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Subversive Historian – 05/13/09

Nixon’s “Warm Welcome” in Venezuela Back in the day on May 13th, 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon’s motorcade was attacked by protesters in Caracas, Venezuela. Tricky Dick had been on a supposed “good will,” trip through Latin America when he found himself in an even trickier situation highlighting the region’s ill will towards U.S. policies. That [...]

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Subversive Historian – 05/04/09

The Kent State Shootings Back in the day on May 4th, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on Vietnam War protesters on the campus of Kent State University. The volley of sixty-seven bullets in thirteen seconds claimed the lives of four students that day and injured nine others. The National Guard had been called to Kent [...]

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Subversive Historian – 04/24/09

The Armenian Genocide Back in the day on April 24th, 1915, the Ottoman Turkish government strategically arrested more 200 Armenian intellectual leaders in Constantinople. This mass detention of influential journalists, political leaders, and artists among others was followed by another wave of arrests of hundreds more. Noted as the “tripwire” event that set off the [...]

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Subversive Historian – 04/17/09

{Pepe San Roman – You shamed the family name…if we were related!} The Bay of Pigs Invasion Back in the day on April 17th, 1961, the United States orchestrated the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by counter-revolutionary exiles seeking to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. A dramatic culmination of diplomatic strife between the two countries [...]

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Does Turkey Still Have the U.S. by the Giblets?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcJjxOqgANM] Acclaimed Armenian musician Serj Tankian and his fellow musical comrades including Tom Morello, and Boots Riley all speak to the historical and political importance of recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the above video. Under former President Bush, the U.S. cared too much about the geo-strategic importance of Turkey that this historical campaign of mass death [...]

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