Our Daily Bleed

[govegan]

Link: http://www.eskimo.com/~recall/bleed/today.htm

An interesting look at daily events in history for given calendar days.

One entry for today:

1954 -- Guatemala: Making the World Safe For Democracy? US-CIA supplies & directs forces in overthrow of democracy, destroying the constitutionally elected government of Jacabo Arbenz Guzman when it nationalizes United Fruit Co. property, & murdering many of his supporters.

Decades of government-sponsored genocide against Guatemalan Indians follow.

Oh the companies keep a sharp eye
And pay their respects to the army
To watch for the hot-blooded leaders
And be prepared for the junta to
crush them like flies.

So heavy the price that they pay
As daily the fruit it is stolen...

— Phil Ochs, "United Fruit"

[Greyhound]

1. Ahh, for the good old days...

The height of establishing the empire and imposing our will on the world at a whim.
:sarcasm:

[ismnotwasm]

2. I love that avatar

Ah, History, how so many love to ignore it.