How the CIA Used Jazz Diplomacy to Cover Cold War Assassinations from Lumumba to Allende
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One might suppose that Louis Armstrong’s trumpet, that golden instrument of American democratic aspiration, would be an unlikely accomplice…
  • Maeve@kbin.earth
    31·
    15 days ago

    Excellent article, easy words, short sentences, no suppositions, blessedly direct.

    • picnicolas@slrpnk.netEnglish
      11·
      15 days ago

      Agreed, excellent article and understanding this should be required education… but wtf is this pie chart?

      • egrets@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        15 days ago

        All of the infographics are AI slop, but some are worse than others. The one about Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala is baffling:

        1954 bananas! Tanks up for 10 days! United Fruit had 550,000 land!