Radio War Nerd EP229 —50 Years of US Mercenary Coups + Yasha Levine on Weaponized Immigrants

Guest: Yasha Levine, journalist Recorded: May 8, 2020 Intro - On radio intros... 10:10 - "Operation Gideon": Silvercorp USA mercenaries' failed Venezuela coup... 47:02 - "Operation Red Dog" - the failed Reagan-era US mercenary coup in Dominica (see header photo). Proof that "yes, Virginia, they really can be this fucking stupid." 1:38:42 - Ames on other failed US mercenary coups - Haiti, Tonga sand bars, Abaco, New Hebrides - involving a strange mix of libertarian activists & ex-CIA mercenaries, like the notorious Mitchell WerBell III. 2:04:00 - Yasha Levine talks about his newsletter "Immigrants as a Weapon" at yasha.substack.com ... Reading: "Bayou of Pigs" by Stewart Bell "The Amazing New Country Caper" by Andrew St George, Esquire, Feb 1975 "Immigrants as a Weapon" by Yasha Levine Total time: 3:05:35 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here.