Cú Chulainn

because this week marks 35 years since the U.S. invaded and brutally annihilated the small but revolutionary island of Grenada, here's a thread of a few excerpts from Audre Lorde's 1984 "Grenada Revisited"pic.twitter.com/taO2NN1YRs

the U.S. claimed revolutionary leader Maurice Bishop was a 'ruthless dictator' and that the tiny island posed a military threat to the U.S. in reality, the opposite was true.pic.twitter.com/YUzOyMDQ7V

prior to military invasion, the U.S. first used economic violence through the IMF against the people of Grenada. they attempted to starve Grenada from the world economy.pic.twitter.com/TreWld8qx7

"The Pentagon has been spoiling for a fight it could win for a long time... How better than with a restoration of power in the eyes of the american public - the image of american marines splashing through a little Black blood?"pic.twitter.com/oVQJJiqFX2

"So what is Black Grenada and its 110,000 Black lives?" - at the time, the U.S. actively supported a dictatorship in Haiti and the Apartheid regime in South Africa, while Black Americans were living in abysmal conditions. the hypocrisy abounds.pic.twitter.com/F6TO9wIsO5

this was not new to U.S. foreign policy, but i was and still remains the most brazen example of U.S. imperialism's ability to openly assault anyone they please based on fabricated lies. as Lorde notes, the CIA/State Dept has involvement in every aspect leading up to the invasion.pic.twitter.com/5HWQlbMdd8

CRITICAL: Lorde says this was essentially the turning point in the U.S. military realizing they can convince Black Americans to "fire upon other Black people."pic.twitter.com/XJ5k0yN3kn

by using language and PSYOPS [sic], the U.S. military was able to induce Black Americans against the "mythical" evils of socialism. if you look at the language used, it could be replaced for today easily.pic.twitter.com/hf5o09oqmT