Revisiting Fidel and the Cuban Revolution Part 4: The Bay of Pigs

Send us Fan MailWassup to all my Andromedans in exile and fly fugitive idealists! It's the Bay of Pigs episode y'all, Part 4 of the BNP Original Series, Revisiting Fidel and the Cuban Revolution. In this installment series we dive in to the CIA and State Department's oddly imagined and chaotically executed Bay of Pigs invasion in April of 1961. The mission was to invade Cuba, assassinate Castro, and spark a national revolt against his government. The plan failed abysmally, and in fact it achieved the opposite effect, serving as a major morale boost for Cuba, Castro, and the nascent Marxist-Leninist state. In this episode we unpack the nitty gritty details of why the BoP (new favorite acronym) failed so spectacularly, and examine the contextual bureaucratic ambiance that gave rise to the debacle. I begin the show by playing a clip from Rebecca Nagle's latest This Land episode, where she highlights movingly the intense emotional catharsis felt by the five tribes who were finally vindicated by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's majority opinion in their favor. A deep and heartfelt Congratulations again to the Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Chickasaw and Creek Nations on their landmark victory. Thank you for listening and supporting the show! Please don't forget that RSS tip - rate, review, subscribe. Five star reviews guarantee a freshly baked boysenberry pie cooling on your window stoop when you get home. (If you're already home, simply step outside and come back in, and you will find your fresh baked boysenberry pie. As they may *possibly* say sometimes in Italy... Addio Amate! Until next time, One Love, ConanTRACK LIST FOR THIS EPISODE:Perez Prado - El Monecito Cherokee Morning Song - Robbie Robertson and The Red Road Ensemble feat. Rita Coolidge Marlon Asher - Ganja FarmerDead Can Dance Invocation Act IIDead Can Dance - Dance of the BacchantesJubilant Day Mix (Upbeat Lo-fi Hip Hop)Ghostland Observatory - Give Me the BeatPerez Prado - Mambo #5 (The Original One)Ghostland Observatory - SometimesCITATION OF SOURCES:- https://www.thoughtco.com/cuba-the-bay-of-pigs-invasion-2136361- https://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/16/the-cia-cuba-and-operation-peter-pan/Also, here are two adorable lil' pigletitos: Support the showTip me in Solana:Address: 9XPHpqH7GawTGtPgZAzfXFU6oPWTpSua1QXwRYAWVh9y Find me on IG: barbarian_noetics Direct Donate on PayPal @[email protected] Cash App@ $BarbarianRavenbuymeacoffee.com/noetics.Spread the word and tell a friend. Remember to set the BNP on Auto Download after you subscribe. I appreciate you all. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 allows for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, education and research.