#Cambodian genocide

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Cambodia, between 1975 and 1979, in just 4 years it is estimated that 1.7 million were killed by dictator Pol Pot (1925-1998)

*  Skulls of Khmer Rouge victims

[thomasthetankieengine]

As well as Cambodians, Cham, Albanians, and Bosniaks, whose wholescale slaughter by the Khmer Rouge and Serbs, Chomsky, at best, minimized and, at worst, flatly denied all in the name of striking a blow against Western (principally American) foreign policy.

His defense of the regime of Slobodan Milošević deserves particular note, since he tried to denied its increasingly Serbian nationalist character in favor of depicting it as the last bastion of socialism in Europe.

This foretold the current phenomena of socialists and communists defending decidingly un-left wing regimes, such as the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation under Putin, simply because they happen to oppose the foreign policies of most of the Anglosphere and Western Europe.

Chomsky himself jumped on the Putin defense bandwagon, claiming that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was provoked, called it "humane", and then happily ignored Ukrainians who disagreed with him.

Whatever you may say of Chomsky, he is not a stupid man; quite the opposite, in fact. This makes his refusal to ever reconsider his kneejerk assumptions about world politics even stranger. When it's an idiot and grifter like Tucker Carlson defending Russia's actions, it's understandable, if not laudable. When it's someone of Chomsky's intelligence and education, it's both bewildering and infuriating.

[madame-helen]

[rachel-sylvan-author]

"First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung book recommendation by Rachel Sylvan

[joemerl]

I just watched Funan, which is leaving Netflix in a day or two. Should be required viewing for anyone who still thinks Communism is a good idea.

[hopelessly-hopeful-romantic]

Novel study of "First They Killed My Father" by Loung Ung

I can already tell that I'm gonna be doing a lot of silent crying in this class

[aaamadeus]

It’s interesting to think about what having a family that has never recently been in war is like. It’s a part of my identity at this point where a genocide has defined me, who I am, and my past

[roughghosts]

Our very lives are miracles: Landbridge [life in fragments] by Y-Dang Troeung

Our very lives are miracles: Landbridge [life in fragments] by Y-Dang Troeung

In attempting to review this book, I can think of no better place to begin than with the first passages of the author’s preface: The intensity of these accounts, the imprint they leave on me, does not lessen with each telling. A quarter of Cambodia’s population died during the genocide; the remaining three-quarters were physically and mentally debilitated. US bombings, the Khmer Rouge genocide,…

[cinemaocd]

Noam Chomsky "genocide denier"

I cut my teeth reading Chomsky in the 80s and 90s. He has faced criticism over the decades for his opinions that are extremely critical of U.S. and Israel's militarism. After 9-11 this made him a pariah in the U.S. and his critics have taken to socials today with out of context quotes, or just outright smearing him with the label of "genocide denier."

Reddit thread on Bosnia Genocide comments Reddit thread on Cambodian genocide comments

I'm not saying take the redditor's words for it, I'm saying these articles are a decent place to start and reddit's search works better than tumblrs...Oh and you might accidentally read some Chomsky and that would be no bad thing.

[paopuofhearts]

me looking at people praising reagan for being "pro-palestine" when it's like.

bitch he didn't fucking give a shit about bombing lebanon when the PLO moved there.

he was fucking pissed that it was bad press and it was ruining US negotiations.

y'all really gotta fucking stop and think why you're sitting here praising people like reagan and khameni when you know they're absolute fucking shit people.

[thoughtaddictand]

[snail-speed]

Anglo Usamerican leftists love to minimize how damaging shitheads like Castro and Stalin were to their respective regions and still manage to be surprised when Latinos and Central/Eastern Europeans don't take up the communism thing eagerly.

[jay-wasreblogging]

🗣️🙏🗣️ CAMBODIA MENTIONED!! 🇰🇭🪷 WHAT THE FUCK IS A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT!??!! 🇰🇭🗣️ ARRGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 🗣️🗣️🪷🙏

[bat-besties]

I came to do targeted research for my Lili post and I’m on a deep dive about the lost rock music of 60s and 70s Cambodia....am I getting emotional about the fact Lili would never see Baksey Cham Krong reunite in 2015? Perhaps. 

[fluidstatick]

When I was little, my dad hired a Cambodian refugee called Jack to help him drywall a dining room ceiling. Jack spoke very little English; he'd recently gotten a part time job in a little Asian deli not far from our home and needed to pick up some extra work. He was very kind to six year old me and my exhausted mom; he brought us day old leftovers from the deli counter often, and liked to tuck the knuckle of his index finger into the dimple in my cheek whenever I smiled at him.

He soaked up construction skills and other information like a sponge, and by the time he left my dad's tiny construction company he'd gotten his GED, learned to drive, reunited with his sister and her family, and had begun remodeling a vacant business on the rich side of town into a Cambodian restaurant. He invited us to their grand opening on lunar new year, and I'll never forget when he gave me a red envelope with five dollars in it and told me, "tonight I am the luckiest man in the world, so this will bring you luck, too."

Years later, my dad told me that Jack had witnessed his parents' murder during the khmer rouge, and was immediately separated from his sister. He had to cross the killing fields at Choeung Ek alone, on foot, eating grass and insects to survive. He somehow made it to Cam Ranh on the coast of Vietnam, where a distant friend of his father's put him on a boat to Seattle. Jack was nine years old.

I tell this story because, even though I haven't seen Jack or any of his relatives in thirty years, I pray he's well and happy and eating like a king tonight with everyone he loves, celebrating the long overdue demise of the pestilential sonofabitch who tried to wipe them out.

Fuck Henry Kissinger's pathetic ghost, and fuck all those who praise him. Fuck Imperialism. Fuck the genocidal war machine. Drink deep for the freedom of all souls tonight, my friends. And tomorrow, keep fighting.

[phagodyke]

I'm rly like "why have I been feeling so bad at work lately" when for the past few weeks ive spent hours of my work day every day listening to audiobooks on various genocides like this: