought the Japanese while the Japanese are still on the islands.
* 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Peru (which ended in 1956)
* 1945: US nukes Japan to scare the USSR.
* 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in South Korea (which ended in 1988)
* 1945: US supports the Kuomingtang in China and bombs communists.
* 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in South Africa (which ended in 1994)
* 1945: US supports dictatorship in Saudi Arabia.
* 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Yugoslavia (which ended in 1980)
* 1946: US rigs elections in the Philippines and also helps police burn down communist villages.
* 1949: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Syria (which ended in 1953)
* 1947: US rigs elections in Italy (until 1972)
* 1949: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Taiwan (which ends in 1975)
* 1947: US pays mafia in France to attack communists
* 1948: The US interferes in Italian elections to prevent the victory of a socialist coalition, freezing loans and aid to the country to blackmail the government into dismissing left-wing ministers, as a reward for the eventual dismiss, the US cancels the massive debt Italy owes. The US also funds churches, radio stations, newspapers and letter writing campaigns to constantly broadcast anti-communist messages, docking naval ships in Italian ports to intimidate the country (implying an invasion will occur if communists take power) and threatening to cut off food aid. These measures continue (in lighter forms) for the next 24 years, and the Christian Democrats become so powerful they win all elections until 1994 (acting as a US-client state) until it is exposed [[Mani Pulite (Italy)|how corrupt they are]].<ref>[[William Blum]] (1990) - [[Killing Hope (Book)|Killing Hope: Italy 1947-1948 Free elections, Hollywood style]]  </ref>
* 1948: US supports dictatorship in Thailand (until 1973)
* 1949: The US continues to aid exiled Kuomingtang forces in northern Myanmar (numbering 12,000) that ignore Myanmar's demand that they leave (they stay and threaten to attack any forces that come in, effectively becoming a warlord state). The US helps fly in troops, supplies and weapons, also sending combat advisors. The Kuomingtang soon turn to drug trafficking and the regions they control becomes the largest producer of heroin and opium in the world. The US helps them carry out several attempted invasions of southern China, killing thousands of people. Eventually, a joint Chinese-Myanmar operation forces the army to leave in 1961.<ref name=":0" />
* 1948: US supports dictatorship in Peru (until 1956)
 
* 1948: US supports dictatorship in South Korea (until 1988)
=== 1950s ===
* 1948: US supports dictatorship in South Africa (until 1991)
* 1950: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Venezuela (which ends in 1958 due to a popular uprising)
* 1948: US supports dictatorship in Yugoslavia (until 1980)
* 1950: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Spain (which ends in 1975)
* 1949: US supports coup and dictatorship in Syria (until 1953)
* 1952: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Cuba (which ends in 1959 due to the [[Cuban Revolution]])
* 1949: US dictatorship in Taiwan (until 1975)
* 1953: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Iran (which ends in 1979 due to a popular uprising)
* 1949: US supports exiled Kuomingtang forces in Myanmar who smuggle lots of drugs and attack China.
* 1954: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Guatemala (which ends in 1986)
* 1949: US tries to overthrow Albanian government.
* 1954: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Jordan (which continues to this day)
* 1950: US supports dictatorship in Venezuela (until 1958)
* 1954: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Paraguay (which ends in 1989)
* 1950: US supports dictatorship in Spain (until 1975)
* 1955: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in South Vietnam (which ends in 1963)
* 1952: US interferes in Japanese elections (until 1960s)
* 1957: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Haiti (which ended in 1986)
* 1952: US supports dictatorship in Cuba (until 1959)
* 1958: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 1969 due to a popular uprising)
* 1952: US supports a military coup in Egypt
* 1959: [[Singapore]] is granted self-government by the British Empire, and the US quickly starts to support the centre-right People's Action Party, who works to create an authoritarian regime in the country.<ref>Lynn Kuok (2016): [https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Paper-6.pdf The U.S.-Singapore Partnership: A Critical Elementof U.S. Engagement and Stability in the Asia-Pacific]</ref> Some notable achievements like censorship of the media, mass surveillance, arrest without trial, restrictions on protest, conscription, abuse of migrant workers, human trafficking and the criminalisation of homosexuality.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Singapore</ref>
* 1953: US overthrows democratic government in Iran and installs a dictatorship (supported until 1979)
 
