Operation Red Dog (1981)

Mon Apr 27, 1981

Image: Weapons confiscated from the "Bayou of Pigs" conspirators

On this day in 1981, nine white supremacists, including Stormfront founder Don Black and Canadian neo-nazi Wolfgang Droege, were arrested by federal agents as they attempted to initiate an armed coup on the island country Dominica.

The plan was to restore former Dominican Prime Minister Patrick John back to power and profit from capitalist enterprise in the country. The conspirators were arrested in New Orleans as they prepared to board a boat with automatic weapons, shotguns, rifles, handguns, dynamite, ammunition, and a black and white Nazi flag.

The plan was titled "Operation Red Dog", however the incident was mocked in the press as the "Bayou of Pigs". Mike Perdue and six other men pled guilty to violation of the Neutrality Act while two others were found guilty by a jury. The men received three-year prison sentences.

• Date: 1981-04-27
• Learn More: en.wikipedia.org, web.archive.org.
• Tags: #Fascism.
• Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org

today, Trump would give them Cabinet-level positions

Just three years for an attempted Nazi coup?

What was their actual plan? Did they think the people were going to rise up and be lead by a bunch of fascists from America waving a nazi flag?

That they could just run into the throne room, put on the crown, and then everyone has to obey them?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_John

Looks like there were a minority of the country's military (total number: 70?) and, inexplicably, Rastafarians who were apparently local support. John had, as PM, ordered the arrest of anyone with dreadlocks, so, I dunno on what basis this team up happened. Still seems kinda unworkable. Even if they win, the country had successfully booted the guy previously via general strike, so he was very unpopular and they knew how to do it. Turns out stormfront guys are kinda dumb who knew