The #UnitedFruitCompany (now #Chiquita) sacked 800 workers in 1931 in #Honduras and cut pay for the rest, so the workers went on #strike. The result? On #ThisDayInHistory in 1932, Honduras declared #MartialLaw and sent in troops. #Capitalism uses the state as its bloody enforcer.
January 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The #UnitedFruitCompany (now #Chiquita) sacked 800 workers in 1931 in #Honduras and cut pay for the rest, so the workers went on #strike. The result? On #ThisDayInHistory in 1932, Honduras declared #MartialLaw and sent in troops. #Capitalism uses the state as its bloody enforcer.
‘Help yourself to a happy holiday idea!’ United Fruit Company. *Good Housekeeping* magazine, December 1957.
#illustration #illustrationart #Santa #SantaClaus #Christmas #Holidays #bananas #UnitedFruitCompany
#illustration #illustrationart #Santa #SantaClaus #Christmas #Holidays #bananas #UnitedFruitCompany
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
‘Help yourself to a happy holiday idea!’ United Fruit Company. *Good Housekeeping* magazine, December 1957.
#illustration #illustrationart #Santa #SantaClaus #Christmas #Holidays #bananas #UnitedFruitCompany
#illustration #illustrationart #Santa #SantaClaus #Christmas #Holidays #bananas #UnitedFruitCompany
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1928, #Colombian troops did the bidding of #UnitedFruitCompany, turning machine guns on, and murdering, 2,000 #striking workers in the #BananaMassacre. UFC, now #Chiquita, has a blood-soaked, evil history. There is no ethical consumption under #capitalism.
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1928, #Colombian troops did the bidding of #UnitedFruitCompany, turning machine guns on, and murdering, 2,000 #striking workers in the #BananaMassacre. UFC, now #Chiquita, has a blood-soaked, evil history. There is no ethical consumption under #capitalism.
Who knows the horrible origins story and blood soaked history of #Chiquita #Bananas
The #CIA invested #UnitedFruitCompany that paid killing squads and organized coups in several South American countries at the time...?
The #CIA invested #UnitedFruitCompany that paid killing squads and organized coups in several South American countries at the time...?
#OtD 5 December 1921 general José María Orellana led a coup in Guatemala which deposed president Carlos Herrera. Herrera had resisted approving concessions to the United Fruit Company and its subsidiaries by his predecessor, Manuel Estrada Cabrera. stories.workingclasshistory.com/tag/9397/gua...
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Who knows the horrible origins story and blood soaked history of #Chiquita #Bananas
The #CIA invested #UnitedFruitCompany that paid killing squads and organized coups in several South American countries at the time...?
The #CIA invested #UnitedFruitCompany that paid killing squads and organized coups in several South American countries at the time...?
A military #coup toppled #CarlosHerrera of #Guatemala on #ThisDayInHistory in 1921. Herrera had refused to implement concessions his predecessor had given US corporation #UnitedFruitCompany (now #Chiquita). General #Orellana replaced him and let the UFC continue killing workers.
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A military #coup toppled #CarlosHerrera of #Guatemala on #ThisDayInHistory in 1921. Herrera had refused to implement concessions his predecessor had given US corporation #UnitedFruitCompany (now #Chiquita). General #Orellana replaced him and let the UFC continue killing workers.
US likes #RevisionistHistory taught in schools 2 hide crimes.
US toppled Guatemala’s President #JuanJoseArevalo 4 #UnitedFruitCompany.
Arévalo won election & passed minimum wages,land reform & universal suffrage. #DwightEisenhower called him communist & put in a dictator.
Destabilized #LatinAmerica
US toppled Guatemala’s President #JuanJoseArevalo 4 #UnitedFruitCompany.
Arévalo won election & passed minimum wages,land reform & universal suffrage. #DwightEisenhower called him communist & put in a dictator.
Destabilized #LatinAmerica
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
US likes #RevisionistHistory taught in schools 2 hide crimes.
US toppled Guatemala’s President #JuanJoseArevalo 4 #UnitedFruitCompany.
Arévalo won election & passed minimum wages,land reform & universal suffrage. #DwightEisenhower called him communist & put in a dictator.
Destabilized #LatinAmerica
US toppled Guatemala’s President #JuanJoseArevalo 4 #UnitedFruitCompany.
Arévalo won election & passed minimum wages,land reform & universal suffrage. #DwightEisenhower called him communist & put in a dictator.
Destabilized #LatinAmerica
One thing that is more expensive in Uruguay than in the united states (aside from cars, which I don't care about, and vibrators, which is unfortunate) is bananas, which of course is because of the wild #depredations of the #unitedfruitcompany
May 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
One thing that is more expensive in Uruguay than in the united states (aside from cars, which I don't care about, and vibrators, which is unfortunate) is bananas, which of course is because of the wild #depredations of the #unitedfruitcompany
HAPPY #InternationalWorkersDay!
1 May 1954, workers of the United Fruit Company in Honduras began their strike. It would end in a massacre of the workers and their families.