* 1954: US overthrows democratic government in Guatemala and installs a dictatorship (supported until 1996)
=== 1960s ===
* 1954: US supports dictatorship in Jordan (until this day)
* 1963: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Honduras (which ends in 1982)
* 1954: US supports dictatorship in Paraguay (until 1989)
* 1963: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Iraq (which ends in 1967)
* 1955: US carries out a coup a year in Laos (until 1973)
* 1964: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Brazil (which ends in 1984)
* 1955: US supports dictatorship in South Vietnam (until 1963)
* 1964: The US begins to support the Mexican government in their 18-year long '[[Dirty War (Mexico)|Dirty War]]' that kills 3,000 people and tortures 7,000. Notable events include the [[Tlatelolco Massacre]] and the [[Corpus Christi Massacre]].<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War_(Mexico)</ref>
* 1957: US supports dictatorship in Haiti (until 1986)
* 1965: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in the Philippines (which ends in 1985 due to a popular uprising)
* 1957: US attempts to overthrow the government of Indonesia and bombs it
* 1965: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in the Democratic Republic of Congo (which ended in 1997)
* 1957: US attempts a coup in Syria
* 1967: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Indonesia (which ends in 1998 due to a popular uprising)
* 1958: US invades Lebanon
* 1967: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Greece (which ends in 1974)
* 1958: US supports dictatorship in Pakistan (until 1971)
* 1967: The US bullies the Canadian government into supporting US foreign policy.
* 1959: US supports a coup in Iraq
* 1968: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Panama (which ends in 1981)
* 1963: US supports dictatorship in Honduras (until 1982)
* 1969: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 1971)
* 1963: US supports dictatorship in Iraq (until 1967)
* 1969: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Sudan (which ends in 1985)
* 1964: US supports dictatorship in Brazil (until 1984)
* 1969: The US begins to provide support for the [[Socialist Republic of Romania|authoritarian regime]] in Romania, encouraging US investment and cheap loans to the country and offering diplomatic support due to Romania's increasing distance from the USSR.<ref>Chicago Tribute (1989) - [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-12-27-8903200987-story.html CEAUSESCU`S ROMANIA WAS ONCE A PET OF U.S.]</ref> This is with full knowledge of the fact that the regime had killed between 500,000 and 2,000,000 people from 1945 - 1989,<ref>BBC (2006) - [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6190931.stm Romania exposes communist crimes]</ref> had banned abortion,<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Republic_of_Romania#Human_rights_issues</ref> discriminated against romani people and the US put pressure to pay back loans led to [[austerity]] led to regular electrical blackouts and food shortages.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Republic_of_Romania#1980s:_severe_rationing</ref>
* 1964: US supports state terrorism in Mexico that kills 3,000 people.
 
* 1965: US supports dictatorship in the Philippines (until 1985)
=== 1970s ===
* 1965: US supports dictatorship in the Congo (until 1997)
* 1970: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in [[Oman]],<ref>https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-oman/#relations</ref> ignoring Oman's systemic abuse of human rights such as the 26,000 people in slavery (in a country of 4.4 million people), censorship of the media, torture of political dissidents (including mock executions, beating, hooding, solitary confinement, subjection to extremes of temperature and to constant noise, abuse and humiliation), criminalisation of LGBT people, repression of women's rights (until the 2010s) and a complete lack of freedom of speech and a democratic government.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Oman</ref>
* 1967: US supports dictatorship in Indonesia (until 1998)
* 1970: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Cambodia (which ends in 1975)
* 1967: US supports dictatorship in Greece (until 1974)
* 1971: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in United Arab Emirates (which continues to this day)
* 1967: US supports a civilian coup overthrowing the Canadian government.
* 1971: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Bolivia (which ends in 1978)
* 1968: US supports dictatorship in Panama (until 1981)
* 1972: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Qatar (which continues to this day)
* 1969: US supports dictatorship in Sudan (until 1985)
* 1973: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Uruguay (which ends in 1985)
* 1969: US supports dictatorship in Romania (until 1989)
* 1973: The US supports two attempted coups working with far-right tribal leaders (and Iran and Pakistan) to overthrow the leftist government in Afghanistan. Although the government survives, it begins cracking down on the left, and the US begins to support it.
* 1970: US supports dictatorship in Oman (until this day)
* 1973: In response to efforts to nationalise the copper industry and introduce a limited degree of [[Workers' Self-Management|workers' self-management]], the US helps the [[Chilean Military Coup (1973)|military overthrow the democratic government]] in [[Chile]] and strongly supports a new, [[Pinochet Dictatorship|brutal and highly repressive regime]].<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change#1973:_Chile</ref>
* 1970: US supports dictatorship in Cambodia (until 1975)
* 1974: After the [[Carnation Revolution]] sees Portugal moving towards land reform, a high minimum wage, nationalisation and workers' control of industry the US begins to subvert the country for the next two years. Over the next two years, the US funds media opposition and rival trade unions, sabotages the economy through manipulation of credit, financing right-wing politicians and performing large NATO naval and air exercises to intimidate the country (showing it will invade).<ref>[[William Blum]] (2005) - [[Rogue State (Book)|Rogue State]]</ref>
* 1971: US supports dictatorship in the UAE (until this day)
* 1976: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Argentina (which ends in 1983)
* 1971: US supports dictatorship in Bolivia (until 1978)
* 1978: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 1988)
* 1972: US supports dictatorship in Qatar (until this day)
* 1978: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Somalia (which ends in 1991)
* 1973: US supports dictatorship in Uruguay (until 1985)
* 1979: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Equatorial Guinea (which continues to this day)
* 1973: US supports two coups in Afghanistan
 
