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TIL In 1975, the US overthrew the democratically elected leader of Australia for his opposition to the war on Vietnam.

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TIL In 1975, the US overthrew the democratically elected leader of Australia for his opposition to the war on Vietnam.

www.greenleft.org.au

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Remembering November 11, 1975: Pine Gap, the CIA and the coup to remove Whitlam
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Gough Whitlam was a maverick social democrat who believed a foreign power should not be allowed to dictate Australia’s economic and foreign policies. There seems little doubt the US was involved in his sacking.

A few more articles on this:

  • https://newmatilda.com/2020/06/02/john-pilger-on-the-forgotten-coup-against-the-most-loyal-ally/
  • https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/remembering-november-11-1975-pine-gap-cia-and-coup-remove-whitlam
  • https://jacobin.com/2021/06/gough-whitlam-australian-labor-party-right-wing-coup-john-kerr
  • https://workersbushtelegraph.com.au/2019/02/08/the-cia-pine-gap-and-the-coup-that-removed-the-whitlam-government/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHMa-Ba-2Mo
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    Bullshit: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/asio-role-in-whitlam-dismissal-addressed/0bo7hzbre

    Unless you of course believe the bit where ASIO clears itself of following US directions in a book it wrote about its own history.

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      From that page:

      But the chapter - ASIO on the Brink - also reveals details of the “false allegations that ASIO was working in response to US intelligence direction and not on behalf of the Australian Government, and that US intelligence was implicated in the dismissal of the Whitlam Government”.

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