On November 11, 1975, John Kerr overthrew Labor Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam, making Australia a vassal state of the United States.[1] This event is sometimes known as the Dismissal.[2]
Background
Gough Whitlam's ministers called the U.S. war crimes in Vietnam "mass murder" and the crimes of "maniacs." His deputy prime minister, Jim Cairns, refused to unload Statesian ships at its ports. Whitlam told France to stop its nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean and criticized Israel's genocide of Palestinians at the UN.[1]
Further reading
- 1975 Australian constitutional crisis § Alleged CIA involvement on English Wikipedia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Pilger (2020-06-01). "The Forgotten Coup against the 'Most Loyal Ally'" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
- ↑ Guy Rundle. "In the 1970s, a Soft Coup Removed Australia’s Left-Wing Prime Minister" Jacobin. Archived from the original.