Sunday, July 14, 2013

True America: When the Tanks Rolled

The image of the single Chinese protestor standing against Chinese tanks in Tiananmen Square is etched into Americans' collective memory, a symbol of democratic resistance. Their famously selective version of their own history omits the deplorable scenes of American tanks rolling in the streets of Washington, DC against its own veterans in 1932. The Bonus Army's Anacostia encampment--they were the original "Occupiers"-- was burned to the ground by General MacArthur and his troops. America could not spare a dime even for those who fought the "war to end war" until the next war was on the horizon. This video is in three parts: