1963 Guyana General Strike event
also: general strike, the strike, 1962 strike
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Cheddi Jaganperson · 7Richard Ishmaelperson · 5Trade Union Councilorganization · 4United Statescountry · 3United Kingdomcountry · 3William McCabeperson · 3Guyanacountry · 2AFL-CIOorganization · 2CIAintelligence service · 2Guyana Projectoperation · 1London Typographical Societyorganization · 1Duncan Sandysperson · 1Cubacountry · 1Richard Helmsperson · 1International Police Services Schoolorganization · 1John McConeperson · 1Harold Macmillanperson · 1Presidential Intelligence Advisory Boardorganization · 1Robert Wilberperson · 1Forbes Burnhamperson · 1
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CIA funded
1963 Guyana General Strike documented
“Historian Robert Waters and Gordon Daniels uncovered cables from McCabe and others reporting in great detail how our unions paid the salaries of labor interns during the strike. The AFL-CIA alone spent $800,000. American documents verified …”
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happened in many other cases. So I just want to say that it may in fact be true, but it would be based on information he was provided by his staff, and it's inconsistent with most other aspects of Kennedy. So I just wanted to caveat that. I…
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which used the newly announced budget as a pretext. The resulting strikes, riots, arson, keep this in mind, strikes, riots, and arson was out of proportion to the alleged issue of the budget. Here's a quote. There is little doubt that despi…
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Political affinities and aspirations played a large part in shaping their policy and formulating their program of offering resistance to the budget and making a determined effort to change the government and office. So that's the British co…
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as it has on similar occasions, for the North American and Latin American labor unions, with which it had very close ties to include agents embedded, to support the strikers with a message of solidarity and food. So basically what we're goi…
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Cuban warships approaching the coast to basically invade Guyana to help Zoggins control the mass people that were funded by the CIA. In other words, chaos agents. The centerpiece of the CIA's program in British Guyana was the general strike…
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as in 1962, was called the Trade Union Council, which, as we have seen, was a member in good standing of the CIA's International Labor Mafia. The head of the TUC was a guy by the name of Richard Ishmael. And we're going to include his Wikip…
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All of his adventures was all while he was a CIA agent, but not necessarily depicted that way. The strike period was marked by repeated acts of violence, provocation, including attacks on Joggin's wife and some of his ministers. Ishmael him…
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British police report for having been a member of a terrorist group which had carried out bombings and arson attacks against government buildings during the strike. Sound familiar? Because, you know, back in the day, this sounds an awful lo…
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No action was taken against Ishmael and others in this group by British authorities who missed no opportunity to imprison members of Joggin's group or harass Joggin himself for any misstep. The CIA agents were giving advice to local union l…
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If they're doing this in other countries to overthrow the countries, they are damn sure doing it in the United States. The Sunday Times, quote, Joggin seems to have thought that the unions could hold out a month. But McCabe, who is a CIA ag…
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was providing the bulk of the strike pay plus money for distress funds for the strikers daily 15 minutes on radio and their propaganda and considerable traveling expenses all over the world. It seemed brother unions were chumming in togethe…
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not noted for his mercy and bargaining with newspaper management, was shocked. Here's a quote from him. It was rapidly clear to me that the strike was wholly political, he said. Joggin was giving in to everything the strikers wanted, but as…
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The financial support for the strikers alone, channeled through PSI and other labor organizations that the CIA ran, reached well over a million dollars. The American oil companies provided a further example of the multitude of resources the…
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We get pieces of this in different ones. This like literally uses everything that they use here in the United States. The strike was maintained primarily because this part coming up is going to really piss you off. The strike was maintained…
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This inevitably exacerbated racial tension. The Sunday Times asserted that, quote, racial split was already, let's see, was fairly friendly until the 1963 strike divided the country, unquote. They stoke racial tension on purpose.…
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All of these provocations and humiliations with elections on the agenda in 1964, British and American cousins turned once again to the power of the pen. The British colonial secretary, Duncan Sandy, who had been a leading party to the Briti…
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responsible for CIA labor operations, briefed the president's foreign intelligence advisory board, including Guyana, among his subjects. The centerpiece would be a general strike begun by the Trade Union Council with the CIA support. Trigge…
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80 days, and this one was paid for by the CIA as well. Prime Minister Jagen calculated that the Trade Union Council would exhaust its strike funds in a month, after which the government would have its way. But Richard Ishmael met secretly w…
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Historian Robert Waters and Gordon Daniels uncovered cables from McCabe and others reporting in great detail how our unions paid the salaries of labor interns during the strike. The AFL-CIA alone spent $800,000. American documents verified …
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deny any assistance coming into Jagan, even though they were basically arranging economic boycotts. June 21st, President Kennedy reviewed the state of play. John McComb and Richard Helms attended for the CIA, and Helms took notes. According…