"... Nachdem der US-Kongress durch das sogenannte Boland-Amendment jegliche US-Hilfe für die #Contras verboten hatte – unter anderem motiviert durch Berichte über deren gravierende Menschenrechtsverletzungen an Zivilisten – finanzierten die Contras ihren Guerillakrieg mit Geldern aus geheimen, illegalen Waffenverkäufen der USA an den Iran sowie durch Schmuggel von Kokain in die USA mit Wissen der CIA..."
Einer der Fälle, als #USA eine "Trajektorie" beeinflussen wollten.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1981, in his first year in office, #RonaldReagan signed #NSDD17 (National Security Decision Directive 17), a #TopSecret memo authorizing the #CIA to recruit and train #FarRight #terrorists (the #Contras) to bring down #Nicaragua's socialist government.
Today in Labor History October 9, 1967: Ernesto “Che” Guevara was captured and summarily executed in Bolivia, at the age of 39. His capture was orchestrated by Cuban exile, Felix Rodriguez, a CIA operative and Bay of Pigs veteran. It has been alleged the Nazi war criminal, Klaus Barbie, who was living in Bolivia at the time, also helped orchestrate Guevara’s capture. Felix Rodriguez also participated in the Phoenix Program, in the war against Vietnam; met regularly with Vice President George H.W. Bush, during the illegal arming of the Nicaraguan Contras; and participated in the assassination of DEA Agent Kiki Camarena.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #cheguevara #cuba #bolivia #nazis #bayofpigs #cia #felixrodriguez #warcrimes #operationphoenix #vietnam #dea #nicaragua #contras #assassination #communism
Today in Labor History September 1, 1987: During a nonviolent protest against the illegal U.S arming of the Nicaraguan Contras, a Navy munitions train ran over anti-war protester Brian Willson at the Concord Naval Weapons Station, just east of San Francisco. Willson lost both legs in the incident, as well suffering permanent brain damage. The next day, dozens of protesters returned to the site and dismantled the tracks. Three days later, over 10,000 people demonstrated at the site. And anti-war activists continued to maintain an around-the-clock vigil at the site for years afterward. At the time, the Concord station was shipping between 60,000 and 120,000 tons of munitions each year to U.S. forces and allies.
For at least a year prior to the 1987 incident, the FBI had been monitoring Brian Willson as a “domestic terrorist.” Furthermore, the train crew had been advised to not stop the train, even if protesters were blocking the tracks. Willson later filed suit, arguing that the Navy and individual supervisors were given ample warning of their plan to block the tracks, and that the train crew had time to stop. The official Navy report confirmed this. The civilian members of the train crew subsequently sued him for the "humiliation, embarrassment & emotional distress" the incident caused them. Willson, a Vietnam War veteran and member of Veterans For Peace, continued to be an active leader in the anti-military, prisoners’ rights, and anti-imperialism movements.
The Concord Naval Weapons was formerly known as Port Chicago. During World War Two, an explosion there killed 322 mostly black sailors during, setting off a rebellion known as the Port Chicago Mutiny, in which 200 black sailors refused to load any more munitions. 50 of them were convicted and sentenced to hard labor. Thurgood Marshall, who was working for the NAACP at the time, provided their legal representation. He noted that only black men had been assigned to the dangerous munitions loading job. Congress did not exonerate the men until 2019.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #Nicaragua #contras #imperialism #usintervention #BrianWillson #activism #directaction #sabotage #portchicago #mutiny #solidarity
Today in Labor History July 19, 1979: Sandinista rebels overthrew the Somoza government in Nicaragua, ending the authoritarian 43-year Somoza family dynasty and replacing it with a revolutionary government. They instituted a program of mass literacy, gender equality and access to medical care. However, they also committed many human rights abuses, including the oppression and mass execution of indigenous people. The Sandinistas are named after Augusto Sandino, who led the rebellion against the U.S. occupation of Nicaragua in the 1930s. He was murdered by Somoza senior in 1934, launching the decades-long dictatorship. In the 1920s, Sandino lived in exile, in Mexico, where he was influenced by anti-imperialist, anarchist and communist revolutionaries, including the IWW. The original and modern Sandinista flags were influenced by the IWW’s anarcho-syndicalist red and black colors.
