Radio War Nerd EP #433 — America's Dirty War On Guyana, feat. Stephen Rabe (Patreon)

Guest: Stephen Rabe, historian

Recorded: March 18, 2024

We talk to historian Stephen Rabe to recover the lost history of how the CIA wage a dirty war in Guyana, using US labor unions to pit the country's blacks against Indians, wrecking the country for decades to make sure that its popular leftist politician, Cheddi Jagan, was kept out of power.

Buy Stephen Rabe's book U.S. Intervention in Guiana. Also check out his latest bestseller, The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy.

*Music break by Brendon Anderegg (check out his group Mountains here).

Images:

*Map

*Cheddi & Janet Jagan

*Cheddi and Janet Jagan, 1992 after winning Guyana's presidency

*Cheddi Jagan meeting with JFK, 1961. After the meeting, JFK ordered the CIA to destroy Jagan and Guyana.

*JFK's plan put into action

*First reports leak to New York Times of CIA using US labor unions to stoke Guyana's race riots

*Forbes Burnham and his benefactor

*Comrade Leader Forbes Burnham (right), and Rev. Jim Jones (left)

*Forbes Burnham's tomb

Total time: 1:30:14

Direct link to this episode's mp3 here

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