#whinsec

[personal-blog243]

When you Google the blue beetle movie and find it references history you didn’t know 😳

[ikebanaka]

If you need to convince someone of this who believes immigrants are evil and stealing jobs, tell them that closed borders are why so many Mexicans move here. Before borders were strictly enforced, seasonal workers would come up to America to do stuff like harvesting crops, and would then go home once the season was over.

This is in fact something that used to happen, and it neatly avoids mentioning how the CIA systematically destabilized Central and South America and all the fallout from that.

(Btw, check out the School of the Americas on a public computer if you want to learn just how deep that rabbit hole goes! But watch out; if you start talking about it in public in America people think you're crazy. Like every other awful thing the CIA has admitted to doing.)

my personal argument for open borders is really simple it just boils down to "i believe restricting human movement and barring certain people from certain places on this earth is a human rights violation"

[agreenroad]

CIA Training Centers, Universities, School Of The Americas, SOA,  The Farm, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, WHINSEC

CIA Training Centers, Universities, School Of The Americas, SOA,  The Farm, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, WHINSEC THE PRIMARY PROBLEM WITH ANY ‘SECRET’ ORGANIZATION, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD Any government, agency or organization that is based primarily on secrets has to ‘compartmentalize’ in order to keep secrets most efficiently and effectively.  In turn, this means the…

[vague-humanoid]

Welcome to Abolition Week 2024. 

This year, our focus is Empire, its endless expansion, and the carceral technologies that make it possible. We have invited incarcerated and other systems-impacted writers to explore how the combined forces of Western imperialism and plantation legacies produce carceral logics globally, creating the conditions that fuel genocidal arrangements in the US South, Palestine, and other parts of the world. 

Our intimate connection to the South allows us to hold sharpened perspectives on the many ways that carcerality and antiblackness are integral to the white supremacist capitalist imperialism at the very heart of Empire. Therefore, we are always interested in the things that connect us, the ties that bind us together in solidarity in the shadow of that dark heart. 

We read about how the corpses left decomposing in the streets of Sudan have changed the migration patterns of eagles, and we can't help but remember that sharks altered their migration routes during the Transatlantic slave trade, trailing the ships and feasting on the flesh of the stolen Africans thrown overboard. We condemn the welcoming of Israeli police by the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) program to train US police in the same tactics used against Palestinians on the other side of the world, and we recall that Georgia also houses the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC)—once known as the School of the Americas—where Latin American dictators, soldiers, and police are trained to quell resistance against US imperialism in their countries through human rights abuses. We witness the organized effort to roll back child labor laws across the US—particularly in the South—with children discovered working long hours around dangerous machinery in Alabama and Mississippi, and we cannot forget the many thousands of children mining Cobalt for the lithium-ion batteries in our gadgets under "modern-day slavery" in the Congo. 

The afterlives of chattel slavery and Indigenous genocide can be glimpsed in deadly exchange programs and torturous conditions, not only in the shared counterinsurgency tactics of global policing forces and military institutions but also in the shared cultures of repression necessary to accumulate capital and, by extension, imperial expansion. Book bans, repeals of LGBTQIA+ rights, police violence, anti-protest policies on university campuses and in their surrounding communities, abortion bans, the erosion of public health infrastructure, and exacerbating environmental degradation are all rooted in past epochs that, when revealed, remind us that the sun never sets on imperial violence. 

Because of these connections and many others, the pieces in this series intentionally defy the logic of borders—and, by extension, containment—as writers consider the endless nature of Empire and its sinister violence. 

[juan-1980]

Nuevamente el Gobierno argentino envía tropas para entrenamiento militar en Estados Unidos

Por Paola Gallo, Pablo Ruiz Fuentes: Rebelión Durante muchos años, Argentina no ha enviado tropas a entrenamiento a WHINSEC, ex-Escuela de las Américas. Sin embargo, estos envíos se retomaron bajo el gobierno de Mauricio Macri y ahora con Javier Milei. A lo que ya se conoce sobre la estrecha relación que quiere tener el Gobierno del presidente Javier Milei con el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos…

[andersons-kilted-ass]

I am called soul reaper by everyone at WHINSEC because my stepdad heard my basic training callsign and loved it.

I’m a medic, so it’s a little bit ironic.

[michaelcosio]

The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School of the Americas,[2] is a United States Department of Defense school located at Fort Moore in Columbus, Georgia, renamed in the 2001 National Defense Authorization Act.

The institute was founded in 1946; by 2000, more than 60,000 Latin American military, law enforcement, and security personnel had attended the school. The school was located in the Panama Canal Zone until its expulsion in 1984.

