CH ST 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Critical Role, Death Squad, Voces Inocentes
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King case was pivotal, but so too was latasha harlins. 15 year old african american woman shot and killed by a korean store owner (soon ja du). During riots crowd chants no jusice, no peace! or no racist police . 50 years before, jfk says, those who make peaceful revoluion impossible make violent revoluion inevitable. He was talking about vietnam and other wars, but this comment applies to la we had reaped what we had sown. Mayan indians form working class: most of lain america declared independence 1821 mexico declared is 1810. Race and class inequality rampant, gender inequality too. 1944 uprising takes place over next 10 years, change occurs. United fruit company (ufco) and gives it to landless campesinos mostly indigenous, but. Cia director (allen dulles) and u. s. secretary of state (john foster dulles), brothers, were owned. They and other wealthy share-holders stood to lose millions. Dulles brothers claim arbenz is communist; begin ploing to overthrow him.
