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TIL In 1975, the US overthrew the democratically elected leader of Australia for his opposition to the war on Vietnam. (www.greenleft.org.au)
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[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml -2 points 5 months ago

Yep. And thanks to that we had the Coalition which more than anything is a party that doesn't want to do any work (much like our Greens party).

If it wasn't for the CIA ousting Whitlam (which they did do) then Australia may well have been a major world superpower.

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