On this day in 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion took place wheen a force of 1400 Cuban exiles, funded and led by the U.S., landed on the southwestern coast of Cuba in a failed attempt at overthrowing the communist Cuban government.

Covertly financed and directed by the U.S. state, the operation took place at the height of the Cold War and its failure led to major shifts in international relations between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union.

The coup attempt came in response to Castro expropriating property from American capitalists; U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower allocated $13.1 million to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in March 1960 for use against Castro. With the aid of Cuban counter-revolutionaries, the CIA proceeded to organize an invasion.

On the night of April 17th, an invasion force of approximately 1400 Cuban exiles (gusanos) and CIA officers landed on the beach at Playa Girón in the Bay of Pigs. After a few days, the insurgents became overwhelmed by the Cuban army when Kennedy refused to provide air support for the operation.

The invasion's defeat solidified Castro's role as a national hero and strengthened Cuba-Soviet relations. Several Cuban exiles and two Americans were executed upon capture. Over 1,000 prisoners were exchanged for humanitarian aid from the U.S. government.

-- Castro led fight against Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 :fidel-freethrow:

Hola Camaradas :fidel-salute-big: , Our Comrades In Texas are currently passing Through some Hard times :amerikkka: so if you had some Leftover Change or are a bourgeoisie Class Traitor here are some Mutual Aid programs that you could donate to :left-unity-3:

Here is a list of Trans rights organizations you can support :cat-trans:

Here are some resourses on Prison Abolition :brick-police:

Alexander, M - ‘The New Jim Crow’ (2010)

Davis, A - ‘Are Prisons Obsolete’ (2003)

Jackson, G. - ‘Blood in My Eye’ (1972)

Vitale A.S - ‘The End of Policing’ (2017)

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/angela-y-davis-are-prisons-obsolete :angela:

Foundations of Leninism :flag-su:

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Anarchism and Other Essays :ancom:

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And remember folks, JFK got what he deserved

Also remember today is Movie Night at 20:00 EST :meow-popcorn:

Its the Soviet version of the Lord of the Rings :hammer-sickle: }

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edit: the Movie is over

  • Wertheimer [any]
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    4 years ago

    Plato? But for most famous Greeks without an attested cause of death, several centuries later an urban legend related to their work would become the cause of death. Thus the multiple philosophers who died from laughing so much they asphyxiated. The best story is of the tragedian Aeschylus, who was supposedly walking on a beach in Sicily minding his own business when an eagle mistook his bald head for a rock and dropped a turtle on him from a great height. (For some reason, Aeschylus's most famous choral ode, near the beginning of the Agamemnon, involves an eagle. Hmmmmm.) We do not have any other stories as to how Aeschylus died, so this might as well be true.

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      4 years ago

      Diogenes Laertius, on the death of Zeno of Citium:

      http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0258%3Abook%3D7%3Achapter%3D1

      And in very truth in this species of virtue and in dignity he surpassed all mankind, ay, and in happiness ; for he was ninety-eight when he died and had enjoyed good health without an ailment to the last. Persaeus, however, in his ethical lectures makes him die at the age of seventy-two, having come to Athens at the age of twenty-two. But Apollonius says that he presided over the school for fifty-eight years. The manner of his death was as follows. As he was leaving the school he tripped and fell, breaking a toe. Striking the ground with his fist, he quoted the line from the Niobe:

      "I come, I come, why dost thou call for me?"

      and died on the spot through holding his breath.