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“In the first hours of the #KhmerRouge entering #PhnomPenh, there was celebration, everyone running around and waving #flags. It looked like it was going to be peaceful. But soon we began to hear disturbing news from other parts of the city that they were telling people to get out of their houses and go into the countryside for the agrarian #revolution.”

Seeing the film in ‘85 it would never occur to me I’d actually work with a survivor of the Killing Fields & Pol Pot.

“The Killing Fields”, 1985 / #SydneySchanberg / #DithPran <https://www.historynet.com/interview-sydney-schanberg-author-of-beyond-the-killing-fields> / <https://archive.nytimes.com/kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/dith-pran-rip/>

Sydney Schanberg hugging Dith Pran after his escape into Thailand.

source
https://archive.nytimes.com/kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/dith-pran-rip/

https://www.historynet.com/interview-sydney-schanberg-author-of-beyond-the-killing-fields/?f

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Dith Pran as a photographer for the New York Times.

source
https://archive.nytimes.com/kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/dith-pran-rip/

https://www.historynet.com/interview-sydney-schanberg-author-of-beyond-the-killing-fields/

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Sydney Schanberg.

source
https://archive.nytimes.com/kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/dith-pran-rip/

https://www.historynet.com/interview-sydney-schanberg-author-of-beyond-the-killing-fields/

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If you haven't seen the #JohnPilger #documentaries about #Cambodia & how the #USgovernment is why #PolPot #KhmerRouge gained & retained power - please watch them.
It's important #geopolitical #history.
It was one of the worst #genocide atrocities in modern human history. Cambodians were #dehumanized like Vietnamese were. Both sovereign nations suffered many years of embargoes by US & their Western allies, along with with Cold War pals back then - China. US was still angry & bitter about losing their imperialist invasion in Vietnam & they opted to punish Cambodia, Vietnam & Laos - they are really sore losers.

As you watch these #documentary films - please try to pay attention to how US officials haven't really changed their scripts in decades. They use similar lies/political deflective/avoidance verbal dances to this day. In 2024, they're talking about Arabs like they used to talk about Cambodians, Vietnamese & Laotians - like none of us are human beings. It's just collateral damage when a million or more POC folks, far from Western worlds, are mass murdered for political power games.

Year Zero:
https://watchdocumentaries.com/year-zero-the-silent-death-of-cambodia

Year One:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SkUc5MrZ1JU

Return to Year Zero:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VjZBWtjKzVk

#AsianMastodon #Cambodians #WarSurvivorsForPeace #WarCrimes #FuckTheUSA #USAterrorism #USATerrorists #TootSEA #NeverForget #Genocide #SouthEastAsia #geopolitics #USALies #warmongers #WarCriminals #AmericanAbuses #NeverTrustUSA #USAWarCrimes #SponsoredByUSA #USABullies #Decolonization #educational #USALies

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#legal #Cambodia #KhmerRouge

"The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Monday the beta launch of its new legacy website... which is dedicated to preserving the history of the Khmer Rouge trials and fostering awareness of the accountability process in Cambodia. The ECCC said in a press release that the site is designed as a resource for researchers, educators, and the general public."

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501590046/eccc-launches-legacy-website-to-foster-greater-awareness-of-khmer-rouge-trials/