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Andrew T

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5029 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

In March 1909, miners struck against brutal conditions and poverty wages. The response? Garrison, maybe you can guess?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

Violent, brutal repression. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

Violent, brutal repression. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

Violent, brutal repression. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

Oh, violence, murder, I assume. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. 400 strikers were arrested and imprisoned in the infamous Castillo de Amoa. I didn't see any evidence of mass deaths in this particular case.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

Oh, violence, murder, I assume. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. 400 strikers were arrested and imprisoned in the infamous Castillo de Amoa. I didn't see any evidence of mass deaths in this particular case.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

Oh, violence, murder, I assume. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. 400 strikers were arrested and imprisoned in the infamous Castillo de Amoa. I didn't see any evidence of mass deaths in this particular case.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

I don't know. Mass incarceration. Not really that much better. I mean, they literally got imprisoned in this castle, dungeon, jail. Not something I would want to be. Rats nibbling at your toes and stuff like that, you know?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

I don't know. Mass incarceration. Not really that much better. I mean, they literally got imprisoned in this castle, dungeon, jail. Not something I would want to be. Rats nibbling at your toes and stuff like that, you know?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

I don't know. Mass incarceration. Not really that much better. I mean, they literally got imprisoned in this castle, dungeon, jail. Not something I would want to be. Rats nibbling at your toes and stuff like that, you know?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

So following these early 20th century strikes, workers gradually began to build some momentum in their fight for rights, particularly during the 1954 general strike against the US banana companies. This strike led to significant gains, including the legal right to organize and the emergence of a more unified labor movement. Now, were anarchists involved in these movements? It's possible.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

So following these early 20th century strikes, workers gradually began to build some momentum in their fight for rights, particularly during the 1954 general strike against the US banana companies. This strike led to significant gains, including the legal right to organize and the emergence of a more unified labor movement. Now, were anarchists involved in these movements? It's possible.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

So following these early 20th century strikes, workers gradually began to build some momentum in their fight for rights, particularly during the 1954 general strike against the US banana companies. This strike led to significant gains, including the legal right to organize and the emergence of a more unified labor movement. Now, were anarchists involved in these movements? It's possible.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

as the movements do bear much of the language and hallmarks of the anarchist and socialist thought at the time. But to identify specific names is difficult, and there doesn't seem to be any evidence of specifically anarchist groups in the early labour history of the country, as in other parts of Central America, it appears that Marxists had a bit more influence in their struggles.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

as the movements do bear much of the language and hallmarks of the anarchist and socialist thought at the time. But to identify specific names is difficult, and there doesn't seem to be any evidence of specifically anarchist groups in the early labour history of the country, as in other parts of Central America, it appears that Marxists had a bit more influence in their struggles.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

as the movements do bear much of the language and hallmarks of the anarchist and socialist thought at the time. But to identify specific names is difficult, and there doesn't seem to be any evidence of specifically anarchist groups in the early labour history of the country, as in other parts of Central America, it appears that Marxists had a bit more influence in their struggles.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

In response to the workers gains, the US-backed military coups arose to counter that progress. The 1963 coup against President Ramon Vieda Morales ushered in decades of military rule, which stifled labor movements and peasant movements often violently. During the 1970s, the campesino or peasant land struggles intensified as the people demanded redistribution and reforms.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

In response to the workers gains, the US-backed military coups arose to counter that progress. The 1963 coup against President Ramon Vieda Morales ushered in decades of military rule, which stifled labor movements and peasant movements often violently. During the 1970s, the campesino or peasant land struggles intensified as the people demanded redistribution and reforms.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

In response to the workers gains, the US-backed military coups arose to counter that progress. The 1963 coup against President Ramon Vieda Morales ushered in decades of military rule, which stifled labor movements and peasant movements often violently. During the 1970s, the campesino or peasant land struggles intensified as the people demanded redistribution and reforms.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163

They did get some reform under General Oswaldo LΓ³pez Arellano, but these reforms were limited and met with the usual repression. In transitioning to a civilian government in the 1980s, Honduras remained under heavy US influence, serving as a base for anti-communist activities in Central America.