* 1973: US overthrows democratic government of Chile and supports new dictatorship (until 1990)
=== 1980s ===
* 1974: US interferes in Portuguese elections.
* 1980: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Liberia (which ended in 1990)
* 1975: US supports a civilian coup in Australia.
* 1980: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Turkey (which ended in 1989)
* 1976: US supports dictatorship in Argentina (until 1983)
* 1981: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Egypt (which ended in 2011 with the [[Arab Spring]])
* 1978: US supports dictatorship in Pakistan (until 1988)
* 1982: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Cameroon (which continues to this day)
* 1978: US supports dictatorship in Somalia (until 1991)
* 1982: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Chad (which continues to this day)
* 1979: US supports dictatorship in Equatorial Guinea (until today)
* 1982: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Iraq (which ended in 1990)
* 1980: US supports dictatorship in Liberia (until 1990)
* 1983: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Panama (which ends in 1989)
* 1980: US supports dictatorship in Turkey (until 1989)
* 1984: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Brunei (which continues to this day)
* 1981: US supports dictatorship in Egypt (until 2011)
* 1986: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Uganda (which continues to this day)
* 1982: US supports dictatorship in Cameroon (until 1982)
* 1987: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Tunisia.
* 1982: US supports dictatorship in Chad (until today)
* 1987: The US (along with [[Timeline of French Imperialism|France]]) sponsors a military coup in [[Burkina Faso]], killing [[Thomas Sankara]] and reversing his progress in land redistribution, women's rights, healthcare, agricultural productivity, infrastructure building, poverty reduction and reducing government corruption.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Burkinab%C3%A9_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat</ref> Ensuring that yet another African nation is condemned to poverty, and the threat of a successful non-capitalist nation is stamped out.
* 1982: US supports dictatorship in Iraq (until 1990)
 