Another Man Who Remembers :
latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2023/04/09/a...
#UnitedFruitCompany #massacre #honduras
1 May 1954, workers of the United Fruit Company in Honduras began their strike. It would end in a massacre of the workers and their families.
Another Man Who Remembers :
latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2023/04/09/a...
#UnitedFruitCompany #massacre #honduras
ANOTHER MAN WHO REMEMBERS
As the old school bus stops at the central park, I look at my watch. I’ve got an hour to catch the Chiquita train. But where’s the station? The driver suggests I ask the ice cream vendor. He pulls …
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May 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
HAPPY #InternationalWorkersDay!
1 May 1954, workers of the United Fruit Company in Honduras began their strike. It would end in a massacre of the workers and their families.
Another Man Who Remembers :
latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2023/04/09/a...
#UnitedFruitCompany #massacre #honduras
1 May 1954, workers of the United Fruit Company in Honduras began their strike. It would end in a massacre of the workers and their families.
Another Man Who Remembers :
latinamericawanderer.wordpress.com/2023/04/09/a...
#UnitedFruitCompany #massacre #honduras
‘Help yourself to a happy holiday idea!’ United Fruit Company. *Good Housekeeping* magazine, December 1957.
#illustration #illustrationart #Santa #SantaClaus #Christmas #Holidays #bananas #UnitedFruitCompany
#illustration #illustrationart #Santa #SantaClaus #Christmas #Holidays #bananas #UnitedFruitCompany
December 26, 2024 at 2:45 PM
‘Help yourself to a happy holiday idea!’ United Fruit Company. *Good Housekeeping* magazine, December 1957.
#illustration #illustrationart #Santa #SantaClaus #Christmas #Holidays #bananas #UnitedFruitCompany
#illustration #illustrationart #Santa #SantaClaus #Christmas #Holidays #bananas #UnitedFruitCompany
You’re only allowed to exact violence on CEOs and citizens if you’re the government or a corporation backed by the government. #bananawars #unitedfruitcompany
December 13, 2024 at 6:50 PM
You’re only allowed to exact violence on CEOs and citizens if you’re the government or a corporation backed by the government. #bananawars #unitedfruitcompany
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1928, #Colombian government troops, forced to serve #UnitedFruitCompany, murdered by machine gun 2,000 #striking workers in the #BananaMassacre. UFC is responsible for countless atrocities but still exists as #Chiquita. Capitalist imperialism is violence.
December 6, 2024 at 10:59 PM
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1928, #Colombian government troops, forced to serve #UnitedFruitCompany, murdered by machine gun 2,000 #striking workers in the #BananaMassacre. UFC is responsible for countless atrocities but still exists as #Chiquita. Capitalist imperialism is violence.
2/ Rücksichtsloses Vorgehen ist bei diesem Unternehmen nicht neu:
Herkunft d. Begriffs #Bananenrepublik: Die #UnitedFruitCompany etablierte 1907 in #Honduras mit Hilfe der #US Regierung ein #korruptesRegime, um die Profitinteressen des Importeurs gegen die Interessen der Bevölkerung durch zu setzen.
Herkunft d. Begriffs #Bananenrepublik: Die #UnitedFruitCompany etablierte 1907 in #Honduras mit Hilfe der #US Regierung ein #korruptesRegime, um die Profitinteressen des Importeurs gegen die Interessen der Bevölkerung durch zu setzen.
August 20, 2024 at 12:34 PM
2/ Rücksichtsloses Vorgehen ist bei diesem Unternehmen nicht neu:
Herkunft d. Begriffs #Bananenrepublik: Die #UnitedFruitCompany etablierte 1907 in #Honduras mit Hilfe der #US Regierung ein #korruptesRegime, um die Profitinteressen des Importeurs gegen die Interessen der Bevölkerung durch zu setzen.
Herkunft d. Begriffs #Bananenrepublik: Die #UnitedFruitCompany etablierte 1907 in #Honduras mit Hilfe der #US Regierung ein #korruptesRegime, um die Profitinteressen des Importeurs gegen die Interessen der Bevölkerung durch zu setzen.
Pay 1% a' one years profit an' pillage a foreign country fer two decades. That's a deal sweeter 'n a Chiquita Banana.
#Chiquita #Banana #ChiquitaBanana #UnitedFruitCompany #Columbia #AntiCapitalism #EatTheRich
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#Chiquita #Banana #ChiquitaBanana #UnitedFruitCompany #Columbia #AntiCapitalism #EatTheRich
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June 12, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Pay 1% a' one years profit an' pillage a foreign country fer two decades. That's a deal sweeter 'n a Chiquita Banana.
#Chiquita #Banana #ChiquitaBanana #UnitedFruitCompany #Columbia #AntiCapitalism #EatTheRich
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#Chiquita #Banana #ChiquitaBanana #UnitedFruitCompany #Columbia #AntiCapitalism #EatTheRich
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