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Dessalines@lemmy.ml to Today I learned@lemmy.ml ·
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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.

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Dessalines@lemmy.ml to Today I learned@lemmy.ml ·
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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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    WTF? No.

    On 15 October 1975, the Leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser announced the opposition would block the governments’ supply or money bills in the Senate until an election was called. The opposition took this action because it believed the government was incompetent and the worst government in our history.

    https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/your-questions-on-notice/questions/why-was-whitlam-sacked-and-not-just-a-double-dissolution-called

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      Not going to take any official australian government response at their word, sorry. Their case doesn’t hold water if you read any of the articles above.

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      Bullshit, Prime Minister should only be removed by confidence vote, this is not it.

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      yes, that is government propaganda, courtesy of western imperialism.

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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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      WTF? No.

      On 15 October 1975, the Leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser announced the opposition would block the governments’ supply or money bills in the Senate until an election was called. The opposition took this action because it believed the government was incompetent and the worst government in our history.

      https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/your-questions-on-notice/questions/why-was-whitlam-sacked-and-not-just-a-double-dissolution-called

      Yes, and YOU CAN ASK Anton Chigurh why he stungun’d a guy…

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      The opposition took this action because it believed the government was incompetent and the worst government in our history.

      Yeah, I’m sure the opposition didn’t have any reason to lie to you. Like, really dude?

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