On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 19:06:51 -0500, Jim-- wrote:
I can name many democracies overthrown from the right. Name *one*
overthrown from the left.
Attempted and successful government takeovers by the left:
1923: Spain
Fascists are not leftists.
1926: Italy
Fascists are not leftists.
1926: Poland
Poland wasn't much of a democracy, at the time, but Pilsudski was a
leftist, so I'll give you this one.
1933: Germany
Fascists are not leftists.
1933: Uruguay
Nope, Terra was to the right.
1933: Austria
Fascists are not leftists.
1934: Estonia
Maybe, or maybe the result of outside influences.
http://www.ce-review.org/99/14/amber14.html
1934: Latvia
Ulmanis was neither left nor right.
1935: Ecuador
Nope, not a democracy at the time.
1936: Greece
Not a democracy, and Metaxas was on the right.
1936: Spain
Franco, a leftist?
1938: Czechoslovakia
HITLER
1940: Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Norway
HITLER
1943: Argentina
Peron was part fascist, part populist, but he killed far too many leftists
to be considered one.
1947: Ecuador
Nope, not a democracy at the time.
1948: Venezuela
Nope, a right wing coup.
1948: Czechoslovakia
Nope, there was no overthrow. The communists actually won the 1946
elections.
1962: Burma
Bingo, Ne Win was a Marxist.
1963: Ecuador
Nope, not a democracy at the time.
1966: Argentina
Nope, a right wing coup
1964: Brazil
Nope, right wing coup.
1967: Greece
Papadopoulos, a leftist?
1968: Peru
One of more than half a dozen coups, and this junta restored democracy.
Still, Velasco would be considered leftist.
1972: Ecuador
Nope, just one of many coups.
1972: Philippines
Marcos was no leftist.
1973: Uruguay
Nope, right wing coup.
1973: Chile
Yup, those lefties at the CIA overthrow a democratically elected Allende.
You have really got to be kidding.
1975: India
What, did Indira overthrow herself?
1976: Argentina
Nope, a right wing coup.
1987: Zimbabwe
Nope, Mugabe was elected. He may never leave office, but he was elected.
1999: Pakistan
Nope, military coup and not leftist.
Will that do?
Thanks, I count two, maybe three. Up until today I didn't know that there
were any.