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> In the 1960s the army, with support from the U.S. CIA, committed a mass slaughter of half a million suspected communists. In 1998 there was a huge series of r
by gobrewers14 4y ago
> In the 1960s the army, with support from the U.S. CIA, committed a mass slaughter of half a million suspected communists. In 1998 there was a huge series of riots against ethnic Chinese people, which ended up toppling the country’s dictator at the time.
There's book called The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins that goes into this topic in detail. It's a very interesting (and tragic) read.
- ngai_aku 4y agoI also recommend the documentary The Act of Killing about this topic (Academy Award winner).
- corrral 4y agoFor a fictional connection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Year_of_Living_Dangerously_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Year_of_Living_Dangerously... Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, and Linda Hunt with a stand-out and very deservedly academy award winning supporting role.
- gradschoolfail 4y agoAnd for entertainment there is the multiple AA winning preAmerica Mel Gibson vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Year_of_Living_Dangerously_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Year_of_Living_Dangerously... Once banned in Indonesia..