* 1983: US invades Grenada
=== 1990s ===
* 1983: US supports dictatorship in Panama (until 1989)
* 1990: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Uzbekistan (which ends in 2016)
* 1984: US rigs elections in Grenada and supports dictator (until 1990)
* 1990: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Kyrgyzstan (which ends in 2005)
* 1984: US supports dictatorship in Brunei (until today)
* 1990: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Yemen (which ends in 2012)
* 1986: US supports dictatorship in Uganda (until today)
* 1991: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan (which continues to this day)
* 1987: US supports dictatorship in Tunisia (until 2011)
* 1991: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Ethiopia (which ended in 2012)
* 1987: US supports military coup in Burkina Faso.
* 1992: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Kazakhstan (which continues to this day)
* 1989: US invades Panama.
* 1992: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Peru (which ended in 2000)
* 1990: US supports dictatorship in Uzbekistan (until 1990)
* 1994: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Tajikistan (which continues to this day)
* 1990: US supports dictatorship in Kyrgyzstan (until 2005)
* 1996: The US uses the NED to ensure an anti-communist victory in [[Mongolia]] by funding media groups and organisations in the country. In return for the favour, the Mongolian government allowed for the US to set up electronic listening posts and use as a base to send spies into China. Additionally, neoliberal reforms were introduced, privatised much of the countries housing and wiping out the safety net set up by the [[Mongolian People's Party|MPP]]. These led to the economy contracting by 21.5% (The USA's GDP went down by 30% in the Great Depression) and widespread poverty.<ref>[[William Blum]] (2005) - [[Rogue State (Book)|Rogue State]]</ref>
* 1990: US supports dictatorship in Yemen (until 2012)
* 1999: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Bahrain (which continues to this day)
* 1991: US supports dictatorship in Azerbaijan (until today)
* 1999: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Djibouti (which continues to this day)
* 1991: US supports dictatorship in Ethiopia (until 2012)
* 1999: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 2008)
* 1991: US invades and bombs Iraq.
* 1992: US supports dictatorship in Kazakhstan (until today)
* 1992: US supports dictatorship in Peru (until 2000)
* 1994: US supports dictatorship in Tajikistan (until today)
* 1996: US interferes in Mongolian elections.
* 1999: US supports dictatorship in Bahrain (until today)
* 1999: US supports dictatorship in Djibouti (until today)
* 1999: US supports dictatorship in Pakistan (until 2008)


== 2000s ==
== 2000s ==
* 2000: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Rwanda (which continues to this day)
* 2000: US supports dictatorship in Rwanda (until today)
* 2006: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Turkmenistan (which continues to this day)
* 2006: US supports dictatorship in Turkmenistan (until today)
* 2006: The US interferes in the peace negotiations in the aftermath of the [[Nepalese Civil War]] to prolong it long enough to re-ignite it, encouraging further violence against communists.<ref>[https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/nepal-wikileaks-reveals-us-intervention-against-peace-process Nepal: WikiLeaks reveals US intervention against peace process]
* 2006: US tries to stop peace negotiation in Nepal
</ref>
* 2009: US supports military coup in Honduras
 
* 2010: US supports civilian coup in Australia
=== 2010s ===
* 2011: US supports dictatorship in Vietnam (until today)
* 2010: The US uses its link to trade unions, political parties and the media in Australia to force Kevin Rudd, the Australian prime minister, out of office due to his reluctance to support further US support and pursuing closer ties with China.<ref>The Sydney Morning Herald (2010) - [https://www.smh.com.au/national/arbib-revealed-as-secret-us-source-20101208-18prg.html Arbib revealed as secret US source] </ref><ref>World Socialist Website (2010) - [https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/12/aust-d09.html Australia: WikiLeaks cables reveal secret ties between Rudd coup plotters and US embassy]
* 2012: US supports dictatorship in Egypt (until today)
</ref>
* 2014: US supports dictatorship in Thailand (until today)
* 2011: The US begins supporting the authoritarian 'socialist regime in Vietnam.
* 2016: US supports civilian coups in Brazil and South Africa
* 2012: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Egypt (which continues to this day)
* 2019: US tries to overthrow government of Venezuela
* 2014: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Thailand (which continues to this day)


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 18:18, 22 July 2019

</image> <label>Type</label> <label>Effects</label> <label>Source</label> <label>Cost to buy</label> <label>Cost to sell</label> </infobox>Note: We acknowledge that occasionally, US Imperialism CAN have benefits (for instance, killing Nazis) and we do not support all groups opposed to US Imperialism. The US is also not behind every event in global politics, they are an empire but not omnipotent. However, we strongly condemn US Imperialism 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 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 imperialist gains or lied to their population.

1700s

  • 1775: American Revolution, US wipes out indigenous nations.
  • 1783: US lies about Constitution.
  • 1785: US invades 13 indigenous nations in the Western Confederacy.
  • 1786: US represses a democratic rebellion.
  • 1791: US represses tax resisters.
  • 1798: US attacks French ships.
  • 1799: US represses tax resisters.

