As someone who taught U.S. history, I always made sure not to mince words when it came to the U.S. and the variety of governments that the CIA helped overthrow, nor the atrocities they condoned due to their inaction (particularly Latin American tragedies because that's what I was writing my senior essay on). For more information on CIA involvement within Central and South America I would recommend the Massacre at El Mozote by Danner which discusses the hushed massacre of a small community in the Los Altos (now split between Guatemala and mexico). Alternatively, Mexico Beyond 1968 by Pensado and Ochoa is a great read which was utilized for my paper. Also, keep a lookout for "The Dictators Balls: Rafael Trujillo and U.S. Dominican relations by Moulton , which is currently under peer review and examines the usage of golf tournaments by Dominican dictator Trujillo to broker deals with American diplomats. Additionally, for some primary sources you can access the LITEMPO and PB SUCCESS collections in the nsa archives for free, as they have been unclassified and released online for public view.
wait….are any americans aware that the cia overthrew the democratically-elected premier of iran in 1953 because he wouldn’t concede to western oil demands….and how that coup was the reason for the shah’s return to power, the iranian revolution, and the resulting fundamentalist dictatorship…..like, america literally dissolved iranian democracy and no one knows about it???
A while back I saw this headcanon that Luke could bleat like a baby deer, and I just-
I can’t-
Please Google the sound-
For your own good-
Simeon: No Luke, it’s too late, no more screen time until tomorrow.
Luke: B-but-
Simeon: I’m putting my foot down, now go to bed.
Luke: MEEEEH! >:(
Simeon: …
Simeon: Luke do not take that tone with me young man.
enough reclaiming slurs, I think in 2023 we should reclaim nascar. they banned the confederate flag on all properties & their stance on lgbtq+ isn’t just performative bc in 2013 they fined a driver 10k for using a homophobic slur, condemned indiana in a statement for an anti lgbt law, and partnered w carolina’s lgbt+ chamber of conference in 2022. nascar was founded by anti-cop moonshiners/bootleggers who drove suped-up fords to out-run the police. #yaaascar
happy Thursday the 20th
The council will decide your fate
kiddos
ok this is “earring magic ken” who was introduced in 1992 (and discontinued shortly thereafter)
basically mattel had done a survey and discovered that girls didn’t think ken was “cool” enough
SO someone had the bright idea to research coolness by sending people to raves which, at the time, were mostly hosted & attended by gay men. so they went to these raves and took notes on what the fashions were and finally landed on this outfit, mesh shirt & all
this doll became the best selling ken doll in history, mostly because gay men bought it in droves. (many of them said his necklace was supposed to be a cockring) but mattel and a number of parents weren’t very amused and discontinued the doll
My first art fight attack, hehe :)
Here's a link to my art fight account!: https://artfight.net/~mustarrgh
OC cred: https://artfight.net/~karigwuh
Matt, 22, history graduate program, they/them. Nonbinary, physically disabled, and autistic. Why am I here
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