The CIA orchestrated a Civil War between the Sandinistas and the right-wing Contras from 1984-1989. The Contras blew up rural schools and hospitals and routinely carried out rape and torture. In 1983, U.S. Congress passed the Boland Amendment, banning further aid to the Contrals. And in 1984, the International Court of Justice ruled that the U.S. prior support had been in violation of International law. However, even after the Boland Amendment, the Reagan administration continued to back the Contras by raising money from allies and covertly selling arms to Iran (then engaged in a war with Iraq), and funneling the proceeds to the Contras. In later Congressional hearings, when questioned for 8 hours, Reagan responded that he couldn’t remember at least 124 times, which was sufficient for Congress to absolve him of violating their own law, while National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Oliver North took much of the blame.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #nicaragua #sandinista #reagan #imperialism #civilwar #contras #cia #IWW #rebellion #uprising #Revolution #internationallaw #rape #torture #anarchism #communism
Today in Labor History July 17, 1944: Two ammunition ships exploded at Port Chicago, CA (now known as the Concord Naval Weapons Center). The explosion killed 322 sailors, including 202 African-Americans assigned by the Navy to handle explosives. The explosion could be seen 35 miles away in San Francisco, across the Bay. In response, 258 African-Americans refused to return to the dangerous work, initiating what would be known as the Port Chicago Mutiny. 50 of the men were convicted and sentenced to hard labor. 47 were released in 1946. During their court proceedings, Thurgood Marshall, working then for the NAACP, prepared an appeal campaign, noting that only black men had been assigned to the dangerous munitions loading job. At the time, navy had over 100,000 black sailors, but no black officers. Beginning in 1990, a group of 25 Congressional leaders began a campaign to exonerate the mutineers. However, Congress did not exonerate the men until 2019.
In the 1980s, activists regularly protested at the Concord Naval Weapons Center against U.S. arms shipments to the Contras in Nicaragua. These shipments were supposedly secret, and illegal under the Congressional Boland Amendment. The base shipped 60,000 to 120,000 tons of munitions each year to U.S. forces and allies, including the Contras. On September 1, 1987, a weapons train deliberately ran over veterans who were blockading the tracks, including Brian Willson, who lost both of his legs, and a portion of his frontal lobe, in the collision. Days later, activists dismantled the train tracks. And for years after, activists maintained a 24-hour vigil at the site. The FBI had been surveilling Willson for more than a year as a “domestic terrorist,” even though all of his activism and protests had been entirely nonviolent. The train crew had been told to not stop the train, even if protesters were on the tracks.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #brianwillson #portchicago #ConcordNavalWeaponsCenter #nicaragua #contras #sandinistas #directaction #civildisobedience #domesticsurveillence #fbi #mutiny #weapons #disaster #racism #blm #naacp #thurgoodmarshall #terrorism #BlackMastadon
Today in Labor History October 9, 1967: Ernesto “Che” Guevara was captured and summarily executed in Bolivia, at the age of 39. His capture was orchestrated by Cuban exile, Felix Rodriguez, a CIA operative and Bay of Pigs veteran. It has been alleged the Nazi war criminal, Klaus Barbie, who was living in Bolivia at the time, also helped orchestrate Guevara’s capture. Felix Rodriguez also participated in the Phoenix Program, in the war against Vietnam; met regularly with Vice President George H.W. Bush, during the illegal arming of the Nicaraguan Contras; and participated in the assassination of DEA Agent Kiki Camarena.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #cheguevara #cuba #bolivia #nazis #bayofpigs #cia #felixrodriguez #warcrimes #operationphoenix #vietnam #dea #nicaragua #contras #assassination #communism
https://www.wacoca.com/videos/2295979/celebrity/ Pros y contras de vivir en Japón ✨🇯🇵 #japón #tokio #anime #shorts #AlquilerEnJapón #anime #CaminarEnJapon #Celebrities #Celebrity #contras #CulturaJaponesa #DatosDeInterés #DatosSobreJapón #hechos #HollyLolly #japan #JapanTravel #japanese #JAPÓN #Japoneses #LaVidaEnJapon #LaVidaEnTokio #LifeInJapan #LifeInTokyo #LivingInJapan #Pros #ProsYContrasDeVivirEnJapón #Shorts #ThingsInJapan #TOKIO #tokyo #travel #trending #ViajesAJapon #Viral #vivir #Vlog #YouTubeShorts
