The United States Overthrow of Democracy in the Dominican Republic

In 1963, Juan Bosch became the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic. He received over 60% of the national vote. He annoyed the U.S. & the Dominican oligarchy by announcing plans for land reform.

He was removed by a military coup on Sept 25 1963.

"President Kennedy tacitly approved the military coup that deposed him in September 1963, a brief seven months into his term of office."

- E.T. Chester

"U.S. military attache Colonel Fritz Long, along with his colleague, a Colonel Cash, had reportedly been conspiring with representatives of the oligarchy and the militantly anticommunist CEFA group to topple the Bosch government."

- Jan Knippers Black

On April 27, 1965, key officers in the army rebelled, hoping to restore democracy & the rightful winner of the election, Juan Bosch, back in power.

President Johnson sided with the dictatorial junta forces & against the pro-Bosch rebels. The fight soon became a popular rebellion, with the people rising up to fight alongside the rebels.

When the rebels got the upper hand & were about to crush the junta's forces, the U.S. sent in the marines to rescue the fascists & to help crush the rebellion, citing fraudulent pretexts, such as saving American lives & claiming that the rebellion had become Communist controlled.

"The uprising of April 1965 was not led by communists, but it was a genuine popular revolt."

- E.T. Chester

The U.S. released lists as evidence, one of which claimed to name 58 communists known to be participating in the rebellion. Some journalists checked out the list & found that many were actually in prison, not in Santo Domingo or not even in the country. But still, most of the obedient 'free' press went along with the charade that the pro-Bosch rebellion was pro-Castro.

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Sources:

Family Jewels, CIA Memorandum

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/family_jewels_full_ocr.pdf

Foreign Relations, 1961-1963, Volume XII, American Republics
The Dominican Republic

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/kennedyjf/xii/35158.htm

FRUS 1964-1968 Volume XXXII

Dominican Republic; Cuba; Haiti; Guyana

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/44856.pdf

Rag-Tags, Scum, Riff-Raff and Commies: The U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965-1966 - E.T. Chester

The Dominican Republic: Politics and Development in an Unsovereign State - Jan Knippers Black

Dominican Republic: Beyond the Lighthouse - James Ferguson

On power and ideology: the Managua lectures - Noam Chomsky

Turning the Tide - Noam Chomsky

Crisis under the palms, The Washington Post, Jun 27 1965

Are Dominican Rebels Reds, Christian Science Monitor, May 19 1965


Chomsky Perle Debate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptJc92Zvig8

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[TheLeftLibertarian]

Once again, CapitalistHolocaust, you have created another excellent video. Well researched and irrefutable.

[CapitalistHolocaust]

Thanks man. Shame it takes so long to research them that I can only bang one video out every 2 or 3 months.

[kaduisaui]

This video is excellent. The music is a little harsh. As a patriotic American this information is hard for me to take. Sadly I have zero reason to doubt it. I feel so bad about what they have done and what they continue to do even to ourselves.

[CapitalistHolocaust]

Excuse me, that's my music.

[ABICUSMC]

we dont disagree on everything though

[espejo81]

@miguelpaintball21 -- You Wrong!!.. the CIA did have Trujillo killed.. they finally admitted it about 4 or five years ago.. look it up... and just b/c you were born in a particular country doesnt entitle you to know all of its history or truth behind it!

[miguelpaintball21]

By the way, you know your history just as well as i know mine don't you so STFU.

[starmanskye]

@miguelpaintball21 -- I'll see your 'bullshit' and raise you nonsense; The CIA has a long, long, long, long, LONG history of covertly overthrowing genuine participatory representative 'democratic' governments arising from popular movements to address systemic corruption, illegitimacy, injustice, oppression, exploitation & political violence. Throughout the 20th century, US foreign policy has unerringly served the ends of capital at the expense of rights, justice & peace. The DR has not escaped.

[miguelpaintball21]

this is bullshit. the CIA never killed Trujillo, it was his own people.They were even persecuted and killed, some of them. Bosch had the most democratic presidency in our history and Balaguer oppressed the people. he was caught cheating 2 times at the elections. If you want the truth you should ask a dominican that knows his history.

[workergirls]

Peace can only be had when the last Nationalist is hanged by his own flag.

Freedom can only be had when the last Capitalist is strangled by the entails of the last Bureaucrat.

Long live to the workers unity !!!

Death to the fascism, capitalism and racism !!!

[mikesbodypolitic]

For me Chomsky's straight forward reliance on verifiable data and clear speaking style and writing approach have lead me to have confidence in my views and an understanding of the society in who's context I've reached them, the media's influence and so on.

Similar views to yours.

I know plenty of people who dislike his style, find him boring ect though. I can dislike someone's style, (for me howard zinn is underwhelming) but recognize that they are my allies politically.

[diogeneslaertius666]

i tried, at least.

i cared enough to try, fuck the results.

[diogeneslaertius666]

you know what really upsets me though, I had come to view the author, from having watched his works, as an ally and potential friend.

the immediate haughty responses i received when i was trying to help just pissed me off.

and at some point it is disheartening to see people like this unable or unwilling to perform the kind of sophisticated synthesis which (imo) our predicament AS A SPECIES, requires.