1800s

  • 1812: US tries to invade Canada and lots of indigenous nations.
  • 1846: US invades Mexico.
  • 1853: US forces Japan to end isolation.
  • 1854: US navy creates the Yangtze Patrol (until 1949)
  • 1856: US intervenes in the Second Opium War.
  • 1876: US supports dictatorship in Mexico (until (1911)
  • 1887: US interferes in civil war in Samoa.
  • 1893: US overthrows monarchy in Hawaii to annex it
  • 1898: US invades Spanish Empire, gaining Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
  • 1898: US annexes American Samoa.
  • 1898: US supports dictatorship in Guatemala (until 1920)
  • 1899: US suppresses the Boxer Rebellion in China

1900s

  • 1903: US supports the Colombian Civil war to create an independent Panama
  • 1903: US invades Honduras
  • 1904: US invades Dominican Republic to steal money.
  • 1907: US invades Honduras
  • 1908: US supports dictatorship in Venezuela (until 1935)
  • 1911: US invades Honduras
  • 1911: US invades Mexico
  • 1912: US invades Honduras
  • 1912: US invades Nicaragua and occupies it until 1933.
  • 1914: US invades Mexico
  • 1914: US seize gold reserves of Haiti for their banks.
  • 1915: US invades Haiti and occupies it until 1934.
  • 1916: US invades the Dominican Republic and occupies it until 1924.
  • 1916: US invades Mexico
  • 1917: US enters World War I despite saying they wouldn't.
  • 1918: US invades Russia to stop Bolsheviks.
  • 1919: US invades Honduras
  • 1920: US invades Honduras
  • 1924: US invades Honduras
  • 1925: US invades Honduras
  • 1927: US stations soldiers in China (until 1941)
  • 1929: US supports dictatorship in Mexico (until 2000)
  • 1930: US supports dictatorship in the Dominican Republic (until 1961)
  • 1931: US supports dictatorship in Guatemala (until 1944)
  • 1932: US supports dictatorship in El Salvador (until 1944)
  • 1933: Us supports dictatorship in Honduras (until 1949)
  • 1933: US supports dictatorship in Portugal (until 1974)
  • 1936: US supports dictatorship in Nicaragua (until 1979)
  • 1941: US supports a military coup in Panama
  • 1941: US enters World War II and fails so badly they effectively lengthen the Nazi regime, US bombing is largely unnecessary but occurs anyway.
  • 1943: US installs a former fascist as prime minister of Italy
  • 1944: US supports fascists in Greek Civil War, making it so brutal hundreds of thousands die and Greece is pushed back to the stone age.
  • 1944: US attempts 25 coups in Guatemala (until 1954)
  • 1945: US starts attacking leftist guerillas in the Philippines who had fought the Japanese while the Japanese are still on the islands.
  • 1945: US nukes Japan to scare the USSR.
  • 1945: US supports the Kuomingtang in China and bombs communists.
  • 1945: US supports dictatorship in Saudi Arabia.
  • 1946: US rigs elections in the Philippines and also helps police burn down communist villages.
  • 1947: US rigs elections in Italy (until 1972)
  • 1947: US pays mafia in France to attack communists
  • 1948: US supports dictatorship in Thailand (until 1973)
  • 1948: US supports dictatorship in Peru (until 1956)
  • 1948: US supports dictatorship in South Korea (until 1988)
  • 1948: US supports dictatorship in South Africa (until 1991)
  • 1948: US supports dictatorship in Yugoslavia (until 1980)
  • 1949: US supports coup and dictatorship in Syria (until 1953)
  • 1949: US dictatorship in Taiwan (until 1975)
  • 1949: US supports exiled Kuomingtang forces in Myanmar who smuggle lots of drugs and attack China.
  • 1949: US tries to overthrow Albanian government.
  • 1950: US supports dictatorship in Venezuela (until 1958)
  • 1950: US supports dictatorship in Spain (until 1975)
  • 1952: US interferes in Japanese elections (until 1960s)
  • 1952: US supports dictatorship in Cuba (until 1959)
  • 1952: US supports a military coup in Egypt
  • 1953: US overthrows democratic government in Iran and installs a dictatorship (supported until 1979)
  • 1954: US overthrows democratic government in Guatemala and installs a dictatorship (supported until 1996)
  • 1954: US supports dictatorship in Jordan (until this day)
  • 1954: US supports dictatorship in Paraguay (until 1989)
