Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution 1944-1954 (Pt. 2)
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07/20/20 • 107 min
Part of Red Library's Revolutionary Politics in Central and South America Series
At long last, we finally tackle the Guatemalan Revolution and the tragic rise and fall of Jacobo Arbenz in 1954 in a monstrous, dense two-part episode on Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States 1944-1954 by Piero Gleijeses.
In part 2, we pick up on Jacobo Arbenz's presidency, Decree 900 and agrarian reform in Guatemala, the beginnings of the CIA plot to out Arbenz, and take it all the way up to the final tragic days of Arbenz as the U.S.-backed coup led by Castillo Armas closes in on Guatemala City. We do our best to wrap up the episode and talk about what we can take away from studying the history of a communist vision for Guatemala that was brutally extinguished in the 1950's.
Further Reading/References
- Piero Gleijeses
- Radio War Nerd Patreon Page
- r/badhistory post on Jacobo Arbenz
- Maria Cristina Vilanova
- Jose Manuel Fortuny
- Guatemalan Party of Labour
- Decree 900
- The Logic of Violence in Civil War
- Formosa
- Adam Curtis's Documentary on Edward Bernays and Public Relations
- Archbishop Rossell y Arellano
- Castillo Armas
- Edward Bernays
- Dean Acheson
- Operation AJAX
- Allan Dulles
- John Foster Dulles
- Operation FORTUNE
- Operation PBSUCCESS
- Council on Foreign Relations
- John Peurifoy
- When Mountains Tremble
- Operation Gladio
- Efrain Rios Montt
- Human Terrain System
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Part of Red Library's Revolutionary Politics in Central and South America Series
At long last, we finally tackle the Guatemalan Revolution and the tragic rise and fall of Jacobo Arbenz in 1954 in a monstrous, dense two-part episode on Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States 1944-1954 by Piero Gleijeses.
In part 2, we pick up on Jacobo Arbenz's presidency, Decree 900 and agrarian reform in Guatemala, the beginnings of the CIA plot to out Arbenz, and take it all the way up to the final tragic days of Arbenz as the U.S.-backed coup led by Castillo Armas closes in on Guatemala City. We do our best to wrap up the episode and talk about what we can take away from studying the history of a communist vision for Guatemala that was brutally extinguished in the 1950's.
Further Reading/References
- Piero Gleijeses
- Radio War Nerd Patreon Page
- r/badhistory post on Jacobo Arbenz
- Maria Cristina Vilanova
- Jose Manuel Fortuny
- Guatemalan Party of Labour
- Decree 900
- The Logic of Violence in Civil War
- Formosa
- Adam Curtis's Documentary on Edward Bernays and Public Relations
- Archbishop Rossell y Arellano
- Castillo Armas
- Edward Bernays
- Dean Acheson
- Operation AJAX
- Allan Dulles
- John Foster Dulles
- Operation FORTUNE
- Operation PBSUCCESS
- Council on Foreign Relations
- John Peurifoy
- When Mountains Tremble
- Operation Gladio
- Efrain Rios Montt
- Human Terrain System
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Email us at [email protected]
Follow us on Twitter at Red Library@red_library_pod
Click here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes
Click here to support Red Library on Patreon
Click here to find Red Library on Facebook
Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front
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Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution 1944-1954 (Pt. 1)
Part of Red Library's Revolutionary Politics in Central and South America Series
At long last, we finally tackle the Guatemalan Revolution and the tragic rise and fall of Jacobo Arbenz in 1954 in a monstrous, dense two-part episode on Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States 1944-1954 by Piero Gleijeses.
In part 1, we discuss the context of the book and some details about Gleijeses, the history of authoritarian dictators in Guatemala through the 1930's and 1940's, Juan Jose Arevalo, Arbenz and his background, the United Fruit Company, and tons more!
Further Reading/References
- Piero Gleijeses
- Radio War Nerd Patreon Page
- r/badhistory post on Jacobo Arbenz
- When Mountains Tremble Full Film
- Granito Trailer
- Anti-Imperialism: An Introductory Reading List on the Capillaries Blog
- Jacobo Arbenz
- The Guatemalan Revolution
- Juan Jose Arevalo
- Jose Manuel Fortuny
- 1932 Salvadoran Peasant Uprising and Massacre
- Jorge Ubico
- Juan Federico Ponce Vaides
- Castillo Armas
- Edward Bernays
- John Foster Dulles
- Carribean Legion
- Thomas Sankara
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