Today in Labor History July 19, 1979: Sandinista rebels overthrew the Somoza government in Nicaragua, ending the authoritarian 43-year Somoza family dynasty and replacing it with a revolutionary government. They instituted a program of mass literacy, gender equality and access to medical care. However, they also committed many human rights abuses, including the oppression and mass execution of indigenous people. The Sandinistas are named after Augusto Sandino, who led the rebellion against the U.S. occupation of Nicaragua in the 1930s. He was murdered by Somoza senior in 1934, launching the decades-long dictatorship. In the 1920s, Sandino lived in exile, in Mexico, where he was influenced by anti-imperialist, anarchist and communist revolutionaries, including the IWW. The original and modern Sandinista flags were influenced by the IWW’s anarcho-syndicalist red and black colors.
The CIA orchestrated a Civil War between the Sandinistas and the right-wing Contras from 1984-1989. The Contras blew up rural schools and hospitals and routinely carried out rape and torture. In 1983, U.S. Congress passed the Boland Amendment, banning further aid to the Contrals. And in 1984, the International Court of Justice ruled that the U.S. prior support had been in violation of International law. However, even after the Boland Amendment, the Reagan administration continued to back the Contras by raising money from allies and covertly selling arms to Iran (then engaged in a war with Iraq), and funneling the proceeds to the Contras. In later Congressional hearings, when questioned for 8 hours, Reagan responded that he couldn’t remember at least 124 times, which was sufficient for Congress to absolve him of violating their own law, while National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Oliver North took much of the blame.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #nicaragua #sandinista #reagan #imperialism #civilwar #contras #cia #IWW #rebellion #uprising #Revolution #internationallaw #rape #torture #anarchism #communism
Today in Labor History July 17, 1944: Two ammunition ships exploded at Port Chicago, CA (now known as the Concord Naval Weapons Center). The explosion killed 322 sailors, including 202 African-Americans assigned by the Navy to handle explosives. The explosion could be seen 35 miles away in San Francisco, across the Bay. In response, 258 African-Americans refused to return to the dangerous work, initiating what would be known as the Port Chicago Mutiny. 50 of the men were convicted and sentenced to hard labor. 47 were released in 1946. During their court proceedings, Thurgood Marshall, working then for the NAACP, prepared an appeal campaign, noting that only black men had been assigned to the dangerous munitions loading job. At the time, navy had over 100,000 black sailors, but no black officers. Beginning in 1990, a group of 25 Congressional leaders began a campaign to exonerate the mutineers. However, Congress did not exonerate the men until 2019.
In the 1980s, activists regularly protested at the Concord Naval Weapons Center against U.S. arms shipments to the Contras in Nicaragua. These shipments were supposedly secret, and illegal under the Congressional Boland Amendment. The base shipped 60,000 to 120,000 tons of munitions each year to U.S. forces and allies, including the Contras. On September 1, 1987, a weapons train ran over veterans who were blockading the tracks, including Brian Willson, who lost both of his legs, and a portion of his frontal lobe, in the collision. Days later, activists dismantled the train tracks. And for years after, activists maintained a 24-hour vigil at the site. The FBI had been surveilling Willson for more than a year as a “domestic terrorist,” even though all of his activism and protests had been entirely nonviolent. The train crew had been told to not stop the train, even if protesters were on the tracks.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #brianwillson #portchicago #ConcordNavalWeaponsCenter #nicaragua #contras #sandinistas #directaction #civildisobedience #fbi #mutiny #weapons #disaster #racism #blm #naacp #thurgoodmarshall #terrorism #BlackMastadon
@CBCNews
A LESSON FOR JOE #BIDEN: During the #Reagan Administration (I forget the exact year), he asked #Congress for money to send to "The #Contras" in El Salvador so they could buy weapons.