[fictionyoubelieve]

Many of us don't believe in the military industrial complex

??? Is this about… the WHINSEC post? I have like 10 followers and don’t really do political discourse, so I’m gonna assume you’re here from Brett’s following and not mine

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Jeb Sprague 

The United States played a key role in the military coup in Bolivia, and in a direct way that has scarcely been acknowledged in accounts of the events that forced the country’s elected president, Evo Morales, to resign on November 10.

Commanders of Bolivia’s military and police helped plot the coup and guaranteed its success. They were previously educated for insurrection in the US government’s notorious School of the Americas and FBI training programs.

[afloweroutofstone]

Should I apply for a job at DOGE and use it as an excuse to eliminate all of the tiny security programs I dislike (SDEF, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, WHINSEC, DOD Excess Property Program, etc.)

The problem with efforts to eliminate government waste is that everyone wants to use them as an opportunity to get rid of government programs that they dislike, because they consider anything they dislike to be wasteful. A lot of people approach it as an ideological project. When, in reality, a serious attempt at cutting back on waste means doing thousands of small, boring things like “eliminate the USDA’s Catfish Inspection Program and return its inspection authority to the FDA in order to cut the government budget by like 0.0000001%”

[tomsecker]

For anyone who doesn't know, WHINSEC is the infamous US govt terrorist training school formerly known as the School of the Americas. This documentary was rejected for DOD support for blatantly political reasons, even though it's obvious and indisputable that the Patriot Act has been and is being used to stifle dissent and remove civil liberties. #whinsec #schooloftheamericas #DOD #CIA #latinamerica #patriotact https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Le1TaJkH_/?igshid=199cf1ixqgx2z

[icymirss]

The U.S. played a key role in the military coup in Bolivia, and in a direct way that has scarcely been acknowledged in accounts of the events that forced the country's elected president, Evo Morales, to resign on November 10.... At least six of the key coup plotters were former alumni of the infamous School of the Americas, while [commander of Bolivia's armed forces Williams] Kaliman and another figure served in the past as Bolivia's military and police attachés in Washington.... As this investigation will establish, the coup plot could not have succeeded without the enthusiastic approval of the country's military and police commanders. And their consent was influenced heavily by the US, where so many were groomed and educated for insurrection. Leaked audio reported on Bolivian news website la época (and by elperiodicocr.com and a range of national media outlets) reveals that covert coordination took place between current and former Bolivian police, military, and opposition leaders in bringing about the coup.... In the recently leaked audio recordings, coup plotters discuss plans to set ablaze government buildings, get pro-business unions in the country to carry out strikes, as well as other tactics – all straight out of the CIA playbook. Also alluded to in the leaked audio is that the coup attempt would be supported by various evangelical groups as well as by Colombian President Iván Duque, ex-Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, and most notably Brazil's neo-fascist President Jair Bolsonaro. The plotters also mention the strong support of ultra-right U.S. senators Bob Menéndez, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio, who is said to have the ear of U.S. President Donald Trump when it comes to U.S. foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere.

[oipolinternacional]

El WHINSEC forma líderes éticos para el futuro

Coronel del Ejército de los EE. UU. John Dee Suggs, comandante del Instituto de Cooperación para la Seguridad Hemisférica. (Foto: WHINSEC)

La Revista Militar Diálogo habló con el Coronel del Ejército de los Estados Unidos John Dee Suggs, comandante del Instituto de Cooperación para la Seguridad Hemisférica (WHINSEC en inglés), durante su visita al cuartel general del Comando Sur de los EE. UU. en…

[sleepythug]

Living Sky by the Sun Ra Arkestra

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[nightskied]

coup in bolivia.

not only that, but surprise surprise (not to anyone), USA is involved, once again, in staging a   right wing coup in a country of América Latina.  this has happened before, this is NOT NEW.

did Evo Morales resign? he was forced to. when the army “suggests”, it isn’t a suggestion. 

after the 78k fraud, the OEA (organism that we should remark has remained quiet upon the rise of a fascist like Bolsonaro in Brazil and hasn’t asked for Piñera’s resignation in Chile but oh goody, a sindicalist, indigenous president in a country that doesn’t allow the stablishment in is suddenly intervened), from USA and biased, intervened and Evo allowed for a recount of the votes, making it so that the results would be binding.

he called again for elections. and hours later, a right-wing group of religious fundamentalists “suggested” that Evo should resign.

let’s take a bite out of any Latinamerican history book: what happens when there’s strong socialist/socialist-like governments in América Latina for long periods of time? USA intervenes. Condor Plan (1970 dictatorships), the (WHINSEC-dependant) Army School of the Americas (1946, created by the USA in Panamá, the SOA called for every middle-range of latin armies to be instructed in the annihilation of the “inner enemy”, which at that point was the advance of communist and socialist tendencies), to mention a couple.

we know that when the army gets involved in politics, they are easy to take the power because, well, guns and force. it’s not a decision made by the president, then, to resign, but an open threat that forces him to leave. previously, senators of the MAS (the Morales party in Bolivia) had been attacked, the intendent of Cochabamba (also from MAS party) was kidnapped by extremists of the right wing, they cut her hair and threw red paint on her (VIDEO HERE). the extremists that now have effectively exhorted the coup had done attempts to burn Evo Morales’ house down.

