It's not like we don't deserve it.
Pulled this list of a website that wants to boycott the united states, and who can blame them. There were more lists listing more reasons, and it looks like these only stretch back 50 years when in actuality they could stretch back to almost the founding of this country. However I think 50 years worth of reasons are reason enough.....afterall....who wants to finance nazis in 2009.Coups backed or arranged by the united states.
Year Country Reason Given Actual Reason
1949 Syria Communism Elected government against USA political interests and pro-Palestinian.
1949 Greece Communism Elected government against USA political and economic interests.
1952 Cuba None Elected government against USA business interests.
1953 Iran None Elected government against USA oil interests.
1953 British Guyana None Access to sugar and bauxite.
1954 Guatemala Communism Elected government against USA business interests.
1955 South Vietnam Communism French backed leader replaced by USA backed leader.
1957 Haiti Haiti is near the USA Previous government against USA business interests.
1958 Laos None Pro-USA government wanted.
1959 Laos None Pro-USA government wanted.
1960 South Korea Communism Previous leader not strong enough for USA.
1960 Laos None Pro-USA government wanted.
1960 Ecuador Communism Previous government too independent in foreign policy.
1963 Dominican Republic Business Interests Elected government against USA business interests.
1963 South Vietnam None Previous leader's policies led to televised suicides.
1963 Honduras Communism Pro-USA government and access to resources.
1963 Guatemala Communism Military government was about to allow elections.
1963 Ecuador None Elected government too independent.
1964 Brazil Communism Access to resources and cheap labour.
1964 Bolivia Communism Previous government too independent in foreign policy.
1965 Zaire None Access to cobalt, copper and diamonds.
1966 Ghana None Previous government too independent in foreign policy.
1967 Greece None Military bases.
1970 Cambodia None Previous king against USA political interests.
1970 Bolivia None Country took ownership of its oil and tin.
1972 El Salvador Communism Elected leader against USA business interests.
1973 Chile Communism Elected government against USA business interests.
1975 Australia None Elected government had unsuitable foreign policy.
1979 South Korea None Pro-USA government wanted.
1980 Liberia Democracy Pro-USA government wanted.
1982 Chad None Pro-USA government wanted.
1983 Grenada Democracy Pro-USA government wanted.
1987 Fiji Democracy Previous elected government supported nuclear-free Pacific.
2002 Venezuela None Disagreed with foreign policy of elected government.
2004 Haiti Fraudulent elections Disagreed with economic policy of elected government.
Involved US companies
Year Company Country Involvement
pre 1945 ITT Corporation
Ford Motor
Company General Motors,
DuPont
Standard Oil
Davis Oil Company
Chase National Bank
Nazi Germany Supply of military materials to Nazi Germany. This government was responsible for large scale
genocide against Jewish, Slavic and Roma populations as well as against political dissidents.
1954 United Fruit
Coca Cola Guatemala Taking advantage of military regime's lax laws and cheap labour.
1984 Union Carbide India 14,419 killed in explosion with little compensation.
1988 Unocal
Pepsi
Total Oil Burma Taking advantage of military regime's lax laws and forced labour.
1995 Unocal Afghanistan Entertains Taliban leaders in order to get a pipeline across the country.
1997 Exxon Mobil Indonesia Colludes with government to suppress dissent about oil extraction.
1997 McDonalds China Use of child labour to produce toys given away with food sales.
1998 Ethyl Corporation Canada Uses WTO rules to force the country to reverse a ban on its petrol additive.
1998 Monsanto
W R Grace India
Bangladesh Attempt to force use of non seeding crops and to patent local plants.
1998 Unocal
Texaco
Johnson & Johnson
Federal Express Burma Taking advantage of military regime's forced labour.
1999 Chiquita
Del Monte
Dole Europe Attempt to force Europe to buy more of its bananas via a WTO ruling.
2001 Occidental Petroleum Colombia Taking advantage of military protection.
2001 Nike Vietnam
China
Indonesia
Thailand
Taiwan
South Korea
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Cambodia Abuse of cheap labour. Use of child labour
2001 ExxonMobil
Chevron Chad Colluding with oppressive government to build a pipeline.
2001 Halliburton Burma Taking advantage of military regime's lax laws and forced labour.
2002 Anglo-American Botswana Mining in tribal lands occupied for 20,000 years.
2002 Boeing China Installing spying equipment in Chinese president's aircraft.
2002 Computer companies Asia Using Asia's lax environmental laws to recycle computer components.
2002 Kraft
Procter & Gambol
Sara Lee Corp Coffee growing countries Colluding with Western governments to keep out fair competition and high retail prices in the West.
2002 Many Many Tabulated list of selected Western companies trading in countries with dubious human rights records.
2003 Monsanto
DuPont Many Non-sustainable genetically modified crops sold to poorer countries.
2003 70 companies Iraq Traded with the regime of Saddam Hussein between 1980 and 1989.
2003 Halliburton and others Iraq Halliburton awarded contract by USA government to repair Iraqi oil installations before USA-led invasion and without Iraqi consent. Other contracts awarded to USA companies that have donated to the USA administration.
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