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Santo Dominico

Santo Dominico
[1975]
Album “Yankee Go Home: Songs of Protest Against American Imperialism”, Folkways Records.

Alla fine dell’800 l’economia della piccola repubblica di Santo Domingo andò letteralmente dal culo a causa del solito dittatorucolo di turno, il generale Ulises “Lilís” Heureaux, che aveva indebitato fino al collo il paese facendosi imprestare dalle banche europee un sacco di soldi che poi spendeva per sé e la sua corte… Il generale fu poi ammazzato ma intanto alcune navi da guerra francesi, tedesche, olandesi e pure italiane navigavano verso l’isola con l’intenzione di “curarne il fallimento” e riprendersi se possibile i soldi… Ma il presidente Roosevelt disse che non era cosa, che ci avrebbero pensato gli USA a onorare i debiti dominicani e che gli europei se ne stessero alla larga dal “giardino di casa” statunitense… E così, dopo Cuba, Filippine e Panama, gli yankee si mangiarono pure Santo... (Continues)
Santo Dominico,
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/4/1 - 14:45
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I Took the Great Canal

I Took the Great Canal
[1975]
Album “Yankee Go Home: Songs of Protest Against American Imperialism”, Folkways Records.



Dopo Cuba e le Filippine, nel 1903 i voraci yankee guidati dal condottiero Teddy Roosevelt e dal segretario di Stato John Milton Hay si papparono pure Panama, sottraendola alla sovranità colombiana. La comprarono dalle banche francesi (rappresentate dal lobbista Philippe Bunau-Varilla) che a partire dal 1889 avevano investito ingenti capitali in un’impresa che si era rivelata difficile e rischiosa: la costruzione di un transito navale tra Atlantico e Pacifico. Roosevelt comprò Panama dai francesi per 40 milioni di dollari, risparmiò il denaro promesso alla Colombia - e da questa rifiutato – fomentando la rivolta dei panamensi per l’indipendenza, e poi i genieri dell’esercito completarono in soli 10 anni il Canale avviato dai francesi… un investimento davvero vantaggioso che nei decenni successivi... (Continues)
Hey, there's something you want,
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/4/1 - 14:14
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Little Brown Children

Little Brown Children
[1975]
Album “Yankee Go Home: Songs of Protest Against American Imperialism”, Folkways Records.


Una canzone sulla guerra filippino-americana del 1899-1902 (ma trascinatasi per oltre dieci anni, fino al 1913), che fa il paio con Ewell T. Otis.



“The United States did not stumble into the Philippine insurrection of 1899-l902. Before annexation took place there was a long debate within the United States on whether or not it should happen. Those opposed to annexation formed what became known as the "Anti-Imperialist League" which included such men as Grover Cleveland, Samuel Gompers, Andrew Carnegie, William Dean Howells and Mark Twain. They argued that annexation was a violation of the Declaration of Independence; that there should be no goverment without the consent of the governed. They further argued that Asiatic people could not be assimilated into American culture and tradition,... (Continues)
Little Brown Brothers, please throw down your arms,
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/4/1 - 12:28
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Welcome In, Hawaii

Welcome In, Hawaii
[1975]
Album “Yankee Go Home: Songs of Protest Against American Imperialism”, Folkways Records.



American missionaries, in their zeal to bring the benefits of Christianity to the entire world, first
arrived in Hawaii in the 1830's. They had been preceeded for a number of years by New England whalers, and followed shortly by many businessmen. By 1849, when France appeared on the verge of annexing the Islands, American involvement in Hawaii was so strong that the government of the United States informed the French that it would "Never with indifference allow them to pass under dominion or exclusive control of any other power." By 1854 Secretary of State Marcy negotiated a treaty of annexation with the Hawaiian government, but it was aborted by fierce British opposition.

By 1892, the situation had changed. American investments in the Islands had increased and the price of sugar, Hawail'a... (Continues)
Welcome in, Hawaii, welcome in,
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2010/3/31 - 11:53




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