That is not a “suggestion” to resign presidency, that’s a threat.

Bolivia, a Plurinational Country.

Bolivia is constituted as a plurinational country, sovereign and de-centralized. as far as i know, and as far as i’ve found of information, in 2006 there’s a constituent assembly and the new Constitution, the Plurinational Constitution is approved. This, for indigenous people (in which we can count the aimara, quechua and guaraní), was an unprecedent thing: they had representation, their costumes and cultures, which make up most of the population of the country, were seen and recognized by the constitution.

To this point, we can’t forget the history of colonization of South America isn’t the history of colonization of North America: Here, the spanish used brute force, genocide, they did not bring in the amounts of slaves that the yanquis did (because spaniards and “the bible isn’t ok with slavery” half-assed shit), so they used to natives, especially in the mines.

To have recognition, after 500yrs of erasure, colonialism and neo-colonialism, is huge, and has angered the religious fundamentalists in Bolivia, and Evo Morales’ social politics have angered the USA, and Bolivia has natural resources and, well, let’s look at Venezuela, because Venezuela has petroleum.

As Bolivia constituted a plurinational country, the WIPHALA, the flag and symbol utilized by some of the communities of the Cordillera de los Andes, became a symbol for the country. Let’s think representation.

Evo Morales, a proletariat, sindicalist, indigenous president, not allowing the nasty yanquis into the economy and taking populist (social welfare) measures, giving voice to the once-erased native communities, giving them dignity and possibility of ascending in the social scale. Populism has a long run in América Latina. I’m personally not a fan, but i am not a fucking asshole.

Who are the ones doing this coup?

Evangelist groups that have stated that “Pachamama is out, we anwer to Christ”, the right-wing, primarily the cops and now the army too. 

Camacho, the prime face of this coup, has gas business that weren’t being fruituous due to Morales’ control of the economy. William Kaliman, leader of the Bolivian Army, was formed by the SOA. Recently, it has leaked that USA has hands in it. This was anticipated by Morales himself.

The Wiphala has been removed from the govt house, replaced by a bible. Wiphalas are being burned by religious fanatics that support the inconstitutional regime, cops are cutting them out of their uniforms, and people respond to the burn of their symbol: La Wiphala se respeta, carajo.

Jeanine Áñez, an evangelist senator, has declared herself “Constitutional President of Bolivia”, without enough quórum (the MAS representatives of parliament, who have majority, couldn’t come in), the presidential band was placed on her by a dude from the army. She demanded the army take an active role in repressing the manifestations against the coup, calling the army traitors for (initially under Kaliman’s leadership) refusing to take part. Kaliman has “resigned” two days ago.

The MAS representatives weren’t allowed entrance to the Senate and violently handled by the “security” forces.

This is a civic-military coup d’êtat.

The fundamentalists are now trying to implement a mediatic wall and isolate the country, they’ve already murdered people that have been protesting, they’re burning long-distance transports, they’re forcing international news reporters to quit reporting, and the return of said reporters isn’t granted either.

Meanwhile, international media is biased between two stories: this is/isn’t a coup. So let’s be clear: when the army “suggests”, they’re never suggesting. When USA is involved, it’s for economic reasons, it’s for resources, it’s for exploiting us as they have always, historically done. When the Church is involved, they’re accomplices. The media that doesn’t call this as what it is, a coup staged by the empire and the right-wing, is also an accomplice. The media that portrays the protesteres as “violent” and “deviating the purpose of protests” are also accomplices. The media that talk about the actions of the protesters and not the extreme violence exhorted by the oppressors, are accomplices. The media that don’t talk about this, are accomplices.

We need to talk about this, with the right information, we can’t let this happen. We can’t let a coup settle in power. We need to understand, without a “nationalist” blindness, the roles that are being played here, the pattern of behavior, the brute violence of the oppressors.

Globalization and technology makes it so it’s easy to get information and to viralize things. We need to viralize the violence, we need to not stop talking about the coup in Bolivia.

History has already told us how this goes.