Congress said, "No."
Unwilling to take "No" for an answer, as "Commander-in-Chief", Saint Ronnie ordered military troops loaded down with as much weaponry & ammunition as they could carry to land on the beach, drop everything, and leave.
Congress threw a fit, but couldn't do a thing to stop it. 🤔
@jockr
A BIT OF #TRIVIA: When the Democratically-controlled Congress told Pres. #Reagan that he could not send millions of dollars to the Nicaraguan #Contras for weapons, he side-stepped Congress by (ab)using his authority as "Commander-in-Chief of the military", ordered thousands of troops weighed down with as much weapons & ammunition as they could carry, land on the shore, dump it all on the beach, and leave.
Congress then had no choice but to spend the money to replace all those lost arms.
1981-90: #Nicaragua
"The United States has a long history of meddling in Nicaragua. Between 1912 and 1933, the U.S. military occupied the country.
"Between 1981 and 1986, President #RonaldReagan’s administration secretly and illegally sold arms to #Iran in order to fund #Contras, a group the #CIA had recruited and organized to fight the #socialist #Sandinista government led by #DanielOrtega. In 1986, details of the #IranContra Affair became public, resulting in congressional investigations.
"#Ortega’s Sandinista government ended in 1990 with the election of opposition candidate #VioletaChamorro as president amid reports that the United States had provided funding to help her win."
https://www.history.com/news/us-overthrow-foreign-governments
#HumanRights #Covert #Corporatism #Corporatocracy #Corruption #Capitalism #Colonialism
Today in Labor History October 9, 1967: Ernesto “Che” Guevara was captured and summarily executed in Bolivia, at the age of 39. His capture was orchestrated by Cuban exile, Felix Rodriguez, a CIA operative and Bay of Pigs veteran. It has been alleged the Nazi war criminal, Klaus Barbie, who was living in Bolivia at the time, also helped orchestrate Guevara’s capture. Felix Rodriguez also participated in the Phoenix Program, in the war against Vietnam; met regularly with Vice President George H.W. Bush, during the illegal arming of the Nicaraguan Contras; and participated in the assassination of DEA Agent Kiki Camarena.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #CheGuevara #assassination #DEA #GeorgeBush #vietnam #cia #bolivia #Nicaragua #contras #anticommunism #imperialism #communism #cuba #nazis #KlausBarbie
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https://kino.kompot.si/videos/watch/de577952-5d8b-4390-b49e-8cb73dda25ff
'' #ElliottAbrams.. convicted of two misdemeanor counts of withholding information from Congress during the #IranContra Affair will now serve.. as.. envoy to Iran.
Pardoned by George H.W. Bush in 1992, Abrams was a pivotal figure in the foreign-policy #scandal that shook the #Reagan administration.. the plot to covertly sell weapons to the #Khomeini government and use the proceeds to illegally fund the right-wing #Contras rebel group in #Nicaragua.' https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/elliott-abrams-convicted-in-iran-contra-is-now-trumps-iran-envoy.html
#ContraRebels #Iran
@melasudatodo @mikelalasmuto @galipesc
Eso me recuerda a las diversas dictaduras en #Africa, #Asia y #America
En todas, con algunas excepciones fueron creacion exclusiva de la #CIA
Hubieron casos en los que fueron descubiertos: Caso #contras en #Nicaragua y en otros ellos mismos lo rreconocieron, como en #Chile, #Brasil y #Argentina
Pros y contras sobre GNU/Linux (Opinión) http://maslinux.es/pros-y-contras-sobre-gnu-linux-opinion/ #gnu/linux #Opinión #contras #pros