  • 1955: US carries out a coup a year in Laos (until 1973)
  • 1955: US supports dictatorship in South Vietnam (until 1963)
  • 1957: US supports dictatorship in Haiti (until 1986)
  • 1957: US attempts to overthrow the government of Indonesia and bombs it
  • 1957: US attempts a coup in Syria
  • 1958: US invades Lebanon
  • 1958: US supports dictatorship in Pakistan (until 1971)
  • 1959: US supports a coup in Iraq
  • 1963: US supports dictatorship in Honduras (until 1982)
  • 1963: US supports dictatorship in Iraq (until 1967)
  • 1964: US supports dictatorship in Brazil (until 1984)
  • 1964: US supports state terrorism in Mexico that kills 3,000 people.
  • 1965: US supports dictatorship in the Philippines (until 1985)
  • 1965: US supports dictatorship in the Congo (until 1997)
  • 1967: US supports dictatorship in Indonesia (until 1998)
  • 1967: US supports dictatorship in Greece (until 1974)
  • 1967: US supports a civilian coup overthrowing the Canadian government.
  • 1968: US supports dictatorship in Panama (until 1981)
  • 1969: US supports dictatorship in Sudan (until 1985)
  • 1969: US supports dictatorship in Romania (until 1989)
  • 1970: US supports dictatorship in Oman (until this day)
  • 1970: US supports dictatorship in Cambodia (until 1975)
  • 1971: US supports dictatorship in the UAE (until this day)
  • 1971: US supports dictatorship in Bolivia (until 1978)
  • 1972: US supports dictatorship in Qatar (until this day)
  • 1973: US supports dictatorship in Uruguay (until 1985)
  • 1973: US supports two coups in Afghanistan
  • 1973: US overthrows democratic government of Chile and supports new dictatorship (until 1990)
  • 1974: US interferes in Portuguese elections.
  • 1975: US supports a civilian coup in Australia.
  • 1976: US supports dictatorship in Argentina (until 1983)
  • 1978: US supports dictatorship in Pakistan (until 1988)
  • 1978: US supports dictatorship in Somalia (until 1991)
  • 1979: US supports dictatorship in Equatorial Guinea (until today)
  • 1980: US supports dictatorship in Liberia (until 1990)
  • 1980: US supports dictatorship in Turkey (until 1989)
  • 1981: US supports dictatorship in Egypt (until 2011)
  • 1982: US supports dictatorship in Cameroon (until 1982)
  • 1982: US supports dictatorship in Chad (until today)
  • 1982: US supports dictatorship in Iraq (until 1990)
  • 1983: US invades Grenada
  • 1983: US supports dictatorship in Panama (until 1989)
  • 1984: US rigs elections in Grenada and supports dictator (until 1990)
  • 1984: US supports dictatorship in Brunei (until today)
  • 1986: US supports dictatorship in Uganda (until today)
  • 1987: US supports dictatorship in Tunisia (until 2011)
  • 1987: US supports military coup in Burkina Faso.
  • 1989: US invades Panama.
  • 1990: US supports dictatorship in Uzbekistan (until 1990)
  • 1990: US supports dictatorship in Kyrgyzstan (until 2005)
  • 1990: US supports dictatorship in Yemen (until 2012)
  • 1991: US supports dictatorship in Azerbaijan (until today)
  • 1991: US supports dictatorship in Ethiopia (until 2012)
  • 1991: US invades and bombs Iraq.
  • 1992: US supports dictatorship in Kazakhstan (until today)
  • 1992: US supports dictatorship in Peru (until 2000)
  • 1994: US supports dictatorship in Tajikistan (until today)
  • 1996: US interferes in Mongolian elections.
  • 1999: US supports dictatorship in Bahrain (until today)
  • 1999: US supports dictatorship in Djibouti (until today)
  • 1999: US supports dictatorship in Pakistan (until 2008)

2000s

  • 2000: US supports dictatorship in Rwanda (until today)
  • 2006: US supports dictatorship in Turkmenistan (until today)
  • 2006: US tries to stop peace negotiation in Nepal
  • 2009: US supports military coup in Honduras
  • 2010: US supports civilian coup in Australia
  • 2011: US supports dictatorship in Vietnam (until today)
  • 2012: US supports dictatorship in Egypt (until today)
  • 2014: US supports dictatorship in Thailand (until today)
  • 2016: US supports civilian coups in Brazil and South Africa
  • 2019: US tries to overthrow government of Venezuela

References

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